Apartments

Groin-vaulted ceiling takes centre stage in revamped 18th-century property

June 11, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

Italian studio Duearchitetti has renovated an apartment in an 18th-century building in Varese, which features a central doric column, a stone manger and a groin-vaulted ceiling. Once owned by a wealthy Milanese family, the building was recently divided into apartments and completely restored. Locally based Duearchitetti was then invited to overhaul one of the building’s ground-floor apartments, called Casa AG. The

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Nook Architects uncovers original tiles and timber beams inside Barcelona flat

June 4, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Colourful restored tile flooring and wooden ceiling beams add character to this Barcelona apartment refurbished by local studio Nook Architects. Completed this year, the 273-square-metre apartment occupies an entire floor of a building in the city’s Raval quarter, just a few metres from La Rambla. While the apartment’s front facade looks out across Boqueria market, a stepped 68-square-metre

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Note Design Studio celebrates pastel colours in revamp of 19th century property

May 31, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Instead of opting for the Scandinavian minimalism of many contemporary renovations, Note Design Studio chose to use shades of yellow, green and pink when transforming this old Stockholm office into a home. Over a century old, the 200-square-metre property was previously the head office of a fashion brand. The clients asked local design collective Note Design Studio

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“Smart furniture” creates valuable storage space in 25-square-metre flat by Naimi Architecture

May 22, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

A piece of furniture that combines a bed, a wardrobe and a washing machine is among the space-saving solutions that Naimi Architecture has created inside this tiny Barcelona apartment. The Barcelona- and Tel Aviv-based studio was tasked with making the 25-square-metre flat into a comfortable home for a single occupant. The solution involved sinking storage areas into the walls

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Black & Milk creates understated bachelor pad in London’s Canaletto Tower

May 19, 2017 Ali Morris 0

British interiors studio Black & Milk has redesigned an apartment for a city trader in Canaletto Tower, a luxury residential skyscraper designed by UNStudio on London’s City Road. Black & Milk’s client asked the firm to create an interior with “a hint of understated luxury”. In response, the studio redesigned the apartment’s open-plan living room to accommodate a formal

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Black & Milk creates understated bachelor pad in London’s Canaletto Tower

May 19, 2017 Ali Morris 0

British interiors studio Black & Milk has redesigned an apartment for a city trader in Canaletto Tower, a luxury residential skyscraper designed by UNStudio on London’s City Road. Black & Milk’s client asked the firm to create an interior with “a hint of understated luxury”. In response, the studio redesigned the apartment’s open-plan living room to accommodate a formal

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Concrete girders and glass partition walls carve up this broken-plan apartment in Bilbao

May 18, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Spanish architecture studio Pauzarq uncovered the original concrete girders of this apartment in Bilbao to map its new broken-plan layout.  When reconfiguring the 100-square-metre apartment, the architects paid close attention to its original features. They uncovered its original concrete structure that was used to create a broken-plan layout of partition walls that follow the line of the girders. The term

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Concrete girders and glass partition walls carve up this broken-plan apartment in Bilbao

May 18, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Spanish architecture studio Pauzarq uncovered the original concrete girders of this apartment in Bilbao to map its new broken-plan layout.  When reconfiguring the 100-square-metre apartment, the architects paid close attention to its original features. They uncovered its original concrete structure that was used to create a broken-plan layout of partition walls that follow the line of the girders. The term

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Competition: win a book documenting the evolution of the modern apartment

May 15, 2017 Lucy Wildsmith 0

Dezeen is giving away five copies of Building Community: New Apartment Architecture by Michael Webb, which charts the growth of terraced towers, social housing, luxury high-rises and other contemporary apartment buildings. The book highlights innovative apartment designs from around the world. It looks to buildings that have enhanced the lives of their inhabitants, surroundings and urban

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First apartment in Tadao Ando’s 152 Elizabeth Street revealed

May 11, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

A model residence has been completed inside Tadao Ando’s apartment block in New York, offering a glimpse inside the Japanese architect’s first residential building outside Asia. The Pritzker Prize-winning architect’s 152 Elizabeth Street development – also his first project in the city – is nearing completion in the Nolita district of the US city. Developers Sumaida

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