Apartments

Tribeca penthouse by Space4Architecture features pale material palette

August 14, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

New York studio Space4Architecture has used only three main materials to decorate a duplex apartment in Tribeca, which was designed around the need for ample storage. The Duplex Loft encompasses 3,700 square feet (344 square metres) split over the top two levels of a building on Canal Street, with enviable views of the Hudson River

The post Tribeca penthouse by Space4Architecture features pale material palette appeared first on Dezeen.

Built-in storage redefines layout of 1960s apartment overhauled by MWAI Architects

August 9, 2017 Natasha Levy 0

MWAI Architects has updated an 1960s apartment in Hampstead, London, by rearranging a series of minimalist living spaces around an integrated wooden storage unit. The clients asked MWAI Architects to improve the layout of the apartment called Oak Hill Park, to create a more open-plan space that would make moving through the home easier. Working around the building’s constraints

The post Built-in storage redefines layout of 1960s apartment overhauled by MWAI Architects appeared first on Dezeen.

Photographer’s Loft by Desai Chia provides live-work space in New York

August 7, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

This minimal loft apartment for a New York-based photographer has areas for meeting clients, entertaining guests and escaping city bustle. The Photographer’s Loft occupies a 5,000-square-foot former industrial space, complete with cast-iron columns and plentiful large windows. Desai Chia Architecture’s 2014 renovation created a “serene” environment, where public and private areas are separated but an

The post Photographer’s Loft by Desai Chia provides live-work space in New York appeared first on Dezeen.

Deep-blue shutters conceal kitchens, windows and wardrobes in Porto flats by Fala Atelier

August 2, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Portuguese architecture studio Fala Atelier has transformed an old house in Porto into five studio apartments that feature matching dark blue shutters and a facade patterned with blue and red tiles. The house on Rua Faria Guimarães had been added to several times over the 20th century but had been abandoned for decades. However, as the area’s gentrification accelerated, Fala

The post Deep-blue shutters conceal kitchens, windows and wardrobes in Porto flats by Fala Atelier appeared first on Dezeen.

House-shaped frame encloses dining area in compact Hong Kong apartment

July 22, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Local practice MNB Design Studio has refurbished an apartment in Hong Kong, adding a house-shaped wooden frame to section off the dining area. MNB Design Studio was asked by two young artists to update the interior of their 70-square-metre apartment in a high-rise block looking out across the city’s Tai Wai area. The studio introduced

The post House-shaped frame encloses dining area in compact Hong Kong apartment appeared first on Dezeen.

Arhitektura DOO refurbishes Edvard Ravnikar-designed apartment in modernist Ljubljana tower

July 21, 2017 Natashah Hitti 0

Slovenian studio Arhitektura DOO has refurbished a small apartment inside one of the five Ljubljana towers that modernist architect Edvard Ravnikar built in the 1960s. The renovation project, named Life After Madrid, saw Arhitektura DOO’s Aleš Gabrijelčič and Kaja Todorovič transform their one-bedroom apartment into a minimal space with stark white walls and doors, stainless-steel worktops and

The post Arhitektura DOO refurbishes Edvard Ravnikar-designed apartment in modernist Ljubljana tower appeared first on Dezeen.

Arhitektura DOO refurbishes Edvard Ravnikar-designed apartment in modernist Ljubljana tower

July 21, 2017 Natashah Hitti 0

Slovenian studio Arhitektura DOO has refurbished a small apartment inside one of the five Ljubljana towers that modernist architect Edvard Ravnikar built in the 1960s. The renovation project, named Life After Madrid, saw Arhitektura DOO’s Aleš Gabrijelčič and Kaja Todorovič transform their one-bedroom apartment into a minimal space with stark white walls and doors, stainless-steel worktops and

The post Arhitektura DOO refurbishes Edvard Ravnikar-designed apartment in modernist Ljubljana tower appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Matter curates show home at The Standish condominiums in Brooklyn

July 20, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

New York design showroom and gallery Matter has outfitted a model apartment in a historic Brooklyn Heights hotel undergoing conversion into residences. Matter selected and styled the furniture and accessories for one of 29 condos inside the 12-storey building that once housed the Standish Arms Hotel, completed by local architect FS Lowe in 1903. Developers

The post Matter curates show home at The Standish condominiums in Brooklyn appeared first on Dezeen.

Studio mAAb slots plywood wedges into roof space of renovated Rennes apartment

July 16, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

French office Studio mAAb has transformed a single-storey apartment in the city of Rennes into a duplex by incorporating a pair of wooden volumes and a mezzanine walkway into the former attic space. Studio mAAb updated the interior of the top-floor apartment for a couple with a child who wanted a space that can evolve

The post Studio mAAb slots plywood wedges into roof space of renovated Rennes apartment appeared first on Dezeen.

Amir Navon and Maayan Zusman employ space-saving tricks for tight Tel Aviv apartment 

July 1, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Light colours and glass walls create the illusion of extra space within this Bauhaus apartment in Tel Aviv, which has been refurbished by architect Amir Navon of Studio 6b Design School and interior designer Maayan Zusman. Working alongside interior design graduates Dana Sagive and Naama Tison Vilotsky – also of Studio 6b Design School – Navon and

The post Amir Navon and Maayan Zusman employ space-saving tricks for tight Tel Aviv apartment  appeared first on Dezeen.