Rainville Sangaré overhauls Unit 622 in Montreal’s brutalist Habitat 67

May 28, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Concrete bathrooms with colour-changing shower screens feature in this renovated apartment inside Moshe Safdie’s famous brutalist Habitat 67 in Montreal, Canada, where scribbles on the walls date back to the housing complex’s construction. Locally based design studio Rainville Sangaré was enlisted by a couple to renovate Unit 622 in the 1960s housing complex, which is located at 2600 Avenue

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Archetype use rich-toned walls and furnishings for redesign of Moscow flat

May 23, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Splashes of burgundy, blue and emerald green appear throughout this apartment in Moscow that Russian practice Archetype has redesigned to feature an “aristocratic” colour palette. The Pomegranate Apartment is located west of the city centre and belongs to a young, single man who was already familiar with the work of Archetype. Keeping his brief simple, he

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Family apartment in Kiev blends Japanese and Ukrainian design influences

May 21, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Sergey Makhno has overhauled his duplex apartment in Kiev with the intention of creating a “a bridge between Japanese minimalism and Ukrainian aesthetics.” The design of the 175-square-metre apartment is based on the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi, a philosophy derived from Buddhist teachings that accepts transience and imperfection, and celebrates natural objects and processes. Designed by Kiev-based

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Mamout and AUXAU update Brussels townhouse with mint-green staircase

May 20, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

A staircase with living areas on its large landings replaces unnecessary rooms at the centre of this Brussels apartment, which was renovated and extended by Belgian architecture studios Mamout and AUXAU. The project undertaken by the team made up of architects from Mamout and AUXAU aimed to readdress the typical layout of properties in the

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Rafael de Cárdenas renovates rundown Brooklyn brownstone for himself

May 19, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

New York architect Rafael de Cárdenas has transformed a tired 20th-century brownstone house into a home for himself, featuring “multiple living rooms of varying moods”. The brownstone property in the Clinton Hill neighbourhood was built in 1889. Despite the building being in poor condition, locally based Cárdenas was drawn to its ornate Victorian-era fixtures such as

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Asymmetrical walls divide up blue and white apartment in Moscow

May 13, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Russian studio Shkaf Architects inserted asymmetrical and diagonal walls to make the most of the space within this one-bedroom apartment in Moscow. Located in an apartment building in the north-eastern part of the city, the flat benefits from far-reaching views across Moscow. The clients, a young couple, wanted the apartment to feel spacious but also

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Asymmetrical walls divide up blue and white apartment in Moscow

May 13, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Russian studio Shkaf Architects inserted asymmetrical and diagonal walls to make the most of the space within this one-bedroom apartment in Moscow. Located in an apartment building in the north-eastern part of the city, the flat benefits from far-reaching views across Moscow. The clients, a young couple, wanted the apartment to feel spacious but also

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Studio Strato creates cosy reading den in renovated Rome apartment

May 8, 2018 Ali Morris 0

A reading room with a daybed and porthole window is built into the living room of Pointing House, a one-bedroom apartment in Rome designed by Studio Strato. Studio Strato, a Rome-based architecture firm founded in 2007 by Martino Fraschetti and Vincenzo Tattolo, designed the interior in collaboration with architect Maria Clara Ghia. Wrapped around a

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Radnor curates model apartment at Chipperfield’s The Bryant in New York

May 3, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Online design retailer Radnor has furnished a residence in David Chipperfield Architects’ residential tower under construction on New York’s Bryant Park. The Material Interiors project involved creating both a model apartment for The Bryant development, and a showroom for Radnor’s latest furniture and accessories collection – designed with Bunn Studio and Adam Rogers – plus

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