There is something magical that occurs when iconic historic buildings are renovated to house new functions that its inhabitants feel at home in. Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut is already known for its Ivy League notoriety and historic architecture dating back to the early 1700’s. When John Ronan Architects decided to renovate the Yale [...]
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Modern retro style London penthouse apartment
With a plush and colorful interior, this 3,500 sq ft luxury penthouse apartment by Target Living in the upscale area of Paddington Basin, London, has distinctive elements of both retro and modern styles. Whilst the spacious layout and open plan design with contemporary furniture is undoubtedly modern, it’s the subtle touches of retro vintage furnishings [...]
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Exotic apartment design with atmospheric neon lighting
This interesting apartment design is from Sergey Serpuhov, art-director for ERGES, an interior design company from Riga, Latvia. Incorporating bright colors and mood lighting, the design makes for a stunning modern exotic apartment. By embedding colored lighting in the book shelves in the living room and underneath the kitchen cabinets at night time the apartment [...]
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Colorful Angolan modular houses designed to replace slums
Everybody’s favorite Spanish Architects A-Cero have recently embraced on a new architecture project in Zango, Angola, a generous effort to build 2,000 homes targeted at the population who live in slums. The houses are a modular design, organized into groups of four all on one ground floor level. The total area of each apartment is [...]
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Tiny space-friendly Hong Kong apartment with sliding walls
A lesson in how to maximize tiny spaces, architect Gary Chang walks us through his tiny 344 sq. ft. apartment in Hong Kong. Using sliding walls the apartment can be divided up into twenty-four separate rooms. One of the biggest challenges of interior design in Hong Kong is how to make the most of small [...]
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New York City art deco terrace apartment renovation
This renovation of two large apartments in a 1929 art deco building in Central Park West, New York City was designed and completed by Bonetti Kozerski Studio. It is a warm and tactile apartment design, decorated in travertine, dark stained teak and Venetian stucco, and with a large terrace to step out on to. Situated [...]
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Asian inspired New York Filmmakers apartment living room
Another stunning interior design from Specht Harpman, this time an upscale New York filmmakers apartment with a luxury living room featuring integrated cabinetry and Asian inspired partial walls. The project demanded a spacial distinction in a relatively small space. This was achieved with minimalist chairs and tables, and the sliding walls are fitted with translucent [...]
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Compact minimalist white, grey and walnut Kiev apartment design
An apartment designed for one to three people, the biggest challenge of this project for contemporary Ukrainian interior designer and architect Slava Stupchenko was the optimization of space to create a truly comfortable apartment within a compact environment. Omitting unnecessary clutter and furnishings and incorporating lockers for clothing and footwear, rather than traditional bulky wardrobes, [...]
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Brown and cream Manhattan loft apartment living room
Designed by S Russell Groves Architects, this chic loft apartment is situated in the trendy area of Manhattan, where the West Village meets Soho and Tribeca. The goal for this pied-a-terre was to provide an easy, comfortable, but low maintenance, environment for the jet set owners. The bright open space of the living room maximizes [...]
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Modern black and white apartment living room design
Designed by French architect Pascal Grasso, this black and white modern living room is part of an monochrome contemporary apartment in Paris, with the unique feature of an installed landscape of blocks across the ceiling. This system of blocks on the ceiling are more than just an artistic effect to enhance the modern look of [...]
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Futuristic apartment interior design with asymmetrical shapes
This unusual futuristic apartment is designed in a unique way with asymmetrical shapes. It was featured for the “I can see” exhibition which took place in Odessa in October 2010, and is an example of how our apartments may look in the future. A mixture of grey and white with subtle touches of the red, the [...]
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Sophisticated San Fransisco urban high rise apartment
This urban high-rise apartment was designed for a couple with grown up children as their San Francisco pied-a-terre – a sophisticated, urban retreat designed to accentuate the owners’ extensive art collection and the breathtaking San Francisco Bay and downtown views. The main rooms are situated on the perimeter to access views and light, creating an [...]
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Stylish futuristic apartment with winding spiral staircase
This contemporary futuristic apartment design is by Russian designer Amirko, a stylish minimalist layout with a striking spiral staircase in the center of the interior. The apartment was renovated for a young female student client, who is studying at fashion design school, so the design had to be appealing and modern, with the main aim [...]
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