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Architecture studio Bonell+Dòriga has revamped an apartment in Ricardo Bofill’s Walden 7 in Barcelona, dotting its interior with colourful geometric elements that reference the building’s facade. Located just outside of Barcelona in the town of Sant Just Desvern, Walden 7 is a residential block designed by Spanish architect Ricard Bofill. It was constructed in 1975 […] More
Architecture studio Sāransh has used an array of materials to define the different living zones of this open-plan studio apartment in Ahmedabad, India. Designed for one of Saransh’s company partners, the apartment has been transformed from a two-bedroom home into an open-plan studio. The studio removed all of the partition walls so that upon entering […] More
Sunny yellow surfaces feature extensively throughout this duplex apartment in Barcelona, which has been refreshed by local studio Arquitectura-G. The two-floor apartment is situated in one of Barcelona’s biggest districts, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, which is populated with stately homes and high-end boutiques. Having grown tired of the home’s convoluted floor plan and shadowy living spaces, its […] More
A growing number of designers are ridding homes of nondescript magnolia walls and instead painting surfaces a rainbow of colours. We pick out seven striking examples. Nagatachō Apartment, Japan, by Adam Nathaniel Furman Sugary shades permeate this Tokyo apartment designed by Adam Nathaniel Furman. In the kitchen, candy-pink cabinetry juxtaposes watermelon-green vinyl on the floor, […] More
A baby-pink kitchen and a colourful patchwork carpet help revive the interior of this formerly lacklustre 1960s apartment in Bilbao, Spain, which has been overhauled by architecture studio Azab. Since its construction in 1968, the Mixtape Apartment had undergone a couple of renovations that had “gingerly affected” the flow of its floor plan but left […] More
Portuguese studio Fala Atelier has used a mint green floor to brighten up the interior of a two-bedroom apartment in Porto. The studio, led by architects Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares and Ahmed Belkhodja, was asked to completely redesign the 190-square-property, which is set on the ground floor of a nondescript modernist housing block. The […] More
A bubblegum-pink kitchen and stripey watermelon-green floor are some of the features inside this Tokyo apartment, which designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has completed in a sugar-sweet colour palette. Described by Adam Nathaniel Furman as a formerly “claustrophobic” space, the Nagatachō Apartment had previously contained several cramped rooms that were arranged around a long, narrow corridor. […] More
NC Design & Architecture has applied an array of naturally flawed materials throughout this Hong Kong apartment, which has been designed in accordance with the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi. NC Design & Architecture was initially asked by Imperfect Residence’s owners to create a highly functional space that looks beautiful and ages well. The Hong Kong-based […] More
