A bourgeois house from the second half of the 16th century, located at Waldstein Square in Prague's Lesser Town, had long awaited a sensitive reconstruction. The process of transforming the gallery house, which is under heritage protection, into modern apartments involved, among other things.
Project name
Seventh House
Architecture firm
Formafatal
Location
Waldstein Square, Prague, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Jan Roučka, exteriors, interior standards, and common areas Dagmar Štěpánová, model apartment design; Co-author Model apartment design: Martina Homolková, Jan Roučka [Formafatal]. Interior of the ground floor, 1st and 5th floor rental spaces: Martin Kalhous [Atelier SAD]. Vegetation and backyard water feature project: Atelier Partero
Design team
Anna Linhartová, Michael Kohout
Collaborators
Technical supervision of the investor: Michal Váňa. Construction supplier: Slavíčkovci. Metal elements: Roman Cimický. Custom brass elements and lighting: Ateliér Originál Hořánek. Windows and doors: Nenadal. Woodworking elements: Truhlářství Votýpka. Building project: Atelier Poledne, www.atelier-poledne.cz, SK projects & Buildings. Building-historical research: Michal Patrný, Markéta Musilová. Lighting supplier: Uni Light. Stonemasons: Trimona. 2 Custom glass fillings: Pavel Baxa. Tiles and sanitary supplier: Dorint. Heating elements and faucets supplier: Design Club. Glass printing for the elevator: VV SKLO. Elevator: ZEUS Výtahová technika. Electrical fittings supplier: Monobrand
Built area
Built-up area 394 m² Gross floor area 1620 m² Usable floor area 1476 m²
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Cursed stucco – staircase walls. ice glass – fillings for building openings. artificial sandstone and solid oiled oak – staircase. granite pavement – courtyard. solid granite – water feature, bench (courtyard), staircase to the rear courtyard. ceramic tiles and wall cladding – landing of the gallery and bathrooms. brick pavement – cellar spaces. solid, oiled oak parquet – chevron – apartment floors. reinforced steel grilles – cellar compartments. artificial stone – Technistone – door thresholds, sink table. patinated brass – custom lighting, door handles, mailboxes, spout of the water feature
Typology
Residential › Apartment
In the shadow of the Brdy hills, a dense fog veils the landscape in mystery. The morning rays of the sun, piercing through it on their way to a new day, gradually unveil the contours of spruce trees. And where there once stood a carpentry workshop and an old school, now emerges the silhouette of a new house.
Project name
Apartment Building at the Foot of the Hill
Architecture firm
Karnet Architekti
Location
Vysoká Pec 139, Bohutín, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Michael Karnet, Vojtěch Kramář
Collaborators
Construction supervision, engineering: Stapora [Jiří Mach]; Joinery: Milan Krejčí
Built area
Built-up area 1,102 m² Gross floor area 1,966 m² Usable floor area 1,838 m²
Environmental & MEP engineering
Stapora
Structural engineer
Stapora
Material
Apartment Building silicate plaster, 1,5 mm, aluminium – window frames, glass – railings, larch wood with oil base glaze, Osmo, 2 concrete – Prefa, outdoor stairway eastern building. Long-Wardrobe Apartment concrete – ceiling, oak wood, oil base glaze – floor, tiles – Fragmenta full body, manufacturer Ariostea, color Botticino Dorato, oak veneer – in situ furniture design, laminate – in situ furniture design, aluminium – in situ furniture design
Client
Bydlení Vysoká Pec
This duplex apartment, home to a family with two teenage daughters and a Yorkshire terrier, is located in one of Kyiv's newest residential complexes.
Project name
4+1 Apartment
Architecture firm
Chapter One Studio
Photography
Yuliia Yakubyshyna
Principal architect
Olga Rusakova
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Wood, Ceramic Tiles, Marble, Wallpaper
Typology
Residential › Apartment
This 75 m² apartment, located in a historic building on the embankment in Moscow, is home to a mother and her teenage son. Leading fast-paced, active lives, they envisioned their home as a quiet retreat — a place to disconnect and recharge.
Project name
A luminous 75 m² apartment in Moscow with a Baltic soul
Photography
Sergey Ananiev
Collaborators
Style by Julia Chebotar
Interior design
Gromova Buro
Environmental & MEP engineering
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Located in one of four mansion buildings within a residential complex in a historic part of Moscow, this 270 m² apartment belongs to a family with a child. The owners commissioned interior designer Ariana Ahmad to create the interior.
Project name
Bright apartment 270 m² with Parisian vibe in Moscow
Photography
Mikhail Loskutov
Principal architect
Ariana Ahmad
Collaborators
Natalia Onufreichuk
Interior design
Ariana Ahmad
Environmental & MEP engineering
Typology
Residential › Apartment
This project features the regeneration of a small holiday apartment building, in the heart of the Naoussa settlement, in Paros. The building is situated a few meters from the Naoussa port, with each of the six apartments sharing views of the sea and the calming island environment.
Project name
Aegean Color Rooms
Architecture firm
The Hive Architects
Location
Paros Island, Greece
Photography
Giorgos Sfakianakis
Principal architect
The Hive Architects
Design team
Michael Xirokostas, Theodoros Panopoulos, Andrianos Nowicki, Angeliki Papadopoulou, Maria Damianidou
Collaborators
Sissy Rousaki (Styling)
Interior design
Michael Xirokostas, Theodoros Panopoulos, Andrianos Nowicki, Angeliki Papadopoulou, Maria Damianidou
Environmental & MEP engineering
Construction
Bibasis Athanasios
Supervision
The Hive Architects, Bibasis Athanasios
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchuU, V-ray
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The apartment is located in Moscow in the residential complex "Residences of Composers." The project was designed for a young woman-lawyer with an active lifestyle and an analytical mind.
Project name
LAW Interior
Architecture firm
ARCHJOINT
Location
Residential Complex "Residences of Composers", Moscow, Russia
Photography
Anton Brzhozovsky. Video: ZORKO production
Design team
Ivan Kochev, Lesya Agafonova
Environmental & MEP engineering
Typology
Residential › Apartment
What was once a civil courtroom now unfolds as a place to dwell. The former institutional structure has been reconfigured into 16 long-stay residential units, transforming civic rigidity into domestic spatiality through a position of critical reuse and architectural editing.
Project name
Vila Catarina Apartments
Architecture firm
MASSLAB
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Lourenço Menezes Rodrigues
Design team
Fábio Teixeira Ferreira; Pedro Machado; Marta Vaz
Environmental & MEP engineering
Structural engineer
NCREP
Typology
Residential › Apartment
