Ekaterina Ignatova and Nana Kobakhidze from the Background Studio team combined two apartments in the St. Petersburg residential complex Krestovsky de luxe and adapted the resulting space for a young couple with a small child.
Project name
The interior of an apartment in Saint Petersburg
Architecture firm
Background Studio
Location
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Principal architect
Ekaterina Ignatova, Nana Kobakhidze
Design team
Ekaterina Ignatova, Nana Kobakhidze
Interior design
Ekaterina Ignatova, Nana Kobakhidze
Environmental & MEP engineering
Civil engineer
Ekaterina Ignatova
Structural engineer
Sergey Donya
Supervision
Ekaterina Ignatova
Visualization
Ekaterina Ignatova
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The owners of this apartment envisioned a contemporary space that would honor the building’s historic character. Nestled in a house built in 1890 in Moscow’s Chistye Prudy district, the compact 49-square-meter apartment features curved walls and an unconventional layout.
Project name
Bright 49 m² Wabi-Sabi–Style apartment in Moscow
Architecture firm
Olga Petrova-Podolskaya
Photography
Yurii Grishko
Design team
Style by Liza Eshva
Interior design
Olga Petrova-Podolskaya
Environmental & MEP engineering
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Sabrab added to its portfolio a new apartment located in one of the most emblematic buildings in Porto, on Avenida dos Aliados. The building is a reference in Porto, being one of the buildings where luxury brands have their headquarters.
Project name
Avenida dos Aliados 107
Location
Avenida dos Aliados, Porto, Portugal
Principal architect
Sabrab
Design team
Miguel Barbas
Collaborators
Maria Vidal
Interior design
Miguel Barbas, Maria Vidal
Environmental & MEP engineering
Miguel Barbas
Civil engineer
Miguel Barbas
Material
Stucco and clay on walls, natural wood on floor. Portuguese marble in bathroom
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The apartment was designed and decorated for a young woman and her son. The family travels a lot due to their professional activities, the customer has lived and worked in different parts of the world. Now he works mostly from home.
Project name
Apartment interior in minimalist style with elements of modernity and ecodesign
Photography
Liza Gurovskaya
Collaborators
Ekaterina Subbotina
Environmental & MEP engineering
Tools used
Camera Canon EOS R6 + canon 24-70mm
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Arya Apartments provides 87 affordable apartments in a gateway building to downtown San Jose’s SoFA (South of First Area) Arts and Entertainment District. The 95,000-square-foot project’s design, amenities, and outreach strategies were developed to serve San Jose’s working artist community.
Project name
Arya Apartments
Architecture firm
LEDDY MAYTUM STACY Architects
Location
San Jose, California, USA
Photography
Bruce Damonte
Design team
Richard Stacy, Vanna Whitney, Sara Sepandar, Yung Chang, Enrique Sanchez, Eddie Kopleson, Kirk Nelson, Howie Russel, LJ Bryant
Collaborators
GC: Branagh Construction; Low Voltage: E Design C; Waterproofing: Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates; Acoustical: Salter
Interior design
LEDDY MAYTUM STACY Architects
Environmental & MEP engineering
Emerald City Engineers
Civil engineer
Luk and Associates
Client
Satellite Affordable Housing Associates (SAHA)
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Unplanned Domestic Prototype [PROT/USRBL/SE08] critically explores the transformative potential of a 60 m² apartment in a building constructed in 1966, as part of Spain's post-war 1959 Stabilization Plan.
Project name
Unplanned Domestic Prototype: PROT/USRBL/SE08
Architecture firm
Ismael Medina Manzano
Location
San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Principal architect
Ismael Medina Manzano
Collaborators
Sofía Larumbe, Pablo Vives; Stonemason: La espiga Planting Consultant: Viveros Endanea Garden
Environmental & MEP engineering
Landscape
Stonemason: La espiga; Planting Consultant: Viveros Endanea Garden
Material
1. Handcrafted Glazed Ceramic Tile / Relief / Green 2. Relocated Local Granite Stone / Crystal White / 4cm 3. San Sebastián Sandstone Quarry Stone / 4cm 4. Glass Block Pavés / Doric / Neutral Transparent UNPLANNED DOMESTICP ROTOTYPE: PROT/USRBL/SE08 5. Translucent Polycarbonate / Double Panel / Anodized Aluminum Structure + Methacrylate 6. Glass Pool Coating / Blue 7. Glass Pool Coating / White 8. Steel Beams / Sanded and Painted / Matte Green 9. Oak Wood Flooring / XL 10. Two-component Lime-based Microcement / Natture / Grey 11. Steel Profile Doors + Trans. Polycarbonate Paneling / Green 12. Local Lacquered Alum. Profile Windows / Black / Tilt-and-turn 13. Exposed and Troweled Concrete Columns
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The apartment is located on the 11th floor of Tatlin Apartments, an elite residential complex in the Basmanny district of Moscow. The complex was built on the site of a former Soviet-era telephone exchange building.
Project name
Tatlin Apartments
Architecture firm
Simple Forms Interiors
Photography
Mikhail Chekalin
Principal architect
Ekaterina Kuznetsova
Collaborators
Styling: Svetlana Nosova
Environmental & MEP engineering
Typology
Residential › Apartment
A young businessman approached interior designer Marina Mirasova to create a unique design for his apartment on the 22nd floor of a new residential building in Moscow. His main request was an interior that would stand out from the rest of the apartments in the complex.
Project name
Modern 70 m² apartment with bright accents in Moscow
Photography
Sergey Ananiev
Collaborators
Milena Morozova
Interior design
Marina Mirasova
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Quartzite with a leathered finish, granite, four types of marble, wood veneer
Typology
Residential › Apartment
