The Prague-based architectural studio svobodová blaha renovated the interior of one of the floors in an Art Nouveau villa. They created a unique, spearate apartment with distinctive solutions.
By keeping the concept of three main hallways, they created a living room–kitchen, a study, and library, as well as two separate dressing rooms. The third room is completed by a bedroom, through which a second bathroom can be accessed.
A partition with an entrance door that divides the staircase and changes its proportions creates a complex design that interacts with different types of transoms, mirrors, and the color of the darkly painted ceiling beams.
The color, the materials, and the individual pieces of built-in furniture are presented as artistic objects. A layer of original ceiling paintings, discovered during the construction and partially restored, illuminates the rooms. In the other pieces, the ceilings are complemented by a new layer of paintings mixed with atypical and distinctive furniture, steel frames or vaulted ceilings, giving each room a different character.
The cabinet furniture is designed in stained wood and plywood, complemented by original furniture pieces. Their finishes are a combination of a range of almost indistinguishable shades of brown and bluish green.
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