The best interiors of 2024
A selection of interiors published along this year tells us stories of transforming spaces for living, working and sharing, between contemporary gestures in dialogue with historic spaces.
A Japanese apartment at the crossroads of domestic and industrial
The renovation carried out by Roovice in Kamakura was created to valorize an abandoned dwelling, and showcases a strongly Japanese idea of domesticity, where pragmatism and design coexist.
A new life (in blue) for an Athens apartment
Blue walls, marble, tiles and water – together with an exposed concrete structure – restore lost energy to a now renovated 1960s apartment.
A “monumental” micro-apartment, inside a historic palace in Genoa
By transforming a grand hall that had already been divided several times, llabb's project brings the architecture of the ancient city into dialogue with an interior dedicated to light, books and conviviality.
A contemporary spirit for an early 20th century apartment in Milan
Around a double living room redesigned for music and conviviality, the project by 2b Architects preserves the traces of the original dwelling, harmonizing them with Modern and contemporary design.
A “house-forest” in the heart of an old Parisian courtyard
Florquin Studio has transformed a former workshop into a three-storey apartment around a green courtyard, creating an oasis of nature in the middle of the city.
The quest for early modern Milan, in a former factory
An apartment designed by Plus Ultra develops between early 20th century bourgeois atmospheres and flexible solutions defining a contemporary domestic interior.
A small house in Milan, redesigned for a musician
In the heart of Ortica, a district with a great cultural heritage, Dedabo studio transformed the layout of a flat with a few gestures, colour contrasts and a nuanced reference to Franco Albini.
Echoes of Carlo Scarpa and high-tech for a renovation in Verona
A jeweller's shop in the city centre is transformed into a coworking space, and Masaai studio has preserved the building's many lives amidst history, exposed systems and a quest for detail.
Foundations become brutalist furniture, underneath a 16th century building in Munich
To create a bar in a basement in the city centre, Buero Wagner excavated a new level of foundations, which became minimalist furniture in exposed concrete.
Wood, steel and perspective joints in a Catalan interior
Around a sophisticated system of equipped walls, studio Crü has developed an interior that is all about minimal visual shifts and maximum functionality of spaces.
MM:NT Lab, the “luxury” design answer to capsule hotels
We spent a night in Berlin’s new super-experimental hotel, designed to make you feel at home, where everything works through an app, and you probably won’t meet any humans for the entire weekend.
The unmistakable Brutalism of a bar in São Paulo
Studio MNMA transforms an anonymous street corner with exposed structure and raw materials, revealing the Brutalist soul of the building.
Making home in 24 square metres, in Barcelona
Clearing a small flat in the Grácia neighbourhood from all partitions, Parramon + Tahull valorized floors and vaulted ceilings to create intimate spaces through essential furniture.