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Commissioned by a busy, professional client who works internationally, the architects were asked to transform a 37-square-metre, one-bedroom apartment in a Mayfair mansion block into a minimalist "pied-à-terre". Top image: an open-plan area includes the kitchen, living room and workspace. Above: neutral colours were used throughout "We thought accommodating sleeping, living, dining and working in a 37-square-metre apartment while also delivering the feel of a spacious interior was a very challenging brief," said the practice. "We decided we should not look at it like a residential project but rather like a hotel suite, where all functions are carefully and discreetly...

A family who enjoys spending time in the city on weekends purchased the BZ Apartment and hired studioDO to complete the interior. Located in Tel Aviv, Israel, in a 1960s brutalist building, the 100-square meter apartment was originally broken up into small, dark rooms that didn’t work for the new owners. All of the walls were taken down to open the interior up and to create a new layout that includes a large space for the living room, dining room, and kitchen. The three bedrooms, each with their own bathroom, form an L-shape around the public space, which now benefits...

“I spent all morning putting in a comma and all afternoon taking it out.” That Oscar Wilde quote referenced by Studio Doppio perfectly describes not only writing but architecture and design, as projects like this one, grow and evolve during the process before reaching the final outcome. The Writer’s Machine is an apartment in Torino, Italy, featuring a multifunctional structure, the “machine,” in the center of the space that morphed over time. The structure serves many functions with partition walls, a sliding element, storage drawers, and a mirror, all that make up the core of the 120-square-meter apartment. The owner...