Apartments | Architecture Now

Living with art

Projects | In this apartment, proportions and flow are just as important as are surfaces and detail. Art, however, reigns supreme and in complete unison.

Happy Days domain

Projects | Chris Barton explores DKO Architecture’s mix of terraced and apartment living at a former quarry site in Auckland’s Mount Wellington.

Houses Revisited: High society

Projects | From the Houses archives: a penthouse apartment by Cook Sargission & Pirie provides clear evidence of the rise of Freemans Bay.

A neighbourly narrative: North Fitzroy by Milieu

Projects | This modern take on the classic walk-up apartment is arranged around a verdant central courtyard, designed to foster community.

Mystique to suit: Whitlam Place

Projects | Set within a brazen, nonconformist building of 11 bespoke apartments, this abode fittingly offers an edge to Melbourne’s bohemian suburb.

Camperdown apartment: Ode to brutalism

Projects | The brief for this Sydney apartment called for a concrete box… the result, surprisingly, is a warm and inviting gem.

Hot House: Madrid minimalism

Projects | This small space is home to an emergency doctor, Albóndiga (Meatball, his pet bulldog) and a large collection of pot plants.

Urban colours: Park Avenue Prewar

Projects | This not-so-small Manhattan apartment is a delightful example of the magic that colour can bring to a previously dark enclosure.

Lakeside luxe: Lugano apartment

Projects | This generous apartment packs a lot of living into a relatively small area, and does so with refined Italian style.

Small spaces: Barcelona nouveau

Projects | This tiny Spanish apartment oozes colour, graphic flair and personality while residing a stone’s throw away from the Sagrada Familia.

Above the Seine: Paris apartment

Projects | This apartment bridges three buildings from two different centuries through impeccable décor and a hefty comic book collection.

Dam fine curve: Symonds Street Flats

Projects | Julia Gatley delights in the dialogue between old and new in RTA Studio’s revitalisation of this Fred Newman building.

Gold standard: Freemans Bay Apartment

Projects | Downsizing has by no means equated to downgrading for the owners of this apartment in Auckland’s inner suburbs.

With a bang

Projects | Daring and intensely playful, this Amsterdam apartment toes the line between museum and conceptual home.

Home on high

Projects | A balance of textures and light has transformed this New York loft into a comfortable family home.

A matter of contrasts

Projects | This classic apartment in The Hague proves that even a small, urban, rental property can be turned into a personable home.

La Belle Époque

Projects | This Parisian apartment has been designed to be in harmony with the artistic and historic elements of its neighbourhood.

Pueblo Ribera

Projects | A small 1920s apartment on a Californian beach, designed by architect Rudolph Schindler, is restored to its original.

Venetian affair

Projects | Towing the line between classic and modern, this Italian apartment explores colour and form in a completely refreshing and somewhat romantic way.

Above the curve: Concord Apartment

Projects | This Sydney apartment renovation by Retallack Thompson overcomes spatial challenges to add character and charm.