How to find a compromise between style andecology? Our answer: why look for a compromise when you can make a stylish interior from natural materials? Read our article on how to quickly and inexpensively create a style in your apartment. An apartment in one of the most famous areas of London - Soho. An apartment, the level of style in which is off the charts, as they say in social networks these days. But most importantly, the design project Archer Street, W1 is something truly unique! After all, it combines beauty and modernity, practicality and naturalness. Bright style, British restraint, ecology and the owner's distinct character - all this can be found in a two-room apartment on the fourth floor of an old English building on Archer Street in London. A successful layout suggested to the designers of the architectural agency Michaelis Boyd Studio how to make something that will really suit the client's taste.
I was interested in living in a house where everything wasIt would be made in typical British style, locally produced, free of chemicals and fully or partially recyclable, but still look really cool.
Owner of the apartment
Michaelis Boyd Studio
The studio was founded in 1995 by AlexMichaelis Boyd Studio was founded by Alex Michaelis and Tim Boyd. Since then, it has earned a reputation as an elegant architectural studio specializing in sustainable and eco-friendly solutions. Alex and Tim met during their internships, when they both worked at such firms as Richard Rogers & Partners, Colquhoun, Miller & Partners, and Wickham & Associates. As a result of their collaboration, Michaelis Boyd Studio was created. It is distinguished by a unique creative approach that leads to elegant, efficient and useful solutions. The goal of each project is to create the perfect combination of perspective, light and space. michaelisboyd.com The first thing you see when entering the apartment is a huge space consisting of a dining room, a living room and a kitchen. All the walls are made of brick, and the floor is covered with natural wood with the addition of steel elements. However, these materials create the entire interior of the apartment.
The next thing that catches your attention isnatural light. After all, the apartment has as many as 12 windows facing west. At night, the room is illuminated by a real fireplace, which gives a subdued light and adds a touch of romance and mystery to the room.
Perhaps the most important thing about this stylishIn an interior with character, the furniture attracts attention. Sharp lines and irregular chairs, tables, built-in wardrobes and other furniture at first seem like something unnecessary, but later you realize how cool it looks!
As already mentioned, the kitchen iscontinuation of the living room and dining room. In it you will see the same red brick from which the building is made. A stylish kitchen set and black window frames complete the composition of this room.
The kitchen also serves as a corridor,leading to the bedroom. Here, wood is also used in the design, and a built-in wardrobe continues the idea of the kitchen set. The room is full of light and air, which makes it truly impressive. All the furniture, including the kitchen, was made according to the architects' drawings, which, of course, is visible to the naked eye, since it is all of broken and unusual shapes. And this is precisely the secret of the originality of the interior. After all, the architecture and decoration here are extremely simple, without frills. And the furniture is simply a masterpiece. And you don't need to think that custom-made means expensive. In almost every big city you can find craftsmen who can make something outstanding for your interior for modest money. If only there was a desire.
A stylish and very daring solution can be considered , which is separated from the bedroom only by transparent glass. However, this does not prevent it from performing the function of a secluded space.
Many people think that it is environmentally friendlyinterior design is necessarily a rejection of style and luxury. Well, the apartment on Archer Street, W1 refutes this misconception: luxury, style and natural materials can and should coexist in the interior.
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