Warm brutalist flat

A brutalist base without the chill

Build the interior on dark wood, natural stone and graphite shades while keeping the flat warm and liveable.

The hallway, kitchen-living room, bedroom, study, bathroom and loggia had to read as one whole: the same materials, the same light, the same geometry.

Wood, stone and graphite, softened by light

The hallway and kitchen-living room are one space. By the entrance are a console with a pouf and a hidden door in a microcement wall, and dark timber columns with a lit strip of white stone divide the hallway from the living area. The kitchen, with dark timber fronts and a lit stone splashback, continues into a dark stone island; terracotta leather chairs surround the dining table under disc pendants. The living area has a grey modular sofa, concrete side tables and a graphite panel with a relief of arcs, and the TV is set into a wall of dark panels with oak shelving.

In the bedroom the bed sits between full-height glazing with a city view and a wall of graphite panels with a plaster relief. A wardrobe with tinted-glass fronts and a lit strip of raw stone by the TV give the room depth.

The study has a wall of dark timber slats, a sofa and a desk by the window; storage hides behind black fronts. The bathroom pairs concrete-look porcelain with black fittings and a lit stone niche by the basin. The loggia is clad in black slats and stone-look porcelain. Concealed warm light along the perimeter and soft textiles take the hardness out of the materials.

The utility rooms follow the same palette: a walk-in wardrobe with open rails and black drawers, a laundry with stacked machines behind louvred fronts, and concealed doors in microcement walls.