Art Collector’s Apartment in Sydney Harbour, Australia

Brooke Aitken Design designed a showcase apartment on Sydney’s Circular Quay, Australia. In collaboration with Johnson Pilton Walker (the interior architects for the project), they provided the interior decorations, including all furniture procurement and art placement  According to the architects, the clients are significant art collectors and benefactors in Australia and the apartment was built to showcase their collection set on a backdrop of Sydney Harbour, the Opera House and the Botanical Gardens. Everywhere you look, the apartment is filled up with color and culture. An open plan living room displays good taste in a highly contemporary manner. The color palette is simple and creates an environment that is perfect for relaxation and meditation. The floor to ceiling windows ensure plenty of light and the views from the loft surprise the Australian urban environment.

Stylish and Well Structured Apartment in Athens

We stumbled upon a lovely apartment located in Athens and remodeled by Spacelab Architecture.  Simple and friendly, the crib looks perfectly suited for a young couple. Here is more information from the architects: “This small remodeling project consists of a two bedroom apartment on the sixth floor of a building on the waterfront of  Athens. The initialy fragmented plan of the apartement was opened up by demolishing the kitchen walls and creating a unified space. Two main elements dominate this space; the fireplace with the built in tv-behind the mirrored screen- and the open kitchen with the custom made yellow corian hood. The wooden surfaces used in the project were made out of old sewn looking veneer oak and stained dark. the floors are covered with oak wood. dark gray colours are complemented by flashier yellow, green and blue tones“. Have a look at the photos and tell us what decorative elements are you particularly fond of.

In ancient Rome, the insulae (singular insula) were large apartment buildings where the lower and middle classes of Romans (the plebs) dwelled.

In ancient Rome, the insulae (singular insula) were large apartment buildings where the lower and middle classes of Romans (the plebs) dwelled. The floor at ground level was used for tabernas, shops and businesses with living space on the higher floors. ancient Roman insulae in Rome and other imperial cities reached up to 10 and more stories, some with more than 200 stairs. Several emperors, beginning with Augustus (r. 30 BC-14 AD), attempted to establish limits of 20–25 m for multi-storey buildings, but met with only limited success. The lower floors were typically occupied by either shops or wealthy families, while the upper stories were rented out to the lower classes. Surviving Oxyrhynchus Papyri indicate that seven-story buildings even existed in provincial towns, such as in 3rd century AD Hermopolis in Roman Egypt

Apartments can be classified into several types

Apartments can be classified into several types. In the US the typical terms are a studio, efficiency, bedsit, or bachelor style apartment. These all tend to be the smallest apartments with the cheapest rents in a given area. These kinds of apartment usually consist mainly of a large room which is the living, dining, and bedroom combined. There are usually kitchen facilities as part of this central room, but the bathroom is its own smaller separate room.