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The arrangement feels considered from the first step: a residential interior built around openness, but anchored by fitted pieces and the calm weight of a classic shell.<\/p>\n<h2>Living spaces that lead outdoors<\/h2>\n<p>The main living area sits at the top of the apartment and reads as one open room rather than a sequence of separate corners. Sightlines run straight to the balcony and out to the roof terrace, which keeps the room tied to the outdoors even when the doors are closed. South-facing balconies bring in light from a clear direction, catching the edges of curtains, tabletops and cabinetry. The effect is not staged; it comes from the layout itself, with the open-plan living room placed exactly where the transition to outside matters most.<\/p>\n<p>That openness does not leave the room empty. Instead, built-in pieces define the edges, and furniture sits with enough space around it to let the architecture speak. The apartment with roof terrace gains its character from these transitions: hard surfaces near the joinery, softer fabric at the windows, and the reflective break of glass where storage is folded into the wall. Even in the wider views, the plan remains legible, because each zone holds its place without closing off the next one.<\/p>\n<h2>Custom interior work set against a classic shell<\/h2>\n<p>Much of the project\u2019s tone comes from the contrast between the building and what has been inserted into it. The classic interior frame stays visible through panelled surfaces, moulded details and the proportions of the rooms, while the new elements bring in sharper lines and darker accents. This is where the custom interior feels most precise: not as decoration, but as a way of shaping storage, display and circulation around the existing structure.<\/p>\n<p>One recurring element is the glass cabinet, seen in open shelving and framed fronts that let objects remain visible without crowding the room. Warm wood surrounds those glazed sections, and the darker back panels give depth to the stored items. In another view, a built-in wooden bookcase niche uses vertical divisions to break up the wall and turn books into part of the room\u2019s composition. The pieces are tailored to the plan, so the custom cabinet wall reads as part of the architecture rather than a separate addition.<\/p>\n<h3>Glass, wood and darker edges<\/h3>\n<p>Across the living zones, the material mix stays disciplined. Wood floors carry a warm base tone, while black details sharpen handles, frames and chair legs. A marbled surface appears beside the glazed storage, and its pale veining keeps the composition from becoming too heavy. The result is a classic modern interior that relies on contrast instead of ornament: transparent doors, solid timber, and a few precise metal notes placed where the eye naturally lands.<\/p>\n<p>Several details make the custom cabinetry feel lived-in rather than purely built-in. Open compartments hold books and tableware, while closed sections keep the larger mass of storage quiet. Gold-toned handles sit against lighter panels and panelled fronts, adding a small change in scale each time a cabinet door repeats. In the photographs, the arrangement moves from open shelf to framed niche to solid panel, so the wall shifts in depth instead of flattening into one surface.<\/p>\n<h2>Rooms shaped by light, curtains and framed views<\/h2>\n<p>Light reaches deep into the apartment through large windows and glazed openings, and the curtains filter it in a way that changes the room\u2019s edges throughout the day. One window scene shows a striped textile pulled close to a white profiled frame; another catches the softer drape of fabric beside the seating area. These are small moments, but they matter in a classic modern interior because they keep the hard lines of cabinetry and joinery from becoming too rigid. The fabrics also mark the pause between inside and outside.<\/p>\n<p>From one room to the next, the apartment keeps returning to framed views. Door openings, cabinet fronts and wall recesses all create edges within edges, and that makes the plan feel coherent without relying on symmetry. The open-plan living room remains the main spatial gesture, but the fitted pieces and window treatments carry the quieter work of zoning. They guide how the eye moves, and they let the larger rooms stay open while still feeling furnished and complete.<\/p>\n<h2>The bathroom as a quieter counterpoint<\/h2>\n<p>The bathroom shifts the material palette without breaking the project\u2019s language. Marble-look finishes cover the walls and vanity area, and the surface pattern sits against beige and brown tiles with tight joints. A round mirror interrupts the rectangular order, and the dark rim around it gives the wall one clear focal point. The bathroom reads as one of the apartment\u2019s more compact rooms, but the measured use of stone, tile and metal keeps it consistent with the rest of the custom interior.<\/p>\n<p>A freestanding bathtub sits by a large window with white blinds, so the tub becomes part of the room\u2019s geometry rather than an isolated fixture. Light falls across the side of the bath and the tiled wall behind it, and the room\u2019s vertical lines stay visible through the blinds and frame. In a project that relies on fitted joinery and clean transitions, this bathroom offers a slower surface. The marble-look bathroom details are restrained, but they still connect back to the apartment\u2019s broader material rhythm.<\/p>\n<h3>Small shifts in scale and surface<\/h3>\n<p>What holds the rooms together is not repetition of the same finish, but the way each material changes scale. A glass-front cabinet can feel airy in one view and more architectural in another. A marbled top appears as a thin edge beside wood, then as a larger field in the bathroom. Even the panelled cabinet fronts with gold handles borrow from a more classical language, but they are placed with enough restraint to keep the space from tipping into nostalgia. That tension is what gives the apartment its particular tone.<\/p>\n<p>The project also benefits from the lift, which makes all levels easy to reach and ties the two-storey layout together. That practical element matters because it supports the spatial idea of the apartment: a residence spread over more than one floor, with the living level placed where the outdoor connection is strongest. Seen that way, the project is less about a single room than about how the rooms relate. 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