Interior design of an apartment, 164 m²

The entrance greets you with a large gilded panel on the wall, a warm accent against the calm grey-beige finishes. Beyond the sliding doors the engineered flooring gives way to marble-effect porcelain: the entrance and the living spaces use different materials, but they are chosen within one palette, so the transition never jars. Through the half-open doors you catch sight of a backlit dark-wood cabinet, the first hint of the living room's character.

The home office has a bay window of its own, a mirror of the one in the living room, only smaller and quieter. The desk stands on sculptural supports and faces the windows, and a wire pendant above it lightens a room otherwise lined with cabinetry. Built-in shelving on either side of the window holds the library without taking up floor space, so the workspace stays open and uncluttered.

The living room is built around the bay window: the soft curve of the fluted panelling beneath it continues the line of the recess, and sculptural pendants over the sofa add movement. A grey modular Calligaris sofa, round black Saba side tables and a pair of textured Calligaris armchairs make a calm place to talk, while a linear fireplace set into the wall and the gold-leaf panel opposite are quiet accents that hold attention without competing. There is room for a grand piano too, at the other end of the bay.

Three windows light the kitchen and dining area, and their autumn-leaf curtains let daylight in all day. A dining table on a sculptural base and chairs with rounded petal backs gather beneath a paired disc pendant, while the dark fluted kitchen with its brass tap and stone worktop keeps the background restrained and lets the dining group lead.

A partition of bronze glass and brass uprights separates the bedroom from the walk-in wardrobe: the boundary reads clearly without cutting the space in two. A fluted headboard panel and floating bedside units lit from below hold the symmetry, and by the window there is a corner with two armchairs for morning coffee or reading. Warm caramel textiles and spotlighting keep the room quiet at any hour.

The walk-in wardrobe adjoins the bedroom through the same partition of bronze glass and brass uprights, so it is visible without being wide open. Symmetrical cabinets with mirrored fronts frame a central island of drawers, and a window at the end gives it daylight, like the other living spaces in the apartment.

The bathroom is clad in white Calacatta marble from floor to ceiling, with the veining running unbroken. A floating vanity with an oval basin sits beneath an arch of the same stone with a round mirror set into it, and a freestanding bath is raised on a podium by the window, a brass pendant hanging directly above its rim. The strict pattern of the marble and the near absence of decoration make the room read as a spa rather than a bathroom.