Set within Brickell Flatiron — the 64-story triangular tower by Luis Revuelta in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood — TP Apartment was designed for a young couple drawn to bold clarity over softness. The brief was precise: a palette limited exclusively to black and white, no compromise on material richness, and a high rise interior that feels striking without becoming heavy.
Nar Design Studio treated that constraint as a design premise rather than a limitation. Within a chamfered floor plan that resists conventional furniture arrangements, the project uses asymmetrical composition, reflected surfaces, and carefully graded textures to build depth and warmth within a monochromatic discipline.
The chamfered living room windows shaped every planning decision. An angular sofa and asymmetrical layout resolve the apartment’s departure from orthogonal geometry, while smoke mirrors, linen wallpaper, and lacquered wall panels create a rhythm of voids and solids that demarcates zones without physical partitions. The layout was further optimized by relocating the guest bedroom entrance to extend the media wall, and converting a den into a walk in closet for the primary suite.
Materiality delivers the project’s real tension. Velvet, silk, and linen soften the black and white framework, while marble, polished stone, and mirror introduce harder reflective counterpoints. The result is a palette that reads as graphic from a distance and tactile up close — a balance that keeps the monochromatic concept from feeling austere.
In the primary bedroom, an inverted headboard with cove lighting illuminates a metallic wallpaper surface, while frosted glass nightstands and heavy drapery give the room a darker, more enveloping atmosphere. Throughout the apartment, organic furniture shapes — curved sofa, rounded dining set, sculptural seating — counterbalance the angular architecture and strict palette, ensuring every room feels inhabited rather than staged.
