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Project • By KORDAS Architects • Apartments

Apartment Building in Marousi

Contemporary Living in Dialogue with NatureThe apartment building in Marousi explores a contemporary approach to urban living. It seeks to reconnect everyday life with nature. Located in one of Athens’ greenest residential districts, the project introduces generous outdoor spaces that extend domestic life beyond the interior. Kordas Architects Kordas Architects At the core of the design is a sequence of deep balconies conceived as transitional living spaces between the home and the city. Rather than functioning as simple extensions of the apartments, they become places for everyday life. As a result, they strengthen the relationship with natural light, fresh air and planting. A defining element of the building’s arch... More

Project • By Alta Idea Design Studio • Apartments

Vienna City_

On Gatterburggasse, a quiet street in Vienna, this apartment occupies a nineteenth-century building with the understated grandeur typical of the city’s historic architecture. Yet following renovation, many of the residences inside had become largely interchangeable: white walls, neutral finishes and little to distinguish one interior from the next. The brief here was not simply to furnish the space, but to restore a sense of identity. Every interior begins with the person who lives there. Before furniture, colour or decoration, there are habits, memories, rituals and the private details that shape daily life. This apartment became a reflection of its owner: a home designed less as a composition and more as a portrait. The client, a... More