Красивые квартиры №98 4 Contents Original approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 An apartment’s owners – a married couple – opted for a comfortable lay-out with a number of utility rooms, a respectable living room, an office (serving as a guest room) and also a must-have sauna. The apartment is situated on the ground floor in the lowrise estate, located in a megacity’s unique point — not far from the city center and at the same time alongside a big forest. Easy atmosphere: life in a fashionable interior . . . . . . . . . . 28 A young girl wished to issue her apartment’s interior in turquoise and beige in order to create a modern and spectacular atmosphere of ease and freshness. As a result she’s got the interesting, fashionable and harmonious interior. Style kaleidoscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 The project’s author succeeded in harmonious incorporating different elements into the general interior outline with some certain themes. The styles mixture includes classical parquetry, tile inserts with «the Middle Ages» decor, both gothic and modernist styled stained-glass windows, trendy furniture and lighting. Comfort territory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 The owners come to Moscow every now and then so they prefer to purchase an apartment of their own rather than to stay in a hotel every time. Due to that fact the designer’s primary goal was creation of the comfortable environment for all the family members. Involving every centimeter of a useful area, the designer turned a two-room apartment into a threeroom one, with spacious rooms and numerous storage zones. Ease of being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 A unique 115,7 sq. m apartment is located in the 1930’s house designed by the classic of the Soviet architecture Alexey Shchusev. Wooden overlappings, curvilinear bearing walls and old engineering communications have turned the apartment’s reconstruction into a real challenge, but authors of the project have perfectly coped with it. The interior merges the classics and modernist style elements in a harmonious combination with a Stalin empire style, at the same time making an impression of a light, modern, airy space. The Oriental gold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 A 147,6 sq. m four-room apartment’s interior features royal grandeur. Elements of classics meet the Oriental motives with their sensual luxury, freakish ornaments and rich textures of textiles and decoration motives. Ecomodernist motives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Popular singer Mitya Fomin, «Hi-Fi» ex-frontman, now engaged in solo career, is the owner of stylish two-level apartment with the windows overlooking romantic city roofs, the Moskva River and Neskuchny garden. It’s interesting that this apartment has a long makeover history: its today’s spacious area used to be just one level of forty square meters some time ago. The European eclecticism. . . . . . . . . . . 74 Galina Artemyeva, Cand.Phil.Sci., a writer, has created more than ten breathtaking novels in a genre of modern psychological prose. And she is also the spouse of the world’s known musician and a mother of three children. These are the roots and inspiration sources for Galina’s one more talent such as comfortable and stylish living space decoration. Creative ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Nadezhda Bazazyants is a portrait painter, a member of the International art fund and UNESCO’s Association of artists, the head of the Moscow studio «Design Workshops 3-x» and the educational and workshop center. She considers there’s a direct link between success in life and comfort in a house. Cozy laconicism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 The city apartment is a home for a family of three. The owners asked the designer for visual expansion of the space and maximum use of the floor area. Picturesque synthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 The 140 sq. m apartment’s look reminds a beads’ colourful palette. Bearing its own functionality, every room is individually designed. Ease and graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 This project has been brought to life with a surprising ease. Despite a sophisticated lay-out, the space doesn’t look overloaded, on the contrary it delivers light and air. The 102 sq. m apartment provides all the necessary premises such as a living room, a kitchen, a dining-room, an office, a bedroom and a nursery. Colourful accents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 The architect designed this apartment for a young family of two. The main customers’ demands were a comfortable furniture placement, bright accents and an array of storage places. The project authors succeeded to bring all their wishes to life. Functional luxury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Most of this apartment’s main premises have correct, in most cases rectangular outlines, and they’re designed extremely functionally. The main goal was to create a real luxury and functionalism, which is so popular and asked-for today. The original idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 The project’s highlight is a non-standard lay-out featuring a kitchen merged with a living-room and a hall area; this solution let to add one more room. As a result the interior has turned out bright, with a nonstandard hall and a little lightheaded mood. Eternal values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 The image of the future apartment was created just after a dialogue with its owners. Their main wish was a classical styled interior featuring both coziness and grandeur. Initially the designer offered an elegant but comfortable and practical, light and quiet interior in soft pastel tones without saturated contrasts. Unique sounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Magnificent interior, refined accessories, grandeur of classical style in combination with surprisingly warm, sincere atmosphere created by «tasty» shades — this is what provides a unique sounding to this interior. Calmness pledge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 The young man admiring comfort and functionality together with refined esthetics and taste wished an interior with an ultramodern shapes and colours. A touch of art deco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Whatever people invented, there are the eternal, epoques-proved styles which always dictate interior design trends. Art deco is definitely one of them, and it also has become and inspiration for this apartment’s design. Merging of a hall and a living room while keeping their privacy is a lay-out’s highlight. Euroluce: a light of the future . . . . . . . .116 Every two years the well-known design forum «I Saloni» in Milan frames «Euroluce» — a prestigious European review of newest lighting design and developments. «Beautiful apartments» reviews the fair highlights. Charm in details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Highlight the details to make almost any interior more personal. The more original details your project provides, the more chances for exclusive atmosphere the premise gets. In a wall decoration it’s a mosaic finishing which perfectly follows the idea: it allows creation the structures and original images. Design: water and wood . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Washbasins and bath-tubes made of… wood — the today’s top design trend is inspired by fashion for ecological style. № (98)’2011 8 16 82 42 34
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