Красивые квартиры №75 6 Contents Interaction of elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 That interior project was designed for very temperamental and bright girl. Having active way of life she likes to welcome guests very often. The authors of the project got an unordinary task from her: she wants them to recreate a club atmosphere in her apartment, trying to keep a home warmth at the same time. As a result the interior appeared to be unexpected and bright, combining different elements but laconic and natural. Union of classics and art deco . . . . . . . . 26 For several years the owners of the presented project have lived in the apartment where there was no any special decoration style, it was just qualitatively renovated. However as soon as the family had grown, the apartment’s interior was changed in a big way. The author advised to choose the modern classics as the main interior style: it’s quiet, cozy, with slightly seen art deco features. La vie en amethyste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 The warm purple-and-chocolate scale prevailing in that interior is not just effective — it calms and relaxes you. Scattered light highlights grace of multi-coloured stained-glass windows and shine of pastes, game of shades is echoed also by shimmering of walls’ surfaces. The pebble-styled walls and the window-cases built in a floor, with corals and shells, remind of the rest at the sea coast. European classics, inherited . . . . . . . . . . 44 The given apartment’s style is offered by the designers as a variant for a new apartment with initially free lay-out. The eclectic approach explains a possibility to see both classical and modern design elements. Columns, plaster cornices and characteristic parquetry are the first ones, glossy surfaced laconic furniture, stretch ceilings and design chandeliers concern the second. The duet of marble and tinted wood became a leading combination of materials. Atop the wave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 The unusual lay-out became the result of two nextdoor apartments’ merging. There was a sensation of smooth movement of space and overflowing of spaces. False ceilings’ lines, wavy floor materials’ joints and walls’ roundings strengthened those sensations. Even the hollow column centering the living room is wrapped into a symbolical shell. Illusion birth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 The interrelation of various furniture and decoration elements is distinctly traced in that city apartment’s design. As draperies of curtains have something in common with coverlets and cushions, and stretch ceiling is conformable to the glass texture, original illusion of a «second light» is born. The sensation of unity is reached also due to natural materials’ use. At the heart of the modern image one may find spicy Orient and smooth French accents. Simple and distinctive world . . . . . . . . . . 68 Soft high tech — this is the way one may characterize that apartment’s decoration style. At the heart of the design there are squared shapes. They are recreated both in the apartment’s architecture and in decor details: ceilings’ configuration, furniture silhouettes, decorative plaster’s design. The colour range, unified almost for all the apartment’s rooms, introduces sensation of a home coziness and hearth in its atmosphere. City legends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 The well-known actor and director Michael Gorevoy lives not in an elite new building, but in the historical centre of Moscow — in Gogol boulevard, nearby the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, in the house built in 1929. The house is unique both for its history and the fact that there are only two more similar buildings in the city. In mansard context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 For more than ten years Alyona Nikolaenko, designer, has been creating absolutely dissimilar private interiors. In her interiors art could be seen in every line and shape. She believes that while designing any space position of simplicity and convenience is always the most advantageous one. Colour mood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 For the 235 square meters apartment is situated in a warm and sunny city of Sochi, climate features and geographical location was considered designing its interior. They also can be easily found in the apartment’s color palette. Quiet graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 That interior composition is based on the concept of simple lines and laconic geometrical forms. The New York City silhouette was chosen as the theme of that project. But nevertheless the interior supposed to be quiet and graphic: harmony, calmness and laconicism of forms — here there is the concept the most functional interior. Pearl decor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 The project’s authors had to create a modern interior with classical elements for a married middleaged couple. The fact that the spouses like to welcome guests was one of that interior concept’s key ideas. Living even realistic, pearl-and-grey, almost achromatic colour scale became a starting point creating that interior design. Vanilla history of a cosiness . . . . . . . . . 102 The 139 square meters apartment is meant to be a home for four: a husband, a wife and two small sons. The owners wished to have a modern styled interior and to fill the space with light, hearth and coziness. At the same time everything should be functional and practical, without unnecessary details. The living room is designed in smooth vanilla tones and filled with light through the big windows. Elegant restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 That apartment is very successfully located is the prestigious apartment complex surrounded with parks and ponds. The owners’ task to the designers was to create the world of coziness, calmness and elegance. In that apartment’s colour palette three colours were mostly used: white, black and red. Modern asymmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 The 107 square meters apartment is located in a modern district of Moscow. The owners — a young couple — wished to see unusual and modern interior design with curvilinear shapes. Improbable transformation . . . . . . . . . . 108 The 70 square meters apartment supposed initially to be a two-room one. However the owners — a young couple expecting a baby — asked the designers to add extra room to be used as a nursery. The architects managed to do almost impossible — to transform an ordinary two-room apartment into four-room apartment using all the room space’s advantages. Geometrical laconicism . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 The small studio apartment is designed in a modern laconic style. Several geometrically shaped niches on a wall to the left of a sofa and a construction with a flat TV can be considered as the interior accents. Haute couture walls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Interior design and decor is being especially fashion-oriented these days. One of the avant-guard interior fashion segments is wall-paper design. This kind of wall decoration is initially created to change interiors quickly and practically unrecognizably. Antique luxury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 The art of the mosaic, known since the antiquity epoch, has nowadays turned into an elite kind of interior decor. Art and technological possibilities of this magnificent and luxury decor are annually exhibited at the Cersaie — the International ceramics salon. «Beautiful apartments» represent the exhibition review where the mosaic showed all its magnificence. 44 60 18 52 № (75)’2009 Содержание 7
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