Apartment in the 19th century townhouse in Ljubljana is a place of opposites: it is both warm and cold, both soft and orthagonal. It is equally open and closed against its surroundings and both in contact and in conflict with it's past. It is an interpolation of two different but visually connected ambients with contrasting identities and materialities: the loft and the salon.

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Architects: SADAR+VUGA

Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Architect In Charge: Jurij Sadar, Bo?tjan Vuga, Tina Ho?evar

Area: 91.28 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Miran Kambi?

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From the architect. Apartment in the 19th century townhouse in Ljubljana is a place of opposites: it is both warm and cold, both soft and orthagonal. It is equally open and closed against its surroundings and both in contact and in conflict with it's past. It is an interpolation of two different but visually connected ambients with contrasting identities and materialities: the loft and the salon.
© Miran Kambi?

Living room, furbished in textured and warm materials, reinterprets an Art Nouveau salon. Its layered materiality ? ranging from an open fireplace in onyx stone to vintage hardwood floors ? is reflected in the round ceiling mirror that acts as an illusionist fresco. The room is ambientally lit: apart ...