Interior designer Maayan Zusman and architect Amir Navon have renovated a flat with a challenging, boat-shaped floor plan in one of Tel Aviv's influential Bauhaus buildings.
The 70-square-metre apartment, located in a curving white 1930s building in central Tel Aviv, was purchased recently by the client, after its previous owner passed away.

With their renovation, Zusman and Navon wanted to bring out the apartment's years of history.
So while they modernised the two-bedroom flat with contemporary finishes and the addition of a second bathroom, they also retained elements of the layout and relaid the existing floor tiles.

Zusman and Navon also incorporated references to the previous owner, a carpenter whose idiosyncratic works ? such as a hybrid chessboard lamp ? they discovered when inspecting the property, just before it was cleared out. "His story, and the apartment's unique space immediately made it clear that the history and original features of the apartment would not only be kept but also respected, all the while creating a space that is still relevant and up to date," Zusman told Dezeen.

The carpenter's pieces now feature in photographs that hang in the apartment, alongside nautical art works that reference its prow-like shape of the floor plan.
Another preserved historical element are the geometric brown floor tiles.
These were originally laid down in a different pattern in each room, segmenting the spaces. But, after delicately removing the tilin...