Gleam is a minimalist apartment located in Kaunas, Lithuania, redesigned in 2021 by Giku.

Description
A construction of four floor building known as the telephone station in district of Vilijampol? was started back in early nineties. Unfortunately, ?Telekomas? did not continue to develop this project in later years since it turned out to be unnecessary. In addition, unwanted gigantic and ?powerful? structures of reinforced concrete were left to exist. However, in 2008 owners of ?Telekomas? tried to reapply reinforced concrete structures to build loft apartments, since mentioned constructions had a structure of industrial buildings and the height of a ceiling was 4,5 meters. Based on the new architectural project, three additional floors were built, however, because of the economic crisis the project was stopped. Finally, the 30 meters high building was fully completed in 2019, when modern aluminum and glass structures were used to cover the building from the outside. Vilijampol? district itself is not the most pleasant part of Kaunas city. Especially various dormitories and apartment complexes that are a heritage from the Soviet Union and surround the newly finished modern building, create extremely depressing and unpleasant mood. The minimalist interior was created on the sixth floor of this building. The window of the apartment offers a panorama of the gloomy soviet buildings and the distant church towers of the old town of Kaunas city. The outstan...