The Wood House, Parisian Apartment Interior, Building Design Photos, French Architecture
The Wood House in Paris
4 Jan 2021
The Wood House
Architects: NAME architecture
Location: Paris, France
The Wood House project is the reconfiguration of a two-bedroom flat into a modern three-bedroom apartment.

Working within the shell of an existing flat, this project required a complete reconfiguration of the floorplan. With the original flat comprised of a 40m² bedroom and small kitchen, bathroom and living spaces, our response was to create more proportionate rooms, which also enabled us to add value by creating a third bedroom and a shower room, while bringing daylight into the living area from two directions.
By retaining some original wooden ornamentation on the walls, incorporating precise joinery work and introducing intelligent storage space, the practical use of the apartment was maximised while creating continuity and respecting the original charm of the space.
What was the brief"

Our client lived in a Parisian apartment, previously owned by an antique dealer who had created a large Empire style room, lined with beautiful wooden panels and marquetry. This 40sqm space, used as the parents? bedroom, was utterly disproportional to the overall size of the flat ? with a small kitchen and bathroom to be shared by the family.
After living like this for a few years, they decided it was finally time to partially rethink the internal layout and proportions of spaces to ac...