We were contacted by a couple to help them materialize their long ongoing design wishes, for their apartment in a postwar gallery accessed building at a spectacular location on the Amstel. The 1950’s building from Landman and Kasteel is one of the few of its type in the centre of Amsterdam, and was declared a municipal monument in 2014.

The house consist of two apartments that were unified in the past, resulting in a long succession of spaces divided by exposed beams. We proposed to seamlessly connect them with sliding doors, a diagonally placed herringbone oak floor and regularly spaced uplights. The house has an equally long terrace accessible from almost all the rooms, giving light and views of the canal.

Our clients had a taste for exclusive natural materials: massive oak, brushed stainless steel, translucent quartz stone, and a series of custom made oak furniture. Together they give a warm and homely, yet precise feeling.