Category: Project

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.

For a young family with a newborn baby we were challenged to re-arrange an existing apartment making room for the new member of the family, Cosmo.

The young clients had a very tight budget but an open mind, so they were open to add a playful character with simple materials, using coloured joints and painted walls. The apartment building from the 1970’s had concrete floors and ceilings, and a rather big fixed shaft in the middle, but with large windows in both exterior walls.

We proposed a platform to elevate the new sleeping alcove and bathroom, so that all new pipes could run underneath without having to break open the concrete floors. The series of spaces were connected with sliding doors, with a bathroom in the middle, That way, both bedrooms were en suite.

The kitchen was opened up with an island facing the living room and the balcony, so it’s possible to cook looking at the neighbouding park. In the tall cabinets we created a niche to give the new barista coffee machine the place it deserved. New installations had to be placed over the walls and ceilings, so to save costs we chose a solution with exposed cables in contrasting colours.

For a young family with three kids we renovated a heritage-listed townhouse right in the middle of Amsterdam’s canal belt. The house presented a deep and narrow double-height volume with an internal balcony in its center, concluded with a patio at the back side. This was the result of the joining of disconnect parts over the years, resulting in an inefficient floorplan.

Our renovation focused on enhancing the double-height space. By removing the old staircase, we aimed to transform this space into the new heart of the house, where a long dining table sits next to the kitchen, allowing for family engagement and get-togethers. A bright and uncluttered space with some playful accents that convey modern and relaxed living.

For this project, it was paramount to honor the historical legacy of the house by restoring the original wooden floors on the ground level, removing the old layers of gray paint, sanding and treating them back to its original luster with new balustrades made to match.

In contrast we then gave the kitchen and bathrooms a more contemporary changeover with upcycled oak cabinets and, cement floor tiles and beton cire walls that adds some character to the surface.

As with many Dutch Housing Commissioned apartments, there used to be a separate bathroom with an adjacent toilet in this Amsterdam Oost house. The challenge was to unite both spaces into one, fitting all the regular elements into a compact space, as well as carve out enough room to make space for a new bathtub.

Our client asked for a minimalist approach with earthen, neutral tones and we responded by choosing beton cire for the walls in a sandy color, paired with small format tiles with an earthy and irregular pattern.

The custom-made sink cabinet was designed in massive oak and used the same materials and construction for the bigger cabinet, in order to create a unified outlook and provide extra storage space. To complete the minimal footprint of the renovation, we replaced the door with a frameless sliding panel.

When an expat French family hired us to open up enlarge and renovate their kitchen in their courtyard-facing home near de Amstel, we took notice of the client’s demands and outlined a two-step approach: repurpose some of the pre-existing elements, while blending them with newly designed, custom-made elements.

By pushing back the rear kitchen wall towards the living space, we created a centerpiece built-in wall that becomes the focal point of their ground floor. On one side it is used as cabinets for the kitchen, while on the opposite side it doubles up as a tall cabinet with nooks to display the client’s art pieces and store some of their kids’ toys.

We designed this new, custom-made cabinet for functional use, then animated its composition with small openings and light features, before painting in a matte, dark teal blue coating.

The kitchen was originally made with standard Ikea Metod cabinets, but we improved it by adding custom-made doors in two finishes: natural solid oak and smokey-blue sustainable linoleum. For the kitchen floor we used matching matte blue tiles, complemented by a light silestone marble for the countertop and the sink backsplash.