Has almost 400 square meters – exactly, 263 inside and 130 outside – is part of a royal building with more than 100 years of history and is located in the charming and exclusive Galvany neighborhood of Barcelona. But what really made the owners fall in love with this duplex penthouse, was the potential of terraces that surround almost each room.
The apartment was bought with the intention of being renovated, since it was very compartmentalized, it had almost no light and there were too many rooms and all of them were very small. It was clear that they needed a complete intervention and the architecture and interior design studio Mengíbar Blanco It was the best help.
“They didn’t need many rooms, in fact, only four, something that allowed us to expand the common areas as much as possible,” confess Ana Blanco and Fran Mengíbar, the architect couple who give their name to the studio. And they continue, “partitions were pulled down, almost all the hallways were removed and some structural intervention was made to enlarge the spaces.”
Get bright spaces It was the main objective, hence the windows were enlarged and glass windows were installed. A complete success! But beyond natural light, they wanted, above all, good artificial lighting. “For this we chose warm lights and in specific points, so that the space is welcoming and pleasant,” they explain from the studio.
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The house is distributed over two floors. In the first there is a bright living room, a dining room that leads to a large terrace, a large kitchen, an office full of bookcases and a master suite with access to another terrace. On the second floor, we find a living room dedicated to the shared passion of the owners, cinema; and it has a large custom-made bookshelf where they store their personal collection of movies. This apartment also has two bedrooms, a bathroom, an office and, of course, another great terrace, which in turn has a separate kitchen, a toilet and a small storage room. As icing on the cake, a small pool and an outdoor shower were built. In addition, it has its own direct access from the street.
Continuing with the seal that already characterizes the young studio, He respected the original architecture as much as possible of the property, preserving the interior wooden staircase, the fireplace and some old moldings. On a decorative level, these elements give the entire home a classic styleelegant and fresh in equal parts, and that does not lack the comforts of a modern home.
