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House and Office

This is a project by 70F architecture and it is located at Amsterdam, Netherlands. Project's program: Interior design of 2 storey apartment. There are thirteen images for House and Office.

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Project details

Project name: House and Office
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Program: Interior design of 2 storey apartment
Area: Gross floor area: 156 m2
Year: Design: 2001 • Completion: 2003
More details: Building cost: € 100,000
Client: Bas ten Brinke • Carina Nilsson
Project by: 70F architecture
Team: Principal designers: Bas ten Brinke, Carina Nilsson

Project images

Designer's statement

The house is a 2-story apartment with living on the ground floor and working/sleeping upstairs. Since the house was part of a larger project, choices for planning where limited. First, we removed as many walls as possible. We made the kitchen a part of the living room, designing it as a piece of furniture rather than a kitchen. The office is extended into the library/meeting room by a glass wall. This also makes daylight accessible in this darker part of the house, which has windows only on one side. The bedroom has a bathroom 'en suite'.

All necessary closets and cabinets are put inside a wall covered in teak wooden doors. This makes it possible to create almost empty spaces. The covering on the ground floor is a white industrial floor, the stairs and first floor are covered with bamboo. The bathroom floors are covered with black slate. Worktops, bath and basins are made from the Durat composite.