Venetian Apartment

Client: UK-based professional couple
Photographer: Lisa Ferroweb
Executive Local Architect: email
  Calafati Calafati Architetti, Venice, Italy

The apartment is located in a late 17th cent palazzo and part of Protected Heritage. Every single of our changes, from main 'trifora' windows to room layout & function, had to receive approval from La Sopraintendenza. We worked closely with a local architect - Calafati Calafati Architetti.
Originally, the 'best' rooms (including master bdrm!) were at the canal-facing front of the building. The small kitchen and a formal dining were in the rear, facing internal light-wells. Part of our refurbishment involved the reversal of this arrangement. Local boat-building plywood was used for all fit-out features; colour-stained in the kitchen and clear-varnished elsewhere. This choice underpinned our philosophy of careful conservation and unashamedly modern interventions, leaving the palazzo's original splendour clearly juxtaposed with 21st cent. additions!