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Minimalist and modern, black and white in a soaring loft space up under the eaves in Paris’ 17th arrondissement. Beautiful aged oak beams and original steel and glass windows provide contrast, a historic shell for Atelier Leymarie Gourdon to create a 70 m2 contemporary one-bedroom apartment within.

Photography by bcdf studio

Toronto interior designer Barbara Wigmore has captured my attention and heart with her modern, warm and contrasting spaces. I am eating this up.

Rising four storeys alongside its Georgian neighbours in one of Clerkenwell’s most desirable locations, Britton Street is an energetic and celebrated example of post-modernism. It was designed by the architect Piers Gough, principal of CZWG, for Janet Street-Porter in 1987. It occupies a corner plot, left vacant since the Second World War, with a conventional elevation of fenestration in alignment with the neighbouring terrace. The windows, however, are overlaid with interlinking diamond frameworks above log lintels, creating, in contrast, a contemporary lattice effect. Entry is within a gated courtyard intended for off-street parking. The ground floor opens to a hallway with three bedrooms, two adjoining. These have use of an en-suite bathroom and there is also separate shower room, utility room and a cleverly incorporated kitchenette. A stone staircase spirals to the first floor, where the main bedroom, with an en-suite bathroom and a dressing room, extends in an arch. The second floor serves as the main living space, open plan with a birch plywood ceiling and huge windows filled with the foliage of surrounding plane trees. Behind curved walls, echoing the stairs and courtyard wall is the kitchen, which opens onto a semi-circular balcony on the south-facing elevation. Through the dining area is a door to the external staircase, leading to a decked roof terrace and a further bedroom with an en-suite shower, which exists behind the enormous, triangular portion of glazing visible from the front.
How wonderful would it be to own such a beautiful example of post-modern architecture in such a prominent location. For sale (£3,750,000) via The Modern House.

An Artful Life Studio was founded by British interior-architect Kate Whitfield in 2014, and her clean, contemporary, pared back aesthetic using lots of neutral and wood is so pleasing to the eye, and the soul. Artful and easy living.

A full, back-to-brick remodelling of a family home on the edge of Tooting Common saw interior design studio A New Day place a stunning kitchen in the middle of an open-plan living space that reimagines the ground floor. Dining at the front of the house and living area opening to the garden all connected by the herringbone floor. The house with its ample storage uses colour and texture to create an unpretentious but simply beautiful family home.

Photography by Anna Stathaki