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Casa Nube

Once a rabbit warren of small rooms, narrow corridors and an isolated kitchen, this 1950s apartment near Madrid’s El Retiro Park is now spacious, light-filled and splashed with colour thanks to architect Javier Jiménez Iniesta of local design practice Studio Animal (which also has an office in Barcelona). Addressing the overly compartmentalized lay-out by doing away with it completely, Jiménez Iniesta clustered Casa Nube living, dining and reading areas into one all-white, three-metre-high communal space that is open to the kitchen. This move not only created a free-flowing floor plan that better supports the mother and son who live here, it also lets sunlight pour in from two sides and allows for natural temperature regulation through...

In Madrid, Casa Nube Is a Colourful Nest

A bathroom by Studio Animal explodes with a brilliant use of colour.

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