“Magnificent buildings are magical. Maybe this is about how light rests on them, or maybe it’s the acoustics: the sound of footsteps reverberating through corridors.”
Daniel Libeskind is proving to us that work with light is a crucial component of the art of architecture. Just as a superb canvas of one of the old masters, the interior of apartment 493 invites us to contemplate its chiaroscuro contrasts, effects of the irregular structure and surfaces of the building itself.
In spite of this challenge the highly dynamic building structure imposed, the architect succeeded in composing an interior that is aesthetically pleasing and carefully thought out in every detail.
The four magnificent bedrooms, including two with en-suite bathrooms and walk-in closets; the spacious open plan salon, kitchen and dining area; and the many conveniences such as the pantry or the remote control HMS facility management system; but above all the highly functional layout of the apartment itself allow for complete separation of the daytime and the night-time zones.
This minimalist interior fitted with top class finishing materials and solutions blends into a perfect whole, a completed work of art each is able to experience in their subjective and highly personal way. Decorative restraint and the use of a limited colours range yield a calming effect, yet we still realise we are in the very heart of the city. Isn’t this what magic is all about?
Vistas provide another dimension of the continual interplay of contrasts. We observe an uneasy fusion of the historical and the ultramodern: the spectacular panorama of Warsaw, with her most picturesque emblems. The Old Town and the soaring lines of the new hotel and office buildings make for a extraordinarily effective composition.
Daniel Libeskind is proving to us that work with light is a crucial component of the art of architecture. Just as a superb canvas of one of the old masters, the interior of apartment 493 invites us to contemplate its chiaroscuro contrasts, effects of the irregular structure and surfaces of the building itself.
In spite of this challenge the highly dynamic building structure imposed, the architect succeeded in composing an interior that is aesthetically pleasing and carefully thought out in every detail.
The four magnificent bedrooms, including two with en-suite bathrooms and walk-in closets; the spacious open plan salon, kitchen and dining area; and the many conveniences such as the pantry or the remote control HMS facility management system; but above all the highly functional layout of the apartment itself allow for complete separation of the daytime and the night-time zones.
This minimalist interior fitted with top class finishing materials and solutions blends into a perfect whole, a completed work of art each is able to experience in their subjective and highly personal way. Decorative restraint and the use of a limited colours range yield a calming effect, yet we still realise we are in the very heart of the city. Isn’t this what magic is all about?
Vistas provide another dimension of the continual interplay of contrasts. We observe an uneasy fusion of the historical and the ultramodern: the spectacular panorama of Warsaw, with her most picturesque emblems. The Old Town and the soaring lines of the new hotel and office buildings make for a extraordinarily effective composition.
