tdot.design
Barcelona Apartment
architectural
and
interior
design
studio
AREA
299 m²
LOCATION
Barcelona, Spain
Dates
Start December '25
Completion Autumn '26
WHAT WE DID
Interior Design Concept
Architectural Drawings
Design & Architectural Supervision
Procurement
Space
Located in the gilded heart of Barcelona’s Eixample, this 299 sqm residence is a time capsule of 1914 Catalan craftsmanship. The apartment is housed within a protected heritage building, defined by its soaring 4-meter ceilings adorned with original artesonado (ornamented plasterwork) and a floor plan of grand, interconnected volumes.
The skeleton of the home - massive windows that drink in the Mediterranean light, weathered marble thresholds, and intricate moldings - offered a "sacred" historical context. Every intervention had to negotiate with the ghost of 1914, ensuring that the century-old bones remained the protagonist while being thrust into a radical new era.
The Brief
The client’s mandate was a paradox: Respect the Heritage, but Destroy the Museum. The task was to design a space for a resident who lives at the intersection of High Fashion and Fine Art. The brief demanded a bold, "fashion-forward" interior that felt like a curated gallery, yet remained a livable sanctuary. It required a rejection of the "safe" minimalism often seen in Eixample renovations, opting instead for a High-Couture aesthetic that would feel as relevant on a runway as it does in an architectural journal.
Inspiration
Apartment - with its soaring ceilings, artesonado, and marble columns - was itself the primary inspiration, serving as a museum-like stage for a fashion performance.
We enriched this foundation with Vincenzo De Cotiis’ raw yet elegant materiality in the living areas, while the kids’ quarters borrow from Bofill’s monochromatic volumes and Gaudí’s organic rhythms. By layering original bones with tactile bouclé and Schiaparelli’s "Shocking" elegance, the space becomes a Nu-Pastel dream where Barcelona’s soul meets high-fashion luxury.
The Living Room
The living room serves as the residence’s most expansive "gallery," where the soaring 1914 artesonado ceiling acts as a weathered, celestial crown over a landscape of modern tactility. The intervention here is focused on the tension between volumetric weight and ethereal lightness.
Lighting as Jewelry
Suspending the classical atmosphere into the 21st century is a series of cascading light chains. These fixtures act as architectural jewelry - a homage to Schiaparelli’s surrealist adornments - draping across the white expanse of the room like glass pearls. On the walls, geometric, gilded sconces provide a rhythmic light play that highlights the transition from the original plasterwork to the minimalist wall treatments.
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Material Contrast
We chose to keep the original parquetry and marble thresholds, using them as a "patinaed" base for the new interventions. To the side, a brutalist-inspired metal bookshelf provides a rigid, vertical counterpoint to the soft curves of the seating. This juxtaposition of the "hard" metal grid against the "soft" velvet body creates a room that feels curated over time - a space where the historical soul of the Eixample finally finds its modern, avant-garde voice.
The Master Suite
In the master bedroom, the artesonado ceiling acts as a weathered canopy for a high-gloss intervention. A full-height wardrobe in bird’s eye maple creates a fiery, polished mural that reflects the room's classical moldings. Over a creamy bouclé bed, a liquid steel sculpture ripples against the wall, flanked by a brutalist chrome floor lamp. It is an intimate landscape where organic wood grains meet mercurial metal.
Master Bath
The bathroom is a visceral plunge into Rosso Levanto marble. This deep, burgundy-veined stone flows from the floors to the monolithic bathtub, grounding the soaring Eixample volumes. A majestic arched fluted-glass door serves as a Modernista gateway, while mirrored steel furniture adds a shimmering, high-fashion edge. Here, the "Hard Heritage" of stone is dressed in the shimmering textures of a modern dream.
The Kids’ Suite: A Pastel Playground
The children's suite translates the apartment's couture vocabulary into a younger register - Bofill's monochromatic geometry, Gaudí's organic sculptural rhythms, and Schiaparelli's sense of playful drama, scaled to the world of a child.
Tribute to playfulness
A floor-to-ceiling cerulean fireplace anchors the room with a bold Bofill-inspired color block. This sharp geometry is balanced by a soft bouclé bed and a glass "light totem"—a playful tribute to Gaudí’s sculptural chimneys.
Dressed in blush-pink tiles, the bath features a Schiaparelli-inspired "Pearl" mirror and draped glass lighting. Zebra-striped marble floors add a graphic, high-fashion finish to the monochromatic design.
The Moss Totem Boy Suite
The boy’s suite is punctuated by ceramic light totems that serve as functional art. These stacked, sculptural volumes translate Gaudí’s organic rhythms into a modern language, their glowing lanterns echoing the iconic shapes of Barcelona’s rooftops. In the bath, sage stripes and checkerboard patterns pay homage to the Catalan mosaic tradition, while a striped porcelain column lamp provides a sharp, graphic finish to the original vaulted architecture.
The Rose Quartz Retreat
This room is a celebration of Schiaparelli’s "Shocking" elegance, set within a grand architectural frame. A majestic Carrara marble archway separates the sleeping sanctuary from a light-filled vanity area, where the flooring transitions into dramatic, wine-veined marble. The centerpiece is a plush, channeled velvet bed in dusty rose, complemented by a geometric glass floor lamp that casts a golden, architectural glow. It is a space where classical grandeur is softened by high-fashion textures, creating a poetic, monochromatic hideaway.
Kitchen & Hall
The kitchen is a striking study in contrasts, where a raw, weathered artesonado ceiling hangs above a minimalist landscape of Calacatta marble. The center is held by a monolithic island, appearing as if carved from a single block of stone. To balance the cold marble, floor-to-ceiling light oak cabinetry provides a soft, organic warmth, while vertical brass sconces add a final touch of jewelry-like detail to the classical moldings.
The Stone & Silver office
The home office is a masterclass in raw, focused elegance. The space is anchored by a massive Rosso Levanto marble desk that cuts a sharp, crimson silhouette against the weathered plaster walls. To balance the weight of the stone, we introduced a vertical glass-bubble floor lamp and a liquid-metal mirror that ripples like mercury, reflecting the room’s intricate 1914 ceiling rosettes.
creative force behind
For me, this project is a "Couture Intervention." I treated the 1914 heritage - the artesonado and marble columns - as a historic stage for modern fashion. By incorporating the rhythms of Gaudí and the elegance of Schiaparelli, we didn't overwrite history; we dressed it. It’s a dialogue where raw stone meets liquid luxury, creating a space that feels like a lived-in masterpiece of high-fashion design.
Liubov Tuzovska
Founder & Chief of Design