Moonza JournalDesign Milk2 min read
A Toronto Penthouse Finds New Life by Celebrating Its 1980s Roots
Dvira Interiors leaned into a Toronto penthouse’s late-1980s character, pairing its curved architecture with global influences, tactile materials and immersive interiors.
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In renovation, the temptation to strip everything and start from scratch is strong. This project shows another path: treat a building’s period features as strengths and build contemporary design on top of them. The result has personality and looks unlike thousands of other spaces.
Many office and residential buildings from the 1970s and 1980s have features such as curved walls, distinctive windows or period ceilings. Furniture that echoes these forms, such as curved sofas or round tables, makes a space coherent and striking.
- List a building’s period features before demolishing anything
- Match furniture forms to the architecture’s lines, curved or straight
- Tactile materials make an older space warm and current
