I+Y, an architecture and interior design studio located just outside of Amsterdam, employed a ‘less is more’ approach while designing this small-scale apartment in the city’s centre. The former warehouse space is now a calming urban retreat thanks to a grounding material palette, minimal furnishings and beautiful, hand-crafted details. I+Y Interior Architecture aim to design places that balance architecture and fine details, where function and flow culminate in timeless aesthetics.

Renowned for its art museums and manor-lined leafy streets, Oud-Zuid (Old-South) maintains its status as one of Amsterdam’s most sought-after residential suburbs. It’s also where many of the city’s historical buildings are located, including the one where Amsterdam Loft resides. Previously an office and warehouse space, the brick-clad building was only recently redeveloped into a high-end residential building consisting of only 18 apartments. 

The design ensures maximum daylight in the apartment.There are windows spanning the entire breadth of the residences connecting a large terrace.The apartment This high-end loft apartment with surrounded windows allures calmness and peace, is inspiringand has a refined elegant appearance.The living and dining have a wooden floor where carpets indicate a dedicated area.To continue the effect that spaces grow into each other the natural stone continues from the interior to the exterior.The basic set of materials in the apartment is Travertine,Eucalyptus wood and Oak flooring.

The apartment’s design is centred around two materials – smoked Eucalyptus and textured travertine – which, when paired together, impart a warm, comforting quality to the spaces.“The richness of the Eucalyptus embraces you as soon as you step in and, when contrasted against the travertine, mimics the atmosphere of a remote beach,”I+Y co-founder Rienk Wiersma says. Rienk cites Japanese minimalism as a primary source of inspiration for the project, including honest and simple materials, open and light-filled spaces, and limited yet comfortable furnishings.