Location : Calle Beruti, Alto Palermo, Buenos Aires

This three bedroom 90 sq metre penthouse apartment on the 15th floor of a 40 year old building adjacent to popular Alto Palermo shopping centre, had been renovated in the 1970´s by the original owners in a spanish casa-style with archways, heavy dark wood features and ceramic floor tiles.

Starting again, we completely changed the distribution of space, removing the arches, closing a section of the balcony to incorporate the space within the living room, replacing all the windows with new modern aluminium enclosures, and totally renovating the kitchen and bathrooms. In the end there was nothing original left from the apartment we first purchased.

Sold to an investor, this apartment now rents out constantly to tourists.

Extra space was gained by partly enclosing the balcony

improving the vista and view to the Rio de la Plata

new ash wood floors dramatically lightened the ambience

replastering and re-painting walls changed the entire space

as did improving the access to the kitchen

and the main entrance to the bedrooms and living room

we installed all-new top quality window enclosures

and created two decent sized bedrooms from one

maximising the space to the best extent

installing a modern kitchen incorporating black granite

with stainless steel appliances

and new porcelenato floors

and added red granite to the bathroom

and a fresh look using large white tiles

finishing with a new laundry area

which allows the kitchen to remain just that - a place for food

The end result - a dramatically different, modern penthouse

Work in progress photos

 breaking down walls

 moving a kitchen wall

 and using walls for design planning

Dramatic changes

before and after

the living as it was : a dramatic spanish casa in the sky !

above the large balcony - which we later half enclosed and below the kitchen - trapped in the 1970´s

all completely changed to create a luxury apartment for the next 20 years.

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Information on renovation work we do, can be obtained by email redevelopers@hotmail.com