Having decided to move to the famous “House of Pilots” in the center of Moscow, architect Anastasia Stenberg adhered to two main design principles: “If you want to live in an old house, forget about minimalism!” and “The main thing is air. There must be a lot of it!”

The Venere sofa from Calia Italia. The Delfino chair from Arflex. Vintage coffee table, GDR, family inheritance. Less Reol shelving from PBJ Designhouse. Floor lamp, 101 Copenhagen. Balcony doors, “Bavarian house”. Plaster cornices, “Dicart”.

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Briefly about the project:

Object: architect Anastasia Stenberg’s own apartment in the Moscow “House of Pilots” — a historic building built in 1937

Where is it: the center of Moscow

Square footage: 65 m2 

Style: “modern retro”

Color scheme: Earth colors (neutral natural shades)

Contacts: architect Anastasia Stenberg, www.astenberg.com

Architect Anastasia Stenberg, www.astenberg.com .

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Sergey Ananyev

“Before moving to this apartment in Kitay-Gorod, my three children and I lived in a beautiful green Sokolniki district, in a large 4-room apartment,” says architect Anastasia Stenberg, “But the moment has come when the children are grown, trained, released from the nest, which means you can think of yourself as a customer and the performer of his own interior. So, my husband and I started searching and first of all clearly defined the boundaries. Kitay-gorod, Lubyanka, Pokrovka and Chistye Prudy are my favorite areas since my youth. I always knew that if I moved to the center, it would be only here and only to the old foundation. No new buildings and monolith! Only brick, thick walls and window sills 40-50 centimeters deep, not 20. Although this is already the cost of the profession, I understand.”

“There was a low niche for radiators in the end wall in the living room. Now there is one high radiator and one indoor convector in the room, since the height of the floors allows. The niche itself has “grown” a little, warmed up and became a frame for the beautiful Danish Less Reol shelving from PBJ Designhouse. On the shelf above the radiator is “my friend”, that’s what I call the ceramic “Crescent Moon”, bought at the Academy of Arts store on Prechistenka. On the other side of the shelf, on a narrow lacquered cabinet, there is a figurine of an angel girl from Bellagio, from Lake Como. I couldn’t leave without her.”

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Ceiling lamp, Flos. Table lamp, family inheritance. Buffet, GDR, 1960. Balcony doors, “Bavarian house”. Plaster stucco, “Dicart”.

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“The house we moved into was built by architect A.I. Efimov for the military department in 1937. Around the same time, it became popularly known as the “House of Pilots” in honor of the first residents — heroes of aviation, who were given apartments here.”

“I saw the super-comfortable Delfino chair from Arflex a long time ago at one of the exhibitions and immediately realized that someday I will have the same.”

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Folding table, Ozzio Italia, with a granite countertop. Ginger lamp from Marset. Chairs, Findahls. Oak parquet, “Golden Forest”. Wall paint, Sherwin-Williams.

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“The beautiful proportions of the architecture of the house, double floor-to-ceiling balcony windows and a view of the city compensated for some lack of meters and determined the style of the future interior by themselves: a little retro, somewhere even with a claim to classicism, but necessarily with the ease of being and with a taste of Scandinavian design.” 

The layout of the apartment is 65 m2, “Anastasia Stenberg Architectural Bureau”, www.astenberg.com .

“By moving a couple of walls, remodeling the bathroom and toilet, moving the kitchen (everything is official, with expertise and agreed redevelopment), we got a small, but at the same time spacious two-bedroom apartment.”

“In the bedroom, my favorite lamp is from Verner Panton. It has different modifications, but this one, completely white, gives the most correct light.” MDF cabinets are made to order according to the architect’s drawings.

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“The interior should not contradict the exterior! — Anastasia Stenberg is sure. — If you want minimalism, buy an apartment in the skyscrapers of the City. We decided to settle in an old house — if you please.”

Sconce, &Tradition. The headboard of the bed, Andersen. Bedside table, Denmark, 1960.

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“So there were doors with corrugated glass, one with a book, others rolled into the wall, a round window into the bathroom. A small French balcony was enlarged due to the fact that instead of double glazing, a massive double-glazed window was installed along the inner contour. And in the bedroom, a huge window sill carries the function of both a dressing table and a console table.”

Chair, Findahls. Paint, Little Greene.

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A fragment of the bedroom. Windows, “Bavarian house”. Table lamp, 101 Copenhagen.

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“The lamp, now flaunting in the hallway, was inherited from the previous tenants, of course, in a depressing state. I found where to restore it and now I even know that it’s the 60s, it’s called UFO. Also restored, polished door handles, brass holes in the floor. The parquet itself was oak, well preserved, but the beams and logs creaked under it. So the whole “pie” of the floor had to be changed. The swing doors to the bedroom and the rest of the rooms are also new, but made according to historical patterns.”

Sliding doors, Provance, with Flutes corrugated glass inserts. UFO ceiling lamp, 1970s. Mirror, Hoff. Oak parquet, “Golden Forest”.

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“My special pride is a sideboard made of veneer and rosewood root, such are no longer made. I saw it in a deplorable state, besides, it did not pass along the length. But this asymmetrical shape and rounded glass struck me, so I decided to “fight”. A blind high part was cut off from the sideboard, which has now turned into a vertical cabinet and stands separately in the corner near the niche in the living room. The whole buffet was sorted, updated, varnished — and now we admire how beautiful it is! There are a lot of such stories in this apartment.” 

Kitchen, Mr.Doors, wooden facades are made to order. Granite countertop, Stone Paradise. Chairs Series 7, designed by Arne Jacobsen 1955, Fritz Hansen.

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“In the kitchen there are the famous Series 7 chairs, invented by Arne Jacobsen in 1955 and since then have been one of the main bestsellers of the Fritz Hansen brand. Most often they are produced with a seat made of pressed veneer, but for myself I chose a cognac—colored leather finish. On the wall is an author’s copy of a painting by the artist Yulia Sopina, brought from St. Petersburg, this is the “Guardian Angel” of our house.”

Lamp, Lampe Gras. Series 7 chair, designed by Arne Jacobsen, Fritz Hansen. Reproduction of Yulia Sopina’s painting “Erarta”. Porcelain stoneware, Mainzu Ceramica.

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“I always tell my customers: you should see and feel your square meters. In no case should the interior be overloaded, the main thing is the air. There must be a lot of it!”

Lamp and bed, La Redoute. Vintage bedside table, GDR, family inheritance. Photography, Gennady Nikeev. Painting, Olga Soldatova. Ceramics, Illum.

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The round window to the bathroom gives a stylistic reference to the time of construction of the house and at the same time lets natural light into the hallway. Secretary, Selva. Chair, Softline. Painting, Katya Medvedeva.

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Window, Kaleva. Radiator, Irsap. Sink, Bleu Provence. Octogono tile from Adex.

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