Alan Prekop Studio converts historic Bratislava office into artist's apartment with custom steel structure
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Alice Laycock
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Summary
Slovakian architecture firm Alan Prekop Studio transformed a former office space in Bratislava's historic Kotva House into a flexible artist's apartment. The project involved creating a space-saving custom-built steel structure within the 1930s building, originally designed for an insurance company. The apartment serves as an artist's residency, featuring adaptable living and working spaces that maximize the limited area while preserving the building's architectural heritage.
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The apartment was designed as an artist's residency and is in a former office space on the sixth floor of the city's iconic Kotva House, which was built in 1930 to house an insurance company.
Around one third of the original office space was preserved to maintain the building's architectural character while creating functional living areas.
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