Look closer at this apartment — the more you peer, the more you'll see. At first glance, it seems sophisticated, elegant, all the things we associate with London studio Elicyon. But on further inspection you'll start to notice details that give this brand-new development character and depth: the way the cornicing is coated in textured Bauwerk paint, the way the furniture has some surprising zig-zag shapes.
"These apartments come with a classic-contemporary approach to design, meaning that they’re really a canvas to add personality to," says Elicyon's founder Charu Gandhi. And it's the ways she has found to do that which saw the Livingetc Style Award judges place this project firmly onto the shortlist for House of the Year. "I'm so impressed by just how many layers there are here, just how many unexpected textures and shapes shine through," said our interiors editor and Awards judge Emma Breislin.
