Bosphorus Residence
Two adjoining apartments on the Marmara shore, completed and photographed after handover. Floor-to-ceiling glass on two sides brings the sea into every room; the interior answers with oatmeal linen, smoked oak, bronze and a quiet collection of blue-and-white ceramics.
The corner of glass is the room’s only picture; furniture is kept low so as not to interrupt it.
Location
Büyükyalı, Istanbul
Category
Year
2022
Imagery
Completed project, studio photography
The living room is arranged around the corner of glass rather than a wall. A deep sectional sofa in woven oatmeal fabric follows the windows, and a low bronze table with a stone top gathers the group beneath a tiered ring chandelier. Curtains are layered — a sheer inner layer and a heavier ribbed layer in warm grey — so that the light can be tuned across the day without ever closing off the view.
A brass mashrabiya screen separates the dining area from the lounge without interrupting the horizon. The fireplace wall is clad in book-matched grey stone with illuminated niches to either side, and the same stone returns in the master bedroom behind a channelled headboard and a round dressing mirror.
The terrace was treated as a second living room: teak decking, woven armchairs in navy and white and a round dining table looking straight out over the water.