The new openness
of the Villa S.

frontaler Blick auf Bett im Schlafzimmer

Modern lightness and exciting contrasts

have been sensitively incorporated into the structure of the 1930s villa designed by the Austrian-Hungarian architect Miklós Bukovics.

Villa S. on Lake Traunsee has been in the family for generations. Built in 1929-32 by Miklós Bukovics, it was extended in 2016 with a spacious cube. This brings space and light into the carefully renovated walls and creates a flowing transition between inside and outside with its continuous glass front. Great attention was paid to keeping the aesthetics as simple and pure as possible.

Knoll Barcelona Chair und Knoll Avio Sofa

Living outside and inside

with lots of light, air, connecting color elements and selected design classics.

We conceived the entire interior design (except for the bathroom and kitchen) for the bright room shell together with the client family. The interior design was to be as modern and uncomplicated as the residents themselves - design classics such as Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Chair from 1929, Harry Bertoia's Diamond Chair, designed for Knoll in 1952, or Gaetano Pesce's 60s icon UP for B&B Italia stand in playful contrast to old family pieces such as the antique tiled stove or the sparkling pair of chandeliers.

View over the city park to Lake Traunsee

The cubic extension opens up a light-flooded "sala terrena" to the historic property, as well as generous terrace areas for relaxed outdoor living.

Open spatial structure for the harmonious interplay of old and new

In addition to unusual shapes, it is special materials that give the interior its character: a dining table whose design explores the materiality of the wafer-thin metal top to the limits of delicacy and stability, floor lamps that catch the light like balloons, and lounge furniture that presents the feeling of living in relaxed simplicity.