Blue Apartment

Jan Sikora has designed a 100 square metre apartment on Gdańsk’s Granary Island that blends the city’s heritage with the lightness of a seaside resort.
The living room beneath salvaged timber beams.
Photography: Tom Kurek.

Jan Sikora has designed a 100 square metre apartment on Gdańsk’s Granary Island that blends the city’s heritage with the lightness of a seaside resort.
The living room beneath salvaged timber beams.
Photography: Tom Kurek.

Practice: SIKORA Creative Architecture
Year: 2021
Photographer: Tom Kurek

The project

The starting question was how Gdańsk’s historic style might meet the character of a modern sea resort. Red brick, old oak and heavy, detailed furniture are set against sky-blue tones taken from seaside architecture.

Industrial touches recall the cranes of the Gdańsk docks seen from the windows, and the timber beams across the ceiling were salvaged from one of the city’s old tenement houses.