The pulse of this apartment is set by volume. Completed in 1968 as the working atelier for sculptor Hertha Hillfon, the space was conceived to accommodate monumental work, and that sense of scale remains today. Ceiling heights rise to almost five metres, daylight pours in through expansive window openings and the building communicates its purpose through form rather than added detail.

Now arranged as a two-level apartment in Mälarhöjden, southwest Stockholm, the 141sqm home forms the largest of three residences created from the original studio. The material palette is deliberately pared back: exposed timber joinery, simply fixed wood ceilings, white rendered walls, limestone floors and brickwork define the spaces throughout. Two fireplaces anchor the plan, while generous social spaces unfold naturally from the original atelier volume. A spa area and carefully integrated storage sit alongside the primary rooms, reinforcing the sense of a working building adapted thoughtfully for everyday life.

The apartment includes four rooms and kitchen and opens to a private garden area of around 150sqm, extending living spaces outdoors. Cultural memory and architectural intent remain tightly intertwined here, offering a rare example of adaptive reuse grounded in Swedish postwar studio architecture. It’s listed with Markus Elias and Gabriel Asadour of Historiska Hem.

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