Welcome to our weekly property digest. This week’s cache of real estate treasures includes a polished midcentury gem in Pheonix, AZ, and a lofty Antwerp attic apartment overlooking the city’s cathedral.
A furniture designer’s Hackney home
3 bedrooms; £1.65m via The Modern House
Designer David Sanderson self-built this Stoke Newington property, building it on the site of a garden in brick and timber to fit in with the conservation area’s vernacular without falling foul of pastiche. The building embraces Sanderson’s love of Ettore Sottsass and playful postmodernism, with stark black brick contrasting oak, and lots of curving details. Spaces open onto a central courtyard garden, with floor to ceiling glass and lots of hidden details to be found throughout. Take a closer look.
Lofty Paris warehouse apartment
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2 bedrooms; €1.98m via Architecture de Collection
Towering glass ceilings crown this Paris apartment in a converted industrial building, which is outfitted with library shelves that rise from floor-to-ceiling, with historic floorboards running underfoot.
An Aussie beach house in NSW
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3 bedrooms; POA at auction
This ‘Queenslander’ beach shack in Crescent Head on the coast of Australia’s New South Wales heads to auction on 27 February. The clapboard-sided home has three bedrooms and is spread over two levels, with 335 sq m of living space.
Haver home in Phoenix, AZ
3 bedrooms; $1.1m via Twins & Co Realty
Ralph Haver designed this single-storey ranch home in 1949 as part of a 12-property cul-de-sac development. Spanning 1,906 sq ft, the three-bedroom house has been given a top-to-toe renovation by its owner, the owner of Arizona furniture store Eye Opener. It’s been extensively remodelled in a midcentury modern style, retaining many of its period features such as wood panels and clerestory windows.
Antwerp loft in the historic town centre
2 bedrooms; €950,000 via Belgium Sotheby’s International
This Antwerp attic loft is a marriage of old and new, blending roof beams from 1400 with brickwork from 1904. It’s been sensitively refurbished, with living spaces set across two levels. Peek inside the property which is located in the heart of the Old City Centre.
