WORDS: KNOF Design
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Penthouse on the Park
KNOF Design
KNOF design (based in London and founded by New York designer
Susan Knof) has completed its first major commission: the
remodelling of a spectacular 360° penthouse in the Bulgarian
capital of Sofia, uniting two separate apartments into a single
3,600 sq ft space. The new, one-storey penthouse features
floor-to-ceiling glazing all the way round and offers its owners
incredible panoramic views over the city and adjacent
mountains with all the benefits of continuous natural light, from
sunrise through to sunset.
‘Our clients – an international family of four – purchased the
flats in a prominent high rise in the city’, commented Susan
Knof, Creative Director and Founder of KNOF design, ‘and
briefed us to combine the apartments to create a single,
luxurious, bright and open environment, which would make
the best use of the incoming light at different times of the
day, but which would also allow them to control the degree
of privacy they wanted at particular times or for particular
spaces.’
The light-privacy balance in the penthouse was achieved by
fitting soft voiles all the way around the 360° glazing, as well
as black-out blinds, so that the owners have the choice of
completely open living; light-filled but private living using the
voiles or else blocking the light out completely – perfect for
watching movies for example.