Lorenzo Castillo’s theatrical apartment above Oviedo’s great park

This is not a place to visit so much as a house worth reading about. In Oviedo, Lorenzo Castillo has joined two apartments in an early-20th-century French-style building into one large home overlooking Campo de San Francisco. The move that defines it is simple and telling: he gave the whole front of the façade to the bedroom suite so he could wake up to the park, then shifted the living room to the back and brought back a glass-enclosed gallery, an Asturian feature that had once belonged to the flat.

The rooms are few but large, arranged almost theatrically and packed with objects he has lived with and collected over time: Maison Jansen, Romeo Rega, Gabriella Crespi, Anthony Redmile, Dutch and Georgian pieces, Spanish paintings, African art, and plenty of lacquer, velvet and wool. Castillo explains his colour logic clearly. The darker side of the apartment, with less sun, is done in pinks, blues, camel and chocolate to feel calm; the brighter rear rooms move into butter, cream, ochre and mustard. Gold appears everywhere, often brushed or patinated, because for him it brings warmth rather than display.

Much of the pleasure here is in hearing Castillo describe how decoration fits into daily life. He speaks less about perfection than comfort, privacy and the small shifts that make a home feel alive. Read it for the layout ideas, the material mix and the view into a designer’s own habits rather than for practical travel planning.

Our summary of a story from Architectural Digest, published 1 October 2026. Read the original

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