MM Studio Interior remodels a Brutalist family house in Clerkenwell, London

A Clerkenwell house that some readers may remember as designer Roksanda Ilincic's home a decade ago has been almost entirely remodelled for its current owners, a family of three who travel widely and collect art. They had lived there for eight years with the furniture they brought with them and the original scheme, before asking architect Pauline Gidoin of MM Studio Interior to tailor it to how they actually live.

Gidoin felt the architecture was strong but the rooms didn't match its scale; on the large open-plan ground floor, she says, furniture seemed to be floating. Her answer, which she sums up as Brutalist and minimalist, was fewer pieces chosen for proportion and texture. Downstairs, rugs, lighting, art and furniture now mark out living, dining and music areas without a single new wall. Upstairs, where two recent infill extensions had created more usable bedrooms, and on the lower-ground floor, the job was making every centimetre count, with bespoke storage by Tate Joinery.

The material palette is short and repeated: travertine both refined and rough, oak, walnut, limestone, leather and chrome, left exposed and varied only in scale and finish from room to room, with the owners' art tying the floors together. It's a private home, so nothing to visit, but a useful study for anyone wondering how to warm up a hard-edged interior without filling it.

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