neutral tones and earthy green accents unify renewed 1975 athens penthouse

TERON STUDIO RECONFIGURES 77-SQM 1975 ATHENS PENTHOUSE

Occupying the top floor of a 1975 residential building adjacent to Athens’ Pedion tou Areos park, An Architect’s Penthouse is a 77-sqm apartment renovation by TERON Studio. The project entails a complete spatial reconfiguration and envelope redesign aimed at maximizing daylight penetration and visual connectivity with the surrounding urban topography. New perimeter openings orient the interior directly toward the expansive terrace, establishing uninterrupted sightlines across the Athens basin and integrating the city horizon into the domestic floor plan.

Earthy textures and hues of green define the interior

The interior architecture is anchored by a neutral material base consisting of white wall planes and gray-beige epoxy flooring, which establishes spatial continuity across rooms. Custom built-in joinery and fixed architectural elements consolidate storage and functional zones while maintaining unobstructed circulation paths. The architectural studio opts for earthy textures, natural materials, and targeted shades of green to introduce chromatic contrast within the living areas, registering subtle tonal shifts as natural light moves across the surfaces throughout the day. In the bathroom, a newly inserted skylight directs overhead daylight onto minimalist material finishes, framing spatial transitions across the compact plan so that sightlines remain open from the interior core out toward the exterior terrace.

project info:

name: An Architect’s Penthouse

architect: TERON Studio | @teron.studio
lead architect: Konstantinos Kapranis

lighting: HALO ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING | @halo_lighting
architectural systems: Alumil S.A. | @alumil_s.a

location: Athens, Greece
photographer: Alina Lefa | @alinalefa

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