Contemporary Apartment in Sofia
Contemporary apartment in Sofia is an apartment in Sofia, Bulgaria, designed by Exbrayat Enrico Architectes. Designed in 2025, the project is organized around a mirrored central volume that directs movement, conceals storage, and carries light deep into the home. Carrara marble, grigio marble, stained oak, aluminum, and mirror give the rooms a calm, durable presence, from the open living areas to the more intimate bedrooms.
About Contemporary apartment in Sofia
The entrance unfolds as a broad transition area, linking the rooms without closing them off. Fully clad in white Carrara marble and edged with Grigio marble inlays, it is organized around a mirrored central volume conceived as the project’s structuring element.
More than a decorative gesture, the mirror becomes a real compositional tool. It reflects light, captures the landscape, extends views, and organizes the apartment around itself. Depending on the side, it conceals a bar facing the living room, a laundry area by the entrance, and a pantry beside the kitchen. Functions merge with the architecture, allowing the rooms to breathe.
Through its reflective character, the volume distributes uses while remaining visually discreet. It enlarges the apartment by gathering functions together and establishes a direct relationship between inside and outside.
The central volume structures circulation and ensures a fluid transition between the apartment’s different zones, particularly toward the living areas.
The openness and legibility of the rooms define the next sequence.
The living room opens broadly toward the view. Filled with daylight, it is arranged as several zones with distinct intensities. A large central Pixel sofa by Saba Italia, set on a generously scaled rug, creates an immediate sense of breadth and comfort that supports daily life naturally.
Through its subdivision, the living room reads as a succession of clear sequences, never boxed in. Along one wall, a display library in stained oak and brushed aluminum holds personal objects and the television. A Utrecht armchair by Cassina punctuates the composition.
The dining area sits within an alcove, turning structural constraints into a frame for the landscape. A Doge Laguna table by Cassina and Club 44 chairs by Tacchini are placed beneath the soft light of the Tekio pendant by Santa & Cole.
The kitchen continues naturally from the day areas. Open and fully integrated, it plays a central role in the apartment’s overall organization, both for everyday routines and for entertaining.
Marble, stainless steel, and aluminum shape a deliberately restrained and durable palette, consistent with the rest of the project. Technical functions are absorbed into the mirrored central volume, which also conceals a pantry. This organization preserves the clarity of the rooms and maintains visual continuity between the kitchen, dining room, and living room.
At each opening, stained oak drawer interiors introduce a warmer note, echoing the wooden elements in the entrance.
The night areas adopt a more intimate, practical atmosphere while extending the project’s overall coherence.
The children’s room is conceived as a flexible setting, organized around a central core dedicated to activities. This shared nucleus links the two rooms and allows them to become a connected suite. The volumes can open or close through stained oak accordion doors, creating a controlled alternation between openness and privacy. Custom furniture, integrated into the walls as continuous storage and curved volumes, frees the floor area and supports changing uses over time. A selection of pieces, including beds and storage by Oeuf NYC and modules by Hay, completes an ensemble made to last. Herringbone parquet, light walls, and touches of color shape the room.
The primary suite unfolds as a fluid sequence joining bedroom, dressing room, and bathroom. Conceived as a room in its own right, the dressing area recalls a boutique interior, amplified by pale carpet and mirrored surfaces that extend light and views outward. In the bedroom, a wood headboard wall integrates storage, bedside tables, and lighting, unifying the room and freeing the center. The Talamo bed by Zanotta sits within this restrained composition, accompanied by pieces with simple lines.
The bathroom continues that sense of continuity through marble on both floors and walls. Integrated niches, a bathtub, and a glazed shower are arranged to preserve visual continuity and brightness. The shift from parquet to marble guides the transition from rest to care with ease.
Photography by Jean-Baptiste Thiriet
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