{"id":656421,"date":"2026-10-25T07:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T07:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/656421\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T07:04:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T07:04:41","slug":"garnet-red-accents-and-high-clerestories-punctuate-aa-apartments-in-malaga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/656421\/","title":{"rendered":"garnet-red accents and high clerestories punctuate AA Apartments in m\u00e1laga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AA Apartments reuse open-plan commercial space in M\u00e1laga<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Designed by CREARCTIVE, AA Apartments addresses the adaptive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/renovation-architecture-and-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reuse<\/a> of a former open-plan commercial space in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-spain\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">M\u00e1laga<\/a>, converting the premises into four independent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/residential-architecture-interiors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">residential<\/a> units. To make full use of the building\u2019s four-meter clear height, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/interiors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">interior<\/a> layout works in section, utilizing a centralized service spine that frees the perimeter and accommodates a mezzanine level above.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"garnet-red accents and high clerestories punctuate AA Apartments in m\u00e1laga - 1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/aa-apartments-1-6ad6343c7bc2d.jpg\" width=\"818\" height=\"1253\"\/>living area | all images \u00a9Nicol\u00e1s D\u00edaz<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CLERESTORIES AND GEOMETRIC OCULUS DISTRIBUTE CROSS-LIGHTING<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The central core houses the compact wet and utility functions, including bathrooms, kitchen areas, walk-in closets, storage, and MEP services, enabling unimpeded air circulation and visual continuity across the entire depth of each apartment. Above this service volume, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crearctive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the architects<\/a> at CREARCTIVE add a flexible mezzanine to serve as a multi-use loft space. A geometric oculus cut into the partition wall establishes a diagonal light connection between the mezzanine and the double-height living area, channeling light toward the rear bedroom zone. Access to the mezzanine is provided via a garnet-red metal ladder mounted onto a built-in bench.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"garnet-red accents and high clerestories punctuate AA Apartments in m\u00e1laga - 2\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/aa-apartments-2-6ad6343c7bca6.jpg\" width=\"818\" height=\"1253\"\/>the oculus<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>GARNET-RED METALWORK PUNCTUATES RESIDENCES\u2019 NEUTRAL PALETTE<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Natural light enters through high-level, atelier-style clerestory windows along the facade, illuminating the interiors while maintaining street-level privacy. The material palette pairs neutral-toned flooring and white walls with a subtle tonal shift along the upper wall boundary to scale the vertical space, punctuated by garnet-red accents across the metalwork and carpentry.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"garnet-red accents and high clerestories punctuate AA Apartments in m\u00e1laga - 3\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/aa-apartments-3-6ad6343c7bd0d.jpg\" width=\"818\" height=\"1253\"\/>walk-in closet<img alt=\"garnet-red accents and high clerestories punctuate AA Apartments in m\u00e1laga - 4\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/aa-apartments-4-6ad6343c7bd6b.jpg\" width=\"818\" height=\"1253\"\/>the red staircase<img alt=\"garnet-red accents and high clerestories punctuate AA Apartments in m\u00e1laga - 5\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1212872 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/crearctive-aa-apartments-reuse-commercial-space-malaga-four-residential-units-designboom-818-2.jpg\" width=\"818\" height=\"1252\"  \/>the red staircase<img alt=\"garnet-red accents and high clerestories punctuate AA Apartments in m\u00e1laga - 6\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/aa-apartments-5-6ad6343c7bdaf.jpg\" width=\"818\" height=\"1253\"\/>the bedroom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AA Apartments reuse open-plan commercial space in M\u00e1laga \u00a0 Designed by CREARCTIVE, AA Apartments addresses the adaptive reuse&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[45261,437,434,435,436,438,146,85,46,457,451],"class_list":["post-656421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-architecture-in-spain","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-renovation-and-restoration-architecture-and-design","tag-residential-architecture-and-interiors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}