Studio Raanan Stern is a young Tel-Aviv based design studio, developing architectural

and interior projects in a wide range of environments ranging from small to large scale that
engage in issues of creativity and knowledge, realism and imagination, function and culture.

In the last couple of years the studio has completed projects in the private and business
sector with a proven track record in bringing to the customer an innovative planning approach.
We believe in the highest level of design while maintaining comfort, practice and maximum
function.

Studio Raanan Stern gives full architectural service, from identifying spaces and
potential, design and preliminary sketches, technical work plans, procurement, interior design,
branding and full on-site architectural supervision.

For us, each project is a new and exciting challenge. The challenge lies in finding the
most creative solutions for the various systems, applications, and of course the comfortable
appearance and customized detailing. Hence, we led a rich and wide variety of projects, ranging
from housing, new and old, commercial spaces, small offices and huge, nightclubs and bars,
cafes and dispensaries, industrial design and art.

Alongside practice, all the architects working in the studio deal with theory and education.

Architect Raanan Stern, founder

Architect Shany Tal

Bauhaus Apartment Redesign / Studio Raanan Stern Architect

Architects: Studio Raanan

Stern Architect

Contractor: Yair Homash

Carpentry: Imad Sandouka

Location: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Light and Lamps: Karney Tchelet

Project Year: 2015

Furniture: Basic collection, Badosa,

Photographs: Gidon Levin

Planed and Designed: Architect

Raanan Stern and Architect Shany

kney kash

Planning and designing of a 75m2 apartment in a residential building built in the 1930's.

floor plan

The 'International Style' building is located in the center of the White City of Tel Aviv and in the
last few years has gone through extensive restorations of its exterior. The division of the
interior of the apartment was customized according to the occupant's needs who are business
man who divides his life between cities. The new design has kept the architects love and
values of a modern 20th century apartment. A new brick wall, on which local works of art are
hung, divides the apartment into a third and two thirds and creates wide and well lit spaces on
both sides.


The dividing wall was left exposed and painted with a gentle gloss on the one side a concrete

slab floor and on the other oak wood. The floor defines the functions of the home, between
public and private. The sound system and AC are placed throughout the house and hidden
behind wooden doors in the lounge. The wash room is made wholly from thin metal profiles
connected to each other and meshed glass almost like a patio in the center of the apartment
which becomes the entrance for natural light source. The space is an "insertion" that allows
entry to the different spaces of the home.

The light sources in the home are a mixture of modern and older fixtures such as the two
hanging lights above the dining area which were dismantled from an old factory in the Czech

Republic. Every piece of carpentry was planned by the architects and customized to the
needs of the owner.

Opposite the lounge is the dark blue wall which conceals the kitchen which is painted in the
same color. The walls of the apartment were painted to define narrow corners of the space,
most of the walls were painted in a shade of white with two different gloss levels.

The central concrete beam was exposed

and divides the public space between the
lounge and kitchen. The metal beam in the
guest room was exposed and painted black.
The windows and doors of the apartment
are an identical copy of those that were in
the apartment 80 years ago when it was
built, in color and style.

There is a combination of modern and

antique furniture made from different
materials: straw, velvet, wood & metal that
were collected from different shops in Tel
Aviv, some of them were refurbished and
customized, enriching the interior of the
apartment. The apartment is open and
naturally lit which allows flowers and
plants to be placed in all areas of the
home and a system of electrical blinds
that have been placed within the thick
walls of the apartment allow control over
the sunlight entering the apartment.

Raanan Stern: studio

Israeli architect Raanan Stern designed in Tel Aviv a versatile 20 squaremeter room in an artists apartment to accommodate living and working
spaces.

Photography

: Gidon Levin

Published

: 27 February 2014

Location

: Tel Aviv

In the artists central Tel Aviv apartment, architects Ranaan Stern and Shany Tal from

Raanans Sterns Studio designed a versatile 20sqm studio workspace.

The artists varied family and personal collection includes pieces dating from the

1940s to the present. Every piece that was going be stored was measured: they were
organized and ordered according to groups, sizes and artistic connections.

After the organizational and calculation stage, four separate proportions were

discovered that receive expression as each section is opened. Every cell, cupboard or drawer
was designed internally according to the required proportions, only when the drawer is
opened the colorful mosaic of the storage section is revealed. In addition, different sections
were planned and built for displaying and storing work, tools and materials.

The smaller sections can be removed from the larger frame units and placed

on the table during work. Removable sliding doors are actually pallets that pieces can be
placed on for presentation or that can be used as modular easels.

The closets and units are made of white birch as well as the flooring which is

covered in bright birch tiles. The wood was coated lightly in order to give a light and
delicate feeling, but still retaining the slightly wizened look of natural wood in the work
space. The artist uses the space to host colleagues and behind the sliding doors there is
also a folding bed for the dual functionality of the room.