The Brunswick Centre is a wonderful example of mixed-used modernist architecture. It was designed in the mid-1960s by Patrick Hodgkinson; the construction was finished in 1972 and in 2006 the occupiers of 560 flats and various shops have seen an end of the major refurbishment works. It is now grade II listed and we have been asked to remodel one of its duplex apartments from scratch. We have removed every internal wall and replaced them with a wooden two-story box to one end. The box contains the entrance, the staircase, the kitchen, the sanitary facilities and a lot of in-built storage ? the remainder is a bright open living space and two bedrooms. The new concept allows to be compliant with the current acoustic and fire safety legislation - something the existing was clearly lacking of. The result is a composition of materials that are a homage to the time when the building was designed, to Scandinavia and to the soft exposed concrete of the building envelope. That said shades of grey in form of back-painted glass, various finishes of Bluestone, acrylic stone worktops and an interwoven rubber floor are in place to contrast with the wood.