David Kohn Architects has converted a listed belle époque interior into the Berlin office of a property developer.

The UK architect, who won BD’s YAYA young architect award in 2010, was working with German practice Nord Studio on the Tempelhofer Ufer project.

The grand stucco-fronted courtyard building facing the Landwehr Canal in Kreuzberg was built in 1881 as a villa for a wealthy timber merchant. At the time it was one of Berlin’s most expensive residential buildings.

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