“When I first showed my father round, he said it was too big and in too bad shape,” Andreas Martin-Löf chuckles, recalling an early site visit to his prospective new home in the former headquarters of AB Aerotransport, in the 1936 building overlooking the waters of Riddarfjärden. Specifically, they were looking at the apartment that belonged to Carl Florman, the airline’s charismatic founder, who Martin-Löf describes as finding curiously compelling for his: “Al Capone-like image - fond of hats and double-breasted suits”. The architect reminded his father that he is still young and has a lot of energy and, after 1.5 years of renovation, the apartment is now his home.

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Sparse rooms, dotted with hand-hewn wood furniture, is the image that may come to mind when thinking of Swedish Design. But that trope is what architect and designer Andreas Martin Löf and his client, fashion journalist Sofi Fahrman, were trying to avoid when designing the 4,800-square-foot Stockholm flat for her and her husband, businessman Filip Engelbert. “Our mood board was very Parisian,” says Fahrman. For Martin-Löf, however, his primary mission was embracing the building’s past. “In Sweden, people are a little bit afraid of things that look old,” he says. “But my architecture relates to both a building’s history and its future.”

Andreas Martin-Löf has never been precious about keeping his homes private. He acknowledges that the act of showing and sharing them, in both reality and media, social or otherwise, is a powerful tool for bringing opportunities to his door. A picture of Aspvik, his extremely photogenic plywood and marble summerhouse, was one of Insta- gram’s most-shared images in 2018. “I have an inner life that is disconnected from the images, so I’ve never minded being public about my private spaces,” he explains. “That said, I don’t like the idea of my homes being show homes quite so much. They are personal. When I entertain, I like people to enjoy being together in each other’s company, and not spend time talking about the apartment design.”

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