Home/Studio Tour: Lazaro Rosa-Violan

Featured today is a tour of the home studio, Contemporain Studio, of Lazaro Rosa-Violan.  Based in Barcelona, Rosa- Violan describes himself as an urban archiologist and that's easy to see from the panoply of pieces, sculptures, furniture and artworks throughout his studio.

He's been designing interiors for a little more than 20 years, but only recently opened his enviable home studio in 2003.  With the help of eight staff, the Contemporain Studio has designed more than 40 interiors, mostly throughout Spain, including hotels, restaurants and shops.

I mean...look, this studio is so fabulous that it was featured in the January/February 2011 issue of Vogue Living Australia.

I love how he has mixed 'primitive' art pieces like, this oblong wooden sculpture with the clean, modern lines of that coffee table, the white leather chairs.  And those two chinoiserie tables look lovely within the vicinity of not one, but two, leather chesterfield sofas and bright, white doric columns.   With so many pieces of art places throughout this home/studio, you'd think it belonged to a collector of sorts...

 

 I'm not sure what to think of that big, green apple, but it works here.

 When I grow up, I would love an office exactly like this, complete with a step ladder... 

I love how the well the softly lit hallway works so well to complement a glamorous, bright seating area...

A giant four-panelled Japanese painting is the centerpiece here.  I am loving that mid-century modern Tulip chair and that beautiful writing desk.Actually, I love everything about this space, even the mounted horns...

Have you even seen a more enviable outdoor patio...ever?!

For more information, and to see Rosa-Violan's beautifully-designed projects, visit Lazaro Rosa-Violan: Contemporain Studio.