Nacho Polo’s Private House

Nacho Polo has fashioned his own language for starkly white. He’s added a bit of drama to white while respecting its formal purity. He used white to create glowing brightness and accentuate the essence of his Nineteenth Century apartment, next to the Royal Palace Opera in Madrid.

Madrid-born and Miami-based designer and architect Nacho Polo’s apartment retains a classic mood, yet indulges minimalist cleanliness. “I could not live without a notebook with blank pages and a pencil to draw,” he claims. In a sense, he has treated his apartment as a white canvas, dripping sensual accents of black paint and classic elements of crown moldings and carpentry.

His collection of artless white frames is experimental drama. A type of highly colored minimalism?

  1. Daniel
    25.06.10 15:29

    I would manage to spill red wine in there SO quickly.

  2. Nicolas Capo
    26.06.10 20:08

    What’s the name of the red chairs ?

  3. Vicky
    27.06.10 02:52

    Daniel, hopefully you are sipping the correct wine. :)
    BTW, I also admire Le Corbusier statement “By law, all buildings should be white.” The clean lines of your site at http://swisscheeseandbullets.com/archive are beautifully proportioned.

    Nicolas, “The three-legged chair” was designed by Danish designer, Hans J. Wegner. A classic beauty: http://www.danish-furniture.com/designers/hans-wegner/#hans-wegner-three-legged-chair

  4. Cody
    28.06.10 22:14

    Living here would be nice.

  5. Austin
    07.07.10 16:32

    The mix of modern and traditional is always refreshing. As nice as this space is, it seems quite cold, note something I would want but sill nice. Like art.

  6. Anita Hopkins
    07.09.10 05:52

    I would love to have a video hat show/fashion show in your house! Gorgeous! perfect gallery for most things! <3

  7. Vicky
    07.09.10 22:27

    Cody (http://ironandbone.com/about/), Austin, I think Nacho Polo’s residence in Madrid is a great backdrop to the designer’s collection.

    Anita (http://www.anitahopkinslamillineryanddesign.com/AnitaHopkinsLAMillineryand_Design/Bio.html), it’s an honour. I am a great admirer of your hat designs. Nacho Polo can be contacted at 305.749.0983.