Linden 9.2 is a minimalist home located in Kiev, Ukraine, designed by Sivak+Partners. This apartment embodies what happens when design becomes conversation—between client and creator, between disparate aesthetic traditions, between form and function. The wooden parquet flooring speaks to a reverence for traditional craftsmanship, while providing a warm foundation that anchors the sculptural Carl Hansen chairs. These iconic pieces carry their Danish design heritage into a new context, creating a productive tension with the raw materiality of DIZA collective coffee tables. “Every surface and material matches with the other but adds a different shade and emotion to the space,” notes the design team, articulating the delicate balance they’ve achieved between harmony and contrast.

What makes this interior particularly compelling is how it refuses easy categorization. The Flos pendant light—with its Italian pedigree of technical precision—hovers above a kitchen workspace reimagined through industrial steel shelving. This pragmatic solution transforms spatial limitations into design opportunities, extending the countertop’s functionality while maintaining visual lightness. The decision to recess upper cabinets into the wall plane reveals an attention to detail that transcends mere decoration, creating a seamless visual rhythm throughout the apartment.

The bedroom incorporates a dedicated work area without compromising its primary function as a sanctuary, demonstrating how contemporary living demands spaces of multiplicity. Meanwhile, the master bathroom’s LED-only lighting scheme acknowledges the rhythms of daily life, from middle-of-the-night navigation to creating “an intimate atmosphere for yourself.” This thoughtful approach to lighting recognizes how illumination shapes experience—a principle that extends throughout the entire apartment.