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Hannes Peer channels his passion for Milan’s design legacy into an apartment renovation that packs in the references with brio.

Wealthy cities tend to get remade, frequently and boldly, and Milan is undoubtedly a child of this type of reinvention. The collision of industry, artistry, and finance has created a layered urban archaeology that jumps from Roman to Renaissance to postmodern.
So when ELLE DECOR A-List architect Hannes Peer first saw his client's second-floor apartment in Milan's center, it felt like a rare opportunity. The homeowner, Francesco Dagnino, a lawyer and single father of two young children, pushed the designer to be daring in his renovation of the three-bedroom home. "I am easily bored," Dagnino says. Peer agreed that the space, in the bustling Brera neighborhood, needed a new start, and embarked on a gut renovation.
The change begins in the bold entry, where movable walls of Roman travertine are paired with a bas-relief artwork by Ursula Huber, who happens to be Peer's mother. The Palladiana terrazzo floor was the only remaining element from before the renovation-when the space was the client's law office and even that was ripped up and reinstalled.
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