{"id":1020,"date":"2025-04-07T17:05:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T17:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2025-04-11T18:15:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T18:15:15","slug":"before-after-in-albania-two-sisters-turn-a-ruin-into-twin-seaside-apartments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/before-after-in-albania-two-sisters-turn-a-ruin-into-twin-seaside-apartments\/","title":{"rendered":"Before & After: In Albania, Two Sisters Turn a Ruin Into Twin Seaside Apartments"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The duo overhauled the roofless stone structure with custom built-in furniture and a balcony overlooking the old town of Dh\u00ebrmi.<\/p>\n

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As children, Erazmia and Anxhela Gjikopulli reveled in summers at their parents\u2019 house near the beach in Dh\u00ebrmi, an idyllic Albanian village some three hours south of Tirana, the capital. So, when their father bought a dilapidated building in the historic center, the ambitious sisters were keen to transform it into an inviting home and forge new memories.<\/p>\n

“For as long as we\u2019ve been coming to Dh\u00ebrmi, it\u2019s looked like a ruin,” says Erazmia of the once-neglected structure. In the past, it was used for storing and pressing olives, but for Erazmia and Anxhela it evokes nostalgia on a more personal level because it neighbors the home their grandparents resided in before they abruptly left during communism.<\/p>\n

Before: Facade<\/b><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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At first, Erazmia, a Tirana-based architect and urban designer, and Anxhela, who works as a product owner in Munich, envisioned the renovation unfolding as one commodious, duplex-style apartment. Ultimately, they decided to create two pieds-\u00e0-terres\u2014Sea Apartment 1 and Sea Apartment 2\u2014one for each of them to relish in between guest bookings managed by their mother.<\/p>\n

After: Facade<\/b><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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The sisters preserved the structure\u2019s outer stone walls in a nod to the village\u2019s characteristic architecture.<\/p>\n

Erazmia Gjikopulli<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

See the full story on Dwell.com: Before & After: In Albania, Two Sisters Turn a Ruin Into Twin Seaside Apartments<\/a><\/b>
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