We’re delighted that Hong Kong Living’s August 22, 2025 travel feature, “Florence, Off the Menu: A Renaissance Stay with This Time Tomorrow,” has captured the essence of Recdi8’s work at Abitazione in Florence—a private palazzo reimagined as a lived architectural experience.
The article opens with a beautiful scene:
“Living like a local in Florence, with the keys to a private palazzo and the guidance of a trusted friend. … This was ‘This Time Tomorrow’, a stay that doesn’t just put you in a residence, but a curated chapter of life in the city.”
This sentiment reflects our aim at Recdi8 to craft spaces that feel more like remembered homes than possessions. Within the restored townhouse-style palazzo—now housing eight captivating residences—each apartment blends historical architecture and contemporary life:
“Each has its own character, with frescoed ceilings, Venetian tiled floors, baroque portraits, and surprising touches of contemporary art (a Salvador Dalí lithograph here, a Franco Gentilini aquatint there).”
The feature continues to highlight how the stay is curated long before arrival—through thoughtful questionnaires—and how the design, by Recdi8, anchors the experience in Florence’s quiet rhythms rather than tourist theatrics.
This thoughtful balance—between preservation and contemporary comfort, authenticity and curated experience—is the heart of Recdi8’s design ethos. Through Abitazione, we reawaken space with subtle layering, allowing heritage elements to converse with whispers of art, comfort, and lived-in beauty.
About Hong Kong Living
Hong Kong Living is a lifestyle and travel publication celebrated for its refined storytelling and cultural curiosity.
Their travel features often go beyond surface recommendations, evoking the sensory and emotional texture of place. This thoughtful editorial voice made “Off the Menu” a particularly poignant showcase for Abitazione’s design and hospitality philosophy.
About This Time Tomorrow
This Time Tomorrow redefines urban hospitality through narrative-rich, culturally rooted design.
They begin every stay not with a check-in desk, but with understanding—asking guests about passions, interests, and rhythms, then curating a bespoke experience to match.
Florence’s Abitazione is a perfect manifestation of their philosophy: an immersive, personal, and creative “off-menu” escape.
More at thistimetomorrow.io.
About the Florence Project
Recdi8’s Florence project for This Time Tomorrow reimagines the traditional Italian city stay.
Located in the local-centric neighborhood of Le Cure, the eight-room neoclassical residence features restored frescoes, museum-worthy art, and warm, layered interiors designed to encourage slow living and creative immersion.
From Milanese-style bathrooms to curated kitchen hampers and sun-drenched rooftop terraces, every corner is designed for discovery. And with no restaurant or concierge, guests are free to live like residents — making their own pasta, choosing their own adventure, and falling in love with Florence on their own terms.
See the full project at https://recdi8.com/project/florence-design-and-rennovation/.
About Recdi8
Recdi8 is a Barcelona‑based interior design and renovation studio known for crafting emotionally resonant, culturally layered spaces across Europe and North Africa.
We work with heritage, narrative, and detail—whether reviving a Florentine palazzo or a Marrakesh riad—to create environments that feel personal, timeless, and deeply alive.
Explore our approach at recdi8.com/studio.
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