The design of this loft creates an innovative hybrid the Family loft. The lower level has the high ceilings, open rafters, industrial steel windows and minimalist color scheme of the quintessential urban loft. The clients are art collectors who wanted a large open space to display their growing collection and to entertain in the presence of the art. Just as important, however, they needed a comfortable private realm for their growing family to share. To that end, the loft’s upper level houses four large bedrooms, three baths and a generous media room.
The transition between these two realms is a very special stair, the central element in the design. Clad in black-stained oak, the stair rises from the lower level fourteen feet in width. It narrows as it rises and flows sideways to create a room-like landing – at once an office and an intimate conversation area. This landing overlooks the living area through a glass and steel guardrail.
Occupying a sun-filled corner of the upper level, the Master suite’s design juxtaposes crisp white paint and custom furniture in black-stained ash against the original building’s vintage industrial texture; ribbed tile walls, long leaf pine floors and steel industrial sash windows. Custom steel French doors open onto a large balcony with a commanding view of the project’s expansive lawn.
The master bath was conceived as a spa-like retreat, with a six foot porcelain tub and a sky lit shower-bath sheathed in white Italian marble and handmade blue glass tile.
The residence proves that the modern family can have it all – high style and complete comfort – in a loft format.
