Lofty ideas
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about lofty ideas
Project • By Work Architecture Company • Apartments
White Street Loft
This 6,000SF “inverse triplex” - ground floor, 1/2 basement and 1/3 sub-basement – is for a family of four that loves to entertain. A new space for urban living, it embraces diverse materials, kinetic interventions and a highly developed sense of the unexpected. The industrial space is transformed into a programmatic sequence to accommodate different functions and moods, from public at the front to private in the back.
The front section at street level provides the loft-like living area with white resin floors and 16ft high ceilings; next is a bamboo-lined box with built-in storage and motorized tables that rise from the floor for Japanese-style dining. The Kitchen/Dining room follows with plum-colored concrete floors and walls, a forma... More
Project • By ALPHA LAND DEVELOPERS • Apartments
Urban Lofts
The Gazi area in Athens, since the ceasing of activity of the gas plant, the de-industrialization and displacement of other crafts and warehouses and the regeneration- creation of Technopolis, has become a place of culture and arts, a lively place throughout the city round the clock. The proximity to the city center of Athens, the privileged position in relation to the Piraeus street and the highways , makes Gazi an attractive place not only for recreational but also for residential purposes, aimed primarily at individuals or couple families.
The Urban Lofts building is situated at the intersection of Voutadon and Iakhou streets, alongside the complex of Technopolis. This new building is based on the philosophy of lofts apartments , with... More
Project • By 2B. Group • Apartments
LOFT APPARTMENT
Working on the Project we tried to prove to client and to ourselvesthat concrete could be warm, wood could be smooth and metal could besoft.
The project itself was a top floor 3-level penthouse withtotal space of 380sq.m., located in the heart of Kyiv on a Dnieperriver. Third floor of the apartment comprised an open terrace facing Kyiv left bank panorama on a south-east with total space of 250sq.m.
The development of the general concept, project design, andengineering process until construction took one year. High speedconstruction took another year and a half.
In the end, we’ve got an interior that captures a multitude of styles, all designed to offer a seamless collection of textures, colors, shapes and materials.
Wood, con... More
Project • By Fabio Fantolino • Apartments
LOFT EX-CEAT
The concept is based on the idea of the open space loft that can be transformed according to the needs, in different rooms like a traditional apartment. This can be possible thanks to wooden panels in Daniela Scared Chestnut that can be opened and disappear into the walls.
Looking at the distribution of the interior and exterior spaces, the user has the possibly to pass all around the central block, which is composed by a master bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and laundry room, and can enjoy the panoramic view on the Alps and the Mole Antonelliana. All these different views can be appreciated also from the interior, thanks to the glass walls and windows.
The living space has three different zones, the conversation zone with couches and t... More
Project • By GARCÉS - DE SETA - BONET Arquitectes • Housing
MAS DE RODA
The renewal of the industrial area of Poble Nou (District 22 @ Bcn activities) provides its transformation into the new "District 22 @ BCN activities, devoted mainly to the industries of the new economy, information technology and communication. In an old sugar factory a set of unusual characteristics has been presented is transformed into a new use project aimed at a special public that is both dynamic and progressive. There has been the unique result and quality. The project builds on the qualities of the original industrial building. The old warehouses were sectioned vertically with the rhythm set by the existing trusses of the roof structure in order to obtain lofts of two or three levels. The volumes of various built levels have been a... More
Project • By FutureBrand UXUS • Private Houses
Amsterdam Loft
UXUS designed a private residence located in a historic building on one of Amsterdam’s famous canals. The home is located in a 250m2 18th century warehouse with a panoramic view over the city. The interior of the loft, situated in an old sugar warehouse built in 1763, had remained in its original state for almost 250 years and the owners wanted to keep as much intact with as little intervention to the space as possible. In keeping the original open-plan layout, UXUS created a series of dramatic curtain walls that could be opened and closed according to the needs of use. Made of luxurious Italian linen, the curtain walls are opaque when lit from the front yet transparent from behind. At night, the space becomes a series of glowing tents, cre... More
Project • By Q-BIC • Apartments
Pallets Loft
The 'Pallet loft' is a design project from q-bic, a Florentine Architects studio.It is a recovery intervention of the attic floor, of a nineteenth-century industrial building, situated on the edge of the Florence historical citycenter. The space of 180 sqm has a multi-purpose destination: it can host small events and parties or acts as a temporary guests accomodation. The space it is made of a single aisle, so that you can percieve its lenght with a sigle look.
Nevertheless there are small partitions, painted in different shades of colors, that mark the space and emphasize different loft areas and functions.The idea of designing a space that was as multifunctional and versatile as possible, led us to the choiche of Pallet s the main instru... More
Project • By Omer Arbel • Heritages
46 water street
The project consisted of a seismic upgrade and restoration of a heritage building in Vancouver's historic gastown district, and a loft interior design project. The loft is organized around a new courtyard open to above, inserted into the heritage fabric of the building, allowing light into the centre of the very deep plan. All other interior elements are rendered crisply using precise,ly machined elements, conceived to stand in strong contract to the rough heritage fabric of the existing shell.
46 Water Street is located in the historical neighbourhood of Gastown in
downtown Vancouver. The owner is a bachelor who became deeply invested in
Gastown before its rundown warehouse spaces became fashionable. When he
>approached Omer Arbel, he... More
Project • By Dethier Architecture • Private Houses
Kempart loft
Reinterpreting the loft
The Kempart loft project emerged from a meeting between Daniel Dethier and a client, who was passionate about precision engineering. It demonstrates how industrial spaces can be transformed into housing without becoming locked into stereotypes.
Detail and accuracy
We were fortunate to have a committed and receptive client who was fascinated by precision engineering. This allowed us to apply our research into a loft's reinterpretation, and to integrate a technically advanced architectural object. Our approach was, quite naturally, based on the client's profile rather than the site's historical nature * as it does not present any heritage value whatever.
On the cutting edge
The movement to transform smal... More
Project • By Rearquitectura • Housing
Lofts Yungay II
Lofts Yungay II is a collective housing building located in the outskirts of the World Heritage Area of Valparaíso, Chile. This city is one of the largest Chilean ports in the Pacific Ocean. Valparaiso’s landscape is very characteristic due to its many hills packed with colorful houses almost falling out of the cliffs. Each house is different from one another, but together they create a harmonic landscape.
The project’s lot is located in a hill side with a strong slope in both north-south and east-west directions. The site has two main facades; the east façade faces the street at the top of the hill, mean while the west façade faces a steep cliff.
The project was intended to blend into this urban landscape characterized by the comb... More
Project • By LDA+SR Studio • Offices
OFFICE IN GENOA
The project pursues the recovery and re-use of a small portion of an old warehouse of the '500 located in a building near the Old Port of Genoa, transformed into a residence in 1800. It was originally a portion of the salt stores and tobacco (which still exist and are used for public functions by the Municipality of Genoa), in which were stored the goods on arrival and departure from the commercial port.
The building is in fact part of a municipal district created by the City of Genoa in 1500 and only partly used for residential use. It is characterized by stone masonry / brick and wooden floors made from wood of chestnut in part coming from the recovery of pre-industrial masts of the ships. The construction system of the part behind th... More
Project • By Federico Delrosso Architects • Private Houses
Twin Loft
A single-cell organism divided into two volumes structurally identical and internally similar but opposite. This is the project –or “projects”? – for the restructuring and interiors of twin lofts, designed by Federico Delrosso in the post-industrial Milan of 2007. The work turned in fact on a former factory in the southern part of Milan, once an industrial outer suburb and today a residential district.
“This is a complex project, and you can read it in different ways. The most obvious result is the creation of twin lofts, with the same design as the internal spaces, because they were created by the dividing a single one long sleeve-shaped space lengthwise. But starting from the personal data of the residents (the first is Delrosso’s o... More
Project • By EXCLUSIV DESIGN • Private Houses
Home Chardonne
It is a duplex of 200 m2, renovated in 2010, perched in the tops of Chardonne.
A splendid view of Lake Geneva and the Swiss mountains
Construction in 1980. All rooms have been designed with open spaces, to create generous volume spaces.
A choice of high quality materials.
A stylistic marriage of two different architectures, which connects the east and west
Info Architecte :
· Aref Fourati is a versatile designer with a background in architecture and building .
· He has 15 years of domestic and international experience in the design of large scale and complex mixed-use projects;
· including retail centers, hotels, high rise of... More
Project • By Marc Koehler Architects • Apartments
House Like Village
With the transformation of an old harbor-cantina on KNSM island in Amsterdam into large apartments, this building changed its function but kept its identity.
The house we created is composed from 4 smalles 'houses', containing the more private spaces and supporting facilities. In between them, an open multifunctional space emerges (the streets) and a natural daylight enters deep into the house.
The elevated second level is used for cooking, dining, working and has a guest house, connected by walking bridges. These 'roof terraces' are placed in such way that you can fully enjoy the view of the adjacent harbour. The walls consist of closets and cupboards which double function as a wooden support structure. The whole loft-space is thus u... More
