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Dumbo Loft by Crystal Sinclair Designs features a book-filled mezzanine

January 14, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Interiors studio Crystal Sinclair Designs has renovated a loft apartment in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighbourhood to include a mezzanine with a wall of books and a bedroom behind a glass partition. Upstate New York studio Crystal Sinclair Designs overhauled the space for a well-travelled lawyer and writer. The client purchased the loft during the early Covid-19

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Andrea Leung conceals “secret spaces” within renovated Tribeca Loft

September 10, 2022 Dan Howarth 0
Living room with mirrored partition wall

A dividing wall that’s part transparent, part mirrored separates the public and private spaces of this loft apartment in Manhattan, which architect Andrea Leung has renovated for herself. New York-based Leung discovered the 1,600-square-foot (150-square-metre) Tribeca Loft within a historic building, and gut-renovated its interiors to suit her needs and tastes. “One look at the

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Coop Himmelb(l)au’s Falkestrasse rooftop “broke every rule”

May 9, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Rooftop remodeling Falkestrasse by Coop Himmelblau

Austrian studio Coop Himmelb(l)au’s rooftop extension on Falkestrasse in Vienna was one of the earliest completed deconstructionist buildings. Continuing our series reinvestigating the style, we look at the dramatic loft conversion. Created as an extension to law firm Schuppich, Sporn, Winischhofer’s office on Falkestrasse, the rooftop structure ignored many of the area’s planning regulations. “At

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Horizontal line cuts through Amsterdam loft revamped by Firm Architects

November 21, 2021 Natasha Levy 0
Living area inside Reflections of the Past loft in Amsterdam by Firm Architects

Firm Architects has carefully organised zinc, mirror and brick elements to form a striking horizontal line around the interior of this loft apartment in Amsterdam’s De Pijp district. The previous owner of the loft, which is shortlisted in the apartment interior category of this year’s Dezeen Awards, had largely used it as an overspill room

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Emil Eve Architects creates “sense of calm” in pale pink loft extension

September 6, 2021 Amy Frearson 0
Bed and window in Narford Road loft extension by Emil Eve Architects

Everything is pale pink in this monochromatic loft extension designed by Emil Eve Architects for a house in east London. The London-based studio has used colour blocking to unite the various elements of the Narford Road loft, including surfaces, furniture and joinery. Studio co-founder Emma Perkin said the aim was to create a “sense of

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CumuloLimbo inserts plywood-clad loft within UpHouse in Madrid

August 31, 2021 Jenna McKnight 0
Woman in Madrid apartment

Inexpensive materials such as salvaged plywood feature in a compact apartment in Madrid that has been overhauled by Spanish studio CumuloLimbo. The project, called UpHouse, entailed an extensive redesign of a small apartment in Madrid’s Hortaleza district. The clients, a young couple, wanted to create more space by raising the apartment’s ceiling and adding a

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Vipp Studio in Manhattan functions as both showroom and apartment

July 11, 2021 Dan Howarth 0
Vipp Studio kitchen

The owners of Danish design company Vipp have renovated a Tribeca loft that acts as a showroom for their brand and a pied-à-terre when they stay in New York City. Sofie and Frank Christensen Egelund designed the Vipp Studio as a space to showcase their product range in-situ and to live in with their two children

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Space4Architecture adds skylight staircase to minimal Brooklyn townhouse

July 9, 2021 Jane Englefield 0

New York studio Space4Architecture has brought natural light into a townhouse in Brooklyn’s Carroll Gardens neighbourhood by adding a staircase topped with a skylight. Called Verandah Place Townhouse, the Brooklyn home is a late 1800s carriage house – an outbuilding originally built for horse-drawn carriages. Space4Architecture was tasked with transforming the house’s interiors for a

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Ten loft conversions by architects that add extra space to homes

July 4, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
A home office in a loft

Our latest lookbook shines a light on residential loft conversions from Dezeen’s archive, including rooftop extensions on existing dwellings and apartments built in underused attics. Opening up the volume beneath the roof is a popular way of squeezing more space out of a dwelling or building. The new spaces often feature unusual geometries, which a

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Elena Lokastova creates bright jewellery showroom in Moscow attic space

April 19, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Moscow jewellery showroom by Elena Lokastova for Qari Qris and Moonswoon

Russian architect Elena Lokastova has turned the attic space of a Moscow office building into a jewellery showroom with green-carpeted interiors, informed by the patinated copper dome of a monastery that can be seen from the window. Lokastova was commissioned by local jewellery brands Qari Qris and Moonswoon to create the interior for this small shop,

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