Loft

by Rus, Mayer; Warchol, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781580930130
• ISBN10: 1580930131
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-11-01
• Publisher: The Monacelli Press

Summary

The loft is increasingly the residential image most identified with New York. Originally popularized by artists and designers, the enormous raw spaces, most often in old industrial buildings in lower Manhattan, have been laboratories for the creativity of architects. Some of the most striking and important residential design of the latter part of the twentieth century has been created for lofts. Celebrated design arbiter Mayer Rus has had unparalleled access to the most exceptional new projects. He has gathered a great variety of architects and designers -- all widely published in popular and trade magazines -- for the book: Henry Smith-Miller and Laurie Hawkinson, Peter Stamberg and Paul Aferiat, Architecture Research Office, and Deborah Berke. Paul Warchol's exquisite photographs, most taken especially for this volume, capture not only the design and details but the qualities of light, context, and history that make each loft unique. The engaging text highlights the designers, owners, and their residences, in addition to evoking the dramatic qualities of loft living.

Author Biography

Mayer Rus is the design editor of House & Garden and the former editor of Interior Design; he has also written for Vogue, Mirabella, Elle, the Village Voice, and Out.

Paul Warchol was educated at Cooper Union and worked for Ezra Stoller. His work has been featured in Architectural Record, Interior Design, Elle Decor, and Architectural Digest, as well as many international publications, and exhibited in New York and Washington.

Table of Contents

Introduction	12	(8)
Deborah Berke Architect, Howell Loft	20	(12)
Morris/Sato Studio, Pearce/Quinn Loft	32	(10)
Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects, Robert Greenberg Loft	42	(12)
LOT/EK Architecture, Midtown Loft	54	(14)
Pasanella + Klein Stolzman + Berg, Zambetti Loft	68	(10)
Shelton, Mindel & Associates, Mindel Loft	78	(14)
Belmont Freeman Architects, Lower Manhattan Loft	92	(10)
American Design Company, Flatiron Loft	102	(10)
Resolution: 4 Architecture, Tribeca Loft	112	(10)
Architecture Research Office, Flatiron Loft	122	(12)
Hanrahan & Meyers, Architects, Holley Loft	134	(10)
George Ranalli, Architect, K Loft	144	(10)
Zoran, Zoran Loft	154	(10)
Studio Sofield, Dan Miller Loft	164	(6)
Scott Marble Karen Fairbanks Architects, Chelsea Loft	170	(8)
Martin Raffone, Flatiron Loft	178	(8)
Phillip Tefft, Architect, Water Street Loft	186	(10)
Smith and Thompson Architects, Spencer/Booker Loft	196	(8)
1100 Architect, Bleckner Loft	204	(8)
Weisz and Warchol Studio, Greenwich Village Loft	212	(10)
Stamberg Aferiat Architecture, Stamberg Aferiat Loft	222