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General Assembly exposes wooden beams inside revamped Brooklyn loft
Wooden structural elements at this loft apartment in Brooklyn were uncovered and retreated during renovation work undertaken by local studio General Assembly. The Gowanus Loft occupies a portion of the...
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Arches puncture brick facade of Amsterdam apartment block by WE Architecten
Arched openings punctuate the brick facade of this apartment building in Amsterdam, which is co-owned by its occupants and tailored to accommodate their varying lifestyles. The Amstelloft apartments...
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Jab studio creates rustic interior for Alpine loft overlooking the mountains
A geometric staircase and eclectic furniture feature alongside wooden surfaces in this apartment in northern Italy, which was renovated by Italian office Jab Studio and boasts views of the mountains....
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Smartvoll adds sculptural concrete staircase to loft apartment in old...
This loft apartment in a former tank station in the Austrian city of Salzburg features a sweeping concrete staircase and a glass shower cubicle that cantilevers over the living space. The Panzerhalle...
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White box forms sleeping nook in Toronto loft by StudioAC
Toronto-based StudioAC has remodelled the interior of a local apartment for a young client, balancing a bright and open living space with a cosy bedroom tucked away inside a millwork box. A young...
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Rediscovered attic space makes room for mezzanine level in Barcelona apartment
RÄS has overhauled an apartment in Barcelona, uncovering a hidden gabled ceiling where it could fit a polycarbonate-walled mezzanine level. The Barcelona-based studio peeled back the existing ceiling...
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Photographer's Loft by Desai Chia provides live-work space in New York
This minimal loft apartment for a New York-based photographer has areas for meeting clients, entertaining guests and escaping city bustle. The Photographer's Loft occupies a 5,000-square-foot former...
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Tribeca penthouse by Space4Architecture features pale material palette
New York studio Space4Architecture has used only three main materials to decorate a duplex apartment in Tribeca, which was designed around the need for ample storage. The Duplex Loft encompasses 3,700...
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New Affiliates renovates Bed-Stuy Loft with plywood mezzanine and rough...
New York design studio New Affiliates has placed a plywood sleeping platform between chunky columns at an apartment in Brooklyn, making the most of the building's high ceilings. The overhauled home...
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Atelier Barda renovates Montreal apartment with minimalist finishes and...
Montreal architecture studio Atelier Barda has renovated a loft apartment in the city's trendy Mile End neighbourhood, stripping down its interiors to replace them using bespoke finishes and filling...
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Hanging staircase divides spacious New York loft design by DJDS
Brooklyn studio DJDS has redesigned the interior of a loft apartment in Lower Manhattan, using white, black, brass and wood surfaces throughout. DJDS envisions the single-storey apartment, which...
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Checa Romero Architects "makes the most" of small brick house by extending in...
Architect Curro Checa Romero has refurbished and extended a 1980s house in east London, more than doubling its interior dimensions and creating a series of light-filled spaces with an improved...
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Raad Studio turns two Tribeca lofts with exposed arches into huge apartment
New York design firm Raad Studio has joined together and renovated two properties in the city to form a much bigger home, using a central arched wall as a focal point. Exposed brickwork and a series of...
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Eklund Terbeek transform 20th-century schoolhouse into light-filled loft...
Dutch practice Eklund Terbeek combines contemporary and original features in this loft apartment, which sits inside an old schoolhouse in Rotterdam. The building – which dates back to 1912 – was...
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Dash Marshall merges two Tribeca lofts with sculptural staircase
New York architecture studio Dash Marshall has turned two Tribeca residences into one home connected by a hanging, blackened steel spiral staircase. Raft Loft combines two single-storey apartments on...
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Standard Studio use skylights to funnel light into Amsterdam loft
A courtyard sits at the centre of this converted canal house apartment in the centre of Amsterdam by local firm Standard Studio. Built in the early 17th century, the canal house is located within a...
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StudioAC converts Toronto church into minimal Pape Loft
Toronto firm StudioAC has overhauled part of a church in the city, creating a contemporary two-bedroom home with a curved balustrade clad in pale wood. The converted religious building now houses the...
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Secret rooms are accessed through a bath tub in G House by Gon Architects
A bright blue wall and a giant window-side bath tub feature in this converted attic apartment by Gon Architects, in the Conde Duque district of Madrid. Designed by Gonzalo Pardo, who runs his practice...
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StudioAC links Candy Loft interiors with arched hallways in Toronto
Toronto firm StudioAC has outfitted this apartment in an old candy factory with custom arched volumes, exposed elements and white rooms throughout. The one-bedroom Candy Loft is located in the...
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Wooden boxes house bathroom facilities at Pioneer Square Loft in Seattle
A blackened-wood sauna is among the tiny wooden volumes that wrap around the open-plan living area of this apartment in Seattle, which was renovated by US studio Plum Design and designer Corey...
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Falken Reynolds takes cues from an igloo for Vancouver loft renovation
A hidden sleeping loft and an all-white hallway lined with closets are among the features in a renovated Vancouver apartment designed by Canadian firm Falken Reynolds. The project, called The Igloo...
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Con Form Architects opens up loft with a glass and steel dormer
Con Form Architects has converted a small London loft into a bright home office by inserting a glazed section with a large steel dormer window. Called Dormore – a portmanteaux of "dormer" and "more" –...
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Pool Leber Architekten swaps concrete for wood to create R11 loft extension
Pool Leber Architekten has used cross-laminated timber to add a bright and spacious new loft to a 1980s housing block in Munich. The project, called R11, was not as straightforward as it looks. The...
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Art takes centre stage in monochrome London loft by Originate
Monochrome interiors create a minimal backdrop to artworks by William Klein, Ellen von Unwerth and Bill Viola inside this renovated loft in central London. Designed by architecture studio Originate,...
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Note Design Studio inserts colour-block rooms into The Mantelpiece Loft in...
The colourful bedrooms that Note Design Studio has slotted beneath the roof of this Stockholm loft apartment are meant to resemble "life-sized building blocks". The Mantelpiece Loft had been purchased...
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TypeO Loft is a shoppable Swedish holiday apartment designed for the "new...
Creative studio TypeO has opened the doors to a shoppable guesthouse in southern Sweden where those wary of holidaying during a pandemic can relax in seclusion. The loft is located on the rural...
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Dodi Moss designs multi-level loft inside 300-year-old Genoa building
Italian architecture studio Dodi Moss has created the characterful and space-efficient House for a Sea Dog loft apartment on the upper floors of a 17th-century building in Genoa. The studio, which has...
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Elena Lokastova creates bright jewellery showroom in Moscow attic space
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...
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Ten loft conversions by architects that add extra space to homes
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...
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Space4Architecture adds skylight staircase to minimal Brooklyn townhouse
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,...
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Vipp Studio in Manhattan functions as both showroom and apartment
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...
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CumuloLimbo inserts plywood-clad loft within UpHouse in Madrid
Inexpensive materials such as salvaged plywood feature in a compact apartment in Madrid that has been overhauled by Spanish firm CumuloLimbo Studio. The project, called UpHouse, entailed an extensive...
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Emil Eve Architects creates "sense of calm" in pale pink loft extension
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...
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Horizontal line cuts through Amsterdam loft revamped 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...
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Coop Himmelb(l)au's Falkestrasse rooftop "broke every rule"
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...
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Andrea Leung conceals "secret spaces" within renovated Tribeca Loft
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...
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Dumbo Loft by Crystal Sinclair Designs features a book-filled mezzanine
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...
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Yana Molodykh refurbishes attic apartment with views over Kyiv
Ukrainian designer Yana Molodykh has renovated a compact apartment in Kyiv, creating a light-filled space with storage fitted around the building's existing structural framework. The 50-square-metre...
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MarshKeene submerges London house extension to create single-level home
Architecture studio MarshKeene has refurbished and extended an end-of-terrace Victorian townhouse in Nunhead, south London, with a unifying brick plinth wall. The studio resolved the original...
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Sheft Farrace renovates loft in Los Angeles' art deco Eastern Columbia building
Architecture studio Sheft Farrace has renovated a loft apartment in Los Angeles' iconic Eastern Columbia building, subtly incorporating colours from the art deco exterior into the minimalist interiors....
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Another Seedbed is a Brooklyn apartment that doubles as a performance space
In this renovated loft in Brooklyn, the owner both resides and hosts public art performances within a space divided by a variety of inserted volumes. The loft is located in a late 19th-century cast...
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Eight airy and pared-back loft conversions
A tactile Amsterdam apartment and a birch plywood-lined extension feature in our latest lookbook, which collects eight loft conversions created for maximum space. Architects and designers often open...
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Ten New York City loft interiors that make innovative use of open space
For our latest lookbook, we explore ten loft conversions and renovations in New York City where designers have inserted partitions, storage and other elements to cleverly organise open space....
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Isabelle Heilmann converts Parisian textile workshop into loft apartment
Interior designer Isabelle Heilmann has used glazing and level changes to turn a former textile workshop in Paris into an open-plan apartment with a dedicated home office. The owners of the property on...
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Timothy Godbold adorns Tribeca loft with modernist relief panels
New York interior designer Timothy Godbold has renovated an apartment in a historic Tribeca building, adding various relief treatments across its neutral walls including panels influenced by a 1970s...
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Almost Studio designs Loft for a Chocolatier in Brooklyn
Brooklyn practice Almost Studio has completed an apartment renovation inside a former chocolate factory, retaining an open layout while adding level changes to demarcate functional spaces. The Loft for...
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Bureau Tempo applies subtle tones and textures to renovated Brooklyn loft
Canadian studio Bureau Tempo has completed a "gentle redesign" of a loft space in Brooklyn, New York, which features a subtle pale green kitchen and fritted glass partition walls. The home faces the...
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Takk creates mobile child's bedroom made of construction waste
The founders of Spanish studio Takk have added a mobile child's bedroom made of concrete blocks and recycled insulation to their industrial apartment in Barcelona as part of ongoing work on the space....
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Batliboi Studio combines industrial and playful elements in Brooklyn loft
Dramatically veined marble, colourful storage displays and original architectural features come together in this Brooklyn loft renovated by locally based Batliboi Studio. The space in an early...
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OEB Architects adds Italian-informed loft extension to south London house
London-based OEB Architects has completed Lewisham Loggias, a colourful loft extension that takes cues from Italian palazzos and paintings. The project adds an extra floor to the south London home of a...
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