I have a lot of love for this loft in Greenwich Village in New York City, designed by Amsterdam-based UNStudio for a collector of modern and contemporary art. Breathtaking crisp sweeping planes that never seem to end, fluid spaces with soft ambient lighting, that clean ceiling (where are all the services hiding?), joinery growing out of walls creating space for the library and art display… I could go on and on. Beautiful stuff.

The only slightly weird thing is the bedroom – kind of feels like a display suite of a hotel room. Actually not even. Just a tad on the cold side for my liking. Otherwise, I think I’m in love.

Photo © Iwan Baan.



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  3. Amelia @ Milkwood

    Completely! The bedroom looks like the office of some high-flying sleek and sleazy exec who likes to bed his secretaries in style. Or an expensive Dr’s office. So wrong, when the rest is all so right.

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