From Eloise Katz
In the heart of Greenwich Village, this former industrial space was renovated for an art collector into a residence and private gallery. Stark white walls, featuring smooth, curved lines flow throughout the 5,840-square-foot loft. While the walls form a calm and controlled backdrop for the art and curvilinear bookshelves, the ceiling is more articulated, allowing the exhibition areas to merge into the living areas. By interchanging luminous and opaque, the ceiling creates a field of ambient and recessed lights, seamlessly delineating the gallery and the living areas. Part of the old loft building’s exterior south wall was removed and replaced by floor-to-ceiling glass panes by Sky-Frame that frame and extend compelling views, across a full glass balcony, of lower Manhattan.
Architect: UNStudio, Great Britain
Executive architect: Cox Architects, New York
Glass and windows: Sky-Frame
Lighting design: Renfro Design Group, New York
Photography: Iwan Baan