Architect: Nima Yadollahpour of ONY Architecture, LLC.
Location: North End — Boston, Massachusetts
Nima Yadollahpour designed a modern loft residence within the 2,100 square foot of raw space on the top floor of a five story building in Boston's North End:
The private areas include two bedrooms and two baths. The transition between private and public is made by a curved raised partition defining an office space dubbed the “Lantern”. There are five major elements which define the public space: the elevated kitchen platform, a see-through fireplace, an alternating stair reaching the roof top, and a casual dining bench. A metaphor of a continuous “ribbon” connects these elements. This is defined by a dark bamboo which serves as a distinguished floor which wraps up and becomes the mantle for the fireplace, it rips and becomes the alternating stair, and it folds and serves as the bench for the casual dining space. By this, all these elements are connected visually and not floating as separate isolated elements in the space. To achieve clean, uncluttered open ceilings in the loft, all mechanical, plumbing, and electrical elements were installed below a raised floor which coveres the entire footprint of the loft.
Thanks Nima!
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Comments (13)
Beautiful!! Brick + wood = warmth and it seems to be maintained throughout the space.
p.s. That staircase looks cool and dangerous.
wow v nice! i agree with seang - cool and dangerous staircase. is it easy to navigate? i'm sort of clumsy ...
Overall I think this is great --but the stairs are gimmicky and an accident waiting to happen.
Simply stunning. I do, however, I echo SeanG's concern about the staircase - great to look at but wouldn't want to serve cocktails from the elegant bar and then send people up or down those stairs to/from the roof deck. Given how gorgeous and well thought out the rest of the loft is, I would find a way to make that work if I were lucky enough to have this place.
the stair configuration is pretty common for small areas as it takes up around half the floor area. while you're definitely going to pay more attention to each step, it's far from dangerous.
There's so much here to like! Too many details everywhere to mention--underside of the stair finished with bamboo, floating cubes in the bathroom, lantern office, etc. The continuous ribbon element is clever and stunning. I could live here!
The stair case is quite creative but it looks dangerous. Having worked in hospital E.R.s over the years I would definitely refused that staircase.
The good outweighs the bad, but I find it over-designed. I could do without the fireplace's slanted edge and the stairs. I understand that they save space, but they just look contrived here where it looks like there's no lack of space for them to extend further.
i'm a sucker for cool lofts. sigh
Liquor bottles on supertall shelves = dust magnet.
Mmm, I'm drooling. I spent a challenging year in a tiny apartment in the North End, which had no sunlight or central heat. This loft is palatial!
I'm loving the bathroom and the stairs! The rest is too minimal for my tastes, but no denying that it's a very cool space.
a carlo scarpa staircase! Love those. Does it give you access to the rooftop?