Double-Height Loft on Renwick Street Loftlife

Double-Height Loft on Renwick Street
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Renwick Street is a tiny street in the Manhattan by the Holland Tunnel. Recently coined Hudson Square — it's really western SoHo and technically not TriBeCa. The neighborhood's large industrial buildings made it the perfect place in 1996 for architecture firm Fernlund + Logan to turn two floors of a former factory into a stunning modern living space...

The two-story window is glorious and we love that the architects from Fernlund + Logan kept the original concrete factory floor. Via: Loftlife.

(Images: Andrew Wood and David Sundberg)

Comments (17)

LOVE IT. Lovelovelove it.

posted by Emily the Cat on March 9th 2009 at 5:29pm
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Wow - As grand as the rest of the overall space is, the kitchen seems rather cold and barren.

Would it have hurt to install a Heath Tile backsplash and some Halo pendant light fixtures?

posted by bepsf on March 9th 2009 at 5:35pm
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Quick inhale of awe. The bookcases.....

Not comfy enough for me to want to live there, but striking! It'd be a great library.

posted by kelleyk on March 9th 2009 at 6:38pm
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way too cold & barren for my tastes... that being said can anybody tell me where to get the 2 wooden side chairs in the living room - LOVE Them ...

posted by UmAnOnion on March 9th 2009 at 6:56pm
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I love those windows!!! I love the design elements of the space but would definitely add color. Even for my minimalist heart, it feels more barren than clean and tidy.

posted by sara mc on March 9th 2009 at 6:58pm
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this space is very open and bare. its more of a gallery type living. it would've been better if there were area rugs to separate each room from the whole instead of just grouping furnitures for one space. i really like the big window/s.

posted by Mr. Programmer on March 9th 2009 at 7:01pm
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The chairs are Ikea Arkals. They are $69 a piece.

Sorry. Couldn't resist. They're actually Wegner easy chairs available at Room & Board for $3,060 each.

posted by sander on March 9th 2009 at 7:24pm
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Beautiful space and light but agree, the barren kitchen looks unfinished.

posted by vvn on March 9th 2009 at 7:40pm
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That's what a loft should be.

posted by MrCranky on March 9th 2009 at 7:51pm
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Just can't imagine all those windows looking in at me all the time. Shivers....

posted by bejeweled on March 9th 2009 at 10:26pm
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pictures with the windows are stunning. those without windows are kinda blah. i don't know if it's the photography or the space.

posted by Johnp on March 9th 2009 at 11:40pm
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Gawd I want this so bad...

posted by ekoshyun on March 10th 2009 at 2:24am
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A great use of modern mixed with industrial. The design keeps it on a human scale.

posted by irwinfeld on March 10th 2009 at 7:38am
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Lucky bastards!

posted by homebody on March 10th 2009 at 11:43am
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Not one thing needs to change. Nothing needs to be added.
This is absolutely perfect.

posted by Ms. Pea on March 10th 2009 at 1:45pm
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I usually like loft spaces, but this one leaves me cold. It is too barren and looks more like the factory or warehouse it probably used to be than a home.

posted by taritac on March 10th 2009 at 4:00pm
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I absolutely love the floor to ceiling windows. By any chance does anyone know what the name of the coffee table or which manufacture sell it? I like the overall look of the table, sofa, and side chairs.

posted by lecaq on March 10th 2009 at 5:12pm
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