Broadway Loft
New York, New York
Completed 2019
Design Team
Max Worrell, Jejon Yeung
Collaborators
Mechanical Engineer: Engineering Solutions
Contractor: Bednarz Construction
Located in the historic Gilsey House in Manhattan’s NoMad neighborhood, this wall-free loft highlights the building’s original details, including the windows, plaster molding, and steel structure. Various programmatic elements—foyer, stair/bookcase, fireplace, kids bookcase/stair, kitchen island—organize the space, creating something in between an open plan and partitioned rooms.
Utility and storage were paramount to the design of each element, as was the display of the couple’s books, art, and ephemera. The gray lacquered foyer contains a closet, concealed wet bar, and display niches. A semi-open bookcase extends to form a staircase leading to a guest sleeping loft. A long element of ash wood and richly patterned Calacatta Black marble integrates a desk, book storage, and a fireplace into the living room; the low-lying built-in leaves ample space above for a salon display of the couple’s vibrant art collection. The kitchen comprises a minimally detailed, gray lacquered island and freestanding cabinet accented with Calacatta Manhattan marble. For the second bedroom, a deep turquoise staircase connects to a sleeping loft and doubles as a bookcase, storage, and play platform.
Exposing the steel structure creates a certain richness that allows the storage elements to remain minimal and reductive.
Photographs
Alan Tansey