Living Room with Ruckstuhl carpet Zand

A gallerist and collector from Mexico City, approached Samuel Anderson Architects prior to purchasing two duplex apartments to test the feasibility of combining them into a single apartment. The resulting 4,520 square foot loft is a formally minimal yet materially rich residential project, providing the client and her guests a tranquil retreat in the heart of SoHo, NYC.

The public spaces are organized around a core of continuously wrapped panels of Sapele wood, a species selected for its strikingly even, vertical grain. Floating roman plaster ceilings provide a more intimate scale at the entry, wet bar and breakfast areas that flank the open living and dining space. Horizontal bands of cabinets and Norwegian slate shift past walls to enliven the surfaces. A perpendicular volume of panels marks the threshold into each of four bedroom suites.

The gallerist commissioned several artists to create pieces specific to several key locations.

Text by Samuel Anderson Architects
Images by Paul Warchol

Media Room with Ruckstuhl carpet Feltro basic

Media Room and Wet Bar with Feltro basic

Master Bedroom and Study with Feltro basic

Dining Room with Capra-Zand

Living Room with Capra-Zand(left) and Zand (right)