the Warehouse Loft

This project located in the historic Oriental Warehouse Loft Building in San Francisco’s South Beach neighborhood, is a complete reconfiguration and renovation of an existing loft apartment. In order to maximize the spatial experience of the loft, traditional notions of domestic privacy were abandoned in favor of open and transparent relationships. Opaque guardrails at the sleeping mezzanine were replaced with frameless glass guardrails in order to provide a direct visual connection to the living room below. A large over-sized sheet of transparent glass further eliminates privacy in the master bathroom by allowing views into and out of the bathroom to the rest of the loft beyond. In contrast to the existing heavy-timber and rusticated brick structural shell which are left exposed, sleek new interior finishes were replaced throughout including wall and floor finishes, kitchen and bathroom millwork and a new steel cantilever stair that connects the living areas on the ground floor with the sleeping areas on the mezzanine. By eliminating privacy this loft conversion has no dark pokie rooms and there is a strong visual connection to the buildings original heritage. I could so live here!

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects

Story by Richard Misso. Oriental Warehouse Loft by Edmonds + Lee architects images credited to Bruce Damonte Photography

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