6/4/09

Located on Stargarder Strasse in Berlin, this colorful (to say the least) loft shines as the rooftop level to its 19th century building. The loft is another great example from GRAFT, who we can’t seem to steer away from when hunting down our next “Loft Tour” (see our previous post). The loft leaves common contemporary style in the dust, and opts for bright colors to intensify the walls and space.  Based upon the color palette choices, the loft seems to glow, like a loft beacon sitting above the street below.

We also get the feeling from looking at the bathroom, bay of windows, and curved angles, that living in this loft could make you feel as if you’re aboad a cruise liner. We’re head over heels for these uncanny loft hues, and think if only more lofts could follow suit from this one, loft living would only be that much more fun. Taking a hint from these hues, which one do you favor to wake up a wall?

Posted by Kyra Shapurji

6/3/09

“Loft Gleimstrasse is the transformed room of a typical 19th-century building into ‘unfolded cocoon for an open mind.’” An open mind indeed. The loft needs someone ready to live in a futuristic-shaped space.  Someone infatuated with curvaceous walls and corners. Someone like us! We would gladly take it into the future and move to this rooftop loft that lies in the heart of one of Europe’s fabulous cities–Berlin. Designed by GRAFT, many of the rooms like the living room, bedroom, and the kitchen are designed with openness in mind.

The rooms’ actual components and furniture like sofas, closets, and staircases are hidden in a sculptural wall construction. The kitchen, carved of a single block, is the heart of the loft. A sneaky feature: Folding windows and doors are used on the northern and southern facades which can be completely opened to extend the space with two 13-meters balconies. We would gladly curl up in many of the cocoon or cubbyhole nooks, like the one pictured at the bottom.  Could you curl up in this loft?

Posted by Kyra Shapurji

Photography by Jan Bitter