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A 900-Square-Foot Tribeca Loft with Some Clever Privacy

LYNCH / EISINGER / DESIGN took on the renovations of a 900 square foot loft apartment located in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood, named Hubert Street Residence. The loft is for a young medical student at Columbia University who was in need of a pied-à-terre while in school. The result is a light-filled, open space with both public and private areas and plenty of storage and functionality.

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All partitions were removed to open the loft up, helping to preserve both the North and West views. The architects cleverly disguised all the functional needs to live on a daily basis into a single plywood volume. The volume reaches just below the apartment’s ceiling letting daylight pass through into the private areas. It’s also raised above the floor denoting a transition between the public and private spaces.

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In the main area, they installed a long, white lacquered cabinet which hides a workspace, a Murphy bed, and closets. When the cabinet doors are closed, the white spaces acts as a project screen.

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The Murphy bed allows for overnight guests and the long cabinet door gives the bed extra privacy.

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The volume houses the main bedroom which has a grey rubber floor and matching storage cabinets. One of the cabinet doors is painted a bright orange.

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A grey curtain closes to give the bedroom privacy.

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Photos by Amy Barkow/Barkow Photo.

Caroline Williamson is Editor-in-Chief of Design Milk. She has a BFA in photography from SCAD and can usually be found searching for vintage wares, doing New York Times crossword puzzles in pen, or reworking playlists on Spotify.