Tribeca Loft.

A loft that asked for less, not more.

The clients had lived in the building for twelve years before they returned to it after a long stretch abroad. They asked for a home that supported a quieter version of the life they had known there.

The answer was to strip the loft back to its concrete and steel and rebuild it around three rooms that work all the time. A central hall that holds the art they had been collecting. A library off the kitchen with a north-facing reading wall. A bedroom planned around the morning light rather than the views.

Materials are deliberately limited. White oak with a black wash, hand-applied plaster on the long walls, brass that has been left to oxidize, and a single piece of travertine in the kitchen. Every fixture in the home is unlacquered.