The Interior Decor Thread! #1

[rox_yr_sox]

Loft Tour: The Cement Factory

To this day, Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill’s legendary live/work complex in Barcelona, Spain remains one of, if not the most impressive examples of adaptive reuse we’ve ever seen. It all started about 35 years ago when the controversial architect discovered an abandoned cement factory comprised of over 30 silos, underground galleries and huge engine rooms. He bought it and began renovation. This included defining the space by demolishing certain structures, cleaning cement, exposing previously concealed forms, and planting various greenery including eucalyptus, palms, olive trees and cypresses. Today, the factory has been successfully transformed into his personal home, as well as a multitude of offices, modeling and archival laboratories, a projection room, and a huge space known as ‘The Cathedral’, which serves as a venue for subsequent exhibitions, lectures, and concerts.

The vast space exemplifies incredible restraint. He hasn’t filled it up with too much stuff; rather the interiors are intentionally appointed with casually slip-covered white sofas, canvas slingback seating, warm oriental rugs and lush leather upholstery. The work areas feature dramatically long conference tables paired with high-tech leather seating. In terms of artwork, beautifully framed architectural prints either hang on the wall or are displayed on wooden easels. The space overall boggles the mind, so much so that we can’t believe it even exists! But it does, and Bofill has this to say about it:​

“The factory is a magic place with a strange atmosphere that is difficult to be perceived by a profane eye. I like the life to be perfectly programmed here, ritualized, in total contrast with my turbulent nomad life.”​

loftlifemag.com

 

[rox_yr_sox]

^ continued from above...



loftlife

 

[MUXU]

found these on ffffound, quite like the second one a lot with the lighting and the muted colors

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[mmBop]

#1343 first one is so simple and stunning. i like it a lot

 

[Susanna-Cole]

Since traveling around Europe and Africa for two months, I've been staying in hostels, and must say Lisbon, Portugal is tops when it comes to phenomenally cool, affordable hostels. Here's some I've stayed in, and their loads more awesome ones here...

(Photos from hostelworld.com & more in next post...)

The two hostels featured in this post are the Lisbon Lounge Hostel and the Lisbon Poets Hostel.

 

[Susanna-Cole]

Same source, as above. And the two hostels in this post are the Goodnight Hostel Lisbon and Albergo Odisseo.

Goodnight Hostel as some really awesome decorating details, that unfortunately hostelworld.com does not have photos of (and I forgot to take any, when I was there ) like this amazing antique collage on the wall (many things are hung, besides photographs), and the dining room table is a sheet of glass over old letters in Portuguese, that were found by the owner at a flea market. Oh, and there's this amazing reading nook between the third and fourth floors, that was my favorite spot in the entire hostel.

 

[genevica]

gorlinarchitects.com

I love the brightness and those cabinets are very innovative... kitchen kind of fascinate me, come to think about it.

 

[HeatherAnne]

^ I like that too. The clear cabinets, while probably not practical in reality, are amazing. Also love that cement factory, how exquisite!

 

[genevica]

^ I found it on tumblr. It was tagged as from an apartment in New York.

 

[dumbfairy]

I love the first photo in #1340 of the bed. The fact it seems to take up the entire space is so inviting

 

[MUXU]

love how empty the room is, the ambience with just a big lamp. was taken in 1982 of steve jobs, the co founder of apple computer

apartmenttheraapy.com

 

[temptbomb]

That's a beautiful picture. I love the wide space

 

[ponytrot]

The reused Cement Factory in this post

http://forums.thefashionspot.com/showpost.php?p=6289427&postcount=1341

gives me such a air of grandness, and ecclesiastical mystery and purity

its very cathedral like in its light, height, and scope - i really love it!

 

[chic stranger]

seriously inspired after being in this thread...

 

[Thefrenchy]

SCANNED BY THEFRENCHY

 

[Bacata]

Carrie bradshaw's apartment in the SATC movie is fabulous, I love the wall colors:

grazielabrenno; teamsugar.com

 

[Bacata]

lolitas.se

 

[HeatherAnne]

^ Gorgeous, wouldn't have imagined all that wood could look so sleek.

And thanks thefrenchy for those scans. The most amazing tables! The white fireplace is divine as well.

 

[Susanna-Cole]

Source: sharyncairns.com

 

[tiffany]

That picture with the roses is so beautiful, I can't put my finger on why I like it so very much but I do