Stephen Kenn Loft in downtown Los Angeles doubles as “micro resort” and showroom
Stephen Kenn Studio has remodeled an house inside a century-old manufacturing facility constructing into an Airbnb-style rental, the place visitors can check out furnishings designed by the Los Angeles agency and its companion manufacturers.
Designed to be “half showroom, half micro resort, half neighborhood house”, the loft was created by Stephen Kenn Studio, a multidisciplinary Los Angeles follow led by designers Stephen Kenn and Beks Opperman. Based in 2011, the agency has a rising portfolio of furnishings and accent baggage.
L-shaped in plan, the 1,600-square-foot (149-square-metre) house comprises a kitchen and eating space, lounge, bed room, fitness center and full lavatory. There is also a small loft with a meditation house, which is accessed through a wood-beam staircase.
The Stephen Kenn Loft is out there to hire for in a single day stays, along with getting used for dinners, cocktail events and artwork reveals.
“The in a single day visitors will expertise the total expression of hospitality that Stephen and Beks have dreamed of making for a few years,” the studio mentioned in a challenge assertion. “Friends might be inspired to make full use of the house and luxuriate in utilizing all of the designs simply as they’d in their very own house.”
The unit is positioned in a 1920s constructing the LA Arts District that when served as a furnishings manufacturing facility. After laying empty for many years, it was transformed into an artist live-work house within the 1980s.
“As we speak the constructing gives studio house for a inventive neighborhood that features designers, musicians, sculptors, painters, photographers and filmmakers,” the studio mentioned in a challenge description.
For the rentable house, the design crew aimed to create an intimate atmosphere the place it might current the agency’s work, together with items by companion manufacturers.
“The house is at the start a showroom for our furnishings collections, supplemented by the work of a few of our model companions that make merchandise in classes we do not design in, together with lighting, ceramics, home equipment and rugs,” the studio informed Dezeen.
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The house’s industrial roots are evident within the giant manufacturing facility home windows, 14-foot-high (four.2-metre) ceilings and concrete flooring.
All through the dwelling, partitions are coated with totally different shades of Roman Clay paint from Portola Paints, which has a textured look. Lights by Allied Maker are additionally discovered all through the house, together with Arc Nicely pendants and Contour wall lamps.
The center of the house is the lounge, which is furnished with a gray couch, a concrete-and-steel espresso desk and different items by Stephen Kenn Studio. An angular desk sculpture was created by Texas artist Jonathan Cross.
Tucked towards one wall is a customized bar, which was fabricated utilizing wooden, metal and antiqued nickel. The entire bar home equipment are from True Residential, a Missouri-based producer.
Moderately than conceal the bed room behind a wall, the crew left the sleeping space totally open to the lounge. Within the minimalist house, a Hästens mattress sits atop a steel-and-oak mattress body from the studio’s Inheritance assortment. A low-pile, tan rug was created by native provider Marc Phillips Rugs.
Located off the bed room is a beneficiant closet and a rest room with a brass self-importance and darkish gray partitions. The bed room additionally sits adjoining to the fitness center, with the 2 rooms separated by pivoting doorways.
The exercise space is fitted with vintage-style exercise tools, together with a leather-based bench and punching bag. A storage door lifts up, permitting pure mild to enter the house.
The kitchen and eating space are housed inside a room set off from the residing space. The L-shaped kitchen consists of concrete counter tops and wood cabinetry, with globe-shaped pendants hanging overhead.
A big eating desk product of aluminium and plated nickel is a brand new design by Stephen Kenn Studio. The cooking and consuming zone additionally options an elongated couch with ivory-coloured upholstery.
The Stephen Kenn Loft challenge stems from the designers’ “love of journey and experiencing the totally different ways in which individuals reside, journey and relaxation”. Furthermore, it aligns with their need to attach with the neighborhood. Kenn and Opperman typically open up their LA studio for espresso and cocktails.
“For the final a number of years, they have been dreaming of an area through which to follow deeper hospitality and provide a extra intimate expertise with their designs,” the agency mentioned. “The Loft might be an intimate platform to showcase new work and have interaction with the area people in a singular and significant manner.”
Creating rentable houses and residences seems to be an rising pattern with the inside design career. Comparable endeavours embrace a “shoppable” vacation rental in New York by Robert McKinley, and an Airbnb-style Melbourne house by Edwards Moore, the place visitors should buy the furnishings, artwork and equipment after they go away.
Pictures is by Amy Bartlam.
Challenge credit:
Inside design: Stephen Kenn Studio
Companion manufacturers: Allied Maker, Morrow Comfortable Items, Hästens Sleep, True Residential, JennAir, Itani Athletic, Portola Paints, Buster + Punch, DornBracht, Ratio Espresso, Marc Phillips Rugs, and Cocktail Kingdom