Angled bookshelves outline Writer’s Loft by Buro Koray Duman in Brooklyn

Cabinets stagger alongside the partitions of this Williamsburg condo, which native structure agency Buro Koray Duman designed for a Brooklyn couple with 1000’s of books.

Writer’s Loft is an open-plan condo that Buro Koray Duman renovated for a writer and a furnishings supplier.

“The shoppers had an in depth assortment of books (2,500) that they wished to dwell with, nevertheless it was an awesome quantity,” mentioned founder Koray Duman.

“We determined to design a customized library that wraps the perimeter of the whole condo with customized shelving at 45-degree angle.”

Bookshelves outline that 1,200-square-foot (111-square-metre) condo and line two sides of the area as a sequence of columns that undertaking outwards at an angle.

“The angle permits the guide assortment to be seen from one path and within the different, hides the gathering,” Duman mentioned.

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On one facet of the condo, the shelving acts as a backdrop for a eating room. A kitchen subsequent to it overlooks a sitting space.

The opposite portion of the bookshelves is on the other wall, and serves as a hall from the lounge, previous a rest room, to a bed room. The angled cabinets prolong into the bed room and, as typical in a quantity New York lofts, options no bed room door.

Rectangular pink and white tiles are positioned at an angle for a kitchen backsplash, which is introduced all the way down to the flooring. This design is duplicated within the hallway and toilet, however with cobalt blue interspersed extra sparingly.

Writer’s Loft options an array of vibrant furnishings as nicely, similar to a pale blue loveseat, an orange rug, a yellow upholstered seat and inexperienced eating chairs. The studio additionally created a desk for the eating room.

Unique wooden pillars and beams are left uncovered and reference the positioning’s industrial previous, whereas all storage and built-ins are painted white for distinction.

Uncovered aluminium ductwork, perforated metallic and different industrial components are additionally built-in into the design.

“I believe there’s a good stability between the extra lux residential supplies juxtaposed with industrial supplies and components,” Duman mentioned.

Williamsburg is a Brooklyn neighbourhood that has undergone a dramatic transformation over the previous decade, taking it from a tough industrial space to an upscale neighborhood. Current industrial tasks are the Hoxton Lodge, Rob Peetoom hair salon and an Apple Retailer by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.

Different residences within the space embrace a white-washed house that the founders of studio White Arrow created for themselves.

Buro Koray Duman’s different tasks in New York embrace the growth of the Noguchi Museum in Lengthy Island Metropolis, simply north of Williamsburg, and the brand new Village Den restaurant within the West Village.

Images is by Kevin Kunstadt.