{"id":589,"date":"2016-10-28T11:19:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T11:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/blog\/?p=589"},"modified":"2017-02-27T17:34:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T17:34:20","slug":"19th-century-soap-factory-eclectic-contemporary-loft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/19th-century-soap-factory-eclectic-contemporary-loft\/","title":{"rendered":"FROM 19TH CENTURY SOAP FACTORY TO AN ECLECTIC CONTEMPORARY LOFT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Designer <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/andrewfranz.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">Andrew Franz<\/a><\/strong> has made an <strong>extraordinary transformation<\/strong> from 19th century soap factory in the western part of Lower Manhattan, New York, into a remarkable <em><strong>contemporary loft.<\/strong><\/em> The aim of the architect Franz was to keep the original structure and to give the atmosphere of the external environment inside the walls. If you haven\u2019t seen this project before, you\u2019d better do it now!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-592\" src=\"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-1.jpg\" alt=\"FROM 19TH CENTURY SOAP FACTORY TO AN ECLECTIC CONTEMPORARY LOFT\" width=\"638\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-1.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-593\" src=\"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-2.jpg\" alt=\"FROM 19TH CENTURY SOAP FACTORY TO AN ECLECTIC CONTEMPORARY LOFT\" width=\"638\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-2.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-594\" src=\"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-3.jpg\" alt=\"FROM 19TH CENTURY SOAP FACTORY TO AN ECLECTIC CONTEMPORARY LOFT\" width=\"638\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-3-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\"><\/p>\n<p>Combining wood columns with brick walls derives the effect of clean line, and in the meanwhile opening space.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-595\" src=\"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-4.jpg\" alt=\"FROM 19TH CENTURY SOAP FACTORY TO AN ECLECTIC CONTEMPORARY-LOFT\" width=\"638\" height=\"659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-4.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-4-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-596\" src=\"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-5.jpg\" alt=\"FROM 19TH CENTURY SOAP FACTORY TO AN ECLECTIC CONTEMPORARY-LOFT\" width=\"638\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-5.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-5-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-597\" src=\"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-6.jpg\" alt=\"FROM 19TH CENTURY SOAP FACTORY TO AN ECLECTIC CONTEMPORARY LOFT\" width=\"638\" height=\"844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-6.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-6-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\"><\/p>\n<h4>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/blog\/midcentury-modern-home-accessories-to-get-right-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">MIDCENTURY MODERN HOME ACCESSORIES TO GET RIGHT NOW<\/a>\n<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/products\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"banner-weblog-2 banner-weblog-2 banner-weblog-2 banner-weblog-2 banner-weblog-2 banner-weblog-2 banner-weblog-2 banner-weblog-2\" src=\"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/inspirations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/banner-weblog-2.jpg\" alt=\"The Idol Hotel Paris provides the emotion of a design hotel but with something else: sound and groove. The Idol Hotel Paris The Idol Hotel Paris banner weblog 2\" width=\"670\" height=\"116\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-598\" src=\"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-7.jpg\" alt=\"FROM 19TH CENTURY SOAP FACTORY TO AN ECLECTIC CONTEMPORARY LOFT\" width=\"638\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-7.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-7-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-599\" src=\"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-8.jpg\" alt=\"FROM 19TH CENTURY SOAP FACTORY TO AN ECLECTIC CONTEMPORARY LOFT\" width=\"638\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-8.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-8-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-600\" src=\"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-9.jpg\" alt=\"FROM 19TH CENTURY SOAP FACTORY TO AN ECLECTIC CONTEMPORARY-LOFT\" width=\"638\" height=\"973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-9.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-9-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-9-672x1024.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-601\" src=\"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-10.jpg\" alt=\"FROM 19TH CENTURY SOAP FACTORY TO AN ECLECTIC CONTEMPORARY-LOFT\" width=\"638\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-10.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-10-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-602\" src=\"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-11.jpg\" alt=\"FROM 19TH CENTURY SOAP FACTORY TO AN ECLECTIC CONTEMPORARY-LOFT\" width=\"638\" height=\"901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-11.jpg 708w, https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-11-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/en\/graphic-lamps\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.delightfull.eu\/images\/ext-campaign\/article\/dl-graphic-750.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"130\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-603\" src=\"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-12.jpg\" alt=\"FROM 19TH CENTURY SOAP FACTORY TO AN ECLECTIC CONTEMPORARY-LOFT\" width=\"638\" height=\"979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-12.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-12-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\"><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe top floor and roof of an 1884 warehouse are reconceived as a warm and welcoming residence with open entertaining places and a fluid connection to the outside.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The residence is transformed by a relocated mezzanine in which a sunken interior court with a retractable glass roof connects to the planted green roof backyard over. This gesture of subtracting volume from the interior brings the outside into the main residing zones.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Embracing the building\u2019s industrial previous, a visual discourse amongst new and outdated is devised by way of insertions of modern resources along with restored or reclaimed components.\u201d Andrew Franz\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-604\" src=\"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-13.jpg\" alt=\"FROM 19TH CENTURY SOAP FACTORY TO AN ECLECTIC CONTEMPORARY-LOFT\" width=\"638\" height=\"957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-13.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-13-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/FROM-19TH-CENTURY-SOAP-FACTORY-TO-AN-ECLECTIC-CONTEMPORARY-LOFT-13-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\"><\/p>\n<h6><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/landing\/download-catalogue\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"banner-we-blog banner-we-blog banner-we-blog banner-we-blog banner-we-blog banner-we-blog banner-we-blog banner-we-blog banner-we-blog banner-we-blog\" src=\"http:\/\/essentialhome.eu\/inspirations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/banner-we-blog.jpg\" alt=\"The Idol Hotel Paris provides the emotion of a design hotel but with something else: sound and groove. The Idol Hotel Paris The Idol Hotel Paris banner we blog\" width=\"750\" height=\"130\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0<em>TALLBOX<br>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h6><em>PHOTOGRAPHY \u00a9\u00a0Albert Vecerka\/Esto<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>_<\/p>\n<p>WE REALLY HOPE YOU LIKED OUR ARTICLE. FEEL FREE TO PIN ALL THE IMAGES TO YOUR FAVORITE PINTEREST BOARD OR TO PRINT IT AND USE IN YOUR MOOD BOARD. YOU CAN ALWAYS CHOOSE TO FOLLOW US AND SEE THE COVERAGE OF THIS EVENT STEP BY STEP. FOLLOW US ON\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pt.pinterest.com\/midcenturyblog\/\" title=\"\">PINTEREST<\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MidBlog\" title=\"\">TWITTER\u00a0<\/a>OR SUBSCRIBE HERE AND DON\u2019T MISS A SINGLE BREATH.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designer Andrew Franz has made an extraordinary transformation from 19th century soap factory in the western part of Lower Manhattan, New York, into a remarkable contemporary loft. The aim of the architect Franz was to keep the original structure and to give the atmosphere of the external environment inside the walls. If you haven\u2019t seen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[124,127,17,125,126,58],"class_list":["post-589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture","category-interior-design","tag-contemporary-loft","tag-eclectic-house","tag-mid-century-design","tag-mid-century-house","tag-mid-century-modern-house","tag-modern-home"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1968,"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions\/1968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialhome.eu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}