Photography by Brian W. Ferry,
courtesy of LOT Office for Architecture
This century-old townhouse in Bushwick was redone for a pair of artists by Leonidas Trampoukis, Eleni Petaloti, and Isabel Sarasa Mene of New York- and Greece-based LOT Office for Architecture. The exterior is painted boldly in a blue hue reminiscent of Matisse’s Blue Nude or Yves Klein; inside are surprising moments of lavender and even silver—a welcome antidote to the expected and monochrome.
Inside, the architects stripped the three-story, 3000-square-foot space down to its simplest elements.
Translucent polycarbonate panels connect a few of the rooms for brightness.
Mercury-silver curtains add a surprising backdrop to a sitting area (and emphasize the 11-foot ceilings).
A hall takes on a lavender cast, “a combination of the bathroom color and the polycarbonate sliding door panels,” Leonidas explains.
The design uses an impactful mix of materials: mirrors, painted metal, black-stained wood, and brick.
Dashes of yellow in a bedroom.
Behind the townhouse is a private patio, which LOT built around an existing magnolia tree and otherwise left spare.