Reading newspapers, browsing the Internet, you increasingly come across advertisements from Russian construction companies that sell loft-style apartments. But what is a loft, for most of those who are not familiar with the theme of design, remains a mystery.
The concept of "loft" was formed at the end of the 20s of the XX in New York in the Manhattan and East Queens areas.
At the same time, there are other expert opinions that the first location of loft-style premises was the Soho area. This area turned out to be all built up with various plants and factories, and in order to save space, they were located in close proximity to each other.
However, taking into account the economic growth in the country, the cost of square meters of land in the areas adjacent to the center began to grow at a rapid pace and industrial enterprises were forced to relocate their production facilities outside the city, leaving their former production buildings, located almost in the center of the city, empty . Loft style design owes its origin to these events.
All the creative intelligentsia of NY was one of the first who paid attention to abandoned production buildings in order to place their own workshops there, and besides, they used them for everyday life, including for housing.
Later, this way of life attracted the rest of New York's bohemia.
Lofts began to rise in price.
Apartments: Loft-style design and its features
Now you need to pay your attention to the characteristic distinctive features of the design in the Loft style.
Particular attention in the interior of the loft deserves details. All that was left by the former enterprises to one degree or another began to be used by poor tenants.
Chimneys, open ventilation systems, brickwork, gloomy colors and hundreds of square meters first of all catch your eye. And besides this, the loft is characterized by panoramic windows: such are the windows to the floor!
This is all a legacy of the factory past: stairs, various pipes, ventilation systems, factory fixtures, etc. You should also pay attention to the windows. Windows should be, if possible, wide and high (to the floor) without curtains, tulle and curtains. This is necessary for maximum illumination of the interior. Hanging chandeliers are often used for artificial lighting.
Due to the fact that most of the NY bohemians, or the creative elite, began to use former industrial enterprises, not for their intended purpose, but to hold yes to these areas: exhibitions, shows, conferences, performances, concerts, and so on, so on, lofts turned out to be the most demanding and most popular premises in NY.
Which in turn, sooner or later, would lead to real estate brokers from Uloth Street. And lofts were given a second life.
