Interior Design

Posted: 08/01/2011

A plasterboard mezzanine balustrade flows from a staircase to the window wall in one unit of Giovannini Associates’s loft building in Los Angeles. Photography: Tom Bonner.

A plasterboard mezzanine balustrade flows from a staircase to the window wall in one unit of Giovannini Associates’s loft building in Los Angeles. Photography: Tom Bonner.

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Optical Illusion

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Designing lofts in Los Angeles, Giovannini Associates explored the power of paint.
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A plasterboard mezzanine balustrade flows from a staircase to the window wall in one unit of Giovannini Associates’s loft building in Los Angeles. Photography: Tom Bonner.

This mezzanine was built with axonometric forms. Photography: Tom Bonner.

The telephone-company garage dates to about 1935. Photography: Tom Bonner.

A combination of Vectorworks and Form Z software shaped the curves. Photography: Tom Bonner.

Douglas fir joists and 4-by-4-inch steel angles support the framing of mez- zanine balustrades. Photography: Tom Bonner.

Code requires the mezzanines, intended for bedrooms, to lead to fire exits. Photography: Tom Bonner.

Flooring is sandblasted concrete. Photography: Joseph Giovannini.

Angled balconies optimize parking. Photography: Tom Bonner.

Bow trusses support a roof 30 feet high at the crown. Photography: Tom Bonner.

In the living area of the architect’s own unit, latex paintings appear to float off the walls above custom seating in painted MDF. Photography: Tom Bonner.

In half the lofts, the kitchen occupies a corner. Photography: Tom Bonner.

Paulo Haubert’s ottomans in the bedroom. Photography: Tom Bonner.

Ivan Baj’s chaise longue in the living area. Photography: Tom Bonner.

Painted lines in the central public corridor. Photography: Tom Bonner.

A steel beam punctuates painted color blocks. Photography: Tom Bonner.

A painted square breaks apart when an observer moves through the space. Photography: Tom Bonner.

Architectural forms were informed by painting techniques developed to create the illusion of three-dimensionality. Photography: Tom Bonner.

Built and painted planes compound the visual play. Photography: Tom Bonner.

The steps are plywood. Photography: Tom Bonner.

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