Completed Fall 2006

Photography:  Michelle Litvin

Situated on the 23rd and 24th floors of an historic building in Chicago's downtown Loop, the custom interior design and addition to this penthouse apartment create a distinct vocabulary between the public spaces and the private spaces within.  The first level is existing and has gothic-inspired windows, exaggerated moldings and is used primarily for formal entertaining and living.  Finish materials, including black slate, ebony floors and dark grey painted walls, create a formal but muted backdrop to the owner's modern furniture and architectural rendering collections.

The second level addition is reached via a custom two-piece spiral staircase. As the steps progress, the staircase inverts itself, creating a literal transition from the exterior to the interior of the staircase, suggesting the more private nature of the second level. Here, the historic materials of the first floor give way to light-colored materials, including white resin, teak floors and fiber cement wall panels. Interior sliding glass dividers enable the space to transform from two bedrooms to an open, airy loft in addition to a 12' x 35' skylight and north facing wall of glass that leads to the roof deck and stationary lap pool.

Completed Fall 2006

Photography:  Michelle Litvin

Situated on the 23rd and 24th floors of an historic building in Chicago's downtown Loop, the custom interior design and addition to this penthouse apartment create a distinct vocabulary between the public spaces and the private spaces within.  The first level is existing and has gothic-inspired windows, exaggerated moldings and is used primarily for formal entertaining and living.  Finish materials, including black slate, ebony floors and dark grey painted walls, create a formal but muted backdrop to the owner's modern furniture and architectural rendering collections.

The second level addition is reached via a custom two-piece spiral staircase. As the steps progress, the staircase inverts itself, creating a literal transition from the exterior to the interior of the staircase, suggesting the more private nature of the second level. Here, the historic materials of the first floor give way to light-colored materials, including white resin, teak floors and fiber cement wall panels. Interior sliding glass dividers enable the space to transform from two bedrooms to an open, airy loft in addition to a 12' x 35' skylight and north facing wall of glass that leads to the roof deck and stationary lap pool.

Completed Fall 2006

Photography:  Michelle Litvin

Situated on the 23rd and 24th floors of an historic building in Chicago's downtown Loop, the custom interior design and addition to this penthouse apartment create a distinct vocabulary between the public spaces and the private spaces within.  The first level is existing and has gothic-inspired windows, exaggerated moldings and is used primarily for formal entertaining and living.  Finish materials, including black slate, ebony floors and dark grey painted walls, create a formal but muted backdrop to the owner's modern furniture and architectural rendering collections.

The second level addition is reached via a custom two-piece spiral staircase. As the steps progress, the staircase inverts itself, creating a literal transition from the exterior to the interior of the staircase, suggesting the more private nature of the second level. Here, the historic materials of the first floor give way to light-colored materials, including white resin, teak floors and fiber cement wall panels. Interior sliding glass dividers enable the space to transform from two bedrooms to an open, airy loft in addition to a 12' x 35' skylight and north facing wall of glass that leads to the roof deck and stationary lap pool.

Completed Fall 2006

Photography:  Michelle Litvin

Situated on the 23rd and 24th floors of an historic building in Chicago's downtown Loop, the custom interior design and addition to this penthouse apartment create a distinct vocabulary between the public spaces and the private spaces within.  The first level is existing and has gothic-inspired windows, exaggerated moldings and is used primarily for formal entertaining and living.  Finish materials, including black slate, ebony floors and dark grey painted walls, create a formal but muted backdrop to the owner's modern furniture and architectural rendering collections.

The second level addition is reached via a custom two-piece spiral staircase. As the steps progress, the staircase inverts itself, creating a literal transition from the exterior to the interior of the staircase, suggesting the more private nature of the second level. Here, the historic materials of the first floor give way to light-colored materials, including white resin, teak floors and fiber cement wall panels. Interior sliding glass dividers enable the space to transform from two bedrooms to an open, airy loft in addition to a 12' x 35' skylight and north facing wall of glass that leads to the roof deck and stationary lap pool.

Completed Fall 2006

Photography:  Michelle Litvin

Situated on the 23rd and 24th floors of an historic building in Chicago's downtown Loop, the custom interior design and addition to this penthouse apartment create a distinct vocabulary between the public spaces and the private spaces within.  The first level is existing and has gothic-inspired windows, exaggerated moldings and is used primarily for formal entertaining and living.  Finish materials, including black slate, ebony floors and dark grey painted walls, create a formal but muted backdrop to the owner's modern furniture and architectural rendering collections.

The second level addition is reached via a custom two-piece spiral staircase. As the steps progress, the staircase inverts itself, creating a literal transition from the exterior to the interior of the staircase, suggesting the more private nature of the second level. Here, the historic materials of the first floor give way to light-colored materials, including white resin, teak floors and fiber cement wall panels. Interior sliding glass dividers enable the space to transform from two bedrooms to an open, airy loft in addition to a 12' x 35' skylight and north facing wall of glass that leads to the roof deck and stationary lap pool.

Completed Fall 2006

Photography:  Michelle Litvin

Situated on the 23rd and 24th floors of an historic building in Chicago's downtown Loop, the custom interior design and addition to this penthouse apartment create a distinct vocabulary between the public spaces and the private spaces within.  The first level is existing and has gothic-inspired windows, exaggerated moldings and is used primarily for formal entertaining and living.  Finish materials, including black slate, ebony floors and dark grey painted walls, create a formal but muted backdrop to the owner's modern furniture and architectural rendering collections.

The second level addition is reached via a custom two-piece spiral staircase. As the steps progress, the staircase inverts itself, creating a literal transition from the exterior to the interior of the staircase, suggesting the more private nature of the second level. Here, the historic materials of the first floor give way to light-colored materials, including white resin, teak floors and fiber cement wall panels. Interior sliding glass dividers enable the space to transform from two bedrooms to an open, airy loft in addition to a 12' x 35' skylight and north facing wall of glass that leads to the roof deck and stationary lap pool.

Completed Fall 2006

Photography:  Michelle Litvin

Situated on the 23rd and 24th floors of an historic building in Chicago's downtown Loop, the custom interior design and addition to this penthouse apartment create a distinct vocabulary between the public spaces and the private spaces within.  The first level is existing and has gothic-inspired windows, exaggerated moldings and is used primarily for formal entertaining and living.  Finish materials, including black slate, ebony floors and dark grey painted walls, create a formal but muted backdrop to the owner's modern furniture and architectural rendering collections.

The second level addition is reached via a custom two-piece spiral staircase. As the steps progress, the staircase inverts itself, creating a literal transition from the exterior to the interior of the staircase, suggesting the more private nature of the second level. Here, the historic materials of the first floor give way to light-colored materials, including white resin, teak floors and fiber cement wall panels. Interior sliding glass dividers enable the space to transform from two bedrooms to an open, airy loft in addition to a 12' x 35' skylight and north facing wall of glass that leads to the roof deck and stationary lap pool.

Completed Fall 2006

Photography:  Michelle Litvin

Situated on the 23rd and 24th floors of an historic building in Chicago's downtown Loop, the custom interior design and addition to this penthouse apartment create a distinct vocabulary between the public spaces and the private spaces within.  The first level is existing and has gothic-inspired windows, exaggerated moldings and is used primarily for formal entertaining and living.  Finish materials, including black slate, ebony floors and dark grey painted walls, create a formal but muted backdrop to the owner's modern furniture and architectural rendering collections.

The second level addition is reached via a custom two-piece spiral staircase. As the steps progress, the staircase inverts itself, creating a literal transition from the exterior to the interior of the staircase, suggesting the more private nature of the second level. Here, the historic materials of the first floor give way to light-colored materials, including white resin, teak floors and fiber cement wall panels. Interior sliding glass dividers enable the space to transform from two bedrooms to an open, airy loft in addition to a 12' x 35' skylight and north facing wall of glass that leads to the roof deck and stationary lap pool.