Comments on: The Jirsa Loft by Substance Architecture http://www.contemporist.com/2009/05/23/the-jirsa-loft-by-substance-architecture/ Contemporary Modern Architecture Furniture Lighting Interior Design Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:07:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Diane http://www.contemporist.com/2009/05/23/the-jirsa-loft-by-substance-architecture/#comment-382580 Diane Wed, 26 May 2010 22:25:58 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=4293#comment-382580 lina - email the architecture firm at info@substancearchitecture.com or call 515.243.4407. I have worked with them and this loft is spectacular. lina –
email the architecture firm at info@substancearchitecture.com or call 515.243.4407. I have worked with them and this loft is spectacular.

]]> By: lina http://www.contemporist.com/2009/05/23/the-jirsa-loft-by-substance-architecture/#comment-194061 lina Tue, 26 May 2009 07:15:07 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=4293#comment-194061 Hello Everyone Can someone please tell me how can i contact the Architect of this House? because there seem to be a problem with the link to their website, any help would be appreciated... Thank you... Hello Everyone

Can someone please tell me how can i contact the Architect of this House? because there seem to be a problem with the link to their website, any help would be appreciated…

Thank you…

]]> By: BMG http://www.contemporist.com/2009/05/23/the-jirsa-loft-by-substance-architecture/#comment-192989 BMG Sun, 24 May 2009 02:02:30 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=4293#comment-192989 Terry Glenn Phipps said "Most architects and designers would appreciate some kind of plan along with photography in an article of this type as the photographs alone don’t allow a full understanding of the project." The floor plan in on the Architects web site. It took about five clicks to find it. The Loft looks great. The Architect has some really good stuff on their website as well. Terry Glenn Phipps said
“Most architects and designers would appreciate some kind of plan along with photography in an article of this type as the photographs alone don’t allow a full understanding of the project.”

The floor plan in on the Architects web site. It took about five clicks to find it.

The Loft looks great.

The Architect has some really good stuff on their website as well.

]]> By: ithaqua http://www.contemporist.com/2009/05/23/the-jirsa-loft-by-substance-architecture/#comment-192702 ithaqua Sat, 23 May 2009 16:41:40 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=4293#comment-192702 I love the bedroom and the bath tub, so very creative. I love the bedroom and the bath tub, so very creative.

]]> By: Lance http://www.contemporist.com/2009/05/23/the-jirsa-loft-by-substance-architecture/#comment-192683 Lance Sat, 23 May 2009 12:44:32 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=4293#comment-192683 I can't say I care for all the gray in the unit, but the space is very nice. I absolutely love the windows that go on for days and the views are very nice, i.e. big city lights in a small city. Was this a new unit or a conversion in an older building? I can’t say I care for all the gray in the unit, but the space is very nice. I absolutely love the windows that go on for days and the views are very nice, i.e. big city lights in a small city. Was this a new unit or a conversion in an older building?

]]> By: Terry Glenn Phipps http://www.contemporist.com/2009/05/23/the-jirsa-loft-by-substance-architecture/#comment-192677 Terry Glenn Phipps Sat, 23 May 2009 10:36:54 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=4293#comment-192677 Most architects and designers would appreciate some kind of plan along with photography in an article of this type as the photographs alone don't allow a full understanding of the project. This looks like a well evolved spatial solution with some very fine detailing. The reduction of volume is particularly convincing as is the division of the principle room into functional spaces without sacrificing the loft characteristic. Personally, I find exposed systems thoughtless (and held the same opinion 30 years ago when designers like Joe D'Urso and architects like Renzo Piano were trying to convince us that this was the future. Plaudits to substance for giving a ceiling plane, quality lighting, and superbly integrated systems. The furnishing appears to be a pretty unfortunate compromise to midwestern sensibilities. Apart from some good pieces (Togo, Corbusier) the rest has a distinctive bachelor pad look to it that seems out of place. The art, however, is well displayed, well lit, and well selected. Ellsworth Kelly's spatial compositions work particularly well. Terry Glenn Phipps Most architects and designers would appreciate some kind of plan along with photography in an article of this type as the photographs alone don’t allow a full understanding of the project.

This looks like a well evolved spatial solution with some very fine detailing. The reduction of volume is particularly convincing as is the division of the principle room into functional spaces without sacrificing the loft characteristic.

Personally, I find exposed systems thoughtless (and held the same opinion 30 years ago when designers like Joe D’Urso and architects like Renzo Piano were trying to convince us that this was the future. Plaudits to substance for giving a ceiling plane, quality lighting, and superbly integrated systems.

The furnishing appears to be a pretty unfortunate compromise to midwestern sensibilities. Apart from some good pieces (Togo, Corbusier) the rest has a distinctive bachelor pad look to it that seems out of place. The art, however, is well displayed, well lit, and well selected. Ellsworth Kelly’s spatial compositions work particularly well.

Terry Glenn Phipps

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