Loft offices (from the English word for “attic, dovecote”) are premises characterized by spacious, bright, open space, high ceilings and large windows. Modern lofts necessarily have unusual architectural details: pipes, columns, ventilation systems, stairs, and much more. The materials are a mix of new and old - wood, glass, brick and metal.
Loft-style office rental
Loft for rent - minimum partitions, maximum freedom!
Stylish and high-quality office lofts successfully cope with the urgent Moscow problem: high building density and the impossibility of erecting large buildings. Very often lofts are rented in converted former warehouse or industrial premises. In these cases, a complete reconstruction of the building is carried out: the facade is finished anew, all communications are completely changed, enough space is allocated for parking cars. All work is carried out using the most modern technologies, as well as building and finishing materials.
Today the loft style is very popular among the capital's business centers. Renting a loft for living is still a less demanded service, but this segment of the commercial real estate market is gradually emerging and developing.
Rent of a loft office in Moscow
The loft-style, which originated in the 40s of the twentieth century in Manhattan as economy class real estate, has long since become elite. It has become fashionable to rent a loft space in Moscow in order to equip an office in it. They are located mainly within the Third Transport Ring. Renting a loft as an office space underlines the high status of the business owner and makes a lasting impression on business partners, clients and customers.
Modern office space has long ceased to be simple places to work: today it is a space for intellectual and creative work, for rest and relaxation between them. The place of work should be comfortable, otherwise good employees will leave and the company will not be able to continue working. It's no surprise that the work environment gets so much attention. An office is a great opportunity to create a multifunctional comfortable space, an open environment for the exchange of ideas. It is this design that is actively used by various coworking centers, as well as other similar organizations.
- a loft-style office must be divided into zones. This usually includes staff offices, a recreation area, a space for the exchange of ideas, a common area. It is sometimes wise to make partitions between them;
- the entrance group should be located next to the meeting room, and it is preferable to place workplaces further away so that visitors do not distract employees;
- each loft-style office workplace must be equipped so that a person is comfortable. You cannot put loft-style office furniture so that a person sits with his back to the entrance;
- loft-style office design should not impose restrictions on the functionality of the space. So, natural light is great (the basic principle of loft), but you should take care of bright artificial lighting;
- the idea of this interior direction assumes that the most modern types of furniture and equipment will be used.
Loft-style office design fits perfectly with the very idea of open office, which is currently dominant in creating comfortable workspaces. It is this layout that allows you to create a creative and friendly atmosphere for the company's employees.
Office furniture
Loft-style office furniture should be practical and functional. But convenience should not be forgotten. The following types of furniture are traditionally used:
- work chairs. It is very important to pay enough attention to this aspect, since the comfort of the workplace is the main factor affecting the well-being and productivity of an employee;
- you should take care of sofas or resting places. Shapeless chairs are often used, sometimes hammock chairs or other unusual types of furniture are hung;
- the main feature when decorating an office in the loft style: everything should be kept minimalistic, but not overly modest. Modernity is the key concept. Samples of "smart" furniture will do;
- ultra-modern samples of furniture for the office in the loft style are excellent;
- materials: wood, chrome-plated plastic and metal, glass, genuine leather and substitute.
When decorating an office in a loft style, the choice of furnishings is wider. They often buy expensive furniture and natural wood items. A personal office is a personal space, often it wears elements of luxury. This is difficult for a loft design, such luxury should be casual, as if casual.
"Working" colors
Loft-style office design involves the use of the same colors that are characteristic of other interiors of this direction: it is a light palette, calm and restrained. Pastel colors prevail, white is actively used. Concrete gray, terracotta bricks, different shades of brown wood: these are the most common colors that are quite suitable for the workspace.
Often they deviate from the canons and make a loft-style office using corporate colors. And here you can get a riot of bright colors: it all depends on the corporate set of shades. If the interior of the office comes out too bright, then you can compensate for this with huge windows and a lot of light. It is very important that there are color accents in the office, but that this does not distract people from work.
Loft is an architectural style of the XX-XXI century, assumes the location of the premises on the upper floors (attic, attic) or industrial buildings (factories, factories, warehouses). If you prefer a non-standard approach, then opt for an industrial style - a loft-style office rental is what you need.
The main difference between the "loft" design is the combination of seemingly incompatible objects combined into one whole space. Characteristic features of the style:
- Use of rough and rough surfaces (brick, stone, wood).
- Combination of ultra-modern furniture and technology with elements of industrial design (open pipes, radiators, reinforced concrete structures).
- Premises of free space, no walls and partitions.
- Minimalistic design, with a predominance of metal.
- Natural color palette - gray, white, black, blue shades.
Loft-style office space for rent
Office Agency real estate agency will help you to rent an office space in the loft style. In business centers, mansions and other buildings presented in our database, you can rent space for an office of different areas, choose a workplace with decoration, furniture and parking. For easy search, objects are divided by metro stations, districts and districts in Moscow.
Advantages of choosing a loft office
- Practicality - new utilities and electrical engineering.
- Convenient location - most often buildings are located in the city center, near the metro.
- Benefit - no additional costs for renovation and decoration of the office;
- Comfort - the modern layout allows for a rational organization of the workspace.
Office Agency real estate agency provides services for renting loft offices. We carry out a complex of works on the selection of objects, preparation of a package of documents for the upcoming transaction, and also accompany the client during the conclusion of an agreement with the owner.
American industrialists of the middle of the last century, renting out only slightly converted premises of empty factories and plants as cheap housing, hardly felt themselves to be the founders of a new style in interior design.
Nevertheless, the gloomy simplicity of the smoky workshops, warehouses and workshops, contrary to all expectations, pleased not only poor students and artists, but also high-society bohemians.
The latter, tired of the invariably chic, as if combed and ironed, furnishings, at first used the abandoned industrial zone for parties and avant-garde shows, and then completely moved here to live, displacing students and artists cleanly.
The new style began to be called briefly and succinctly - Loft, which translated from English means "attic".
In our country, the Loft was "tasted" quite recently, and most of the extraordinary-minded lovers of new and unusual solutions liked it. We will talk about how the Loft manifests itself in different environments.
Following the main traditions of style, the loft office is being transformed from a set of cramped rooms into one huge space with high ceilings and panoramic windows.
Such an organization of the workspace is today called Open Office or Coworking, while employees of one or several different companies can be located in the united room.
The maximum that can be allowed in the design of an office loft is the device of low partitions that delimit the space into "cubes". In one of these "cubes" Neo worked from the legendary "Matrix".
All the attributes of a classic loft - unplastered bricks, beams and cast-iron stairs, as well as powerful ventilation boxes laid openly along the walls - are welcome in the office.
Loft-style restaurant and cafe decoration
A non-standard creative environment that creates the illusion of a parallel world is the key to the success of any public institution where people come to relax and have a snack. From this point of view, the loft seems to be a very effective solution.
- space;
- lack of decoration on brick or concrete walls (imitation is allowed);
- communications and supporting structures on display.
The loft-style restaurant is not split into banquet and dining rooms: both areas are part of the same space. To separate them, you can use furniture, translucent partitions or a specially selected type of lighting.
Loft-style restaurant furniture is characterized by functionality and minimalism. But do not confuse these concepts with excessive modesty.
Ultra-modern or vintage furniture fits into the loft in the best way. A restrained and calm color palette with a well-defined accent on one of the tones is encouraged.
The most suitable material for loft-style furniture is chrome-plated metal and glass.
Restaurants, bars and similar places are evening establishments, the bulk of visitors flock here after dark. Therefore, such a typical Loft technique as huge floor-to-ceiling windows becomes ineffective here.
The natural in the restaurant is replaced by a set of strict monotonous, suspended by means of long strings or brackets at a low height.
The design of the restaurant in the loft style somewhat limits the designer, forcing him to shift the emphasis towards universal solutions. This is due to the diversity and level of the public attending this type of enterprise.
The design of a cafe as a more youthful establishment can be much more bold and extravagant.
A stylized and expressive interior prevails here, and the columns, trusses and rough planks on the floor, characteristic of the Loft, can be performed purely symbolically due to lack of space.
Apartments
In the apartments of our compatriots, the loft is still presented rather timidly, mainly because most of our city apartments have nothing to do with the concept of space. Nevertheless, the new style is becoming more and more interesting for fans of unusual design.
The standard solution in our conditions is the arrangement of the studio - a relatively large room that combines the kitchen and living room.
An apartment loft is largely contrary to traditional notions of comfort. Instead of bulky luxury furniture, it is customary to install light functional items that take up as little space as possible.
At the same time, the loft environment is completely opposite to the usual home one: armchairs and sofas have a chassis and are installed at a distance from the walls. Sofas with "variable geometry" are considered traditional and anything that emphasizes the impermanence characteristic of a loft.
A classic home loft, like any other, is considered to be brickwork that does not have a plaster finish. In panel and concrete houses, it can be imitated or replaced with an alternative - the conspicuous rough concrete surface and the same floors.
We must not forget about engineering networks, which, as a visual campaign, are demonstratively laid in the most conspicuous place. Of course, in old houses, such elements will have to be imitated with sections of pipes and ventilation ducts, as if protruding from the walls.
These simple techniques will help you recreate in your home the very loft that has won the hearts of millions around the world for more than 50 years.
