Olympic Tower Residence

Mostly a white palette; polished white quartz floors and a glossy white ceiling. Then there is the clutter – no room for clutter and uncluttered access to views.  Once you are in this ultra minimalist apartment, you leave stuff behind.

Wayne Turett of Turett Collaborative Architects, considered a white quartz stone floor to open up the ceiling space. Christopher Coleman, interior designer, utilized furniture to the bare minimum for the 3,400 square-foot apartment, on the 39th floor of the Olympic Tower, in New York City.

Brilliantly bright white. It’s beautiful! But where to place the ugly stuff? It requires non attachment to clutter and a ‘chilling out’ minimalist approach. You wish stuff becomes invisible and it seems to matter less. That’s a kind of minimalism we can appreciate.

  1. n/a
    22.01.10 17:31

    Absolutely hideous. Those chairs look like something from a la-z boy catalog. And the large desk makes it look too much like a doctors office. No architectural detail either. It’s so easy to throw a bunch of white furniture in a white room and call it ‘minimal’.

  2. Threeark!
    22.01.10 19:39

    This is incredibly beautiful.

  3. minor keys
    22.01.10 21:21

    The lighting is spectacular! Glossy white surfaces, plenty of space. Lots of inspiration for a future dream home…

  4. Vicky
    24.01.10 02:40

    ‘Threeark!’, ‘minor keys’, I appreciate your thoughts. I also think the space is fantastically beautiful. I would love to have a place that feels so brilliantly bright without the use of walls. But where do you keep all the stuff?

  5. forex robot
    24.01.10 09:52

    nice post. thanks.

  6. Vicky
    26.01.10 09:01

    ‘forex robot’, thank you for the comment. The clients wanted a large interior space without being obstructed by any columns or partitions.

  7. Vicky
    01.02.10 11:14

    Hello ‘n/a’, thanks for your comment. The living space feels ‘clinical’? Sure, a cold white minimalist approach to architecture is not for everyone. I guess I’m the minority but I love its industrial sensibility and white emptiness. I think the kind of architecture I follow is about a quality of space rather than forms. It doesn’t have to feel right for everybody.