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Manhattan Lofts by Ivor Richards This book presents a critical survey of the Manhattan loft, revealing a definitive architectural typology whose central discipline lies in the mutation of pure space and materiality as realised in the architectural landscape of the interior, the common theme of which is openness. Assembling this work not only brings together some of the finest examples of loft architecture from over more than a decade, but also defines the distinguished output of ten New York architects.

Lofts: New Designs for Urban Living Lofts, by definition, are former commercial spaces that have been converted for residential use and living/work environments. But lofts, by design, are vast silent expanses, soaring arches, stalwart steel girders, massive beams, and all the powerful drama of a curtain-time stage set. Lofts are a designer's dream. The importance of urban loft design for the architectural and design world is highlighted in this collection of the finest, most dramatic of these transformed spaces.

Loft by Mayer Rus, Paul Warchol The loft is the residential image most identified with New York. Originally popularized by artists and designers, the enormous raw spaces have been laboratories for the creativity of architects and designers. A five-page essay about New York City loft culture and creativity introduces an exciting array of design strategies, some of which fetishize the raw, unfinished space with industrial embellishments, textures, and motifs and some of which sleekly obliterate it.

Loft Living: Culture and Capital in Urban Change CUNY Grad Center and Brooklyn College sociology professor Sharon Zukin was one of the first to delineate how cultural activity gives rise to gentrification; this book provides a window onto Times Square's overhaul as well as the ongoing changes in arts districts such as Fort Greene, Brooklyn, and Long Island City, Queens.

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