Printing House Conversion Gets Interior Design Treatment

Because square footage is more valuable than headroom, the mezzanines had to stay—camouflage became a necessary strategy. Gypsum-board sheathes their disorganized, distracting steel and concrete support structures for a cleaner silhouette. "The big question was whether people would accept the way that the mezzanine appears from below," Berman says. The architects ultimately installed louvered sliding panels to permit mezzanine overlooks to be closed without blocking air flow. On the mezzanine floors, Berman continues, "lick-and-stick" oak parquet was peeled away in favor of cerused oak in solid strips despite the additional thickness. "Literally, quarters of an inch mattered."Click through for more details and photos.