Raw concrete walls serve as a backdrop to vintage furnishings in this rentable venue and guest suite that Studio Andrew Trotter, Gavalas Ioannidou Architecture and Eva Papadaki have created within a converted 1970s industrial building in Athens, Greece.
The six-storey warehouse, now named 10AM Lofts, features a multi-purpose event space spread over its basement and ground floor, which can host anything from exhibitions and dinners to photoshoots.
The event space is spread across the building's ground floor (above) and basement (top image)
The penthouse, which spans the top two floors, can be used as part of these events or booked for private gatherings and longer-term residencies.
Both spaces were designed by Barcelona-based Studio Andrew Trotter with local studio Gavalas Ioannidou Architecture and Eva Papadaki, while a number of other designers have put their personal touch to the four lofts that are spread across the two remaining floors. A spiralling concrete staircase leads up to the mezzanine
To make room for the event space, the two lowest floors were stripped back to their raw concrete shells.
To lighten up the ground floor, the studio inserted a couple of new windows, inlaid an entire wall with translucent glass bricks and painted surfaces white.
White paint was also used to finish the balustrade fronting the mezzanine-level workroom, which can be accessed via a set of spiralling concrete steps.
Glass bricks let light through to the interior
Guests must descend a ...