The sleek and the antique meet in architect Peter Trapolin's Warehouse ...
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Trapolin was attracted by the haecceity because even if it is wedged between the largest structures in the district warehouse, it is small enough to be one focus of the family and was conveniently located three blocks from his office . Because the damage was suffered fire welcome extended in the 1980s and had been emptied, it is a clean slate - an individual under Trapolin who helped build both in contemporary design, likes and renovations which have the Honor well, "he said.
"I wanted it to be a bit of a mix with traditional competitors," said Trapolin."We do a lot of restoration that is pure historical renovation, if I wanted to have the talent to do a bit of contemporary."
Trapolin mixture of old and new styles is evident as soon as you cross the door: The entrance hall has a striking glass side table with oversized, angry mounted brackets copper recovered from a building in New York as dirty. Behind her, Trapolin combines the classic look of a pine staircase with the edge of a concomitant guardrail steel. Top of the table are a set of framed drawings of students of the 17th century, each depicting Greek Greek structure.The drawings are followed Trapolin for much of his career, he said.
Source: NOLA.com