A cleverly limited material palette and exquisite detailing achieves the client's space requirements in a very elegant way. The L-shaped space is defined by a central colonnade, the organisational backbone of the space, and the 'New York loft' aesthetic is helped along its way through spectacular pivoting doors, which also act as space dividers. The theme here is: anything touching the ground is timber or black; anything "from above" is white. The design exudes both grace and - through the client's collection of contemporary photography - good humour.