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New Rustic Open Air Courtyard Warms a Tel Aviv Loft

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Architects Henkin Shavit Studio have renovated a loft apartment on the top floor of a 1960s building in in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The renovation brings a rustic timber deck to make a sunny central courtyard for the top floor loft.

The clients were an interior designer and a graphic designer who had lived in the apartment for two years.

The 95 sq ft apartment now skirts a large central courtyard and focal point.

Like many touches throughout, the new courtyard entry doors are found objects.

The first thing seen on entrance to the loft, which overlooks ancient views of the Mediterranean Sea and the ancient neighborhoods of Jaffa and Tel Aviv, is a former sniper weapon cleaning table.

A raw concrete pillar is festooned with a flea market find; amusing antique chandeliers from the 1950s.

Old wooden doors were dismantled from a 20′s eclectic building and were renovated and refurbished by the studio.

A box shaped sink is supported atop the legs of an old diamond polishing machine.

A dizzying patterned floor kitchen floor from the 1960s is countered by au courant bare bulb lighting.

New pine floors throughout bring a warmth to the loft.

And now there is an earthy and rustic open air space at its heart.