Spencer Kimball is a 36 years old software engineer working at Google, that owns an amazing penthouse loft in New York City. The guy moved in 2004 from San Fran to Manhattan and paid some $3.8 million for the 3,000 sq ft top floor of 682 Broadway which he later renovated (another $3.3 million) together with the good folks from Rangr Studio to create a more airy interior, an extra-large kitchen area for entertaining, a stunning staircase and an outdoor living room. Add the panoramic views of the city and the Kimball loft has everything you could wish for.

Here’s what Rangr Studio has to say about the Kimball Loft:

The renovation of this full floor & roof space created the illusion of one large loft space while integrating a large Living room, kitchen & dining areas, office, two separate bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, sauna, and dressing rooms. Using flush door panels and clerestory glass, the design allows the entire arched ceiling to be visible and allows all 28 windows to be apparent from every space in the apartment. A steel and wood stair allows access to the roof, with roof top hot-tub, outdoor fireplace, kitchen and lounge areas. The steps floats between a single stringer and pencil thin steel rods that support the steps and handrail, and which also form a ethereal screen between the public and more private areas of the loft.

The layout of both the roof and the interior spaces were optimized to dramatize views across the rivers to New Jersey and Long Island, and the views up and down Broadway.

More photographs, including roof top photos, coming soon!

COMPLETED: November 2008
DESIGN TEAM: Jasmit Singh Rangr, Josh Weisleberg, Eivind Karlsen, Elizabeth Beecherl
PHOTOGRAPHY: Hilary Ferris White