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One thing…I can’t quite figure out the Master bath. I see what looks like a shower off from the bed area. But I don’t see a toilet.

But I don’t see a toilet.

man, kanye just poops where ever
no big deal

That’s b/c when kanye west goes to the bathroom, money comes out.

This is the coldest, most uninviting, sterile looking room I’ve ever seen. I see the W.C. (water closet aka toilet/loo), but where is the kitchen? I guess he can exist on ego and takeaway alone.

Okay, y’all can’t be serious, the damn toilet is on the other side of the shower!!! , why are y’all worried where Kanye shit?!

it looks like it’s no where near finished. i would like to see it then, although the man has been acting really wiered lateley

looks like a beautiful designed jailblock.

Hopefully it will have more heart once personal belongings are thrown into the mix.

The entry hallway is a nice touch.

This is just some straight up weird shit! Do you have to be hosed down and wear sterile suits before entering? Earth to Kanye! What’s up with this?

This place is horrible. The man has completely gone out of his mind. You would think with an ego like his, he would have a lot better taste. Mother should have taught him better.

This hit is hott!!!!!

Is it me or didn’t you guys show everyone the kitchen. The last person who responded must have missed the picture, or simply did not read below the picture. In my open the architecture is really modern and interesting. A little odd but non-the-less intriguing.I l;ike it.

Well it’s being BUILT not decorated. You have to see construction for what it CAN be not what it IS.

I love the simplicity. (Note the architect is a MINIMALIST. I hate clutter. It’s clean which leaves a lot of room for the mind to be creative. Some plants to add some live and just a touch of a soothing color and it’s ON!

It does say that its under construction. Maybe the toilet isn’t in yet. It does look incompleted.

What the hell!!!

so wats wrong wid it , just cause he has a lot of money doesn’t mean it has to be all glmorus, does it? maybe he just wanted to go for a plain and ismple look. well thats my opinion and you’ve got urs. besides if some 1 gve you that apartment like u won’t take it? well. who knos by the time they have finished with it, it could be worth millions.(but i do agree where is da toilet?)

this is terrible. it makes no sense. everything he does is just outlandish and extravagant.

Very happy lookin!

Why would you want an apartment that looks like that? Is it that you have too much money and don’t know what to do with it. At least put a bed in there. I know some people are weird, but come on.

I lxove it I wish I hadd thhe money for an apartment like this. I could probably own one in the year 2050 or something unless I hit the lottery (LOL) congrats Kanye it’s beautiful……

I love the apartment. Wonderful taste. Can not wait to see it when it is completed.

i want to live there i love Kanye! i think its cool, it reminds me of The Standard in Hollywood & LA

LOOKS LIKE SH** !!! WITH ALL THAT MONEY… LOOKS LIKE HE COULD FIND A BETTER DESIGNER/ARCHITECT OR EVEN SOMETHING BETTER TO WASTE MONEY ON THEN THAT.

Who cares, Everybody has their own style. So why do we care. People stop hating. If you dont like it So what……………..

Looks great. Super clean, nice palette. He’ll look perfect loungin in a white suit on an appropriately zen chaise. There is definitely both kitchen and WC (shitter to you yanks), but of course, no appliances as yet. My only question would be, why just a one-bed? And no deck/outdoor space? All that effort, and no room for kids or house guests or a bbq. Unless this is just the pied-a-terre and the real manse is in Alpine or some other burg…

THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT TO SAY THE LEAST. IT SEEMS ALL HE NEEDS NOW IS A STRAIGHT JACKET AND HE’LL BE SET TO MOVE IN. THIS PLACE LOOKS LIKE A PADDED CRAZY HOUSE

I’m sure that when the place is completed, designed, and he’s all settled in it’ll make more sence to us all. The place has alot of possibilities. You just have to be able to open your imagination and see it. Like I’m sure he and his designer has. He didn’t get the money he has to spend on this place by being an idiot. So just fall back a little and watch how real art is created. You’d be amazed at what could be done with an open mind a little skill and a great eye. And even if you’re not impressed… you don’t have to live there. Now do you…

The apartment has a very simplistic look. Perhaps this will help Kanye relax and collect his thoughts after a long day. I agree with Nakia, a few plants and a touch of a soothing color will put Kanye’s apartment on the next level. For the record, there is a toilet and it appears to have its own door.

This is will be perfect for my new show, “MTV Minimal Cribs”

Let’s just wait and see what the finished product looks like before we come to any conclusions. With nice furniture and a special/personal touch, the shit will no doubt be banging. I’ll take an apartment like that………… No problem!

I cannot believe some of these comments - I refuse to add a comment to such idiocy… DAMMIT!Refuting myself hurts…

i like the space. and i dig the minimalism. i’ll bet the place is small being in midtown, so why would anyone want to shrink an already small apartment with a gaudy build-out? with this design kanye is creating more liveable space, keeping things clean and open, and pushing the avant garde. who wouldn’t be impressed with this little apartment upon entering it?

why is it weird?i think its beautiful.

Does it really matter what it looks now or when it’s furnished!!! None of you will ever get invited to his apartment to further scrutinize it! Leave it alone people….just leave it alone.

well I think that was a comment you just added.

Come on people, it’s UNDER CONSTRUCTION. What kind of comment is that to say there’s not even a bed in there? I got 2 words…….UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Let him live and do his thing the way he wants to. Yeah I know “All that money”, but so what.

I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!. It’s very d/f, it seems like a great place to be at in the summer time, but in the winter it looks as if you would freeze to death. but like he said itas not finish and i bet when the apt. is finish dat sh*t gone be DOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See… You guy are only use to decorating your appartments in the projects.. Using the ever so underclassed Rent-a-center as your in-house designer, and killing your welfare checks! So Kanye’s place might be a bit confussing to your broke eyes. But when you have real money to work with, it’s done like this… Now stop hating and get some jobs!!

Bliqque learn how to spell before you criticize others..u best to check yoself before u wreck yoself

Two questions -

1. Is anyone here not typing in the pitch dark with their thumbs? Horrible grammar throughout.

2. Is anyone looking at the pictures? There is a kitchen, a bathroom, a toilet, etc.

Design snobs - put down your bongs, step out of your darkly-lit rooms, turn off your horrible industrial music and go outside for a while to re-join the saner side of humanity.

Awful blog.

he really needs his mom to decorate his house it is really ugly and hopefully you guys let me keep this up here peace………………….

This apartment is hot! It is unique! Go Kanye’ Keep doing your thang! Stop hating all yaull haters!!! No need to be jealous!

Strange!!!! Real Strange….

This room looks like stone henge. Kanye,what are you thinking about. You are not going to be comfortable at all. Where is the stove? Can we bring it down to earth a little? I am sorry but I just can’t see myself living in a lifeless environment.

well kayne it looks like a hell hole it looks like a prison. fa real

What the hell was he thinking this apartment has no type of personality! If you got the millions to spend at least make it look like something.

You can’t exspect me to belive this BS shyt is real…I mean just like at these flimsy azz pic’s…

Under Comstruction?? what are they waiting to put up, the “white pads on the wall” to show how insane kanye west is for purchasing a piece of junk like this just to say he got a crib in Manhattan..lol

stop hatin haters!!! Kanye if you like I LOVE IT!!! would love to be in there with you one day lol, it is very different just like you.

its shit…looks like a morgue!!

wonder which room will will he store his ego in?

Man.. This place is great for party’s I can see the thought going into it. a place to chill and party without worring about people tearing your sh.t up. plenty of room. plus the acoustic in this house is going to Ring. He put a lot of thought in to this.

For those that don’t know… pick up a book and read.
Think before U open your mouth to dis something.

Are you all right. How much did the person designing this make. I can do the same thing for free. Do you possibly think once you move in that this place will stay looking like this ? It is cold and impersonal. I guess this is just like the people who live in NYC. I don’t care if someone gave me this apt.for free. I couldn’t live there. YUK !

“I am sorry but I just can’t see myself living in a lifeless environment.”

But it’s not for you, JIMME. It’s for Kanye.

I could have done that!

Who the hell is Kayne West?

Im an architecture student and this apartment, although very ‘cool’ is untterly over-indulgent pish.

thanks to everyone for their replies. a very pleasing collection of words deliberately mispelled and ALL CAPS. well done, you!

What a dump!

SUCKA!

Lots of easily cleanable surfaces and no WC. Ideal for someone into water sports.

DAMN THIS LOOK LIKE SOME SHIT WHERE YOU ARE WERING ALL WHITE AND YOU HAVE ON A STRAY JACKET, IT REALLY LOOKS SCARY AND WEIRD…BUT I GUESS THAT IS THE KINDA STYLE HE WOULD GO FOR, TO EACH ITS OWN… I BET HE PAID A HEALTHY STACK FOR THIS BULLSHIT, TELL DUDE TO GET HIS MONEY BACK AND STOP TRYING TO DARE TO BE DIFFERENT!!

It looks as bland and uninviting as Kanye and his music, a match made in heaven I guess.

I’m guessing that if he’s had a few ales and needs to take a piss in the middle of the night, he’ll use the shower rather than walk all the way round to the toilet.

i think this is one ultra modern architectural master plan. one thing i dont get is if kanye will entertainment non celebrities into science illusion building?

needs a girls touch…

Much props to Kanye and the designer. It looks incredible!

soul-less. utterly lifeless and a tad 90s with all the minimalist lines. or is that still the done thing in new york? *yawn*

It’s fly as hell. My hat goes off to the designer!

It’s very unique and leaves alot to the imagination… I think it’s going to be beautiful,once personal style is added.. Keep an open mind wont cha?

This ish is wack. What the heck were they thinking. It looks cold & uninviting. And what kind of furniture can he move in with the long narrow hallway.

Okay, rich people are stupid and they get allt he stupid shit they pay for. WHO in their right mind would pay someone MONEY to “decorate” their home to look like this???? I bet the so-called designer is laughing all the way to the bank at the dummies who pay him/her.

This is by far, one of the most stupid things I’ve ever seen!!!!

it lookes like it’s done in a ZEN decor style-it’s a beautiful and peaceful design.

p.s.(it would appear “lifeless” since it’s UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!! who puts plants and pictures up while still building-dumb-asses!!)

This is a very nice apartrment the reason why some people are hating is because they don’t know style when they see it. Everyone need to realize that he knows its odd but still nice. I bet that half of your all responding to this website is just mad because half of you wish you could live outside in front of his door better know inside of his apartment. Get it together and know style when you see it

When you haters earn your own money - then you can buy and build your own pads. I personally hate it, but then it’s not my cash…..

Looks like a mouse maze built by a mouse who works as a secretary in the art department…yeah, but wheres the cheese? he spent alot of it on this cold design.
alot of cheese went in it!

It’s a little on the sterile side, but I am totally into less is better. I think it will work out when the furniture and color is thrown in there. Hopefully he adds ome earth tones…that can totally create a vibe. We’ve always known Kanye is special, so stop with the drama folks.

this joint is defianetley state of the art hot!!!!! i just wish that maybe kanye will find my butt & move me in with him! i’ll clean the floors with my toothbrush (word) and anyone who says that they ain’t feeling his crib is just straight out hating on the boy. lol

it is a very nice house, my compliments

The stark quality is nice, but the bathroom facilities are inadequate and barely thought about. You have to go around the kitchen to use the WC. Poor design. Otherwise, I think the sleekness is nice.

Lavoro grande con il luogo! Siete il padrone!

this is not a home. leave the WOW/NEAT/COOL factor to movie sets. it has the feel of a penitentiary. architects should leave home design to designers who know how to make a house/apt a home.

Bottom line is we do not have to live there….. As long as Kanye is happy then we should too. He pays the mortgage so he gets to design it. I know we like to spill our opinion but dayum…. Holla

my god, most of you people don’t know anything about architecture. i only have a design degree and i feel like im a genius compared to most of these inane comments.

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“soul-less. utterly lifeless and a tad 90s with all the minimalist lines. or is that still the done thing in new york? *yawn*” -anti
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a tad 90’s w/ the minimalist lines?? are you dumb?… or dumb? minimalism has been around long before the 90’s, and it’s no fad, it’s timeless and will set the tone for future living spaces. Check out Ludwig Mies Van der Roeh’s stuff from the late 1920’s, it’s even more minimalist than this. and the 90’s weren’t even the minimalist age, quite the opposite.

i like it. anyone who say’s it’s “too cold” is usually old or old-fashioned. carpet??? i read a comment on another blog sayng it should have carpet…. LOL, this is a LOFT……. in NEW YORK. You don’t put carpet in a NY loft - if you have even the tiniest bit of taste, you’d know that. the s-shaped entrance/hallway is messed up though. not very practical, but interesting. i love the water basin. not sure what those floors are, but i don’t like the seams. if you look at the master bath closely, u can barely see the edge of the toilet in one of the small rooms, and also a shower just below that. so there’s a full bath in the master, and a half bath just off the kitchen - get it straight you fools who can’t even read a floorplan correctly.

And OMG, one of the comments here about not being able to “see an oven” in there..LMFAO… THAT’S what you’re concerned about???? do you honestly think they wouldnt included an oven??? gimme a break you fucking pissant. this place is classy, and i’d take it in a heartbeat versus a 10,000 sq ft. ugly, literal, uninspiring, traditional, tract mansion in the burbs.

you have to view minimalist architecture as art, the walls themselves as art, how they flow into and adjacent to each other. why on earth would anyone want a house that screams “HOUSE”? how boring! this is different and inspiring… a minimalist lifestyle is MUCH cleaner and livable than any stuffy, overcrowded, “look at all my junk” lifestyle. minimalism is fresh air basically.

A load of codswallop

I love it!!!!!!!

I’m guessing a bunch of punk-ass suburban teens all searched google for “kanye” and found themselves here and were immedeately confused and freightened as to why kanye’s new apartment wasn’t covered in furs, leather, and fridges full of “cristal”.

This isn’t “cribs” assholes, it’s art and functionality. This man probably has one of the busiest lives in show business, his entire life is barely organized chaos.

His home is minimalist. It is a space where one could clear their mind and let all the shit in their lives escape them for a while. It is isn’t a cell block, isn’t cold an uninviting, it is a place where nothing exists except himself and his mind.

Do us all a favour and walk away from the keyboard and go turn MTV on and watch 15 year old girls cry about their birthday cake not being encrusted with the right amount of diamonds and wish you could live them, like the good little flock of sheep you are.

This is beautiful, but this open bathroom crap that has become so modern is just ridiculous. Who wants to take a shit when the entire apartment can hear and smell it? No to mention the moisture from the shower. Yeah, it looks nice, but it is completely useless.

I really like the minimalist nature of Kanye’s new crib. Any body have any idea how many square feet that place is? It seems a little small for his baller tastes.

Hopefully some pictures are released once he has moved in.

half of you guys who say its shit are retarded. You guys know nothing about architecture!. it seems like a bunch of kanye west haters just google his name and post hating comment about him when they can.

kanye proved that he has taste .Why should his place look firmiliar.Let the man be.Most people who are hating are deppressed about their own miserable lives in their carpeted homes.Look at your own life and do something about that credit card dept.Don’t take out your frustration on him,,,he doesn’t know you. If you don’t have taste read architecture digest or something. Like ,M said “when kanye shits money comes out” some of the criticisim is constructive but haters please don’t be so vengeful…

Kanye is allowed to do what ever he wants. Because he is the best rapper ever and no one can change that

where’s the wall to wall bape?

Judging by pictures of his Los Angeles house, and his apparent penchant for pop-art, it would seem like this is just a neutral back-drop for his colourful artwork.

His los angeles home: http://www.interiordesign.net/index.asp?layout=slideshow_pic&articleid=CA6469699&sortorder=01

and

http://bp1.blogger.com/_61djkGwfEZo/RzXj_tNwoXI/AAAAAAAABdo/l4a4ost9vSI/s1600-h/KanyeKrib_PICS.jpg

Most people will not understand this architecture, it’s visionary like Kanye.

why are most people askin about the loo blooomin heckkk!!!

…don’t worry, folks… you’re just looking at a dang computer model…

Clearly people have their own tastes as to what is comfortable to them.
Kanye hired the services of an architectect that would design what he wants and would be comfortable in within his personal space.
It does not matter how he is personified in the public because he does as needed to market his music which = sales = money = suckers…..
So you may not like this space because its seems to be cold, plain, no functionality; but you need to realize there are technological advances such as infloor heating, lighting, floor drains etc etc…..
Also, what people consider (stuff) is appropriatly hidden within ample amount of storage that is hidden withing the walls.
So before you start dogging Kanye about the design of one of his many homes you need to look at were you live and what someone might think of your house.

I DON´T LIKE it, I really don´t like it!!!!!!!!!

i wanna see this place decorated with gold chains and pink cashmere sweaters….

I love it, it is wonderful how these people waste their money on things that look that undesigned and uninspiring.
Anyway I think Kanye is running out of money-such a small space!

i thought this guy was loaded?

the entrance hall is truly rank. bad minimalism is pathetic… and not in a good way.

Did anyone even mention the fact that these are on renderings from some 3d modeling/animation program that isn’t the finished thing which will probably look alot better in real life and once you see kanye’s personal touch added to the equation.
to many abberated comments on here.
i think it looks great.

i wonder how people would judge this appartment when the title wouldnt tell that it would be build for Kayne West

sorry who is this west guy?

i’m glad a couple of people finally mentioned the fact that these are renderings, (not sure how you say it on the streets - done on a computer - WORD) the final thing will probably be quite different.

most of these comments are pretty laughable, but i think the pinnacle is Ulanbator calling it ‘undesigned’…love it or hate it, (i think it’s ok in places) doing something so minimalistic takes longer than many approaches because each element takes on greater significance. it’s over-designed if anything.

Wow, who knew Kanye had taste? Go figure. It sexy… but still not Pawson sexy or anything. That kitchen is killllllllllllllllller though.