Kanye West’s office has sent us renderings of his nearly completed New York apartment, designed by minimalist architect Claudio Silvestrin.
The top image shows the view from the end of the curving entrance hall into the lounge, while above is the freestanding stone basin in the bathroom. Below, the kitchen.
The rap artist and producer’s new home, in a midtown Manhattan apartment block, is currently under construction and should be complete by the end of February. We hope to bring you photographs of the completed project then.
Above: view from the bedroom towards the stone basin, with the bathroom beyond.
Above: the freestanding kitchen work surface aligns with the refectory-style dining table.
Above: the narrow, curving entrance hall.
Above: top view of apartment, which is on the corner of the mid-century building and has windows along two sides.
>> see more images in our update here
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Posted by Marcus Fairs
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.
January 24th, 2007 at 2:32 amBut I don’t see a toilet.
man, kanye just poops where ever
January 24th, 2007 at 3:42 pmno big deal
That’s b/c when kanye west goes to the bathroom, money comes out.
January 24th, 2007 at 5:03 pmThis 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.
January 24th, 2007 at 11:21 pmOkay, 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?!
January 25th, 2007 at 2:21 pmit looks like it’s no where near finished. i would like to see it then, although the man has been acting really wiered lateley
January 25th, 2007 at 2:26 pmlooks 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.
January 25th, 2007 at 2:37 pmThis 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?
January 25th, 2007 at 3:09 pmThis 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.
January 25th, 2007 at 3:12 pmThis hit is hott!!!!!
January 25th, 2007 at 3:12 pmIs 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.
January 25th, 2007 at 3:17 pmWell 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!
January 25th, 2007 at 3:19 pmIt does say that its under construction. Maybe the toilet isn’t in yet. It does look incompleted.
January 25th, 2007 at 3:25 pmWhat the hell!!!
January 25th, 2007 at 3:48 pmso 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?)
January 25th, 2007 at 4:20 pmthis is terrible. it makes no sense. everything he does is just outlandish and extravagant.
January 25th, 2007 at 4:45 pmVery happy lookin!
January 25th, 2007 at 4:45 pmWhy 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.
January 25th, 2007 at 4:51 pmI 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……
January 25th, 2007 at 4:53 pmI love the apartment. Wonderful taste. Can not wait to see it when it is completed.
January 25th, 2007 at 4:57 pmi want to live there i love Kanye! i think its cool, it reminds me of The Standard in Hollywood & LA
January 25th, 2007 at 5:01 pmLOOKS 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.
January 25th, 2007 at 5:43 pmWho cares, Everybody has their own style. So why do we care. People stop hating. If you dont like it So what……………..
January 25th, 2007 at 5:45 pmLooks 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…
January 25th, 2007 at 7:25 pmTHIS 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
January 25th, 2007 at 7:35 pmI’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…
January 25th, 2007 at 7:36 pmThe 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.
January 25th, 2007 at 7:38 pmThis is will be perfect for my new show, “MTV Minimal Cribs”
January 25th, 2007 at 8:21 pmLet’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!
January 25th, 2007 at 8:26 pmI cannot believe some of these comments - I refuse to add a comment to such idiocy… DAMMIT!Refuting myself hurts…
January 25th, 2007 at 8:33 pmi 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?
January 25th, 2007 at 8:39 pmwhy is it weird?i think its beautiful.
January 25th, 2007 at 8:57 pmDoes 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.
January 25th, 2007 at 9:07 pmwell 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.
January 25th, 2007 at 9:10 pmI 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 25th, 2007 at 9:19 pmSee… 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!!
January 25th, 2007 at 9:40 pmBliqque learn how to spell before you criticize others..u best to check yoself before u wreck yoself
January 25th, 2007 at 9:54 pmTwo 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.
January 25th, 2007 at 10:38 pmhe really needs his mom to decorate his house it is really ugly and hopefully you guys let me keep this up here peace………………….
January 25th, 2007 at 10:53 pmThis apartment is hot! It is unique! Go Kanye’ Keep doing your thang! Stop hating all yaull haters!!! No need to be jealous!
January 25th, 2007 at 11:25 pmStrange!!!! Real Strange….
January 26th, 2007 at 1:15 amThis 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.
January 26th, 2007 at 2:20 amwell kayne it looks like a hell hole it looks like a prison. fa real
January 26th, 2007 at 2:39 amWhat 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.
January 26th, 2007 at 2:40 amYou can’t exspect me to belive this BS shyt is real…I mean just like at these flimsy azz pic’s…
January 26th, 2007 at 3:50 amUnder 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
January 26th, 2007 at 6:06 amstop 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.
January 26th, 2007 at 12:22 pmits shit…looks like a morgue!!
January 26th, 2007 at 1:46 pmwonder which room will will he store his ego in?
January 26th, 2007 at 1:47 pmMan.. 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.
January 26th, 2007 at 1:56 pmThink 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 !
January 26th, 2007 at 2:02 pm“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.
January 26th, 2007 at 2:24 pmI could have done that!
January 26th, 2007 at 2:30 pmWho the hell is Kayne West?
January 26th, 2007 at 2:37 pmIm an architecture student and this apartment, although very ‘cool’ is untterly over-indulgent pish.
January 26th, 2007 at 2:44 pmthanks to everyone for their replies. a very pleasing collection of words deliberately mispelled and ALL CAPS. well done, you!
January 26th, 2007 at 2:49 pmWhat a dump!
January 26th, 2007 at 3:44 pmSUCKA!
January 26th, 2007 at 3:59 pmLots of easily cleanable surfaces and no WC. Ideal for someone into water sports.
January 26th, 2007 at 4:13 pmDAMN 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!!
January 26th, 2007 at 4:35 pmIt looks as bland and uninviting as Kanye and his music, a match made in heaven I guess.
January 26th, 2007 at 4:45 pmI’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.
January 26th, 2007 at 6:17 pmi 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?
January 26th, 2007 at 6:48 pmneeds a girls touch…
January 26th, 2007 at 6:54 pmMuch props to Kanye and the designer. It looks incredible!
January 26th, 2007 at 8:23 pmsoul-less. utterly lifeless and a tad 90s with all the minimalist lines. or is that still the done thing in new york? *yawn*
January 27th, 2007 at 12:02 amIt’s fly as hell. My hat goes off to the designer!
January 27th, 2007 at 12:03 amIt’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?
January 27th, 2007 at 12:52 amThis 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.
January 27th, 2007 at 12:52 amOkay, 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!!!!
January 27th, 2007 at 4:11 amit 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!!)
January 27th, 2007 at 11:58 pmThis 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
January 28th, 2007 at 9:45 amWhen 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…..
January 29th, 2007 at 10:32 amLooks 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.
January 29th, 2007 at 2:50 pmalot 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.
January 29th, 2007 at 3:11 pmthis 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
January 29th, 2007 at 10:21 pmit is a very nice house, my compliments
January 30th, 2007 at 10:14 amThe 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.
January 30th, 2007 at 8:22 pmLavoro grande con il luogo! Siete il padrone!
February 17th, 2007 at 5:27 amthis 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.
March 22nd, 2007 at 6:54 amBottom 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
April 23rd, 2007 at 3:00 pmmy 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.
May 28th, 2007 at 7:08 pmA load of codswallop
June 15th, 2007 at 11:03 amI love it!!!!!!!
June 19th, 2007 at 5:15 pmI’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.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:35 pmThis 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.
July 21st, 2007 at 11:35 amI 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.
August 20th, 2007 at 9:19 pmhalf 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.
September 16th, 2007 at 4:55 amkanye 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…
October 10th, 2007 at 8:51 amKanye is allowed to do what ever he wants. Because he is the best rapper ever and no one can change that
November 14th, 2007 at 12:11 amwhere’s the wall to wall bape?
November 17th, 2007 at 6:55 amJudging 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
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http://bp1.blogger.com/_61djkGwfEZo/RzXj_tNwoXI/AAAAAAAABdo/l4a4ost9vSI/s1600-h/KanyeKrib_PICS.jpg
November 17th, 2007 at 4:17 pmMost people will not understand this architecture, it’s visionary like Kanye.
December 29th, 2007 at 10:13 pmwhy are most people askin about the loo blooomin heckkk!!!
April 29th, 2008 at 6:39 pm