6 NYC Apartments Provide Shelter From the Concrete Jungle
An apartment can be an oasis of style:
1. Firm: Luca Andrisani Architect and Philip A. Gulotta Jr.
Project: Duplex Penthouse.
Site: Chelsea.
Standout: A skillful interpretation of a trellis, the roof terrace’s marine-plywood walls, studded with dowels to assist climbing vines, also screen a hot tub and a shower.
2. Firm: Dufner Heighes and Messana O’Rorke.
Project: Model Apartment.
Site: Upper East Side.
Standout: Conjuring up the life of a fictitious family, details range from heraldic-motif wallpaper to vintage hand-painted ceramic lamps and wool rugs layered on sisal.
3. Firm: Michael K. Chen Architecture.
Project: Studio.
Site: Gramercy Park.
Standout: When the Murphy bed folds away, and a custom unit in lacquered MDF slides back, the TV inside pivots 180 degrees to face the sofa.
4. Firm: New Design Project.
Project: Loft.
Site: Jersey City.
Standout: One seemingly abstract canvas is actually Morse code telling the history of the 1899 building, a stable turned warehouse for the Metropolitan Opera.
5. Firm: Deborah Berke Partners.
Project: Apartment.
Site: Upper West Side.
Standout: Shapely furnishings, including a pair of Vladimir Kagan chairs, hold their own against a collection of museum-quality painting and sculpture.
6. Firm: BHDM Design.
Project: Apartment.
Site: Gramercy Park.
Standout: Highly tailored updates, such as the stained-oak portal that replaced a doorway’s traditional molding, reflect the client’s fashion sense.