a lounge area with accents of blue and orange
Photography by Jason Schmitz.

October 5, 2022

Words: Peter Webster

5 Innovative Residential Developments in New York

Explore these five amenities-rich residential developments that showcase New York apartment-building design at its coolest.

Tsao & McKown Architects

7W57, Midtown

  • a bedroom with black and white artwork over the bed
    Photography by Sean Hemmerle.
  • a round coffee table in the center of a room with a large sofa
    Photography by Sean Hemmerle.
  • a cylindrical pendant light in 7W57 in Midtown
    Photography by Sean Hemmerle.
  • oak paneled vestibule
    Photography by Sean Hemmerle.
  • the exterior of 7W57 in Midtown
    Photography by Sean Hemmerle.

Unlike its supertall Billionaire’s Row neighbors, Hill West Architects’s condominium is a mere 20 stories high, but the serene calm of Calvin Tsao’s flowing interior spaces removes the 15 residences so completely from the city’s bustle they might as well be on the 90th floor. Oak-paneled vestibules, white-oak floors, bronze-finished kitchen cabinets, statuary marble–clad bathrooms, programmable smart-home features, and the skillful interplay of natural and artificial light all help create havens of elegant and cocooning sophistication.

Slade Architecture

The Cove, Long Island City

  • a bird's eye view of The Cove in Long Island City
    Photography by Tom Sibley.
  • colorful artwork hangs on the wall in front of a seating area
    Photography by Tom Sibley.
  • wood paneling in the lobby
    Photography by Tom Sibley.
  • blue colorful walls above the mailboxes
    Photography by Tom Sibley.
  • a fitness room with with metal tubes that form the ceiling planes
    Photography by Tom Sibley.
  • a game room with pool table and foosball
    Photography by Tom Sibley.

For SLCE Architects’s new 18-story, 123-unit rental building, Hayes and James Slade’s public and amenities spaces brim with character and mindful detail. Bent stainless-steel pipes define the entry; a membrane ceiling and curved walls fronted with walnut rods give the lobby a soft, sculpted vibe; the library offers a calm zone for study or cowork; metal tubes form dynamic ceiling planes in the fitness center and game room; and more rods and other wooden elements, including benches, bring warmth to the rooftop terrace.

CetraRuddy Architecture

212 West 72nd Street, Upper West Side

  • a lounge area with accents of blue and orange
    Photography by Jason Schmitz.
  • a children's playroom with yellow and red reading nooks
    Photography by Jason Schmitz.
  • the rooftop terrace of 212 West 72nd street
    Photography by Jason Schmitz.
  • the lobby area with rounded forms
    Photography by Jason Schmitz.
  • a long hallway with sconces lighting the way
    Photography by Jason Schmitz.

John Cetra and Nancy Ruddy have transformed Handel Architects’s 2010 modernist rental building—its rounded corner facade a neighborhood icon—into a state-of-the-art luxury condominium with 126 private residences. Arched forms distinguish interior public spaces, from the double-height, walnut-paneled lobby to the sumptuous resident lounge, adjacent children’s playroom with reading nooks, and fully equipped fitness center, while the landscaped roof deck offers peerless uptown vistas.

JG Neukomm Architecture

The Landon, Midtown West

  • the rooftop terrace with sweeping views
    Photography by Scott Frances/Otto.
  • a trial staircase leading to the terrace
    Photography by Scott Frances/Otto.
  • globular pendant lights hang above a seating area
    Photography by Scott Frances/Otto.
  • an abstract sun-motif mural in front of a seating area
    Photography by Scott Frances/Otto.
  • the white and gray lobby
    Photography by Scott Frances/Otto.

Architect Jean-Gabriel Neukomm drew inspiration from his own photographs of deserts in California and New Mexico when renovating the lobby and amenities areas in this 329-unit building from 1998. “I liked the images’ soft, dusky palettes, and how those could straddle color, tone, and texture,” he explains. Ergo, the inviting spaces include an expansive, double-height lounge—formerly a basketball court—with an abstract sun-motif mural and an oak-and-plaster stair leading to a newly added rooftop terrace with sweeping views.

Concrete

547 West 47th Street, The West Residence Club, Hell’s Kitchen

  • a bicycle in front of the West Residence Club in Hell's Kitchen
    Photography by Adrian Gaut.
  • a bedroom with large glass window wall
    Photography by Ewout Huibers/courtesy of Concrete.
  • the outside terrace with ping pong table and other yard games
    Photography by Ewout Huibers/courtesy of Concrete.
  • the entrance to The Glasshouse library
    Photography by Adrian Gaut.
  • inside the Glasshouse library
    Photography by Ewout Huibers/courtesy of Concrete.
  • the rooftop pool at the West Residence Club
    Photography by Ewout Huibers/courtesy of Concrete.

The multidisciplinary Dutch firm’s first New York residential project—a 12-story building housing 219 loftlike apartments—incorporates more than 30,000 square feet of curated amenities spaces across several levels. These include a freestanding glass-enclosed library with a fireplace, living room, and coworking table next to the lobby; a double-height fitness center with an outdoor terrace on the third floor; and a rooftop swimming pool and lounge area overlooking the Hudson River and city skyline.

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