Midtown West Residence | NYC
Renovation of a 1,100 square foot residential apartment located in Manhattan.
Client Vision:
Renovate new apartment focused on open floor plan with minimal room divisions maximizing the window light from the southern and western exposures
Evoke the essence of American Modern/Machine Age aesthetics with their absence of traditional ornament, and the use of new, manmade materials and industrial techniques
Create hidden office and storage space within custom architectural features
Our Delivery:
Redesigned floor plan as to create experience of living within an industrial machine
Collaborated on creation of custom crafted steel work features and fixtures
Adapted use of commercial monolithic floor materials for residential use
Customized creation of adaptable curving walls which could be configured for privacy or translucency
Old-House Interiors, April 2009 | "Machine Age in Manhattan" - pages 52 to 57
"New work by talented craftsmen and artists joined the best of vintage Machine Age design to allow the owners to develop their industrial vision for this light-filled apartment in a 1920s lower-Manhattan armory." - Brian D. Coleman
"They wanted a bigger apartment and they knew it should be full of light, and end-of-the-day respite from New York City's congestion."
"They found that the clean lines, geometric ornament, and streamlined forms of the American Modern or machine Age movement most appealed to them. "
