Deborah Berke Partners' design of this 11-story ground-up residential building in New York City features a facade of flamed charcoal-gray granite with large glass windows that hover above the street. Canted bay windows projecting from the refined facade cast a play of shadows on the granite throughout the course of a day. A structurally-glazed glass and zinc curtain-wall at the street-level and setback presents a delicate juxtaposition for the hovering stone.
The building's apartments include balconies at the rear and direct access to private amenity spaces, which include a gym and double-height pool with a sensually curving wood ceiling that reaches up to windows on the street. Elegant interiors of wide-board walnut floors, marble counters, glass tiles, and teak wall-panels provide a soft contrast to the taut exterior.
