865 U.N. Plaza

865, 1st Avenue, Manhattan, New York, NY, United States

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865 U.N. Plaza

865, 1st Avenue, Manhattan, New York, NY, United States

Firm

Type

Residential › Private House

YEAR

2009

SIZE

1000 sqft - 3000 sqft

BUDGET

$100K - 500K

Located next to the United Nations of the East River, this private residence liberates the traditional prewar apartment into a continuous sequence of rooms. A magazine design director required an apartment that could easly accommodate daily living, entertaining, and a small workspace. The existing prewar one bedroom apartment commands tremendous views of the United Nations, the East River, and the Chrysler Building, but had limited social flexibility due to a small and difficult to access bathroom. The solution is conceived by reorganizing the apartment from a room-and-corridor plan to a room-to-room plan. By inserting a new master bathroom and separate powder room, each room is allowed multiple paths of connection and circulation. The creation of this perimeter circulation enhances the natural cooling from the apartment's three exterior exposures. NOA commission with Andrew Heid, Edward Leida, Michael Zenreich, Architects (A of R), 8x8 Construction, and Rubiano Associates.