« August 2005 | Main | October 2005 »
The good folks over at Curbed last week practically dared us to surf through the dazzling web site for Jean Nouvel and Andre Balazs' 40 Mercer condo without drooling. After the jump we wipe our chin on our sleeve and focus in on one of the more amazing details of Nouvel's residential vision in SoHo: the huge retractable panes of glass.
Philip Johnson's Urban Glass House has already risen several stories on SoHo's western edge at 330 Spring Street. More detail about the project has now emerged. Johnson's design has been completed through a collaboration between Alan Ritchie, SLCE Architects, and Annabelle Selldorf. 40 condominium units will range in size from one to four bedrooms. The lobby, common areas, elevator cabs, and unit finishes have been designed by Selldorf drawing on (apparently) a loose inspiration from Johnson's early work. The apartments will feature 10 foot ceilings and open plan stainless steel kitchens by Bulthaup. Click through after the jump to view two new interior images.
It has become cliche to breathlessly cite the dramatic transformation of Manhattan's Lower East Side. So instead we'll simply take calm note of this 24 unit residential development now going up at 115-119 Norfolk. Designed by the firm responsible for the nearby Hotel on Rivington (Grzywinski Pons Architects), this glass fronted apartment house will have a mix of 1 and 2-bedroom units with two 3-bedroom duplex penthouses. Ground floor units will have private yards. A common roof garden (above) will have a small lap pool. Two more renderings appear after the jump.
