Sunny in Manhattan
New Jersey isn’t far from Manhattan, but in lifestyle, it can feel a world apart. That’s why Barbara Littman, an interior designer who lives in Highland Park, N.J., insists on having an urban pied-à-terre.
Candy Factory Loft Penthouse
Situated in a turn of the century candy factory, this 2700 sf loft penthouse suite by Johnson Chou was one of Toronto’s first residential adaptive re-use projects of its kind. The owner, an avid sportsman with a penchant for traveling to remote areas to camp in the wilderness, requested a residence that evoked, within an urban context, a sense of the landscape he loved so much.
The Skyhouse
This Chelsea apartment isn’t known as the “Skyhouse” for no reason. The mansion-in-the-sky, a triplex sitting atop a landmark building, has 5,000 sq. feet of indoor house together with an nearly unprecedented 6,000 sq. feet of personal outdoor terrace.
St Regis Penthouse
Sitting atop the highest floors of the Five-Star St. Regis Hotel & Residences in San Francisco, this one-of-a-kind, palatial penthouse features over 20,000 expansive square feet, including 2,900 square feet of terraces one of the largest personal residences in all of San Francisco.
Double-Height Penthouse
This double-height penthouse rises above the city of Shenzhen, China, drawing in natural light through a defining feature of the space – a two-floor interior space partly glazed and open to the idea of “living between the city and the nature”.
Bondi Beach Penthouse
A beautiful rooftop apartment rises on one of the streets of Sydney, Australia. Adding an interesting but subtle element to the building it stands on, the Bondi Penthouse overlooks Bondi Bay and beach and borrows its name.
Sondrio Penthouse
To do a perfect job it takes a perfect customer This penthouse is on the top floor of a historic building, an old barn with a new wooden roof. In agreement with the customer who just returned from a trip to New York, the goal was to create an open, bright and light loft like the ones he had seen.
Black and White Penthouse
Joseph Dirand, a French architect who is infamous for his stunning black and white, lavish designs, is also a master at what’s called “frame and contain”. He uses contrast and framing techniques that I find fascinating and extremely effective at highlighting views, emphasizing importance, and delineating spaces.
Penthouse from Space
If you go to Vienna, probably you will spot the penthouse inserted between traditional rooftops by Delugan Meissl in the city’s Wieden district. The penthouse is rooftop addition for the architects’ family, but it feels more like a spaceship that has landed on the roof and will move to a new destination as soon as it gets what it wants.
Tribeca Penthouse Makeover
After commissioning a design for his apartment—and then scrapping the results—a young investor gets the bachelor pad he always wanted.