In Korban's mind, the more monochrome palette gets added interest via a variety of textures-and a focus on one-of-a-kind pieces. No one looks at marble and says, 'Oh, this is so 1650.'" "Marble and wood are things that have stood the test of time themselves in nature, so if you use these materials, you protect very well from things dating.
"We try very much to make designs that are simple, clean, not cluttered, and then rely on a lot of the articulation of the space to come from natural materials," he explains. "It comes from a very practical upbringing in Denmark," laughs the designer of what he calls his "big objective to do something that doesn’t date."įor Juul-Hansen, timelessness is best achieved by focusing on materiality, selecting a minimal number of materials and ones that have proved to stand the test of time. To Juul-Hansen, the key goal in an apartment of this caliber-as, indeed, in any project he works on-was to create a truly timeless space. "You’ll be in a kaleidoscope of Manhattan." As such, he's devised sliding panel dividers in lieu of doors for most rooms, letting the panoramic views go as uninterrupted as possible. It will be as though the top of this building is encapsulated in its own vitrine." Mindel plans to leave the spaces around the staircase relatively open, so it will be visible from the outside. "The staircase is in the shape of the building," Mindel explains. The dual concepts of the building as a prismatic jewel and its placement at the center of the beating heart of Manhattan informed Mindel's design, which center around a stunning staircase that connects the apartments floors. "This way, someone visiting the space can look and say, 'Oh, this is what it could be.'" "General renderings are mediocre at best, and, let's face it, someone dropping this amount of money doesn't want mediocre," explains Thomas Juul-Hansen, a close friend of Eklund and Gomes and one of the three designers offering up proposals. The apartment's eventual buyer can select the scheme they like best (or, of course, hire another designer altogether, though with these offerings, why would they?). So, they decided to have some fun with the concept, enlisting three designer friends to propose schemes for the space (which also comes with two "spare" studio apartments elsewhere in the building and is priced at $77.7 million). When Fredrik Eklund and John Gomes saw the jaw-dropping triplex penthouse at the new Madison Square Park Tower, they knew the unit, which sits 777 feet above ground level and offers near-panoramic views of Manhattan (as well as amenities by Martin Brudnizki), deserved a special design. At one new-to-market Manhattan penthouse, the building is making the selection process a bit easier, presenting prospective buyers with three planned proposals from three top creative talents. Anyone buying a $77.7 million apartment is likely going to choose its interior designer carefully.
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