Central Park South Apartment

New York City

Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects

The architects transformed this former 25th-floor hotel apartment from a mishmash of exposed plumbing and arbitrary columns into a remarkable 8,000-square-foot residence. Accommodating the owner's extensive Modern and Contemporary art collection, the architects created a spacious gallery ambience in the apartment, despite the low, 8-foot-4-inch-tall ceilings, by interconnecting the rooms. Sinuous walls gently envelope the spaces, the most unique of which is the powder room, enclosed in leather-clad walls. A bronze-and-glass door leads into the kitchen, which features custom-designed wood cabinets, as well as counters and other surfaces of stone, stainless steel, and titanium. Walls are made of stainless-steel mesh and integral plaster.

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