To convert a cramped 600-square-foot apartment near Central Park into a bright, inviting home, Daedalus Workshop Architects replaced an awkward bathroom door with translucent sliding panels and freshened up the kitchen with white Corian countertops, a glass tile backsplash, and under-cabinet lighting. A double-sided wall of cabinets separates the living area from the bedroom and provides additional storage.
Judge Alison Spear is sold on the results: “Clean spaces with a lot of flexibility,” she says.
To make the most of her firm’s compact headquarters—a 400-square-foot penthouse atop an apartment building next to Carnegie Hall—designer Jasmine Lam retrofitted the space to accommodate three workstations, a conference table, a seating area, and a separate private office. A small sleeping area comes in handy for busy nights before a project deadline. Judge Matthew Patrick Smyth applauds the “well-thought-out use of square footage.”
Scale and additional storage were Linherr Hollingsworth’s primary concerns while she was renovating this one-bedroom apartment in Gramercy Park. Her firm reworked the layout, adding a new kitchen, relocating a closet for better access, raising the ceilings throughout, and installing recessed LED fixtures. A muted palette of gray and ivory, with touches of apricot, complements the client’s art collection.
After working with Alisberg Parker on their main residence, these clients returned to design a pool and pool house. The entire interior is tiled for easy cleaning and houses a large shower area.
Keeping nothing but the floors, Brett Helsham Designs wanted to create a stripped down, modern space that kept hints of the building’s pre-war origins as well as the client’s Parisian heritage.