Urban Waterfront Home

URBAN WATERFRONT HOME

New York, NY

SKOLNICK was retained to completely renovate this apartment, located in the historic El Dorado building overlooking Central Park and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir. Beyond the initial experience of beautiful Art Deco details in the building’s lobby, the apartment itself required extensive work. SKOLNICK designed the layout to be much more open and less compartmentalized with the goal of letting in more natural light and maximizing the park views and prominent waterfront setting.

Services
Architectural Design
Interior Architectural Design

Size
2,600 sf

DETAILS

The opportunity to incorporate the client’s family heirloom Nakashima floating wall unit, along with large screen-like sliding panels, were also fundamental inspirations. These elements aligned well with our design concept to insert natural wood finishes and strong-colored elements into the plan that would contrast with the existing shell and define some of the spatial separations in lieu of conventional walls.

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

Our team was also able to garner final approval of the design from both the Co-op Board and Building Engineer, including a much-needed electrical service upgrade and a precedent-setting central air-conditioning system.

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