Morris Adjmi has designed a frosted glass facade for the 14-story, mid-block residential condominium project under construction at 16 West 21st Street.
The development will have 9 full-floor units, a garden duplex unit, and a triplex penthouse.
According to an item in Page Six of The New York Post today "Zac Posen is moving on from duds to domiciles" and "sources said the fashion designer is teaming with architect Morris Adjmi to create a luxury boutique residence just south of the Flatiron District."
The article said that "Posen, who also has a furniture line coming out next year, will be in charge of creating the fixtures, trims, and furnishings of the units, which will go on sale in December."
The article said that "according to a press release announcing the collaboration, "[Adjmi's 'whiter than white' pure glass design for 16 West 21st Street provides a stately yet minimalistic canvas, affording Posen the opportunity to create an environmental tapestry that evokes the rich colors and textures that are emblematic of his approach to fashion."
Last year, Mr. Adjmi designed a six-story, 32-unit apartment building at 71 Laight Street in TriBeCa that would convert a red-brick, 1905 coffee and tea warehouse on Washington Street to loft condominium units and build an adjoining new structure on Greenwich Street that will be "a mirror image of the existing building." According to the architect, "every detail of the historic facade will be recreated in the new building but rendered in an aluminum panel skin with a plasma finish. The effect of the new building is like a 'photographic negative' of the existing building."
In the West Village, Mr. Adjmi had designed a six-story, 87-unit hotel under construction at 145 Perry Street that would have been distinguished by its undulating brick facade "that references the bowed window typology of the district." That project, however, has recently been redesigned without the undulations by David Helpern.
In 2006, he designed the attractive 5-story office building for Theory at 40 Gansevoort Street in the Meat Packing District and in 2001 he was involved in the design of the bold white and red, 10-story officer building for Scholastic on the west side of Broadway between Prince and Spring Streets.
The development will have 9 full-floor units, a garden duplex unit, and a triplex penthouse.
According to an item in Page Six of The New York Post today "Zac Posen is moving on from duds to domiciles" and "sources said the fashion designer is teaming with architect Morris Adjmi to create a luxury boutique residence just south of the Flatiron District."
The article said that "Posen, who also has a furniture line coming out next year, will be in charge of creating the fixtures, trims, and furnishings of the units, which will go on sale in December."
The article said that "according to a press release announcing the collaboration, "[Adjmi's 'whiter than white' pure glass design for 16 West 21st Street provides a stately yet minimalistic canvas, affording Posen the opportunity to create an environmental tapestry that evokes the rich colors and textures that are emblematic of his approach to fashion."
Last year, Mr. Adjmi designed a six-story, 32-unit apartment building at 71 Laight Street in TriBeCa that would convert a red-brick, 1905 coffee and tea warehouse on Washington Street to loft condominium units and build an adjoining new structure on Greenwich Street that will be "a mirror image of the existing building." According to the architect, "every detail of the historic facade will be recreated in the new building but rendered in an aluminum panel skin with a plasma finish. The effect of the new building is like a 'photographic negative' of the existing building."
In the West Village, Mr. Adjmi had designed a six-story, 87-unit hotel under construction at 145 Perry Street that would have been distinguished by its undulating brick facade "that references the bowed window typology of the district." That project, however, has recently been redesigned without the undulations by David Helpern.
In 2006, he designed the attractive 5-story office building for Theory at 40 Gansevoort Street in the Meat Packing District and in 2001 he was involved in the design of the bold white and red, 10-story officer building for Scholastic on the west side of Broadway between Prince and Spring Streets.
Architecture Critic
Carter Horsley
Since 1997, Carter B. Horsley has been the editorial director of CityRealty. He began his journalistic career at The New York Times in 1961 where he spent 26 years as a reporter specializing in real estate & architectural news. In 1987, he became the architecture critic and real estate editor of The New York Post.
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