Do Starchitects Live in Glass Houses?
SEPTEMBER 25, 2008
Where do celebrity architects live? 
The architectural luminaries responsible for the undulating towers and glass curtain-walls of the recent building boom are an international lot. But many of them do, in fact, call New York City.
Bernard Tschumi, the design mind behind Dubai-on-Delancey standout Blue, makes his Manhattan home in a "minimal, austere" 4800 sq. ft. Chelsea loft of his own design. Hotelier-turned-residential-brand-man Ian Schrager recently snagged the triplex penthouse in his own 40 Bond Street condo, and plans to move in to the 8,500 sq. ft. space some time next year. Dutch design award-winner Winka Dubbeldam, whose 497 Greenwich Street and the more recent V33 projects have solidified her reputation as a forward-thinking residential architect, has lived for years at the Greenwich Street building for which she is best known.
Not all modern architects live in sleek lofts. Rem Koolhaas protégé Kate Orff, one of Dwell magazine's 2008 Design Leaders (whose firm, Scape, designs innovative outdoor spaces) makes her own escape to Arbor Close in Forest Hills, Queens. Her home is part of a cluster-dwelling that was created as an experiment in utopian city planning by the Olmstead Brothers (founded by Charles Olmstead). And classic "starchitect" Richard Meier (165 Charles Street) has no intention of abandoning his 5,000-square-foot classic Upper East Side prewar apartment and century-old farmhouse on Long Island.
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