This 1,500sf (460sm) duplex renovation in Noho, NY was designed as a first home to showcase a young couple’s casual lifestyle and expanding family. The program called for a family residence with an open, flowing interior on two levels. The biggest single challenge was in the design and fabrication of the staircase. Unique features include the co-planar clear-tempered glass-rails and the child-proof open slots under bent steel angles.
On the upper level, a series of 11-foot (3.35m) high, sliding, and fully retractable, glass, and steel-framed door-panels create a spatial elongation, while forming an illusionary vista to an ostensibly larger space beyond. The folded glass and metal screen at the entry cleverly shields the apartment from the street.