Studio Sofield has accomplished the interiors of 111 West 57th Road, also called Steinway Tower – a supertall skyscraper designed by SHoP Architects in New York Metropolis.
The interiors mark the complete completion of the 1,428-foot-tall (435-metre) skyscraper, which is the second tallest within the Western Hemisphere, and the skinniest on this planet with a height-to-width ratio of 24:1.
Sited on a avenue bordering Central Park in Midtown that has come to be generally known as Billionaire’s Row, the skyscraper has views trying north and south.
New York-based Studio Sofield designed the interiors for the skyscraper in addition to the adjoining Steinway Corridor, which is related to the tower.
The 91-storey skyscraper has 46 residences, with a further 14 held in Steinway Corridor, in addition to a wide range of facilities, and was developed by JDS Growth Group and Property Markets Group.
“With 111 West 57th Road, I got down to create inside structure that was unmistakably and quintessentially New York,” mentioned Studio Sofield founder William Sofield.
“Whereas celebrating the vibrancy of at present, I’m a historian by nature and sought to honor and evoke the splendor of our metropolis’s gilded age.”
Interiors designed by Sofield contains the “block-long foyer sequence” that connects the 2 facets of the tower. Right here, the studio restored the unique flooring of the Steinway Corridor and used limestone, marble, blackened metal and velvet accents.
Murals in bas-reliefs of gold and silver leaves depict architectural landmarks of New York, and elephants had been depicted elephants roaming via town as a”tribute to the historical past of pianos”.
One other room within the foyer sequence was outfitted with bronze mirror cladding that results in a “domed salon” lined with banquet seating.
On 58th avenue, a residence entrance that includes a granite porte-cochere with grillwork doorways impressed by “the bronze filigree on the constructing’s exterior”.
The bar space and the swimming pool are additionally within the corridor construction. In line with the studio, the bar was based mostly on the “legendary King Cole Bar with its stylish bar” with a decorative balcony and skylights that additional the fabric references to the unique constructing.
Elevator vestibules for the tower had been accomplished utilizing custom-made doorways by artist Nancy Lorenz. The swimming pool is 82 ft lengthy (25 metres) and is housed in a double-height room with floor-to-ceiling home windows.
Within the skyscraper, the residences every occupy a minimum of a single ground. Every residence has a central room the place the views to the north and south are prioritised, and these rooms result in a “signature nice corridor, which frequently spans the complete width of the tower,” in accordance with the studio.
Gray oak and macauba stone had been used for the flooring and nine-foot-tall doorways separate the room.
{Hardware} for the doorways in addition to different options just like the freestanding bathtubs and the fixtures had been sourced from long-standing US producers akin to PE Guerin, which, in accordance with the studio, is the “nation’s oldest architectural {hardware} agency”.
Different supertall skyscrapers – outlined as one between 984 and 1,969 ft (300 and 600 metres) – designed by SHoP Architects embrace the Brooklyn Tower in Downtown Brooklyn, which is nearing its approach to completion, having topped out earlier this 12 months.
Billionare’s Row – the title for the luxurious skyscrapers on 57th Road close to Central Park in Manhattan, continues to see new developments, with New York studio ODA asserting the development of a “fractal” skyscraper on the road.
The inside images is by Adrian Gaut with exterior images by David Sundberg.
