Empire State Apartment

An initial inspection of the raw space of our Empire State Apartment revealed rotted flooring, an open air toilet and a photographer’s dilapidated dark room, reeking from years of stale chemicals. Located at the foot of the Empire State Building, the challenge to both re-envision and reclaim the space were gleefully accepted.

The design’s anchor element is the centrally located kitchen, around which the life and experience of space rotates. In the entrance way, the elevator opens up onto a wood-louvered room divider with a built-in seat. Dismantling and re-imagining the entire space within the confines of the building structure gave us a fresh canvas on which to test design ideas and create an organized, yet flowing, space for our clients’ and their growing family.