A museum-worthy art collection isn’t the only creative and captivating feature of this stunning New York apartment
ENTRANCE
Even the furnishings in the apartment have an artistic quality – like the plaster, paper, pulp and steel ceiling pendants and custom curved consoles featured here.
MEDIA ROOM
‘For this room, the owners had a very clear vision of an all-black space, filled with textures,’ says art advisor Barbara. ‘We found a large scale work by Guillem Nadal that plays with texture and has a bit of red colour contrast.’
KITCHEN
Low seating keeps the views the centre of focus. ‘We chose a delicate wall sculpture by Eduardo Perez Cabrero that is small and subtle, but its multi-dimensionality and amorphous shape draw attention,’ says Barbara.
STAIRWELL
A sculptural staircase in a soft plaster finish echoes the curvaceous shapes elsewhere in the apartment.
There’s basically nothing to improve upon in this impressive apartment located in Tribeca, the heart of the Big Apple. Firstly, the 82-storey building in which it sits was designed by Robert A.M. Stern A rchitects, evoking the iconic architecture of 1920s and 1930s New York. Its classic facade features precast concrete panels that look like limestone, combined with metal screens for a contemporar y twist. Secondly, the sweeping panorama provided by the massive double-height, south-facing windows overlooks the bottom tip of Manhattan and includes the Statue of Liberty as well as both the Hudson and East rivers.
Thirdly, the harmonious interiors with their soft curves, luxurious plaster finishes and neutral colour palettes, enhanced by the occasional use of deeper hues for more dramatic contrasts, were created by renowned interior design and architecture firm Work shop/A PD. Fourthly, the spectacular contemporar y artworks that adorn the walls ref lect the cohesive yet bold vision of art advisor Barbara Cartategui.
‘I was part of the project from the beginning,’ remembers Barbara, who studied with one of the homeow ners at Parsons School of Design. Since those days, the two have become friends. ‘I previously worked with these collectors when they purcha
