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THE MODERN RESIDENCE
FACING PAGE TOP: I designed the built-in furniture, as well as the area carpets. With opposing curves to the ceiling, the carpets give movement to an otherwise
static space. I tried to trick the eye into feeling the rooms are wider and taller than they are, and to allow the perimeter natural light to travel into the interior spaces
through glass doors and clerestory windows. An outdoor space to barbecue and relax was a must, and this apartment did have a terrace with an outstanding view
of the city. The overall result of the apartment design is a warm and relaxing refuge from the high-energy New York City lifestyle.
BELOW: I carved out new walls around existing structural steel frames, fitting in display niches while providing transparency from space to space and giving the
illusion of larger rooms. The color scheme and the materials used represent memories of California: light-colored walls, blond-wood bamboo floors, birds-eye and
rotary maple cabinets and paneling, recycled-content countertops, paper stone surfaces, and energy efficient touches throughout. While New York did not require
compliance to title 24 or to a Green Residential Code, we still built it as we would in California.
Photographs by Charles Callister, Jr.
