Ansonia apartment
By Stamberg Aferiat Associates
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Small and awkward needed to become grand and sweeping. This project was an archeological dig. Our client had purchased three stacked, minor, tricky apartments in the dome atop the stately, legendary beaux-arts Ansonia on
Manhattan's Upper West Side. The dome, while dramatic on the outside, was
divided into small spaces inside. The first solution was to remove the slab
separating two floors in order to create a 30-foot high living room rotunda.
The lower floor then could serve as an elegantly proportioned, light-filled
reception hall, and home office and media room. A new steel and glass stair was
added that ascends to the main level of the apartment. Structural ceiling
vaults and the sloped mansard roof were exposed adding the feel of more space
and light. The restored ornamental steel stair in the new living room now
sweeps 20 feet up to a new dramatic balcony leading to the multi-level rooftop
terrace.
PROJECT
A Modern Space in the Landmark Ansonia Dome
DESCRIPTION
A 2,500 SF Apartment
Combination and Renovation
MATERIALS
Oak, Slate, Stainless Steel, Sandblasted Glass
SCOPE
Complete Architectural
Services, Interior Design, Construction Administration