Long-term relationships with specialized craftspeople were key to this dramatic transformation of seven en suite hotel rooms in the 75 year-old former Barclay Hotel into this 3,000 square-foot 20th-floor luxury condominium and a 2,000 square-foot rental unit. From sensitive debris removal in an occupied building to tapping a unique source for barn-salvaged wormy Chestnut for the kitchen cabinetry, the finished work matched the architect’s vision as precisely as the sensuous curves of the foyer’s water-cut black granite mirror the majestic coffered ceiling.

Architect: Christopher Beardsley