Photo credit: Bethany Nauert Architect: Nadav Rokach Interior Design and Staging: Eliana Rokach Contractor: Building Solutions and Design, Inc.

Complete restructure of this lower level. Custom designed media cabinet with floating glass shelves and built-in TV ....John Carlson Photography

Photo by: Jeff Garland

Sue Stubbs

Photo: Ann K. McCallum

Originally designed by Delano and Aldrich in 1917, this building served as carriage house to the William and Dorothy Straight mansion several blocks away on the Upper East Side of New York. With practically no original detail, this relatively humble structure was reconfigured into something more befitting the client’s needs. To convert it for a single family, interior floor plates are carved away to form two elegant double height spaces. The front façade is modified to express the grandness of the new interior. A beautiful new rear garden is formed by the demolition of an overbuilt addition. The entire rear façade was removed and replaced. A full floor was added to the roof, and a newly configured stair core incorporated an elevator. Architecture: DHD Interior Designer: Eve Robinson Associates Photography by Peter Margonelli http://petermargonelli.com

Master bathroom with freestanding tub, rain shower, and large paneled windows.

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AO Fotos (Rickie Agapito)

Across from Hudson River Park, the Classic 7 pre-war apartment had not renovated in over 50 years. The new owners, a young family with two kids, desired to open up the existing closed in spaces while keeping some of the original, classic pre-war details. Dark, dimly-lit corridors and clustered rooms that were a detriment to the brilliant natural light and expansive views the existing apartment inherently possessed, were demolished to create a new open plan for a more functional style of living. Custom charcoal stained white oak herringbone floors were laid throughout the space. The dark blue lacquered kitchen cabinets provide a sharp contrast to the otherwise neutral colored space. A wall unit in the same blue lacquer floats on the wall in the Den.

Architect of Record: Stillwell Hanson Architects Contractor: Lockhart Suver Photography: Benjamin Benschneider

The design includes a first floor studio apartment complete with private bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and living space for visiting guests and family. Anice Hoachlander, Hoachlander Davis Photography LLC