ERA and Commune Design collaborated to create a New York pied-a-terre for a California-based family. The historic plan was reconsidered and respected in order to create a bright and open home to showcase carefully and expertly considered furnishings while retaining the formality and dignity of the original architecture.
Park Avenue Apartment is a classic duplex designed by the prominent architect J.E.R Carpenter in 1927. The rooms had great proportions and retained some original details. Our goal was to peel back the changes to reveal the original bones of the apartment, and to enhance them with sensitively designed details that harmonized with the original features. ERA added new details to blend seamlessly with the old throughout. A new opening was created to connect the kitchen to the dining room, and the kitchen was carefully planned to eliminate asymmetrical and awkward corners.
Design Team
Elizabeth Roberts Josh Lekwa Robby Rathmann-Noonan
The Result
A carefully reconsidered and selectively modernized historic Park Avenue apartment.
Architecture | Interiors | Objects
