02/09/2005
The Poetics of Expensive Space
An Apartment Therapy sleuth reports on a frenzy surrounding the $1.9M apartments on Wall Street with interiors designed by Philippe Starck which appear to replicate the Ian Schrager hotel habitat to a T.
"Maybe researching bathroom tile and hunting down the best toilets for the better part of a year has made me jaded, and made me see the building as already dated in some way. Maybe it was just too design cheez. Personally, if I was paying $1.9 million for an apartment, I would expect something other than your basic 4'x4" white ceramic tiles on the bathroom wall."
But it really begins to look pretty fashion-backward when you see Santiago Calatrava's design for a deliciously sleek condo trellis that has just been green-lit down by the water.
Sphere: Related ContentPosted 3:48 PM EST by Andy in Art & Design | Permalink
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reminds me of Schrager's massive, Starck-designed down-to-the-toothbrushes apartment at the San Remo on Central Park West which was? is? sitting on the market for like two years, even with massive price cuts.
I mean, who would pay $18 million for an apartment that looked exactly like the Delano lobby?
Posted by: greg.org | Feb 9, 2005 11:25:43 PM