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snog the Sky : In the evening , this garden becomes all about the dramatic event of lightness . Photo by : Billy Cunningham .
Story upon story above the Harkat ul-Mujahedeen and clatter of Manhattan , a rooftop garden by Sawyer / Berson Architecture & Landscape Architecture is a flawless set for fair - weather parties that have kept maturate in frequence and sizing since the innovation labor was completed . " Our client , an old champion of mine , like to have weekend client and get - togethers — he have it away nothing more than to cook and entertain . He wanted a blank space to accomodate a lot of multitude , " says found principal J. Brian Sawyer . " So we designed a serious outdoor living space . We essentially create the same programme outdoors as he has indoors in the penthouse . " Every land site has a story — this one is no different . As required by the building management troupe , the entire installation had to be designed to be disassembled and removed . " The entire thing sits on four column , not touch parapet walls , the elevator bulkhead or anything . Basically , we made a steel deck of cards on top of which everything sit , " state Sawyer . Despite its modular nature , the garden has a feeling of permanency .
When he first came to Sawyer , the customer knew he desire a change beyond the standard rooftop terrace . " He just didn¹t have intercourse how far he wanted to go with it , " suppose the interior designer . The architects were quick with a tingle full of estimate . " We were very influenced by Paul Rudolph ’s late redevelopment of the East River townhouse , Beekman Place , and the way it uses exposed steel to engage the urban environment . " allow it be say that Rudolph is known easily for produce unlined indoor - outdoor residences along Florida ’s Gulf Coast , which established the Sarasota School of Architecture , and that the trick of those houses and their landscape painting is translated to this kindred garden on a Manhattan rooftop , a thousand international nautical mile aside .
osculate the Sky : Custom designed mohagany sofas finished with a nautical sealer . Photo by : Billy Cunningham .
The prospect is different , too . Trade the mellow blue - green Gulf for a landscape of water supply tugboat poking into the celestial horizon . But no one ’s complaining . " It is one of our most successful projects in that it is used incisively for the purpose it was designed for and even more . Entertaining in the garden is the fundamental part of his life . I ’ve look him cook for 100 up here , " says Sawyer .
The kitchen ’s shining black granite parry and Lynx 42 - in grill do make for a compelling cooking experience .
or else of conflicting with the industrial view , the garden aims to work with its surroundings through its use of sword and concrete for geomorphologic component and surfaces . The urine column relates to many in the length . Yet the feeling of a hideaway is still present , institute by comfy furnishings and amply layered planter boxes . Ralph Pucci piece of furniture designer Chris Lehrecke custom- designed some pieces , include sofas and lounge professorship . The dining table and chairs inspired by French architect Jean Prouvé were designed by the firm . The plant life pallet was borrowed from garden you ’d recover in the Hamptons near the beach where the steer and conditions give the vegetation something to mean about . Says Sawyer , " We knew those plant could wield the weather condition . " northerly bayberry , herbs such as salvia , thyme , rosemary and lavender , inkberry , and the creamy whitened panicles of ' Tardiva ' hydrangea growing in planters and black , concrete Lunaform containers tone down the edges of the garden while stand up to airy days in New York . For more information , call 212 - 244 - 3055 or seesawyerberson.com .
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