{"id":3114,"date":"2024-05-31T17:59:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T09:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/2024\/05\/31\/new-kid-on-the-block-a-skinny-luxe-lower-east-side-apartment-hotel\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T17:59:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T09:59:07","slug":"new-kid-on-the-block-a-skinny-luxe-lower-east-side-apartment-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/nl\/new-kid-on-the-block-a-skinny-luxe-lower-east-side-apartment-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Nieuweling in het blok: Een mager-luxe appartementenhotel aan de Lower East Side"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The slender tower that spans the block between Allen and Orchard streets on NYC\u2019s Lower East Side is a recent build designed to fit in, and, in typical New Yorker fashion, to make a style statement. The building is set on an in-fill lot with an extremely narrow footprint, and architects Matthew Grzywinski and Amador Pons of Grzywinski & Pons responded to the spatial challenge by designing a two-faced structure: a skinny, 10-story tower with a louvered crown on the Allen Street side, the wider of the two thoroughfares, and an adjoining but low-impact five-story volume on narrow Orchard Street.<\/p>\n

On the interior, grit meets grandeur: exposed girders, columns, and masonry are balanced with refined finishes and softly textured furnishings. \u201cThese are rooms in the heart of the Lower East Side, and as pampered as one might be within them, we wouldn\u2019t want you to think you were anywhere else,\u201d say the architects. Initially commissioned to be a collection of furnished studios and apartments, the project has since morphed into the Sago Hotel, an under-the-radar boutique lodging offering short- and long-term stays. Here\u2019s a look at our favorite design elements.<\/p>\n

Photography by Nicholas Worley, courtesy of Grzywinski & Pons (@mgrzywinski).<\/p>\n


Above: \u201cWe wanted the first five floors to pay homage to the existing masonry and stucco tenement neighbors,\u201d say the architects. <\/p>\n

Shown here is the towering Allen Street entrance of handmade coal-fired brick with rusticated edging and zinc-clad top floors with balconies set off by a \u201cveil of louvers.\u201d Note that as the building rises, the bricks subtly darken in color until they\u2019re a close match for the zinc panels.<\/p>\n


Above: \u201cDeeply framed glazing adds to the facade\u2019s texture while mitigating solar heat gain,\u201d says Grzywinski.
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Above: Wall and stairs are clad in Calacatta marble. \u201cWe left it rough on the treads with groove near the nosing, so it wouldn\u2019t be slippery,\u201d says Grzywinski. \u201cWe liked the subtle variation of finishes it yielded on the otherwise uniform material.\u201d,

Above: A Michael Anastassiades IC Lights F floor lamp for Flos pairs with Patricia Urquiola\u2019s interpretation of a Windsor, the Kartell Comeback Chair of molded plastic and wood.
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Above: The Michael Anastassiades\u2019s IC Lights F lighting continues in the lobby sitting area, furnished with Patricia Urquiola\u2019s quilted Redondo Small Amrchairs by Moroso. The round gray table is Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec\u2019s CPH 250 Coffee Table for Hay. The wide-plank oak floorboards are from Hakwood.
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Above: Grzywinski & Pons supplied the reception area with paneled storage detailed with a marble niche. The trio of porcelain vases are Muuto\u2019s Balance Vase Set. <\/p>\n

The black-and-white floor tiles were sourced from Viva Ceramica; the metal chair is the Magis Steelwood Armchair by the Bouroullec brothers.<\/p>\n

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Above: A sliding door divides the bedroom from the living area in this one-bedroom setup. The beds have custom cork headboards and metal and wood side tables. The bedside sconces are the classic Lampe Gras Model 304.
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Above: An inspired color combination in an en suite bath: celadon Mosa Global Collection Tiles alongside a lilac closet. The architects aren\u2019t able to supply paint specs but say all came from Benjamin Moore. <\/p>\n

The Duravit sink has a Vola faucet. For a similar bathmat, consider DWR\u2019s Teak Mat by Mogens Holmriis.<\/p>\n


Above: \u201cAs we designed the building, we loved exposing the structural steel and concrete blocks,\u201d Grzywinski tells us. \u201cThe color-blocking unified all the elements more than a single color would. We made the line at 54 inches above the floor, and used sage on the bottom and white on top.\u201d
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Above: Leaving the construction materials exposed \u201cmade the narrow building have a bigger yield and introduced texture,\u201d adds Grzywinski, who says there\u2019s a \u201cspecial character the light has when it stretches through the interiors; grazing walls, upholstery, bedding, and tile. We designed them all in such a way as to extol the virtues of that long light.\u201d,<\/p>\n

The rhombus floor and wall tiles here are from Mutina\u2019s Tex by Raw Edges collection, designed to end with a sawtooth edge. See them applied in a bath below.<\/p>\n


Above: West Elm\u2019s Midcentury Circlet Ogee Quilt was selected because it \u201ctexturally matches\u201d the Patricia Urquiola club chairs used here and there\u2014and also works well with Urquiola\u2019s Comeback Chair, here in white with oak legs.
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Above: Rooms have prime views down Allen Street to the financial district. <\/p>\n

The headboards are Portuguese cork on an MDF base, and finishing the edges is the tricky part: \u201cThe key is to get the cork thick enough, so it can be mitered at the corners,\u201d says Grzywinski.<\/p>\n


Above: Mutina\u2019s Tex by Raw Edges tiles enclose an Edge Bathtub from Victoria & Albert with an Axor Starck Freestanding Tub Filler. <\/p>\n

Just about all of the rooms come with kitchenettes. See them at the Sago Hotel, and explore the building inside and out at Grzywinski & Pons.<\/p>\n

Peruse our Travel Archive for more NYC hotels recommendations, including the Grzywinski & Pons-designed Boro Hotel in Long Island City.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

De slanke toren die het blok tussen Allen en Orchard streets in NYC's Lower East Side overspant, is een recent gebouw dat is ontworpen om erbij te horen en, in de typische New Yorkse mode, om een stijlstatement te maken. Het gebouw staat op een inbreidingskavel met een extreem smalle voetafdruk en architecten Matthew Grzywinski en Amador Pons van Grzywinski [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interior-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}