LOCATED IN NEW YORK CITY’S ICONIC 432 PARK AVENUE BUILDING, THE INTERIOR FOR THIS PENTHOUSE APARTMENT CELEBRATES TWO ELEMENTS SYNONYMOUS WITH THE CITY - ART AND THE SKYLINE. ARCHITECT CRINA ARGHIRESCU ROGARD HAS CREATED A MUSEUM WORTHY INTERIOR THAT PLACES BOTH THE SINGULAR ARTWORKS AND THE VIEW AT CENTER STAGE.
 
EACH ROOM OF THE HOME WAS DESIGNED TO COMPLEMENT THE MUSEUM-QUALITY ART COLLECTION, WHICH INCLUDES PIECES BY RICHARD LONG, MORRIS LOUIS AND KENNETH NOLAND. THE INTERIOR HAS BEEN COMPLETELY PAIRED BACK. LIKE THE WHITE VENETIAN PLASTER WALLS, AND THE LARGE SQUARE WINDOWS THAT ARE A SIGNATURE OF THE BUILDING'S DESIGN HAVE BEEN FREED FROM ANY CURTAINS OR BLINDS TO MAXIMIZE THE JAW-DROPPING VIEWS. THE FURNITURE HAS BEEN CAREFULLY CURATED TO SHOWCASE STAND-OUT PIECES THAT HAVE SCULPTURAL PROPERTIES BUT DO NOT OBSTRUCT SPACE ON THE WALLS OR THE VIEW THROUGH THE WINDOWS.
 
“STEPPING INSIDE ONE OF THE TOP FLOORS OF THE EMBLEMATIC 432 PARK BUILDING, PEEKING THROUGH ITS SIGNATURE LARGE SQUARE WINDOWS, I WAS DRAWN TO A CONCEPT OF GEOMETRICAL SHAPES, LINES AND CURBS, THAT WOULD CELEBRATE THE NEW YORK SKYLINE, THE DIZZYING PROPORTIONS OF THE BUILDING, AND RESPECTING THE CLIENTS’ UNIQUE TASTE FOR ART. THE BOLD SHAPES AND PRIMARY COLORS OF THE BESPOKE FURNITURE WE DESIGNED FOR THE PROJECT ARE UNDOUBTEDLY INFLUENCED BY THE CLIENT’S LOVE OF POP ART.” 
 
IN THE DINING ROOM, A TWIN SET OF LUIGI CACCIA DOMINIONI “CATILINA” DINING CHAIRS AND TABLES DESIGNED BY THE OWNER SIT ALONGSIDE PAINTINGS BY RICHARD LONG AND MORRIS LOUIS. THE GLASS TOPS OF THE TABLES AND THE WHITE POLISHED MARBLE FLOORS REFLECT THE LIGHT AND SKY STREAMING THROUGH THE WINDOWS, CREATING A MIRROR EFFECT. THE LIBRARY FEATURES A LARGE PAINTING BY KENNETH NOLAND ON ONE WALL. A BLUE VLADIMIR KAGAN “LIBRARY” SOFA SITS UNDERNEATH, WITH TWO LELLA & MASSIMO VIGNELLI “METAPHORA” COFFEE TABLES AND CUSTOM MUSHROOM POUFS. A VIEW OF DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN IS FRAMED IN THE MIDDLE.
 
BOLD POPS OF COLOR IN HIGH-POLISHED SHADES OF PINK, YELLOW, BLUE AND GREEN HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED THROUGHOUT THE PENTHOUSE WITH A SERIES OF EYE-CATCHING CUSTOM FURNITURE PIECES DESIGNED BY CRINA FOR THE SITE AND REALIZED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ARTIST LIZ HOPKINS. THE PIECES, COMPOSED OF FIBERGLASS AND RESIN, INCLUDE A TIERED COFFEE TABLE IN THE DINING ROOM, A PAIR OF MATCHING WRITING DESKS AND BOOKSHELF IN THE GUESTROOMS AND A LARGE SCALE TABLE IN THE MASTER BEDROOM.
 
OTHER BESPOKE PIECES INCLUDE THE TOWER BOOKSHELF, ALSO IN COLLABORATION WITH LIZ HOPKINS (INSPIRED BY THE CITY’S ARCHITECTURE AND MEANT TO BRING HEIGHT AND GREATNESS TO THE ROOM), AS WELL AS THE TUBES HEADBOARD, DESIGNED AS A LOVE LETTER TO NEW YORK, A MUSIC SCORE FOR GERSHWIN’S RHAPSODY IN BLUE, ALL OF IT WITH THE REAL SKYSCRAPERS POPPING OUT AS A 360 DEGREE MOVING BACKDROP WHILE SCROLLING FROM WINDOW TO WINDOW THROUGH THE APARTMENT.
 
THROUGHOUT THE HOME CRINA HAS BROUGHT HER DISCERNING EYE FOR COLOR AND COMPOSITION, CREATING AN INTERIOR THAT SITS WELL AMONG THE CLOUDS.