Vandewater captures the cultivated grandeur of Gotham’s unique skyscraper lifestyle in a gracious, tactile, and yet down-to-earth manner that draws it’s inspiration from one of New York City’s oldest, intellectually lively neighborhoods, Morningside Heights. The site is located at the top of the knoll for which the area was named and is surrounded by some of the City's most serene parks including Morningside and Riverside Parks.
The Upper West Side’s academic architectural traditions exert a strong influence on the project. The permanence and gravitas of these venerable structures informed the evolution of the gardens, facade and interiors. Vandewater’s stepped architectural piers rise uninterrupted, and continually taper in scale, to the towers apogee, lending an ever more glassy, delicate and ethereal skyline presence. Emphatically vertical linear proportions and a facade material the color of weathered limestone pays homage to both the Riverside Church and the first great residential towers of Manhattan.
The Central Park West apartment buildings of the Art Deco heyday are characterized by a solid earth-bound architectural scale that respond to the street and a soaring verticality that can be seen in Vandewater. The interiors are a seamless extension of the buildings exterior with a rich palette of domestic natural hardwoods, limestone, marble, pewter, nickel, etched mirror and jewel toned textiles and furnishings that create an atmosphere indebted to the structure’s historical context and yet remains emphatically contemporary. Gotham’s glamour, surrounded by a scholarly, park-like setting tailored for today's urban dweller.
Team:
Architect: INC Architecture & Design
Photo credits: Alice Gao, Ivane Katamashvili, Eric Petschek
Material Used:
1. Custom Satin Nickel Unit Entry Number - Metal Fabricator
2. Gothic Inspired Limestone Precast Panels - Artex Systems Inc.
3. Hand Laid Granite Watertable, Hand Laid Limestone Panels - Abc Stone
4. Pewter Elevators - Any
5. Bespoke Metal Entrance Canopy, Custom Pewter Baluster, Custom Designed Bronze Water Jet Metal Screen - Metal Fabricator
6. Custom Art Deco Inspired Stepped Window Trim In Amenity Spaces - Millworker
7. Custom Pewter Cabinet Edgepull, Custom 24" Pewter Appliance Pull, Custom 18" Pewter Appliance Pull - Inc For Marks Usa
8. Light Grey Concrete Finish - Pool - Pebbletec
9. Precast Exterior Pavers - Tectura Designs
10. Custom Art Deco Inspired Designed Stepped Metal Unit Entry Frames - Inc For Long Island Fireproof Door
11. Oversized Bronze Entry Doors - Ellison Bronze
12. Natural Wood Solid Core Entry Doors - Eggers
13. Custom Casement Oversized Inswing High Performance Double Glazed Low E - Tginsg W Wiinnddoowws Systems Fabricated In Verona Italy
14. Custom Pewter Lever, Custom Pewter Flush Door Pull - Inc For Marks Usa
15. Medium Brown Oak Wood Veneer - Custom Millwork
16. Dutch Dusk Vinyl Belgian Linen Wall Covering Corridor - Phillip Jeffries
17. Light Brown Oak Wood Veneer, Dark Brown Oak Veneer - Custom Millwork
18. Light Grey Trowel Applied Concrete - Semco Modern Seamless Surface
19. Vinyl Belgian Linen Wall Covering Lobby Volume, Vinyl Belgian Linen Wall Covering Kids Room - Phillip Jeffries From Holly Hunt Fabrics
20. Trowel Applied Concrete Finish - Get Real Surfaces From Get Real Surfaces
21. Grey Veined Crackle Porcelain Wall Tiles - Tribeca Stone
22. Cellar Floor Tile, Light Grey Glazed Decorative Pool Tile, Medium Grey Floor Tile - Pool - Design And Direct Source
23. Honed Windsor Cream Beige Tile, Honed Sequia Brown Leather Quartzite Powder Room Floor - Eurasia Stone
24. 5" Fumed European White Oak Engineered Hardwood Flooring - Madera Trade
25. Console Broadloom Corridor Carpet, Multiplay Broadloom Carpet 2nd Floor Public Areas, Multiplay Broadloom Carpet Music Room, Multiplay Broadloom Carpet Teen Room, Multiplay Broadloom Carpet Media Room - Bentley
26. 100% New Zealand Wool Custom Hand Tufted Carpet Kids Room - Nanimarquina
27. Custom 24" Pewter Towel Bar - Signature Plumbing Specialties
28. Custom Pewter Toilet Paper Holder, Custom Pewter Robe Hook, Custom 18" Pewter Towel Bar - Signature Plumbing Specialties
29. 36" Custom Paneled Refrigerator Column, 24" Custom Paneled Wine Refrigerator, 24" Custom Paneled Dishwasher, 36" Gas Cooktop, 36" Concealed Hood, Wall Oven, 30" Custom Paneled Refrigerator Column, 36" Custom Paneled Refrigerator & Freezer, 30" Custom Paneled Refrigerator & Freezer, 24" Custom Paneled Refrigerator & Freezer, 18" Custom Paneled Freezer Column, 30" Gas Cooktop, 24" Gas Cooktop, Concealed 30" Hood, Conealed 24" Hood, 24" Speed Oven, Warming Drawer, Custom Paneled 18" Dishwasher - Miele Usa
30. 18" Microwave - Ge
31. 24" Undercounter Wine Refrigerator - U Line
32. Custom Leather Wrapped Elevator Hand-Rail - Leather Craftsman
33. Honed Brown Antiques Granite Island Countertop, Polished Peral Venata Quartzite Kitchen Countertop & Back Splash, Honed Statuary Fredo Vanity Counter & Bathroom Accents, Honed Black Travertive Masterbath Counters, Honed Sequia Brown Leather Quartzite Powder Room Counters, Athens Gray Marble Bathroom Base - Eurasia Stone
34. 36" Stainless Steel Kitchen Sink - Blanco
35. Custom Pewter Kitchen Faucet, 60" Alcove Tub, Custom Pewter Powder Room Faucet, 66" Undermount Tub, Custom Pewter Bathroom Faucet, Custom Pewter Shower & Tub Set, Custom Pewter Tub Set, Custom Pewter Shower Set, 60" Undermount Tub - Signature Plumbing Specialties
36. Floor Mounted Toilet - Kohler
37. Custom Pewter Unit Door Bell, Custom Pewter Unit Entry Wall Sconce - Inc For Santucci Custom Lighting
38. Double Candelabra Wall Sconce - Illumination Lighting From Illumination Lighting
