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Shaw Residence, A once-renovated co-op rebuilt around how its rooms move into one another.

Shaw Residence

A once-renovated co-op rebuilt around how its rooms move into one another.

Location

Upper East Side, New York

Typology

Residential

Year

2015

Scope

Renovation of a co-op apartment

Status

Completed

This Upper East Side co-op had been renovated once before, competently but without much conviction, leaving rooms that functioned but didn't connect. The clients, working with interior designer Joan Halperin, wanted spaces that moved into each other the way a well-planned house does.

We rebuilt the circulation first: wider openings between the living and dining rooms, a kitchen turned outward instead of hidden behind a wall, finishes chosen for how they read in sequence rather than room by room. The apartment now feels considerably larger than its footprint, because nothing in it stops you at a doorway.

Interior design: Joan Halperin & Interior Design. Photography: Andrea Brizzi

The Shaw Residence galley kitchen in maple and stainless steel, open to the dining room beyond
The galley kitchen, opened to the dining room
The Shaw Residence living room, a brown sofa and armchairs beneath a large abstract painting
The living room, refinished in a quiet, warm palette
The Shaw Residence dining area looking through a widened opening into the kitchen
The dining room, connected to the kitchen through a widened opening
Maple cabinetry, granite counters and a stainless steel backsplash along the Shaw Residence kitchen work wall
Maple cabinetry and stainless steel along the kitchen's work wall
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