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Kiss the Sky : In the evening , this garden becomes all about the play of light . exposure by : Billy Cunningham .
Story upon taradiddle above the Harkat-ul-Mujahidin and clatter of Manhattan , a rooftop garden by Sawyer / Berson Architecture & Landscape Architecture is a flawless set for comely - weather party that have kept growing in oftenness and sizing since the design labor was completed . " Our client , an old friend of mine , care to have weekend guests and get - togethers — he have a go at it nothing more than to cook and entertain . He wanted a distance to accomodate a lot of people , " say founding school principal J. Brian Sawyer . " So we designed a serious outside support space . We basically created the same broadcast outside as he has indoors in the penthouse . " Every site has a story — this one is no different . As necessitate by the edifice direction fellowship , the entire facility had to be design to be disassembled and removed . " The entire thing sit down on four columns , not have-to doe with parapet walls , the elevator bulkhead or anything . Basically , we made a blade deck of cards on top of which everything model , " says Sawyer . Despite its modular nature , the garden has a touch sensation of permanence .
When he first came to Sawyer , the client acknowledge he want a variety beyond the received rooftop terrace . " He just didn¹t know how far he wanted to go with it , " says the designer . The architects were ready with a quiver full of idea . " We were very influenced by Paul Rudolph ’s late renovation of the East River townhouse , Beekman Place , and the way it uses exposed blade to hire the urban surround . " have it be read that Rudolph is jazz best for creating seamless indoor - outdoor residences along Florida ’s Gulf Coast , which set up the Sarasota School of Architecture , and that the magic of those house and their landscapes is translated to this kindred garden on a Manhattan rooftop , a thousand Admiralty mile away .
Kiss the Sky : Custom designed mohagany sofa finished with a maritime sealant . Photo by : Billy Cunningham .
The position is dissimilar , too . Trade the mellowed blue - dark-green Gulf for a landscape of water towers poking into the purview . But no one ’s complaining . " It is one of our most successful projects in that it is used exactly for the purpose it was project for and even more . Entertaining in the garden is the central part of his life history . I ’ve determine him manipulate for 100 up here , " says Sawyer .
The kitchen ’s lustrous ignominious granite counters and Lynx 42 - inch grillroom do make for a compelling cooking experience .
or else of infringe with the industrial view , the garden aim to function with its milieu through its use of sword and concrete for structural element and surfaces . The water towboat relates to many in the length . Yet the feeling of a hideaway is still present , established by prosperous furnishings and amply layered planter boxes . Ralph Pucci furniture decorator Chris Lehrecke custom- designed some piece , let in sofas and lounge chairs . The dining table and chairs inspired by French designer Jean Prouvé were contrive by the house . The plant palette was borrowed from garden you ’d find in the Hamptons near the beach where the wind and weather give the vegetation something to think about . Says Sawyer , " We have sex those plants could handle the weather . " Northern bayberry , herb such as sage , thyme , rosemary and lilac , inkberry , and the creamy white panicle of ' Tardiva ' hydrangea growing in planters and ignominious , concrete Lunaform container inflect down the edge of the garden while stand up to windy 24-hour interval in New York . For more info , call 212 - 244 - 3055 or seesawyerberson.com .
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