Fans of ultraluxury living can get an early Christmas gift from the designers behind the world's skinniest skyscraper.
Studio Sofield, a New York-based firm, unveiled the interiors of the Steinway Tower, a 1,428 foot-tall tower overlooking Central Park. The announcement marks the completion of the opulent Midtown Manhattan landmark, built on a site once occupied by the historic Steinway Sons piano company.
The 91-story skyscraper, also known as 111 West 57th Street, contains 46 full-floor and duplex residences. Photos released this month by the designers show opulent lobbies decked out in limestone, marble, blackened steel and velvet, floors paved in smoke-gray solid oak and original artworks by Picasso and Matisse.
The interiors of Steinway Tower were designed to evoke the grandeur of New York's Gilded Age, a period in the late 19th century when the city's boulevards were lined with the stately mansions of robber barons like Andrew Carnegie and Cornelius Vanderbilt. It is located on Midtown Street, filled with gleaming towers, that has become known as Billionaire's Row. Sofield's founder, William Sofield, told CNN he wanted to make the tower feel unmistakably New York.
He said that we've all been to very luxurious places, but I wanted to create a building that could not be anywhere else in the world. I know there are so many people who will have apartments here and they will have multiple homes. I wanted to create a very unique experience that could only be had in New York. The interiors of the building include an 82-foot swimming pool housed in a light-filled room with floor-to- ceiling windows and a row of Kentia palms. There's also a modern take on New York's legendary King Cole Bar, complete with an ornamental balcony and custom gold and silver murals.
Private dining rooms with a chef's catering kitchen, a golf simulator and a landscaped terrace are among the other amenities.
Sofield said that they were very personal in their work. I didn't want it to feel like a normal swimming pool, so take the swimming pool. It has a wood paneling with great detail and gold leaf details.
He added that it has a vaulted ceiling. It has draperies. It is one of the tallest buildings in the Western hemisphere, standing just short of two others in New York City: The 1,776 foot-tall One World Trade Center and the 1,550 foot-tall Central Park Tower.
Super-slender skyscrapers, also known as pencil towers, became standout features of the Hong Kong skyline in the 1970s and major cities such as New York have followed suit.
The Manhattan skyscraper, developed by the JDS Development Group and Property Markets Group, is available in a range of prices from $7.75 million to $66 million.