Opposite: In the bar, custom cabinetry by Jackson Paige and Hal Goldstein Architects, fabricated by Pedemonte Woodworking, pairs sage-green millwork, celadon quartzite and Buster & Punch’s skull-shaped brass hardware, through Ferguson Home. Undercounter refrigerator by JennAir. renovate the kitchen. When the lower level was folded into the project, the challenge was to make it feel less like an addition and more like a natural continuation of the home above. From her Los Angeles studio, Paige stayed closely involved through FaceTime walk throughs, site photographs, and regular conversations with the team in New York. The distance proved less of an obstacle than one might expect. They even managed to get a large sofa into the building; however, it required a crane, an only-in-New-York solution to its famously narrow elevators. Paige leaned into the apartment’s existing architecture. Brick walls and exposed beams give the rooms their sense of age; wood surfaces carry that texture through the furniture. Some of the family’s Ralph Lauren pieces were reupholstered, then mixed with new furniture from. Plain wool rugs keep the rooms grounded. On the walls, black-and-white photographs trace the wife’s long career in fashion The completed home becomes the latest expression of a building continually reimagined for contemporary life, an apt refl ection of New York City itself, where reinvention is the one true constant. ■ A leather-and-brass chandelier from Ralph Lauren Home hangs above the staircase’s perforated railing, its organic pattern catching light from the skylight. 52 DESIGN NYC A&D Building adbuilding.com adbuilding.com A&D Building DESIGN NYC 53