Pied-à-terre: 51 m2 apartment in New York Design 26.06.2022 The Stadt Architecture bureau has refreshed the interiors of the apartment of the post-war era, combining leafy green shades with gold accents Photo David Mitchell Pied-à-terre in French usually means an apartment or a small house owned or rented, where the owner comes but does not live permanently. The term became the working title of this project as soon as the Stadt Architecture bureau found out that the customers spend most of their time in Vancouver on the coast of Canada. In a small apartment located in the western part of Lower Manhattan, the owners planned to stay on arrival in New York. Photo DAVID MITCHELL Photo DAVID MITCHELL In their brief, the customers indicated that they want to soften the “concrete jungle” of downtown Manhattan and bring a piece of the natural landscape of southwest Canada into the interior. The designers took as a basis a photo of a sun-drenched Stanley Park and reproduced it on the bedroom walls. They specially made sliding glass doors — so the mural can be seen from the living room, which is also decorated in green and gold tones. Photo DAVID MITCHELL The rest of the apartment is crystal white. The designers changed the layout of the pre-war apartment so that the kitchen received maximum natural light. Monochrome is diluted with accents of dark wood and a combination of different textures — from rough textiles to noble marble and terrazzo. Photo DAVID MITCHELL Despite the fact that the couple’s views on the color design of the house coincided, their idea of furniture was completely different. “One wanted to furnish the space with new furniture, and the other was interested in finding unique things,” says Christopher Kitterman, head of the bureau. The designers found a compromise solution and placed modern objects along with vintage finds. stadtarchitecture.com Photo DAVID MITCHELL Photo DAVID MITCHELL Photo DAVID MITCHELL Original content from the site