EAST PENTHOUSE

“I WANTED TO ARTICULATE IT AS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE EXISTING BUILDING,” BAN SAYS OF HIS BOLD DESIGN FOR THE PENTHOUSES.

Suspended by a cantilevered Vierendeel truss, Ban’s two spectacular glass and steel penthouses seem to float above the building’s neoclassical façade. Both residences have large telescoping walls that can be closed for privacy or opened to allow the elements in—creating a sense of fluidity between the penthouses’ interiors and the surrounding cityscape.