
Description provided by Justine Rosenberg Bray. It’s not every day that you find a property on the open market for the first time in more than 75 years. 778 Park Avenue, which was designed in 1931 by Rosario Candela, who is to this day New York’s most celebrated luxury residential architect. There’s also a bar area that features striking artwork, including a piece by the Connor Brothers titled We Must Be Careful and a black-and-white David Yarrow photograph dubbed No Country For Old Men. 1500 N Lake Shore Dr UNIT 10A, Chicago, 1,299,000. Rosario Candela was an Italian American architect who achieved renown through his apartment building designs in New York City, primarily during the boom years of the 1920s.

Of course, the Ward Bennett cane lounge chair that’s parked at the burr walnut veneer desk adds that classic Banda element of modernism.Īdditional more contemporary spaces include a lower-level cinema whose walls are dressed in an amaretto-tone suede and accented with seductively curved brass Allied Maker sconces. He was born in Montelepre, Sicily outside Palermo, and married Felicia Sberna on Jat St. He built many fine co-op apartments along Park and Fifth Avenue.

He was a member of the class of 1915 at Columbia University. Mapelli Mozzi considered an emphasis on calm a necessity in the library, which is wrapped in Italian fluted walnut panels. Rosario Candela was a noted architect and cryptographer in New York City from 1915-53. We use marbles and woods that will stand the test of time and adore stepping away from the norm in terms of color choices.” And in this particular home, the attention to warmer woods, like walnut, is at the forefront now that working from home is an integral part of day-to-day life. This Prewar Co-Op enjoys an ideal location as it is directly across the street from Central Park, the finish. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis lived there as a child wealthy families like the Vanderbilts, Rockefellers. 75 Central Park West Built in 1928 and designed by esteemed architect Rosario Candela this Neo- Renaissance residence is on the Gold Coast of Central Park West on the corner of 67th Street. He suggests, “Natural materials are at the very heart of all of our designs. Designed by architect Rosario Candela, 740 Park was built around 1930 and has about 30 units. He glides antique structures gently into the 21st century-he’s transformed former bakeries and breweries around town-but his signature is his clever use of material. Rosario Candela (1890-1953) is the most famous architect of luxury apartment buildings in New York City, most of which were erected on Fifth and Park. The library was designed to function as a makeshift home office, which is why Mapelli Mozzi added a desk and cane chair.
