Cornelia Street Suite takes the top floor of a West Village duplex apartment in New York City. 550 square feet-bedroom and bath form a single space that can be divided with two large sliding panels to create various experiences.
The material palette is composed with a focus on monochromatic tonality and textural richness. Edited to essentials, warm and minimal, it consists of honed travertine, natural white oak, stainless steel, and white paint. The bath is lined floor to ceiling with the stone, including integrated sinks and the shower. Frameless and flush, full-height doors and cabinetry take on the tonality of the adjacent materials. The oak soaking bathtub is a nod to the ritual of bathing, its form in contrast with the 1970s Swedish milking stool – an intonation of tactility. The continuity of the oak floor with integrated wood steps and radiator grills unifies both areas, as does the architectural lighting. Plumbing fittings by John Pawson were chosen for their elegant minimal form and warm material. Mario Botta, 1980s wall lights over cantilevered oak nightstand drawers are an integral part of the timeless narrative that honors form and materiality.