UN Plaza Apartment
An interior precedent for compact urban living, demonstrating how to integrate a dining nook directly against full-height perimeter glazing.
- What we like about this project
- Textured, patterned red ceramic tiles on the side wall inject a bold craft element into the sleek, modern white kitchen.
Materials
- wood
- quartz
- ceramic-tile
- glass
- metal
Visual identifiers
- floor-to-ceiling-windows
- integrated-dining-table
- patterned-tile-backsplash
- urban-view
Style tags
- contemporary
- urban
- residential
Visual tags
- residential
- kitchen-dining
- high-rise
- built-in-furniture
- daylit
- Geometry
- Linear kitchen counters bracket a central dining table that cantilevers or bridges directly beneath floor-to-ceiling window mullions overlooking an urban skyline.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing with vertical metal mullions.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame high-rise structure with non-structural curtain wall glazing.
- Spatial scale
- Domestic scale, optimized for high-density vertical living with efficient built-in furniture.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight entering through large perimeter windows, casting soft reflections on polished counters and wooden floors.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, energetic, and visually connected to the sprawling metropolis outside.
- Environmental context
- High-rise urban apartment overlooking a dense skyscraper district and waterfront.
- Spatial experience
- The bright kitchen zone opens outward through expansive glass, drawing urban views and daylight deep into the compact interior space.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical window mullions establish a rhythmic backdrop to the horizontal line of the kitchen counter and dining surface.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban high-rise residential interior
- Program
- Residential apartment kitchen and dining area
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- wood, quartz, ceramic-tile, glass, metal
- Visual identifiers
- floor-to-ceiling-windows, integrated-dining-table, patterned-tile-backsplash, urban-view
- Style tags
- contemporary, urban, residential
- Visual tags
- residential, kitchen-dining, high-rise, built-in-furniture, daylit
- Geometry
- Linear kitchen counters bracket a central dining table that cantilevers or bridges directly beneath floor-to-ceiling window mullions overlooking an urban skyline.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing with vertical metal mullions.
- Structural guess
- Concrete frame high-rise structure with non-structural curtain wall glazing.
- Spatial scale
- Domestic scale, optimized for high-density vertical living with efficient built-in furniture.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight entering through large perimeter windows, casting soft reflections on polished counters and wooden floors.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, energetic, and visually connected to the sprawling metropolis outside.
- Environmental context
- High-rise urban apartment overlooking a dense skyscraper district and waterfront.
- Spatial experience
- The bright kitchen zone opens outward through expansive glass, drawing urban views and daylight deep into the compact interior space.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical window mullions establish a rhythmic backdrop to the horizontal line of the kitchen counter and dining surface.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban high-rise residential interior
- Program
- Residential apartment kitchen and dining area
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior