apartment design

JCJ Architecture has been delivering full planning, architecture and interior design services since 1936. We draw on our past experience to create new and dynamic environments tailored to the needs of our patrons and clients.

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JCJ Architecture’s residential designers have created modern and elegant apartments in cities worldwide. From New York and Miami to the capitals of South Asia, the firm has provided homes that combine durability and functionality with understated luxury.

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typical floor plan – manhattan apartment tower

typical floor plan – carnegie hill prewar

JCJ applies its unique design sensibility to residential design services from the exterior walls in – including coordination of all mechanical, electrical and building automation services. JCJ Architecture’s interior design creates visual and sensory environments that offer our clients profound comfort.

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mumbai penthouse mumbai, india

10,000 sf penthouse apartment • five bedrooms • seven bathsvoted “best in asia” by msbc property awards

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west 86th street apartment new york, ny

1,600 sf manhattan residence • two bedrooms • one and a half bathscustom furnishings & integrated storage

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olympic tower apartment new york, ny

1,200 sf manhattan residence one bedroom • two baths • custom upholstery

carnegie hill residence new york, ny

3,000 sf manhattan apartment one bedroom • two baths • two distinct zones

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cochin house cochin, india

2,100 sf six room prototype apartment

carlyle apartment new york, ny

manhattan apartment within the carlyle hotel

pre design advisory services – Existing Conditions Analysis

– Site Selection, Evaluation and Analysis

– Facilities Programming and Planning

– Facilities Studies and Facility Needs Assessments

– Highest and Best Use Analysis

– Development Team Coordination

– User Group Interviews and Engagement

– Governmental and Regulatory Group Communications

planning/architecture/interior design services – Site Planning and Design

– Concept Plans

– Sustainable Design and LEED® Certification

– Schematic Design and Design Development

– ADA and Building Code Compliance

– Interior Area Allocations

– Space Planning

– Furniture and Equipment Layouts

– FF&E, Programming, Selection & Specification

– Art Consultation

– Logo and Identification Applications

– Signage Systems and Design

project management and construction – Scheduling, Budgeting and Cost Control

– Consultant Selection and Coordination

– Construction Documents

– Interior Architectural Design & Documentation

– Procurement Management

– Installation Administration

– Regulator Approvals’ Review & Coordination

– State Agency and other Regulatory Approvals

– Post-Occupancy Evaluation

– Construction Site Representation

capabilitiesJCJ Architecture provides comprehensive planning, design and documentation services. The firm has consistently been ranked at the top of the profession and has been recognized for significant achievements in both design and delivery.

renovation specialties – Renovation and Adaptive Re-Use

– Historic Preservation

– Evaluation and Assessment of Existing Facilities

– Multi-Year Master Planning Programs

– Budgeting and Implementation Scheduling

– Life-Cycle Forecasting

– Phased Implementation

– On-going Operations Coordination

mumbai penthouse mumbai, india

This five bedroom, seven bath apartment is located the penthouse line of the Imperial, then the most highly priced building in Mumbai. Completed in 2010, the apartment was voted “Best in Asia” by the MSBC property awards in 2011 and 2012 and is owned by Cyrus Mistry, chairman of the Tata Companies. The entry foyer provides access to a double-height living room fronted with a curving balcony on the apartment’s upper floor. The living room fronts a two story glass wall and a 600 square foot terrace.

The entry level’s public rooms: living, library, dining and foyer - are finished in pale neutral colors to bring the sky into this apartment. White polished Carrera marble slab floors are set off by white Venetian plaster. Furniture in wenge and cerused and paired with custom upholstered pieces covered in fabric whose patterns are taken from Mughal era textile archives. All of the rooms around the perimeter of the apartment are rendered in jewel tones taken from the vivid spectacle of urban life in Mumbai.

west 86th street apartment new york, ny

This 1200 sf simplex apartment was created for the President of Vera Wang. An avid collector of museum quality mid-century French furniture, he requested a very refined and neutral palette of Ivory honed limestone and hand finished pigment. Custom upholstered pieces by CNIL set off Andrew Arbus chairs and gueridons from the 1820s.

A large dressing area finished entirely in Sycamore timber and veneer panels has a low low key luxury. The bedroom is austere by comparison, its glass wall set simply with a pair of sterling silver Parsons tables and lamps by Jansen.

The entirely custom bath has a pedestal sink on satin stainless steel legs

olympic tower apartment new york, ny

This 1600 sf Manhattan Residence as designed for an active family of three. It is really a complex of storage: every wall is thick with concealed cabinets containing the family’s belongings. In the living room, a wall of cross grain strie panels trimmed with anigre concealed a home office, plasma screen television, and winter clothes, while in the master bedroom, a wall-to-wall armoire holds his wardrobe and all closets contain hers.

In the master bath, beige crackle glazed tiles line the walls of both the sink and bathing compartments. A matelassé floor to ceiling shower curtain adds a touch of glamour.

All of the furniture was designed by CNIL for the apartment with the exception of a table by TH Robes John-Gibbings. The sculpture in the living room was found in Tribeca; the photos are by Chris Beard.

carnegie hill residence new york, ny

This 3000 sf apartment for a modernist client and his family has been broken down into two zones. The smaller of the two house the two sons’ bedrooms, the bathrooms, the foyer and the kitchen behind a long enfilade of floor-to-ceiling teak doors. Depending on the time of day, some or all of these doors and be opened to make a variety of configurations.

The larger area running alongside it is “free plan” and contains open areas for living, dining, media, a home office and the master bedroom. Sound attenuation is accomplished with glass located at the floating partitions that subdivide the space into these zones.

A system of niches at wall and ceiling gives relief to interior planes throughout the apartment.

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cochin house cochin, india

This 2100 sf apartment is the prototype for a building developed in Cochin for a South Indian developer. The building itself and the complex surrounding it were designed for Non Resident Indians and marketed to them as second or third residences. Keralans have a fondness for color and contrast in addition to a reverence for nature.

Here, every one of the six rooms is punctuated with a single saturated hue surrounded by neutral tones and colors. Statuary and artwork of western origin allude to the NRI’s new homes, wall treatments and accessories speak to east Asia, and gold leaf speak to the Indian affection for opulence.

carlyle apartment new york, ny

This apartment was designed in the Carlyle Hotel for the fashion photographer Wayne Maser. A mixture of shopped and custom furniture populates the three rooms. The foyer leading to this pad was draped entirely in natural muslin. The carpet and walls are monochromatic beige.

Called ”l’amour l’apres midi” by AD France, the apartment has a laconic air. Furniture by Florence Knoll, Serge Mouille, Paul Kjerholm, Jean Michel Frank and Toyo Ito mixes with a silk upholstered headboard and linen roman shades to make a space that combines distinction and anonymity.

A projection television throws images on a blank wall in the living room; in the studio, a Venetian glass parsons table stands in relief against a custom table of Makassar ebony.

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