New York, New York, USA

In this project of a New York family office, SheltonMindel intended to encompass the concept of philanthropy and the generosity of shared space.

Its central element is the three-dimensional, two-story “Egg” installation by James Turrell, where one can find escape into the artist’s nothingness.

This creates a perimeter office layout that never loses connection with the city.

The project has been awarded a 2023 American Architecture Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.

The New York Family Office is a two-story center of the headquarters of a family-run philanthropy that faces the Hudson River and three other Manhattan exposures integrate the urbanity of the city and the first New York installation of a James Turrell.

The architecture responds to the form at its edges in plan, section, and elevation. The architecture responds to the form at its edges in plan, section, and elevation.

Beneath the Egg-like form is the public meeting area and three-story vertical circulation that links three of the floors perpendicular to the large glass fenestration with Hudson River views.

The architectural team created a dialogue with the “Egg,” by incorporating the theory of color by Josef Albers, one of Turrell’s touchstones, and the effects of color on the environment and psychology in the design of each floor.

Each floor was designated a color, navigating a transition from blue to yellow, to orange, to purple, to pinks and reds – visible through the dominant use of glass to allow light to flow.

The bursts of color are kept in check by the conceptual rigor.

With the exploration of transparency, volume, and sectional connections the generous spaces are paralleled with the need for open society.

Project: New York Family Office
Architects: SheltonMindel
Associate Architects: A+I
Client: Withheld
Photographers: Michael Moran