Decorate a comfortable space with “treasure items” — George Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg’s New York residence

Gee Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg decorate their New York residence with 'treasures' they collected from all over.

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Picture 1)

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Picture 2)

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York Residence Design (Picture 3)

The Toronto headquarters of Yabu Pushelberg Design Company and its New York branch have been far apart for many years. "I'm tired of living in New York hotels," said company director Gee Yabu. The company's three current hotel projects are all located in New York City, so Yabu and partner and life partner Glenn Pushelberg wanted to create a residence that would fit them perfectly. On the other hand, celebrity chef Jean Gees Vongerichten once invited the couple to participate in the design, which made the two Canadian designers finally choose to take root in the United States.

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg’s New York residence design (Picture 4)

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg’s New York residence design (Picture 5)

Four years ago , restaurant owner Vongerichten invited Pushelberg to visit the vacant ground floor of a Richard Meier & Partners Architects-designed glass box on the Hudson River. . Although Thomas Juul-Hansen was eventually commissioned to design Vongerichten's Perry Street restaurant here, that trip gave the two Canadian architects a new understanding of the building. Initial acquaintance. After recently observing and learning about the Manhattan real estate market, the couple purchased an apartment on the upper floor of the building.

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Picture 6)

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Picture 7)

The developer will When the entire second-floor space with a construction area of ??4,000 square feet was delivered to the couple, the ceiling and floor were almost the original concrete structure. "They left us with a $35 sink and a bathroom worth $100 without any area separation." Yabu said when recalling the absurd New York real estate management at the time. Of course those situations are temporary. But buying such an unfinished residence means running out drainage pipes from the finished apartment. The apartment sat vacant for a year while Yabu conceived the plan for the huge center hall. “Had we started earlier, the overall layout might have been a little different,” he admits.

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Picture 8)

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Picture 9)

Gypsum board ceiling Completely cover exposed pipes in concrete floors and roofs. Meier had washed the slender cast-in-place concrete columns with acid to make them rough and gray, but Yabu decided to polish the columns to restore some of their original luster.

“We were looking for a sense of what a house should feel like, contrasting with the building itself,” he said. Although the materials they used are not as resplendent as those used in designing hotels, the treatment of all surfaces shows the attention to detail the designers are known for. "We didn't use any overly luxurious materials. There were no tiger neem or leather-finished walls," Pushelberg points out.

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Picture 10)

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Picture 11)

In no In order to give the woodwork an unusual and unique touch without cutting down the trees, the designer chose to use recycled Indian old laurel wood to make the bedroom wardrobe. They are also combined and collaged into broken boards on the wall, and the swing doors above can open to the master suite and two guest rooms. "There are two different lives in the apartment," Pushelberg said of the public and private spaces. "Our private lives are hidden behind secret doors."

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York Residence Design (Picture 12)

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York Residence Design (Picture 13)

All bedroom floors are paved with beige wool carpets , making the "feeling of the 1960s" envisioned by Yabu become a reality. But the floor of the en-suite bathroom is made of a limestone material once used in public areas - an Italian stonemason once used it in his shop - like a life-size jigsaw puzzle. (Before paving the floor, employees from Yabu Pushelberg were sent to Italy to inspect the color continuity of the stone slabs.)

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Figure 14)

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Picture 15)

Since the exterior walls are entirely made of glazed materials, each room has floor-to-ceiling windows and is decorated with translucent white Linen blend curtains. In the kitchen, white LED light strips are hidden on the edge of the ceiling dome, illuminating along the hanging curtains onto the soft cloth, and finally falling behind the basin countertop. When the curtains are opened, the second-floor apartment looks like a crystal clear glass fish tank. Pushelberg remembers meeting a neighbor who asked, without ever entering the apartment, where he had purchased the sofa that filled the living area.

The couple filled the apartment with custom-made items sourced from Toronto pipes. The media room features a boudoir-style tufted sofa custom-made by a furniture manufacturer. The three-legged stool in the living area originally belonged to Canadian furniture magnate Klaus Nienkamper. Yabu and Pushelberg kept it for a full decade.

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Picture 16)

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Picture 17)

Design Art and furniture are sourced from around the world. “We have visited 15 countries and now have well over 100 works of art,” Pushelberg said. The acrylic sphere in the restaurant with a deer head inlaid on the surface is the work of a Japanese artist. The white woven polar bear skin rug in the living area and a pair of Asian modern art low stools are from Italy. It was found in Kerry Beauchemin's New York design store "B4" by a Milanese furniture dealer. In fact, Beauchemin had the pair of ottomans in his living room for a few years before giving them their distinctive green seat cushions. Sometimes, you really have to go out of your way to find all these interesting items.

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Picture 8)

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Picture 9)

Gypsum board ceiling Completely cover exposed pipes in concrete floors and roofs. Meier had washed the slender cast-in-place concrete columns with acid to make them rough and gray, but Yabu decided to polish the columns to restore some of their original luster. “We were looking for a sense of what a house should feel like, contrasting with the building itself,” he said. Although the materials they used are not as resplendent as those used in designing hotels, the treatment of all surfaces shows the attention to detail the designers are known for. “We didn’t use any overly luxe materials. There were no tiger neem or leather-finished walls,” Pushelberg points out.

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Picture 10)

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Picture 11)

In no In order to give the woodwork an unusual and unique touch without cutting down the trees, the designer chose to use recycled Indian old laurel wood to make the bedroom wardrobe. They are also combined and collaged into broken boards on the wall, and the swing doors above can open to the master suite and two guest rooms. "There are two different lives in the apartment," Pushelberg said of the public and private spaces. "Our private lives are hidden behind secret doors."

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York Residence Design (Picture 12)

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York Residence Design (Picture 13)

All bedroom floors are paved with beige wool carpets , making the "feeling of the 1960s" envisioned by Yabu become a reality. But the floor of the en-suite bathroom is made of a limestone material once used in public areas - an Italian stonemason once used it in his shop - like a life-size jigsaw puzzle. (Before paving the floor, employees from Yabu Pushelberg were sent to Italy to inspect the color continuity of the stone slabs.)

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Figure 14)

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Picture 15)

Since the exterior walls are entirely made of glazed materials, each room has floor-to-ceiling windows and is decorated with translucent white Linen blend curtains. In the kitchen, white LED light strips are hidden on the edge of the ceiling dome, illuminating along the hanging curtains onto the soft cloth, and finally falling behind the basin countertop. When the curtains are opened, the second-floor apartment looks like a crystal clear glass fish tank. Pushelberg remembers meeting a neighbor who asked, without ever entering the apartment, where he had purchased the sofa that filled the living area.

The couple filled the apartment with custom-made items sourced from Toronto pipes. The media room features a boudoir-style tufted sofa custom-made by a furniture manufacturer. The three-legged stool in the living area originally belonged to Canadian furniture magnate Klaus Nienkamper. Yabu and Pushelberg kept it for a full decade.

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Picture 16)

Gee Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg New York residence design (Picture 17)

Design Art and furniture are sourced from around the world. “We have visited 15 countries and now have well over a hundred works of art,” Pushelberg said. The acrylic sphere in the restaurant with a deer head inlaid on the surface is the work of a Japanese artist.

A white woven polar bear skin rug in the living area and a pair of Asian modern art low stools are from Italy. It was found in Kerry Beauchemin's New York design store "B4" by a Milanese furniture dealer. In fact, Beauchemin had the pair of ottomans in his living room for a few years before giving them their distinctive green seat cushions. Sometimes, you really have to go out of your way to find all these interesting items.