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Dezeen: Isay Weinfeld Incorporates Lush Gardens Into Luxury Apartment Building in Manhattan

Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld has completed his first US project – an upscale in Manhattan's West Chelsea neighbourhood that features verdant courtyards and "a paparazzi-proof porte-cochère". Named after the Portuguese word for garden, the Jardim development occupies a block-through parcel between 27th and 28th streets, and is just steps away from the High Line park.

Lux Exposé: Paparazzi-Proof Properties

The Portuguese word for garden – Jardim – is a fitting name for this plant-filled property, which boasts an ultra-private urban park that envelops the two 11-story towers that comprise the development. In addition to the 36 residences and gardens, amenities include a skylit swimming pool, fitness center, spa facilities and a brick-vaulted private tunnel that connects West 27th and 28th Streets, leading to views of the garden’s dense greenery through a latticed wall in the lobby – serving as the ultimate paparazzi-proof porte-cochere.

Interior Design: Inside Isay Weinfeld’s Debut U.S. Project, Jardim

Earlier this fall, Isay Weinfeld, the world-renowned Brazilian architect and interior designer, mingled with a group of real estate brokers during a cocktail reception in the West Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Weinfeld, who has the modest demeanor of a university professor, seemed content as he floated from one person to the next, taking time to compliment musicians in the live band between sets. The occasion? The much anticipated unveiling of Weinfeld's first U.S. project—a boutique residential building overlooking the High Line called Jardim.

City Realty: Jardim, Isay Weinfeld-designed High Line oasis, officially opens with listings from $2M

Jardim’s name was taken from the Portuguese for “garden,” which is exactly what the two-building development is surrounded by. Designed in collaboration with Future Green Studio, the dense greenery features native evergreens, fragrant flowering trees, indigenous shrubs, and lounge areas with layered plantings of long-blooming perennials. A stone-faced staircase leads to the garden, which can also be seen through a latticed wall in the lobby.

Architectural Digest: Isay Weinfeld Brings Lush Simplicity to Chelsea for His Debut Project in New York

Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld has been biding his time to make his New York debut. "I needed to be sure that I would have a good relationship with the client and everybody would be happy in the end," says the Brazilian architect, who opened his São Paulo–based firm in 1978 and has since completed projects in nearly every typology. "I felt that with these clients, I met a good match," he says. Those clients are developers Centaur Properties and Greyscale Development Group, on whose site in West Chelsea Weinfeld has now designed two towers of apartments, coupled by an ethereally lit porte cochere tunnel that runs north to south between West 27th and West 28th Streets and acts as a private entry for their shared lobby.

Lux Exposé: 5 Beautiful Open-Kitchen Designs Perfect for Entertaining

Tucked away in Manhattan’s West Chelsea neighborhood, Jardim is the first U.S. residential development by Isay Weinfeld, the world-renowned Brazilian architect and interior designer known for his hotels and high-end homes, including the Fasano Hotels and the recent reincarnation of New York’s iconic Four Seasons restaurant. Weinfeld has elevated Jardim’s kitchens to the realm of finely crafted furniture: The Molteni backsplashes and kitchen islands are made of satin-finish stainless steel—a staple in commercial kitchens for its heat- and stain- resistant qualities—adding a luminous counterpoint to the richly mottled quartz floors, while also paying subtle homage to West Chelsea’s industrial past. The islands also feature extra-deep double sinks, as well as built-in dishwashers and wine refrigerators—creating a professional-grade workspace that is as practical as it is striking.

New York YIMBY: The Jardim At 527 West 27th Street Nearing Completion In Chelsea

The Jardim at 527 West 27th Street is an upcoming 11-story residential complex in Chelsea. It stands adjacent to Zaha Hadid’s 520 West 28th Street project. The new property has already topped out and almost all the exterior work is finished, with only minor touches awaiting completion on the ground level and top floors. Meanwhile, the interiors of the 36 units are being fitted out, each averaging 2,500 square feet. The 90,000-square-foot undertaking is being designed by Isay Weinfeld and developed by Centaur Properties and Pizzarotti.