25 Water

New York · Residential building

Art for the lobby, amenities and plaza of a residential building.

Reflective stacked sculptural forms on a white plinth beside the illuminated amenity stair, with a passing visitor
Lower-level lounge

The brief

25 Water Street is the largest office-to-residential conversion in the country: a former office tower in Lower Manhattan, now more than 1,300 rental homes.

The art had to give a building of that scale warmth and a sense of place, from the plaza on the street to the lounges below the lobby.

The approach

We planned the program space by space. Large works anchor the arrival: a textile work above the lobby fireplace, a mural that wraps the atrium stair and polished steel sculpture in the plaza and the lounge. Around them, a gallery wall of paintings, photographs and drawings gives residents something to discover up close.

  • A large geometric mural in gray, cream, black and pale pink wraps the walls around a wood stair
    Atrium stair
  • Visitors use the lobby seating beneath the rippling textile work, with the gallery wall visible beyond
    Lobby arrival
    Paintings, photographs and small framed drawings line a rust-colored gallery wall behind lobby seating
    Lobby gallery wall
  • Pedestrians and a dog pass the reflective looping Love sculpture among trees and planting
    Plaza
  • A person works at a long table beside a glass balustrade and the geometric atrium mural
    Atrium stair
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