Viceroy Hotel Group has opened the Viceroy New York today.
Designed by New York-based firm Roman and Williams, the hotel boasts over-scaled, fluted, cast-glass bricks at the street level, brass fluting at the base, and black muntined windows that recall the neighborhood’s pre-war structures and the glamour of nearby locations.
“The building is laid out on a grid between two simple flanking walls; vertical steel struts run up the entire face of the building, which are the exoskeleton used to express structure,” says Stephen Alesch, Roman and Williams’ principal. “These are benchmarks of a Miesian approach. However, there is something unique about our method. Our grid of Neo-Miesian design looks further back with the choice of casement windows and muntins. So in fact, it is more pre-Mies than Neo-Miesian.”
Robin Standefer, another of the firm’s principals, adds, “We were inspired by film noir: notoriously stylish, a collision of the old world and the new world. That’s where we want to be and that’s what we want to share with people.”
A double-height lobby and bespoke interiors blend with both custom-designed and vintage elements. These touches signal the revival of figured stone⎯⎯a common element of New York City’s 20th century buildings. Roman and Williams has also embraced Paonazzo marble by incorporating it as a key design element throughout the property.
Viceroy New York offers 240 luxury guestrooms throughout 29 stories, many of which showcase views of Central Park. Along with floor-to-ceiling windows tailored in exotic woods, each room includes leather furnishes and a mix of metal accents.
Kingside, opening October 28th, is embellished with tile, a graphic palette of black and white, and a classic food counter with bright red stools and caramel leather banquettes. With 104 seats in the restaurant and 32 at the bar, Kingside is open for breakfast, lunch, dinner, late night dining, in-room dining, and delivery.
Debuting in December, the Roof’s lounge and outdoor deck will evoke a luxury airliner complete with ipe floors, brass details, custom walnut-and-leather sofas, and photographs of sky, sea, and clouds.
