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Meyer Davis redesigned a full-floor penthouse atop 56 Leonard, one of New York’s most avant-garde buildings. The upper floors are cantilevered, making the 57-story building a standout on the downtown skyline. The penthouse boasts 360-degree views, and after a chance encounter, Meyer Davis principals, Will Meyer and Gray Davis, met with the homeowner to make the 5,500-square-foot residence more inviting and comfortable. The redesign had to reflect the client’s appreciation for good design and his love for hosting parties while still feeling comfortable when he is alone or with his kids.

In a 5,500-square-foot New York penthouse apartment renovated by Meyer Davis, a raised oak platform furnished with beanbags covered in recycled sheepskin and a custom shelving unit encircling an existing concrete column create one of three sitting groups that help temper the living area’s vast open plan. The team devised a number of strategies to tame the open, loftlike layout, which is augmented by two terraces and a balcony totaling 1,600 square feet of outdoor real estate. “A super-large space should be zoned in subtle ways, making rooms without making walls,” Meyer observes. The designers arranged the furniture informally, with three separate seating groups in the main living area “so you can hop around and sit in different places,” as Davis puts it. The views were there, but the space itself was quite cold and austere. We needed to add layers through architectural finishes and soft, lush textures.” Conjuring welcome is a practiced skill for the firm, which places not only 60th on our 100 Giants list but also 24th among the Hospitality Giants. Chief among the architectural upgrades—and there were many, including four-and-a-half renovated baths and an oak-and-marble kitchen beneath an existing statement stove hood—was a zoning gesture Meyer reports “made all the difference in the world”: a raised oak platform that spans about a quarter of the living area. “The client had a clear idea of how it should feel: warm and approachable,” says Meyer Davis associate Shannon Senyk, senior design lead on the project and at the firm.

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Beneath the kitchen’s original plaster hood, Hugo stools by William Gray, Meyer Davis’s furniture line, pull up to an island of cerused oak and marble, while David Regestam’s Viva chairs furnish the breakfast dining area.

Oscar pendants by Roman and Williams and Tassel sconces by Apparatus illuminate the center hall.

Meyer Davis: Made to Measure, a 2014 monograph by Dan Shaw, rests on a living-area table.

EÆ lounge chairs by Erickson Æsthetics face a Timothy Oulton Cloud sectional in the living area’s second seating group; matching custom pendant fixtures with linen shades tie it to the third grouping beyond.

Crown chairs by Masspro­ductions surround a custom oak table in the dining area, where the fireplace wall is clad in glossy Venetian plaster and blackened-steel plates.

Allied Maker’s Grand Aperture chandelier joins an existing tub in the main bathroom.

In a child’s bedroom, Damo table lamps by Chen, Chao-Cheng and Studio Dunn’s Sorenthia pendant fixture are back­dropped by a painted wall echoing the colors outside.

Under a silk-covered pendant by Ruemmler in the den, the niche’s custom daybed accommodates overnight guests while plush velvet upholsters the custom sectional.

Viewed from the closet, a Kelly Wearstler desk occupies a prime window spot in the main bedroom.

The main bathroom’s vanity is custom.

The apartment tops 56 Leonard, a 57-story tower in TriBeCa by Herzog & de Meuron.

The bed is outfitted with a custom leather headboard backed by fabric-covered panels.

The powder room’s carved-stone vanity was existing but the Circuit sconce by Apparatus is new.

The terrace hosts a Paloma teak sectional by Mario Ruiz.

Pierre Paulin lounge chairs gather beneath an Ingo Mauer pendant in the main bedroom. PROJECT TEAM PROJECT SOURCES FROM FRONT THROUGHOUT