524 W 19th St #4 · Apartment for Rent

As recently profiled in the New York Times and New Yorker, Metal Shutter House, designed by Shigeru Ban (Winner of the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize), take its name from two distinct features, the motorized perforated shutters that cover the two major facades of the building and the retractable walls of glass that create a continuity between interior and exterior space. Rarely available for immediate occupancy, this spectacular ultra modern duplex apartment, 4 bedroom, 3 bath, 2,695 s.f. interior space and 186 s.f private terrace at Metal Shutter Houses is an architecture of resourcefulness and personal freedom. Open the great room's 20' tall electronically controlled pivoting wall of glass to create your own private realm interposed between interior and exterior space. Apartment features include: Private floor entry, double height great room, Shigeru Ban designed floor-to-ceiling white lacquer cabinetry, flexible use study/ 4th bedroom with sliding glass walls that when opened provides an uninterrupted area to the rear balcony creating a home completely open to its surrounds, study overlooking a double height living room with Ban designed white Corian desk, Shigeru Ban custom-designed kitchen with a cantilevered island with white Corian countertop and fully Integrated high-performance professional appliances, master bath featuring Bianco Dolomiti marble slab floor with white mosaic glass tile walls and Shigeru Ban custom designed white Corian vanity, Solid ¾" rift and quarter sawn 4½" white oak flooring throughout with radiant heat & Bosch washer and dryer. North and South exposures offer sweeping Hudson River & City Skyline/Empire State Building views. Other services include a 24 hour doorman/ concierge and large individual storage facilities.