Tour a Modern Downtown Manhattan Home With French Flair
Perched on an impossibly high floor in Downtown Manhattan, with rows of enormous windows facing east, south, and west, Kay Olivia and Ryan Jackson’s duplex overlooks the Brooklyn Bridge, the World Trade Center, and the Statue of Liberty. As far as views go, it doesn’t get more New York than that. And yet the apartment’s interior, in a very modern and abstract way, calls to mind a Parisian address, what with its enfilade of reception rooms, floors covered in herringbone parquetry, and ecru stone mantelpiece anchoring the central salon, which is furnished with eclectic sofas in beige hues.
The main salon at Kay Olivia and Ryan Jackson’s duplex in Downtown Manhattan anchors a series of reception rooms divided by ivory curtains. Presiding above the stone mantelpiece is a wall sculpture by Greek artist Rania Schoretsaniti. A bespoke two-side sofa was paired with cast aluminum chairs by De La Vega and a handmade lambskin rug from VandenLoom. Workshop/APD worked with the couple to create a minimalist home with nods to both the elegance of Paris and the grittiness of New York.
