Recognized as the High-Rise Grand in this year’s program, Waterline Square is a three-tower, mixed-use residential development situated along the Hudson River in New York City. The $2.4 billion, 1,131-unit community was developed by GID Development Group and designed by a team of acclaimed architects and designers. The complete property includes both rentals and condominium units, its own landscaped park, and an abundance of luxury amenity spaces.
Three Waterline Square occupies the southwestern corner of the 2.6-acre site, with mixed-income and mixed-use programming and 214 of the community’s units. Often referred to as the crystalline silhouette with its striking contemporary form, the third tower was designed by international architecture firm Rafael Viñoly Architects.
The unit layouts and interiors—by local interior designer Groves & Co.—respond to the crystalline façade by taking advantage of the contemporary angles and unique interior volumes formed by the gently sloping glass exterior walls. As a result, each unit takes on a different shape, but displays prominent, floor-to-ceiling windows in the main living area and bedrooms that showcase views of the park or river.
In order to create a refined and sleek atmosphere inside, the rental units are offered in four kitchen palettes, light, medium, dark, and white cabinetry options, with complementary engineered wood floor finishes. The team integrated polished chrome fixtures, custom edge pulls on appliances and cabinetry, and waterfall edge detailing on the island to pair with the warm wood tones throughout.
Master bathrooms feature double vanities, soaking tubs, separate showers, and mirrored recessed medicine cabinets within polished tiled walls and surrounds.
Staging of the rental model residences, appointed by Interior Marketing Group, presents a range in which the units can be inhabited. From a more avant-garde unit that enhances the unique volumes and their imaginative possible uses to an alternate unit that offers sleek modernity for a new family, the furniture selections also correlate to the sharpness of the building’s architectural form.
