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FE050

866 United Nations Plaza

FE050

866 United Nations Plaza

FE was commissioned to lead renovations for the tenant common spaces in the commercial podium of 866 United Nations Plaza, a Wallace Harrison designed mixed-use building on the East Side of Manhattan.

  • Location: Manhattan, NY
  • Client: The Carlyle Group
  • Program: Tenant common spaces and commercial renovation
  • Status: Built
  • Wayfinding Fabrication: The New Moto

Set between a pasture and a man-made pond this small sauna emerges as the extension of a long fence with cows on one side and recreation on the other. The fence’s rough unplaned hemlock boards meet the smooth cedar sauna walls forming spaces for a shaded deck and rock garden.

Set between a pasture and a man-made pond this small sauna emerges as the extension of a long fence with cows on one side and recreation on the other. The fence’s rough unplaned hemlock boards meet the smooth cedar sauna walls forming spaces for a shaded deck and rock garden.

Set between a pasture and a man-made pond this small sauna emerges as the extension of a long fence with cows on one side and recreation on the other. The fence’s rough unplaned hemlock boards meet the smooth cedar sauna walls forming spaces for a shaded deck and rock garden.

Set between a pasture and a man-made pond this small sauna emerges as the extension of a long fence with cows on one side and recreation on the other. The fence’s rough unplaned hemlock boards meet the smooth cedar sauna walls forming spaces for a shaded deck and rock garden.

The softly curved interior orients the gaze toward views of the meadow and pond while creating a sheltered space around the wood sauna heater.