Tour the model rentals at One Hudson Yards, the megaproject's latest lavish residence
Just a little over a week after leasing got underway at Hudson Yards’ über- pricey rental building , One Hudson Yards, 20 percent of the apartments here have already been leased. As the building prepares to welcome its first residents at the end of this month, Curbed had a chance to tour a couple of model apartments at the 33- story rental located at 530 West 30th Street , between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues. The tour kicked off in the lobby and was led by the interior designer on the project, Andre Kikoski; the lobby is very emblematic of all the sculptural elements present throughout the building (and the model units), and some of the pieces that really stand out here are the bespoke chandelier, which is comprised of 400 hand blown glass pieces ; and a 25-foot-long wall of cast bronze panels , which Kikoski described is created when “Molten bronze is poured over natural linen fabric ; as the loosely gathered linen vaporizes , the process imparts the toothy texture of the fabric in a...