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A US$29m penthouse in New York that's hidden in the sky

Published Wed, Mar 1, 2017 · 09:50 PM

New York

IN 2011, architect Barry Rice was hired to design a brand-new building at 40 East 72nd St, a block and a half from New York's Central Park. There was one catch: The building it was meant to replace was landmarked, and the 1928 brick facade had to stay.

"We demolished the building behind the facade, but we kept the facade itself," said Mr Rice, whose New York-based firm did a similar conversion in Brooklyn Heights two years earlier.

"But the interesting thing is that when you …

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