Rave: The Metal Shutter Houses

by malik on Sep.21, 2007, under tech

Metal Shutter Houses

My new crib is awesome. It’s the reason I’ve been working my butt off of late. A few pics and a description after the jump.

The Metal Shutter Houses are nine duplex apartments (ranging in size from a 1,950-square-foot three-bedroom to a 3,180-square-foot four-bedroom penthouse with three terraces, left) encased in perforated metal shutters that operate exactly like the rolling grates of the Chelsea galleries and Korean delis that inspired them.

Duplex owners will be able to mechanically adjust their own shutters, and inside each apartment, a 20-foot window wall will pivot open, left, getting these few Manhattanites as close to California living as they might possibly dream of being. That feeling will no doubt be reinforced by Frank Gehry’s IAC headquarters just feet away on the lot next door. The Metal Shutter Houses, at 524 West 19th Street, are scheduled for completion in fall 2008.

I can’t wait to open them shutters for that fresh, crisp Manhattan air.