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Westlight

Studio Munge

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Designer
Studio Munge
Client
Riverside Developers
Floor area
617.80 ㎡
Completion
2016

Westlight is the 22nd-floor rooftop bar from Chef Andrew Carmellini's NoHo Hospitality Group featuring sweeping views of New York City from atop The William Vale hotel in fashionable Williamsburg. Studio Munge's modernized industrial design connects international travellers and urbanites alike through glowing interiors that complement the spectacular open vistas overlooking Manhattan. Inspired by Williamsburg’s eclectic diversity Westlight has cultivated an intimate and uncontrived community of free-thinkers. Welcoming the guests, the corridor into Westlight was designed as a funnel and a mysterious portal to build anticipation with hints of the discovery to come. In line with The William Vale’s brave architecture, a very graphic linear pattern livens the wood cladded walls and enhances the dynamic sense of arrival. To boost impact and give a trompe-l’oeil volume to this long corridor, Studio Munge selected two contrasting shades of warm wood cladded alternately. Making the guest feel instantly at ease, the black iron, natural stones, warm leathers and sensual velvets cohabitate here in perfect harmony. Westlight is a bold yet graceful design statement that challenges stereotypes and successfully represents a new generation of thinking.