The 12-story boutique hotel is located in the Chelsea neighbourhood of New York City. The building w

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The 16th Street side of the building, previously a blank façade when the building served as an annex, was given new life. The skin is constructed of two perforated stainless steel layers, free courier airline tickets its top sheet of holes a replication of the 17th Street punched-window design and the inner sheet a regular perforation pattern. The outer rain screen is punctured with porthole-shaped Juliet balconies for the guestrooms and peels up at the ground level to form the hotel canopy and reveal free courier airline tickets the hotel entrance.
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