Dermot Bannon is flying to New York to check out some of America's most impressive homes. Wait until you see these places: - a penthouse in a TriBeCa skyscraper, a Hamptons super home complete with basketball court and driving range, and the architectural wonder that is the ‘Farmhouse in a Hangar’ in New Jersey.
TriBeCa
This is a cutting-edge apartment by renowned Swiss architectural firm Herzog & deMeuron whose aim is to revolutionise skyscraper living. The property is 4000 square foot with four bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms with fourteen feet windows that give a panorama view of the city.
New Jersey
Dermot visits an alternative farmhouse in New Jersey where architect Adam Kalkin has built a hangar around a 19th-century farmhouse.
Why? Aside from the additional space he created, Adam wanted to preserve the original clapboard farmhouse while re-imagining the idea of a family home.
This is a home inside a home which is made of three parts – an airplane hangar, a newly built concrete-glass structure with several rooms and, of course, the old farmhouse itself. It has to be seen to be believed.
Hamptons
This 16,000 square foot brand new build in the Hamptons has nine bedrooms and 14.5 bathrooms, an indoor basketball court, gym, spa area with juice bar, sauna, steam and massage rooms, and a library as well as an entertainment lounge with full bar, a wine cellar and a rooftop putting green.
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Oh, and an elevator in case you don’t want to use any of the three staircases – along with tennis court, swimming pool and a pool house. Thankfully, it will only set you back $35 million!!
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Oscar Wilde Bar
Dermot gets behind the counter of Manhattan’s recently opened Oscar Wilde bar – with a $4 million ‘Victoriana’ interior.
Owners Frank McCole, from Monaghan, and Tommy Burke, from Mayo, are hugely successful in the bar and food business – both moved to New York in the 80’s and have worked together for twenty years.
