A one-of-a-kind Lenox Hill unit by the celebrity-beloved — and Pritzker Prize-winning — Japanese architect Tadao Ando has hit the market.
The 150 E. 72nd St. apartment — in which everything from the staircase to the beds, cabinetry, elevator call button and automatic sliding glass entry door is custom-designed by Ando — is seeking $22 million.
Tal Alexander of the real estate firm Official holds the listing. The Wall Street Journal first reported news on the offering.
Ando, 81 — who also designed the Malibu home that Beyoncé and Jay-Z recently purchased — purposefully designed the modern Manhattan home to contrast with its 111-year-old building, its all-glass second-story pavilion quite distinct from the 12-story structure’s prewar facade.
Art dealer Kazuhito Yoshii, for whom Ando sculpted the unit, described the resulting juxtaposition as being like “a grandparent holding a grandchild,” the Journal noted.
Yoshii has occupied the three-bedroom abode since 2017.
A curved staircase leads up into the glass pavilion, and beyond it is a sprawling expanse of paved roof terrace, including the dome of the kitchen’s skylight.
The main floor is a minimalist paradise, all its electrical outlets, light switches and door handles carefully hidden, its untreated plasterboard walls giving a seamless effect.
In all, the property has a little over 2,500 square feet worth of living area.
The one-sentence listing simply describes the space as “A Tadao Ando masterpiece in New York City.”
In 2015, Tadao