Aman New York – Designing An Icon

Offering an entirely new concept to the city, Aman New York is also home to many ‘firsts’ including working fireplaces in every suite and residence – a stand out design feature and a first in New York. Then there’s the 20- metre indoor swimming pool on the 10th floor.

Featuring a dramatic circular firepit within a square reflective pool –geometrically symbolic of the marriage between heaven and earth – the 650-square-metre outdoor space benefits from an innovative retractable glass roof – a true architectural marvel considering the building’s historic façade – allowing the terrace to be used throughoutthe year.

In fact, Aman New York’s public areas – from its three-storey, 2,300-square-metre Aman Spa to its two signature restaurants – are equally a triumph of design. Each space has been intelligently and thoughtfully curated to enhance the guest experience and provide an unwavering yet nuanced sense of place: Unmistakably New York but with a nature- imbued, Asian-inspired, peacefulness that is so intrinsically Aman.

A destination unto itself with the Crown Building, the Aman Spa New York distills the hotel’s design ethos into its purest, simplest form. Active spaces including the pool and fitness centre feature light timbers and grey tones, while passive spaces where treatments are enjoyed at the very core of the building are more nurturing, with curves and warmer hues.

Placed in the building’s southeast corner, light filled Arva is Aman New York’s convivial Italian restaurant. Banquettes, screens and plants create a series of spaces around the central open kitchen, while floor-to-ceiling Grand Cru wine cabinets wrap the northwest walls. 

Nama, Aman’s celebration of Japan’s washoku dining tradition, features dramatic cubes of chiselled rock at its entrance, a Japanese Hinoki wood counter for omakase-style fine dining, and staggered Frank Lloyd Wright inspired ceilings and lighting pendants, with a feature by local artist, Melissa Hart.

Other artworks of note commissioned exclusively for Aman New York include the large Joseph Borde natural fibre canvas painted with Japanese natural pigments, ink, turmeric, ginger and saffron that contrasts with the hammered stone wall in the 14th floor lift lobby.

The 57th Street arrival desk rests beneath a hand-modelled, sundried, masterpiece by Brazilian artist, Domingos Totora. Then there is the Oriental-lantern-inspired series of giant paper and bamboo sculptures that float between four stone columns in the 14th floor atrium created by Peter Gentenaar. Each artwork reflects Aman New York’s soul in its own way.

Address: Aman New York, The Crown Building, 730 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10019

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