Behind the spectacular "Gaudíesque" cast aluminum gates of 40 Bond Street are five extraordinary townhouses. They are the first new townhouses built in downtown New York in generations. Each has a front and back private landscaped garden. It has been decades since new townhouses have been erected in downtown Manhattan and 40 Bond sets a new standard by which the townhouses of the future will be measured. They offer the benefits of independence and privacy that accrue to the traditional townhouse, all the services offered by a traditional high-rise residential building, plus an unprecedented and revolutionary program of personalized services and management that makes them virtually carefree homes.

Each triplex, three-bedroom townhouse has a private entrance on Bond Street and a front garden behind the extraordinary sculptural gates. Each has a private landscaped garden in the rear with a wood deck and fittings for an outdoor kitchen. These gardens are connected to the interior kitchen/family room by 24’ wide glass sliding doors that allow for a seamless transition between indoor and outdoor space. The interiors are sleek and open. They have high ceilings that span 11’ 8” in the Great Room and Kitchen/Family Room, 11’ 11” in the Recreation/Media Room and 21’ in the Great Room and Stairwell. In addition, the extravagant floor-to-ceiling fully operable windows with North and South 180° exposures fill the space with light and air.

The townhouses are warm and welcoming and have Herzog & de Meuron custom designed dual wood-burning and gas fireplaces and sculptural curving staircases that integrate all levels of the homes. Unlike the typical modern interiors, these homes are characterized by sensuous curves and harmonic geometries. They are made personal and utterly livable with the use of smoked oak imported from Austria, and of the signature NYC graffiti inspired pattern of the entrance gate which recurs in a variety of materials. This brings an artistic presence to the architecture itself.