Hotels
11-27 Foam Place
1127 Foam Place, Far Rockaway, NY 11435
Hotel, 9 story Hotel
43,200 SF
Unbuilt
Envisioned for a corner lot in Far Rockaway, this hotel rises from a rust-colored brick and glass storefront podium to a creamy porcelain-tile tower that steps gracefully toward the sky. Broad picture-windows and stackable balconies line the upper floors, giving every guest room oblique views of Jamaica Bay while animating the façade with shifting reflections. A recessed belt course marks the transition between podium and tower, doubling as a wrap-around terrace that shelters the street-level café and softens the building’s scale against its low-rise neighbors. Elegant yet economical, the scheme pairs durable rainscreen cladding with simple classical trim at the crown, projecting a calm coastal presence even before ground is broken.