The marble double-height lobby, although worn, is the standout interior on Columbus.
The double-height lobby is quite unusual in a building of this relatively small scale.
The developer rotated the base of the building, creating a triangular plaza, and a double-height lobby.
Soaring marble columns in the double-height lobby hold up an elaborately corniced ceiling with stained glass skylights.
As we entered the double-height lobby with a sweeping staircase and a brilliant over-the-top crystal chandelier, some childlike gene kicked in, as if we'd been shipped off to high-end summer camp.
A handsome building with a crystal chandelier in its double-height lobby, the Hamilton House is one of three nonprofit residences operated by Project FIND, one of the city's most established organizations for the elderly.
Arrive at the Palomar in the early evening and you might feel as though you've gate-crashed a private party: hotel guests mingle in the double-height lobby as complimentary drinks and canapés are dispensed at the daily "wine hour".
He said that because women "want to feel at home where they live," the nearly 500-room hotel had larger closets and public spaces, including a music room in the penthouse and a double-height lobby.
Manhattan This 13,125-square-foot six-story 1910 building, available with furniture and fixtures, has a double-height lobby with a marble floor, a conference center with a chef's kitchen, a wood-paneled library and office space for up to 55 people.
The double-height lobby at the Grand Sutton, a 1980s apartment tower on East 59th Street, turns into what looks like a grand parlor in an English manor house "that's been done up to the nines," said Fern Hammond, a senior vice president of Halstead Property who has sold several apartments in the building.
This dignity-for-all made for awkwardness-for-some: to match the height of the lobby, the first-floor apartments had correspondingly high ceilings, but some rooms were taller than they were wide.
