The apartment’s design, by Anthony Ingrao and Randy Kemper, is enough to rival its stunning views.Anthony Ingrao and Randy Kemper are the principals of Ingrao Inc., an internationally recognized design and architecture firm focused on both residential and commercial projects.When film, television, and theater actor Lois Robbins and her husband, financier Andrew Zaro, first moved into their brand-new Central Park–adjacent apartment, their dream pad was still somewhat of a hazy vision.

The couple lived in the home for a time as it was, just to get a sense of the space. “I think it’s really great when you can live somewhere before you decide on a design,” Robbins says. “One thing became apparent: The views are so spectacular, I wanted to take advantage of them from every room.” They enlisted architect Andrea Miranda to further open up the living areas so they could inhale more of the incredible light from the full-bleed windows on display into adjoining spaces. 

The couple’s brief: to make every room feel beautiful yet comfortable, inviting, and warm. The ability to readily entertain, even in such opulent and art-filled surroundings, was paramount. (In one instance, a Wayne Thiebaud painting in one hanging-out room raises up to reveal a television.) “They don’t like super minimal,” Kemper says. “They like things to feel luxurious. Still, we all wanted to take this very grand space in a very glamorous building and not let it seem so formal and stodgy. More earthbound and comfortable, less slick and fancy.”

“I have to say, I’ve never had so much fun,” Robbins says. The couple has a consequential collection. It would certainly be tempting to fashion the apartment like a gallery. “We treated each of the rooms individually and didn’t fully consider the art collection when we were doing backgrounds,” Kemper says. “We aimed to treat all the rooms as elegantly as possible, where art only added to the luster.”