New York Magazine

Architect Andrew Berman designed a modernist penthouse pavilion for Chris and Lisa Goode on what was a tar roof, joining it to the floor below with a staircase. He maximized the planting and gardening possibilities by giving them a flat roof. Hornbeam trees and acanthus line the edge; the large tree in the corner is a black locust “Lace Lady.” A lemon tree grows on the deck to the right.
Photographs by Gregory Goode

A bird’s-eye view, facing west, of the green roof, planted with succulents, sedums, and delospermas, atop the pavilion, as well as the lawn and decking of the pavilion below. The hanging sculpture visible to the left in the rose garden is by Michele Quan.

The Goodes installed a greenhouse downstairs, which doubles as a natural light source. It’s where they harbor warm-climate plants like lemon trees (this year, they ate bananas from their own tree). The staircase goes to the lawn, kitchen, and living and dining rooms.

The Fornasetti “Fiori” wallpaper in Lisa’s office came from Cole & Son. A large Saarinen table functions as her desk. The pendant light is a painted Swedish laboratory lamp, and the console is Dunbar, made from burled olive. The cloud photo is by John Schabel.

The dining table was custom-made. The chairs are Danish rosewood. The art on the back wall is Biguns by Wayne White, and the flying-car photo, The Heights, is by Matthew Porter.

The living room’s leather chairs are Edward Wormley for Dunbar, the coffee table is the well-known Saarinen design, and the sofa is Carlo de Carli. The fish above the fireplace is Warhol. The carpet is Moroccan Beni Ouarain.

The north-facing kitchen looks over a garden that includes squash, cherries, peaches, persimmons, fava beans, “every herb known to man,” and an espaliered apple tree. The lamp is seventies-era Adalberto Dal Lago for Vistosi.

Lisa and Chris started Goode Green, their sustainable roof-design business, after planting their penthouse garden and this sustainable roof. A different set of wildflowers grow each season.

One level below the wildflowers, where the five chickens roam. The Goodes, who are avid composters, collect rainwater in four horse troughs to irrigate the garden.