Ben van Berkel, principal of the Amsterdam-based architectural firm UNStudio, is known for his breathtakingly swoopy designs of sleek surfaces that never seem to end. The gleaming, aluminum-clad Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, with its double-spiral-ramped concrete structure, convincingly argues the case [RECORD, November, 2006, page 128]. After completing that nine-story-high, 270,000 square-foot building, you might think that a 5,840-square-foot (gross) residential loft would be too rinky-dink a commission. Van Berkel argues otherwise: “I’m not interested as much in the scale of a project as with the program,” he explains. In this case, he was asked to design a loft
Completion Date: January 2009 Owner: Marc Jacobs International Program: An expansion of Marc Jacobs' eighth-floor SoHo showroom onto the floor below, adding new showrooms for ready-to-wear and accessories, offices for sales and public relations, and an office for the company president, for a total of 10,000 square feet. Design concept and solution: The Stephan Jaklitsch team sought to design an environment for buyers and editors continuous with the Marc Jacobs brand. The palette of materials—ebonized wood floors, custom sycamore millwork, nickel vitrines and lighting—recalls the Marc Jacobs stores, as does furniture by Christian Liaigre. Video monitors set into the showroom
Ask any seasoned journalist, and he or she will likely confirm that the office environment for a news and media organization needs to support several seemingly incompatible activities, often occurring simultaneously. At any given moment, reporters are gathering information on the phone, impromptu meetings are happening in aisles and corridors, while writers and editors are trying to complete stories on tight deadlines. STUDIOS Architecture grappled with these demands when it designed offices for Dow Jones, the news and financial information provider best known as publisher of the Wall Street Journal. Soon after Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate, News Corporation (News Corp.),
Last week, two years after its first occupants moved in, the owners of the 55-story office tower at New York City’s One Bryant Park celebrated the building’s official opening with a reception in the lobby.
Project Specs Armani/5th Avenue New York, USA Studio Fuksas Architects << Return to article the People Architect Studio Fuksas Architects Piazza del Monte de Pieta, 30 00186 Roma T: +39 06 6880 7871 F: +39 06 6880 7872 Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Interior designer: Studio Fuksas Engineer(s): Rosini Engineers Consultant(s) Lighting: Speirs and Major Associates General contractor: Americon Photographer: Ramon Prat, Alan Toft Renderer(s): SaMA CAD system, project management, or other software used: Autocad, Photoshop, Excel the Products
Lighting: Armani/5th Avenue Canada Line Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory New York, USA Studio Fuksas Architects Armani animates 5th Avenue On a crisp evening before Christmas, New York City’s Fifth Avenue was packed with shoppers hurrying to pick up last-minute gifts. The stores — appropriately decked out with the subtle signage and tasteful decorations mandated by the city for businesses here — beckoned customers with softly glittering LED bows, stars, and supersize trimmings. But none conveyed the dynamic aura of the year-old Armani/5th Avenue boutique, a four-story glass-enclosed box on the corner of 56th Street wrapped in a virtual blizzard of
Imagine New York City’s UN Headquarters building transported from its stuffy midtown location to a trendy downtown spot, kinked in the middle, rotated 90 degrees, and balanced over an elevated rail-line-cum-popular parkland and you’ve got the Standard New York.
Project Specs Standard New York New York, New York Polshek Partnership << Return to article the People Architect Polshek Partnership Architects 320 West 13th Street New York, NY 10014 212-807-7171 tel 212-807-5917 fax Todd Schliemann FAIA, Design Partner Kevin McClurkan AIA, Management Partner Megan Miller AIA, Project Architect Amy Lin AIA, Project Designer Tara Leibenhaut-Tyre AIA, Project Architect Michael O’Meara Frederick Tang Gary Anderson Darla Elsbernd John LaBombard Apichat Leungchaikul Saem Oh Jesse Peck Alan Slusarenko Maya Weissman-Ilan Interior designer(s): Shawn Hausman; Roman & Williams—Stephen Alesch, Principal Robin Standefer, Principal Eric Cheong, Project Manager Jennifer Dubas, Project Designer; André Balazs
