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Bloomingdale's Home & Furniture

An historic temple revitalized with modern embellishments becomes home to a well-known department store.

July 1, 2003
Bloomingdale Home & Furniture

Restorations involving major changes in a building’s use typically challenge designers with either a lack or an excess of space, but in this case the four-story, 125,000-square-foot temple certainly sufficed. Instead, designing the interior to accompany a newly restored façade provided the principal challenge and required broad creativity. The exterior restoration includes new entrances as well as reconstructed onion domes and enhancement of the stained-glass windows, both fundamental aspects of the original 1913 design. A metalic sheen adds modernity to the domes and complements the suspended awning, now brightened by outdoor lighting.

The interior architect designed the inside to complement the temple’s distinctive exterior. Elliptical floor layouts mirror prominent domed ceilings, inducing a flow of shoppers around the central atrium, which features a glass elevator. Ceilings are accented with their original plaster coffers and bordered by authentic stained-glass windows creating a contrast between the historic ambiance of the temple and the contemporary visual displays for which Bloomingdale’s is known. Extensive black and white checkerboard flooring enriches the shopping atmosphere with simple, modern elegance.

People

Owner
Federated Department Stores

Architect
James Harb Architects
230 West 17th Street
New York, NY 10011
P: 212-645-3600
F: 212-645-3551

Principal:
James Harb

Project manager:
Christine Wild

Interior Designer:
Kristin Mazzola

Design team:
Hyung Chang

Architect of record
Daniel P. Coffey & Assoc. Chicago, IL (base building renovation work, core & shell work)

Interior designer
James Harb Architects, New York, NY

Engineers
JEK - Northbrook, IL

Structural:
Tylk, Gustafson, Reckers, Wilson, Andrews, LLC

Consultants
Lighting:
Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design - New York, NY

Acoustical:
– Thornburn Assoc. Castro Valley, CA
– SPL, Rolling Meadows, IL

General Contractor
W. E. O'Neil - Chicago, IL

Photographer
Jon Miller / Hedrich Blessing
312-321-1151

CAD system, project management, or other software used
Auto-cad usa.autodesk.com, Project Talk

 

  

Products

Glazing
Glass:
Skyline Glass - interior special glass surrounding elevator pit

Doors
Wood doors:
by Goebel and Northwestern

Hardware
Locksets:
Best Locks

Cabinet hardware:
Sugatsune

Interior Finishes
Acoustical ceilings:
– USG (Millennia Tile) Chicago, IL www.usg.com
– Armstrong (Back Areas) Lancaster, PA www.ceilings.com

Suspension grid:
– USG (Millennia Tile) Chicago, IL www.usg.com
– Armstrong (Back Areas) Lancaster, PA www.ceilings.com

Fabric:
– Creation Baumann - New York, NY
– Pollack & Assoc. New York, NY
– Kravet - New York, NY

Proscenium drapery manufacturer:
Flemming Hegner - Chester, NY

Cabinetwork and custom woodwork:
- Perimeter Fixturing: Goebel Fixture Company, Hutchinson, MN
- Perimeter Fixturing: Northwestern / International Woodwork Corp.
- Loose Fixturing: Geron - Torrance, CA
- Metal Fixturing: JP Metal - Montreal, Canada
- Metal casework pieces: North American Metalcraft Toronto, Canada
- Metal Hardware: Universal Showcase - Toronto, Canada

Paints and stains:
– Benjamin Moore - Montvale, NJ www.benjaminmoore.com
– Pittsburgh Paints - Pittsburgh, PA www.pittsburghpaints.com

Wallcoverings:
– Anya Larkin - New York, NY (silver leaf paper at the proscenium)
– Innovations - New York, NY (back area
vinyls) www.innovationsusa.com
– Wolf Gordon - New York, NY

Plastic laminate:
– Formica - New York, NY www.formica.com
– Pionite - New York, NY www.pionite.com

Special surfacing:
– Atofina Chemicals - (white plastics) www.atofinachemicals.com
– Twin City Glass - Decorative Glass

Floor and wall tile:
Nemo Tile - Restrooms and Coffee
Bar areas

Resilient flooring:
Armstrong www.armstrong.com

Carpets:
Karastan Contract/ Durkan Commercial - New York, NY

Stone flooring:
Innovative Marble & Tile

Wood Flooring:
Buell - Dallas, TX

Furnishings
Office furniture:
Steelcase www.steelcase.com

Reception furniture:
Design Studio - Nienkamper

Chairs:
HBF and Bernhardt Design

Tables:
HBF and Bernhardt Design

Upholstery:
Edelman Leathers www.edelmanleather.com, Pollack, Maharam www.maharam.com

Other furniture:
Gordon International, Barrett Hill, ICF www.icfgroup.com

Lighting
Interior ambient lighting:
– Indy lighting - Fishers
– ID - Bruck Lighting Costa Mesa, CA
– Times Square Lighting - Stonypoint, NY www.tslight.com

Downlights:
Lightolier www.lightolier.com