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ON THE COVER This is one of five patinated cast-bronze bells in Reverberation, sculptor Davina Semo’s installation along Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1, curated by Daniel S. Palmer of the Public Art Fund. Up through April 18, 2021, visitors can ring the bells by the regularly sanitized, galvanizedsteel chains, “providing,” Palmer says, “an opportunity to raise our voices and unite with each other.” Photography: Nicholas Knight/courtesy of the Public Art Fund, NY, Davina Semo, and Jessica Silverman, San Francisco.
features 116 REFLECTION POINT by Laura Fisher Kaiser
LSM’s Hudson Yards headquarters for Milbank mirrors the law firm’s ethos of inclusivity and connection. 126 BACK TO THE BEACH by Nicholas Tamarin
Morris Adjmi Architects and Curious Yellow Design’s Rockaway Hotel captures the laid-back essence of the Queens shoreline. 134 THE HQ OF HIP-HOP by Edie Cohen
Jay-Z taps Jeffrey Beers for the musician’s Roc Nation offices in Chelsea.
144 A BOVE AND BEYOND by Annie Block
The annual NYCxDesign Awards drew hundreds of stellar projects from every borough, further proof that Gotham is far from over. 158 RETURN ENGAGEMENT by Joseph Giovannini
Gisue and Mojgan Hariri get a call back for an addition to a private equity firm’s Midtown headquarters they designed 15 years ago. 166 ALL AROUND TOWN by Annie Block
Beeline from Upper Manhattan to lower, then over to Brooklyn via a quartet of apartments, each exhibiting neighborhood character—and Big Apple sophistication.
CHRIS COOPER
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leadership 35 STANDING TALL by Annie Block
Our special section on the NYC design industry’s efforts to revive the city and beyond.
city living 61 NEIGHBORHOOD GEM by Jennifer Fernandez 73 LET THERE BE LIGHT by Karine Monié 83 ON TOP OF THE WORLD by Ted Loos
departments 27 HEADLINERS 52 PINUPS by Wilson Barlow 91 MARKET by Rebecca Thienes, Wilson Barlow, and Colleen Curry 112 CENTERFOLD The Empire Strikes Back by Colleen Curry
NYCxDesign’s poster campaign helps to re-energize the city. 206 BOOKS by Stanley Abercrombie 208 CONTACTS 211 INTERVENTION by Wilson Barlow
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French Art de Vivre
Aqua. Dining table, designed by Fabrice Berrux. Steeple. Chairs and dining armchair, designed by Enrico Franzolini. Equinoxe. Rug, designed by Elizabeth Leriche. Manufactured in Europe.
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e d i t o r ’ s welcome
forever nyc! Welcome, friends! Welcome, one and all, to the October 2020 issue, entirely dedicated to all things DESIGN in our beloved New York. Now, with that out of the way, and right out of the gate, I have to say I really, really want to hop in a cab, get down to Katz’s, score me a pastrami super-stack, and walk back home. So there! And for good measure, I’ll throw in a double-scoop cone on the way, with some window shopping on Madison Ave...unencumbered, unfettered, and ready to flash my million-buck smile to anyone buying it! Therein ends my lament, which I freely admit is churlish compared to the countless problems and suffering the world is going through. (Not to mention that walking from East Houston back to 68th Street is something akin to the Long March anyway.) I do, however, miss my city lifestyle, particularly after such a long stay in the gilded suburbs. Separation, for safety’s sake, was my intent, and so far it has worked tickety-boo. Yet that distance is also the insurmountable problem. Aside from the trifle that we humans belong in packs, everything is so expensive and wasteful out here—when time, space, and resources are properly accounted for. Perhaps counterintuitively, cities and towns, even those that are quite modest in size, are actually a lot greener…or would be, if we were sticklers for the here and now. The present notwithstanding, and no match for my irrepressible self, I do believe this pandemic, while a profound tragedy, will also be an all-important factory reset for cities large and small. I have a pretty good window on this. Yes, we have been inundated in the last six months with suburban and country projects, renos and new construction alike. But we have also received a tsunami of on-the-boards work, all for our cities future. And that future, according to our industry, is green, “City Green.” Just consider the projects in this NYC issue as valuable examples: LSM moves an international law firm into an office—in the new Kohn Pederson Fox Associates tower in Hudson Yards—that is not only becoming LEED Gold but also boasts two terraces added during construction. Susan T. Rodriguez built a WFH office on the rooftop of her historic apartment building... with 180-degree views of the Hudson River to boot! And the Rockaways continues to get reinvigorated with a new, casual and oh-so-beach-chic hotel by Morris Adjmi and Curious Yellow Design. So my dears, chins up, look ahead to the brighter future, and keep on hitting those pedals!
PAUL GODWIN
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