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April 2010
Notes from Metropolis
Traveling Activism

Look for Emily Pilloton’s Design Revolution Road Show at a school near you.
Features
Mix It Up

200 Fifth Avenue—an old and venerable building in New York’s Flatiron District—gets a stunning modern makeover by Studios Architecture.
Features: W Hotels Goes Local
Features: The Allure of Leisure
Features: Mix It Up
Features: Mix It Up: Preservation
Features: Mix It Up: Lighting
Features: Mix It Up: Signage
Features: Mix It Up: The Deal
Features: Mix It Up: Materials & Products
Features: Traveling Activism
Features: Flirting with Danger
Features: A Brighter Future
Features: Endless Summer
Features: The Power of Zero
Features: Brass Works
Features: Social Fabric
Features: The Shield
Observed
Flirting with Danger
A Brighter Future
Endless Summer
The Power of Zero
Brass Works
Social Fabric
The Shield
Honest Effort
Space Craft
Urban Canvas

America
Rebuilding Haiti

Local people, using local materials, may be the best solution for the ravaged country.

Learning Curve
Their Day in the Sun

An exhibition of student designs gives Grätzel solar cells their due.

In Production
Bearing an Imprint

Even with wooden legs, Michael Young’s design for Emeco unmistakably recalls the company’s trademark Navy chair.

Materials
Second Time Around

Reclaimed wood with a patina as rich as its history

Productsphere
Arriving Stateside

The ICFF is a magnet for international companies.

Reference Page
Reference Page: April 2010


W Hotels Goes Local

With 15 locations in the works, the boutique-hospitality brand is taking a site-sensitive approach to building its global empire.

The Allure of Leisure

Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance’s furniture— fluid, curvaceous and seemingly handmade— harks back to an old and noble French tradition.

Mix It Up: Preservation

Because 200 Fifth Avenue is a historic building, the plans to renovate it had to run an all-too-familiar gauntlet: New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission, long seen as an enemy of modern additions.

Mix It Up: Lighting

The kind of work environment Grey Group wanted—a series of memorable and clearly differentiated spaces, with a minimum of interior walls—couldn’t have happened without Clark Johnson’s ingenious mix of fixtures.

Mix It Up: Signage

Studios Architecture treated the Grey Group interior as if it were working for two clients: the creatives and the corporate staff. That left Paula Scher, who handled the environmental graphics, with a dilemma.

Mix It Up: The Deal

Studios Architecture played an important role in helping L&L Holding Company close the 2007 deal for the property and, soon afterward, attract Grey Group as the anchor tenant.

Mix It Up: Materials & Products

Taking a cue from the client’s desire for a less corporate look, Studios’ interiors team looked for authentic textures and finishes.

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