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Interiors

Interiors

On December 6, in New York City, six jurors convened to parse the merits of the more than 250 projects submitted to AN‘s first annual Best Of Design Awards. The jury included Kate Orff, principal of SCAPE; Thomas Hanrahan, dean of architecture at the Pratt Institute and principal of Hanrahan Meyers Architects; Wes Rozen, principal, Situ Studio; Mic Patterson, partner, Enclos; Dan Wood, principal, WorkAC; and AN‘s own William Menking. Over the next several days we will be posting their selections in six categories, starting with    

Heavybit is a new, curated community for cloud developers. The design inserts a series of architectural interventions within an existing three-story warehouse. The interventions define space, accommodate the program, and work materially with the client’s concept of heavy physicality coupled with the ephemerality of the cloud.

 

“It makes a topography out of a flat space to create places for social interactions.”
—Kate Orff

 

“The materiality of the interventions sets up a good conversation with the existing building.”
—Thomas Hanrahan

 

 

Project Resources:

General Contractor

Best Interior: Honorable Mention

Hyundai Capital Operations Center
Atlanta, Georgia
Gensler

   

The Goal of Hyundai Capital’s project was to increase staff productivity while also promoting employee well being. The concept of nature is brought indoors through vertical gardening and a fabric cloud garden that are used to create open spaces that feel connected to the environment.

 

"The contrast of the austerity of the space with the lushness of the planted elements is compelling."
—Kate Orff

 

Project Resources:

Lighting Designer

Best Interior: Honorable Mention

Steelcase Innovation Center
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Shimoda Design Group

   

This design honors the memory of the space’s past use as a factory through its reworking of a multi-level floor plan. The multiple floors, including a new mezzanine, promotes an arrangement of work settings that encourage varied site lines and circulation overlays that increase chance meetings and design conversations.

 

"The use of color throughout is very smart and considered."
—Wes Rozen

"The big move of that conference room really helps to define the space overall."
—Dan Wood

 

Project Resources:

Structural MEP Engineer
Progressive| AE
General and Concrete Contractor
The Christman Company
Metal Work
Van Dam Iron Works
Architectural Metals Inc.
Custom Millwork/Carpentry
Strata Design
The Christman Company
Lighting Supplier
Gotham
Columbia
Lightolier
Ruud
MP Lighting
Axis
Zumtobel
Targetti
Masonry, Stone, Tile
VanderWall Bros.
Vertical Transportation
Otis Elevator Company
Graphic Design, Signage & Wayfinding
Vox

 

 

Painting, Plaster, & Stucco
Sherwin-Williams
Carpet & Textile
Patcraft
Interface Flor
Tandus
Ceiling
Newmat
Doors & Frames
Ceco Door Products
Floor Covering
Tate
Fuse
Furniture
Steelcase
Upholstery
Design Tex
Plumbing fixtures/fittings
Delta
Speakerman
Kohler
Zurn
Sloan
Toto
Blanco
Everpure
Plastic Laminate
Wilsonart Laminate
Wall base
Allstate

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