2019 Best of Design Award for Interior — Retail: Maharishi Tribeca
Designer: Abruzzo Bodziak Architects
Location: New York City

Structural Engineer: A Degree of Freedom
Lighting Design Consultant: Dot Dash
General Contractor: K2 Construction Solutions
Curtain Fabrication: Curtains of You

Abruzzo Bodziak Architects has designed British clothing brand maharishi’s first store outside of the United Kingdom. The flagship is situated in a landmarked loft building on Lispenard Street in Tribeca. The two-level store is a building within a building; the project preserves the space’s historic details by floating the new shop inside the existing interior. A grid of wood cabinetry defines the insertion, marking out the two levels, and halfway through the space, a mezzanine levitates above the shop, creating an intimate room upstairs. The design of the store takes cues from formal Japanese gardens and military supply warehouses as well as historic shops of New York City.

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