mix DECEMBER 2023 - #01
SHOWCASE • Deutsche Bank, NYC • MSG Sphere, Las Vegas WHO WE ARE • Services • Portfolio • Team MEDIA • FCSI “On Tap” Interview
Cover Image: Deutsche Bank Headquarters New York City
A YEAR IN REVIEW
As we bid farewell to another remarkable year, we take a moment to reflect on the journey we’ve shared. Our recipe for 2023, blended ingredients for growing our collective strength, overcoming challenges and celebrating triumphs. Together, we navigated uncertainties, embraced change, and forged connections that defined the essence of this year. As we step into the future, let’s carry the lessons learned, cherish the memories made, and anticipate the boundless possibilities ahead. Cheers to the collective spirit that made 2023 uniquely special and cheers to the prospects of 2024!
Cheers! Davella Studios
INDEX SHOWCASE • Deutsche Bank, NYC - pages 4 - 9 • MSG Sphere, Las Vegas - pages 10 - 11 WHO WE ARE • Portfolio - pages 12 - 15 • Services - page 17 • Team - page 16 MEDIA • FCSI “On Tap” Interview - page 16
On the next pages, see a reproduction of Deutsche Bank Showcase, published on February 2023 by FCSI Project Showcase.
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FCSI SHOWCASE DEUTSCHE BANK
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Sphere is a wholly new multi-sensory, immersive venue for today’s
artists and fans. Holding the record as the largest spherical structure in the world, Sphere will serve as a radical new entertainment venue, accommodating up to 20,000 spectators for live shows. Tasked with designing an interior experience for Sphere that would match the size and magnitude of the exterior screen and performance bowl–the largest spherical structure in the world.
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MSG Sphere Las Vegas Davella Studios is honored to have been part of the amazing team that brought the Sphere Las Vegas to fruition. In collaboration with MSG and Tao Group, the goal of creating a truly unique food & beverage concept and culinary design was created and is sure to overwhelm the senses. We continue to push the creative envelope with the help of amazing partners like Chill Rite who designed a one-of-a-kind beverage dispensing system that will surely be kept busy.
ICRAVE brought an ethereal atmosphere to almost 400,000 SF; a cacophony of sweeping spaces that create an immersive world including entry bridges, the atrium, main concourse, diverse food and beverage venues, artistic galleries, private dressing rooms, an exclusive VIP club, luxury viewing suites, and more. icrave.com
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CORPORATE PROJECT EXPERIENCE 21ST Century Fox /News Corp. | New York American Express | New York, NY American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY Anheuser-Busch | New York, NY Apollo Capital | New York, NY Akin Gump | New York, NY Altria | Richmond, VA AT&T | Dallas, TX AXA Financial | New York, NY Beacon Capital | Boston, MA BlackRock | New York, NY Blackstone | New York, NY Bloomberg LP | New York, NY BNP Paribas | New York, NY Boies Shiller Flexner | New York, NY Brooklyn Botanic Garden | New York, NY Brookfield Properties | New York, NY Citadel | Chicago, IL Citadel | New York, NY Cleary Gotlieb| New York, NY Cooley, LP | New York, NY Deutsche Bank | New York, NY Dow Jones | New York, NY Duane Morris | Philadelphia, PA Element Capital | New York, NY Equinox HQ | New York, NY Federal Reserve Bank of New York | New York, NY Fidelity Investments | Boston, MA Ford Foundation | New York, NY Gannet / USA Today | Boston, MA Gartner | Dallas, TX Gartner | Fort Myers, FL Godrej | Mumbai, India Goldman Sachs | New York, NY GroupM | New York, NY GUCCI | Jersey City, NJ Horizon Therapeutics | Chicago, IL IBM | Westchester, NY ING Financial | New York, NY J. Walter Thompson | New York, NY J.P. Morgan Chase | New York, NY Kennedy Center | Washington, DC Kingsland Capital | New York, NY 12
OUR PORTFOLIO Lehman Brothers | New York, NY Millennium Capital | New York, NY L’Oreal USA | New York, NY Lowenstein Sandler | New York, NY McKinsey and Company | New York, NY Milbank, LLP | New York, NY Meditech | Boston, MA Morgan Stanley| New York, NY Morgan Stanley| Westchester, NY National Geographic Society | New York, NY National Urban League | New York, NY New Amsterdam Pavilion | New York, NY NY Jets Training Facility | Florham Park, NJ New York Stock Exchange | New York, NY New Mountain Capital | New York, NY Nokia | White Plains, NY Norton Rose Fulbright | New York, NY Novartis | East Hanover, NJ Och-Ziff Capital Management Group| New York, NY Pfizer | New York, NY Pillsbury | New York, NY Putnam Investments | Franklin, MA Qatar Science & Technology Park, Doha, Qatar RSM US LLP| Charlestown, MA Raymond James| New York, NY Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett | New York, NY Silverlake | New York, NY Skadden | New York, NY Sony Corporation | New York, NY SOROS Fund Management | New York, NY Squarespace | New York, NY Squarespace | Portland, OR TD Bank | Jersey City, NJ Time Inc. | New York, NY Time Warner | New York, NY The Boston Consulting Group| New York, NY Verizon| Basking Ridge, NJ White & Case | New York, NY Willis Towers Watson| New York, NY WilmerHale | Washington D.C. WPP | Detroit, MI WPP | Toronto, Ontario WWE | Stanford, CT davellastudios.com
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HOSPITALITY PROJECT EXPERIENCE Aamann’s Copenhagen | New York, NY Back Forty West | New York, NY Beecher’s Handmade Cheese | New York, NY Bellagio Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV Brasserie | New York, NY Brasserie 8 ½ | New York, NY Burger 8 | Saudi Arabia, UAE Central Park Boathouse | New York, NY Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group Doral Arrowwood | Westchester, NY Everglades Club | Palm Beach, FL Extell Development Company Greenbrier Hotel | White Sulfur Springs, WV Hakkasan | New York, NY Harvard Club | New York, NY Hilton Hotels | Marco Island, FL Hot Bread Kitchen | New York, NY Hyatt Convention Center Hotel | Boston, MA Hyatt Times Square Hotel (Diner) | New York, NY Hyatt Times Square Hotel (Skybar) | New York, NY Intercontinental Hotel Group La Fonda del Sol | New York, NY Le Cirque | New York, NY Le Cirque | Mexico City, Mexico Maison Kayser Baker, multiple locations | New York, NY Marriott Hotels Nantucket Culinary Center | Nantucket, MA New England Aquarium | Boston, MA New York Botanical Gardens | Bronx, NY New York Presbyterian Hospital McKeen | New York, NY Novel @ the Boston Public Library | Boston, MA Obicà | New York, NY Pierre Hotel (Sirio Restaurant) | New York, NY Ritz Carlton Hotel (BLT Steak) | White Plains, NY Ritz Carlton Hotel (Restaurant 42) | White Plains, NY Rosewood Hotel | Dubai, UAE Rouge Tomate | New York, NY Santa Fe Opera | Sante Fe, NM Sebastians Cafe, multiple locations | Boston, MA Shake Shack, multiple locations South Gate Jumeriah Essex House Hotel | New York, NY Todd English Wasabi UK | New York, NY 14
HIGHER EDUCATION PROJECT EXPERIBarnard College | New York, NY Beacon High School | New York, NY Boston University | Boston, MA Brooklyn Law School | Brooklyn, NY Centenary College | Hackettstown, NJ Columbia University | New York, NY Cornell University | Ithaca, NY Harvard Business School | Boston, MA Harvard University | Cambridge, MA Keene State College | Keene, NH Lyme Academy Fine Arts| Old Lyme, CT Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT Pace University | New York, NY Packer Collegiate Institute| Brooklyn, NY Pratt University | Brooklyn, NY Princeton University | Princeton, NJ Qatar Foundation | Doha, Qatar Richard Stockton College | Galloway, NJ Smith College | Northampton, MA State University of New York | Geneseo, NY Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX The Greenhill School | Dallas, TX The Ross School | Easthampton, NY Tulane University | New Orleans, LA University of Connecticut | Storrs, CT University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA Yale University | New Haven, CT
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OUR TEAM JAMES DAVELLA President + Founder
CHRIS COOPER Senior Project Consultant Business Development Manager
MATT DALEY Director of Design
MASON EARLEY BIM Manager
SIMONE POLLARD CAD | Revit Designer
MAURICIO PORTO Marketing Director
Watch the interview with James Davella, president + founder of Davella Studios, at On Tap FCSI The Americas, hosted by Wade Koehler.
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ABOUT DAVELLA STUDIOS
WHO WE ARE Who We Are
Since 2005 Davella Studios has bridged the gap of collaboration with our clients to create forward thinking foodservice spaces that positively affect every member of the operation. Known for elevating food and beverage programs within workplace dining, hotels and world-class restaurants, the distinctive levels of real-life culinary + hospitality experience found within the former chefs, servers and FOH management, who make up our team, allow us to create spaces that both address familiar challenges and consistently operate at the highest level of efficiency. Never satisfied with the now, we look at every project as an opportunity to deliver fresh ideas, new approaches and innovative concepts in both operating techniques and industry technology.
WHAT WE DELIVER • Concise documentation that drives a fluid process from conceptualization to move in. • Unique designs created from a collaborative discipline effort. • Efficient, consistent, and thoughtful food & beverage spaces. • Solutions generated from real life foodservice + hospitality experiences. • Tools that empower chefs and optimize productivity.
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