OCTOBER 2021
new york cool
Elena Blush, ENA 6622
The Muse Collection by V Starr for Wolf-Gordon Celebrating strong women through three upholstery textiles: ELENA, FRIDA and ORA.
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ON THE COVER Furniture by Nada Debs gathers on a custom rug in the St. Pierre limestone–sheathed entry hall of the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, a Midtown project by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Photography: Dave Burk/Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
features 104 SMOOTH SAILING by Jen Renzi
With its nautically inspired interiors for Dock 72, Fogarty Finger helps the Brooklyn Navy Yard chart a new course.
126 THE GOTHAM SUITE by Peter Webster
Thanks to a quintet of new and renovated hotels, the Big Apple’s never-ending symphony modulates to a fresh, upbeat key.
112 A TALE OF TWO CITIES 138 GRAND SLAM by Edie Cohen by Katie Gerfen
In a TriBeCa apartment, Enze Architects weaves a stylish narrative starring Milan and Manhattan.
118 DIPLOMATIC MOVES by Joseph Giovannini
Architectural harmony reigns in Midtown East at the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
Studios Architecture’s Major League Baseball headquarters in Midtown forges a new era for the sport. 146 POINT OF RETURN by Helene Oberman and Annie Block
With hundreds of entries from every borough, the annual NYCxDesign Awards confirms that the city is back, stronger and better-looking than before.
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city living 53 LIGHT READING by Stephen Treffinger 61 URBAN ZEN by Annie Block
In Manhattan and Brooklyn, home means cool, calm, and collected.
departments 29 DESIGNWIRE by Annie Block and Peter Webster 40 PINUPS by Wilson Barlow 47 CREATIVE VOICES A Hybrid World by Eric Mutrie
Amidst new pandemic realities, Brooklyn architect Alexandra Barker is helping New Yorkers to endure, pivot, and adapt. 71 MARKET by Rebecca Thienes, Georgina McWhirter, and Nicholas Tamarin 99 CENTERFOLD Tough Love by Georgina McWhirter
NYCxDESIGN’s annual poster campaign is back with a mix of the gritty and the pretty, just like Gotham itself. 162 BOOKS by Stanley Abercrombie 163 CONTACTS 167 INTERVENTION by Wilson Barlow
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e d i t o r ’s welcome
hugs from the biggest apple We all heart NYC! And what better way to celebrate our beloved New York than, say, jetting to one of our favorite Italian destinations, like Milan, for the Salone? Or to the Windy City for NeoCon? Yes, friends and design fans, it’s our “all the New York you could want” issue; at the same time, we are on the move again, covering the industry’s official “social” reawakening at those annual design fairs—rescheduled, ex pressly for us, this fall! These quick jaunts are quite befitting. Being the gateway to design everywhere is quintessential New York, after all. And I of all people should know. I have been shipping this NY puppy to press, through thick and thin, for many a year now. Whether in roaring-good times or downright calamities, our crop of made– for–New York design is always bountiful, prodigious…even irrepressible. So, a celebration in transit suits us just fine, because the Big Apple will keep on giving its best. And in a way, perhaps, it’s the city that says, “No matter what, it’s going to be OK.” Without further ado then, let me introduce the cast of characters we are presenting in our own New York design show. We kick it off by celebrating all the boroughs—from edge to shining edge— with our sixth annual NYCxDESIGN Awards (and check out the Edge at Hudson Yards, which won the Shining Moment and Outdoor categories!). Studios Architecture knocks it out of the park with its new Midtown headquarters for Major League Baseball, where the firm used materials riffing on the sport, but in a new and super-chic way. And we just had to share a crop of renovated hotels across the city— from Meatpacking to SoHo, Brooklyn to Roosevelt Island (phew!)—that will make all of us want to pack our bags and visit…now! It’s my city—our beloved city—and it’s all about design, so let’s give it the standing ovation it deserves. xoxo
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