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MICHAEL GRAVES ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
WE BELIEVE HUMANISM IS THE SOUL OF DESIGN AND ENABLES TRANSFORMATIVE RESULTS. WE VIEW EACH DESIGN OPPORTUNITY AS AN UNFOLDING STORY – AND THE PERSON OCCUPYING THE SPACE OR USING A PRODUCT – AS THE CENTRAL CHARACTER. BY FOCUSING ON THE INDIVIDUAL, WE HUMANIZE DESIGN. AS A RESULT, PEOPLE EXPERIENCE OUR WORK SPATIALLY, VISUALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.
ARCHITECTURE PLANNING INTERIOR DESIGN PRODUCT DESIGN BRANDING GRAPHIC DESIGN
MGA&D “ DESIGN IS A TOOL WE USE TO TOUCH PEOPLE, ENGAGE THEIR SENSES AND ENHANCE THEIR LIVES.”
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Founded by AIA Gold Medalist Michael Graves in 1964, Michael Graves Architecture & Design (MGA&D) is recognized as one of the leading design firms in the world. Through approaching projects aesthetically and empathetically, MGA&D achieves transformative results for clients. MGA&D offers a full spectrum of architecture and product design services. Architecture projects span the globe, while the firm has brought to market over 2,000 products for clients such as Kimberly-Clark, Stryker Medical, Alessi, JCPenney, and Target. MGA&D is a unique, highly integrated, practice that offers strategic advantages to clients worldwide. For more information, visit michaelgraves.com. The architectural practice has designed over 400 buildings worldwide encompassing many building types: large-scale master
plans, corporate headquarters and other office buildings, hotels and resorts, restaurants and retail stores, facilities for sports and recreation, healthcare facilities, civic projects such as embassies, courthouses and monuments, a wide variety of university buildings, museums, theaters, public libraries, housing and private residences. MGA&D has received over 300 awards for design excellence. MGA&D’s Interiors Studio provides design services for all of its architectural projects and also has a stand-alone practice. MGA&D’s interiors studio has extensive experience in the hospitality industry, including the design of hotel guest rooms, suites, public amenities, conference centers, restaurants and clubs, as well as serviced apartments, luxury suites and penthouses, and villas. The Interiors Studio often custom-
designs furniture and artwork that complement the character of the firm’s architecture and interiors. MGA&D has designed over 2000 consumer products, which include both building components such as lighting, hardware, bath and kitchen products, and a wide variety of consumer products for home, office and personal use. MGA&D’s strategic partnerships include manufacturers such as Alessi, Steuben, Dansk, Disney, Baldinger Architectural Lighting, David Edward Furniture, Glen Eden, Stryker Medical, Drive Medical, Delta Faucet and Progress Lighting, among others, and also retailers such as JCPenney, Target Stores and international distribution companies. MGA&D has designed innovative packaging and graphic identity programs for many of its projects.
WE ARE A MULTIDISCIPLINARY FIRM.
INTERIOR DESIGN
PLANNING
ARCHITECTURE
We believe interior design should reflect each client’s culture and communicate their values while meeting both their functional and aesthetic goals. Our projects range from company headquarters to international hotels to interiors for public institutions. Working in conjunction with MGA&D’s product designers, our interior designers often custom-design furniture and artwork that complement the character of the firm’s architecture and interiors.
We see planning as a vital part of the built landscape, a process that begins with the development of a hierarchical organization of spatial relationships between buildings and the surrounding built or natural context. Our master plans impart a distinct sense of community and place, while establishing a framework for current and future decisions. Throughout the world, we have created award-winning designs that are functional, efficient, site specific and sustainable.
We believe that architecture is inextricably tied to use, place, client aspirations and cultural traditions. We also believe that the greatest buildings are those that cannot be imagined anywhere else in the world. Thus, it is our mission to provide clients around the globe with highly functional, intuitive design solutions that are sensitive to an ever changing built environment in both scale and context. We bring design excellence to all building types.
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PRODUCT DESIGN
GRAPHIC DESIGN
BRANDING
We provide integrated product design services. We are well known for designing products that deliver an inspired balance of form and function. We have brought over 2000 Michael Gravesbranded consumer products to market across all retail distribution channels. Among our branded partnerships are: Kimberly-Clark, Alessi, Target Stores, Stryker, JCPenney, Disney and Steuben.
We provide complete graphic design services ranging from product-specific graphics and marketing collateral to retail planogram layout and environmental graphics for a diverse client base. We have designed everything from watch faces, to restaurant logos, to environmental signage for the world’s largest integrated resort.
We have extensive experience in brand building – beginning with the management of our own consumer brand Michael Graves Design. For our clients, our integrated team of industrial designers, graphic designers and brand managers provide extensive brand building services in the development of standout consumer brands.
OUR VISION From the beginning, MGA&D has had a strong commitment to projects for cultural institutions. We have designed numerous museums, theaters, and art centers, along with public libraries and cultural monuments, other buildings that make positive contributions to their communities and to society in general. Michael Graves has long been considered a distinguished advocate for the arts and has won the National Medal of Arts, awards from the National Sculpture Society, and other arts organizations in addition to the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal, the highest award bestowed upon architects in the United States.
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THREE ON THE BUND
JEAN-GEORGES SHANGHAI SHANGHAI, CHINA The Shanghai restaurant of internationally renowned chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten occupies the entire fourth floor of the renovated landmark BeauxArts building known as Three on the Bund. The full-service restaurant serves lunch and dinner, seating 200 in the main dining room, 50 in the lounge, and 20 at the bar. Many dining options are provided, including a table in a private “wine cellar” and a bar and lounge with an open kitchen. Throughout the interiors, the ambiance was intended to recall the famous Jazz Age of Shanghai’s heyday, with emphasis on warm colors, sumptuous materials and comfortable seating. The entrance lobby features a grid of marble and copper leaf. The dining areas continue the use of copper leaf and marble and combine them with walnut veneers and mirrors. The furniture and fixtures were all custom-designed.
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LARIS RESTAURANT SHANGHAI, CHINA Located on the seventh floor of the renovated landmark BeauxArts building known as Three on the Bund, the chic full-service restaurant for internationally renowned chef David Laris, seats 186 in the dining room, 40 in the lounge, and 18 in the bar. In keeping with the chef’s personality, the atmosphere was intended to be bright and convivial, with ample opportunities for informal dining and socializing. Private dining and large table settings encourage family-style dining. Specialized dining spaces include a chocolate bar and a raw bar, which each overlook one of the two full-height atriums in the building. Green and white veined marble and brass leaf highlight the lively interiors. Custom-designed furniture and fixtures appear throughout the restaurant.
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THIRD DEGREE SHANGHAI, CHINA Third Degree, a sophisticated music lounge featuring premium wine and cigars with sophisticated live entertainment by artists of international acclaim. Its veranda terrace, seating up to 10, is a choice spot for a late-night cognac or glass of fine champagne under the stars — perfect for an exclusive private cocktail reception or romantic date.
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HOTEL MICHAEL
PALIO RESTAURANT SENTOSA, SINGAPORE Michael Graves has had a long fascination with Italy, going back to his student days when he spent two years at the American Academy in Rome. He has returned to Italy many times since and was therefore very happy to design the Italian restaurant at Hotel Michael. The restaurant takes its name from the Palio, a famed horse race held twice each summer in Siena, Italy. The 17 sectors of the city, each represented by its own banner, race against each other in a festive spectacle. The inspiration for the dĂŠcor of the Palio restaurant at Hotel Michael comes from those distinctive and colorful banners as well as the celebratory atmosphere that they evoke.
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HOTEL BAR SENTOSA, SINGAPORE A tribute to one of America’s greatest contemporary architects Michael Graves, Hotel Michael is a luxurious treat for art lovers. The art gallery-like atmosphere in every maple-accented room is complemented with mural-adorned walls and artistic furnishings and accessories that exude the designer’s signature elegance. Even the bathrooms are works of art, with flower-motif mosaics on the walls and the unusual blue mosaic-tiled circular shower. High up in the rooftop vaults of Hotel Michael, the hip nightclub called the Sky Bar is a dramatic space where architecture meets the sky. Hundreds of light fixtures play off the blue upper reaches of the room and create the impression of a starry night. The furnishings include a collection of 20th century modern classics, showcasing the high design theme of the hotel and the special experience of this particular venue.
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FESTIVE HOTEL
FIESTA SENTOSA, SINGAPORE The Brazilian Restaurant is a culmination of the festive atmosphere of the hotel lobby, capturing the fiery and animated characteristics of Carnival and churrascaria. Youthful, lively and rich with color, the dining room, which services 146 seats for breakfast and 158 for dining, features two multi-colored sculptural columns that extend and undulate over the dining tables. Simple glass fixtures glow above, bringing the ceiling alive. The dining experience extends to outdoor dining tables and lounge, where festivities continue with a view to the pool. The outdoor area contains 86 terrace dining seats and 26 lounge seats.
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CROCKFORDS TOWER
HOTARU SENTOSA, SINGAPORE The entrance to the Japanese restaurant Hotaru, located off the main activities of the casino level, is a portal of fireflies calmly flashing their bright lights (“Hotaru” means “firefly” in Japanese). The main restaurant space features a performance of chefs at Sushi and Robatayaki Bars, with guests seated below billowing planes of light. With an understated elegance associated with Japanese design, the surfaces are simple juxtapositions of contrasting materials such as rough granite and polished maple. Tucked away at the edge of the restaurant is a private entrance for VIP guests, as well as private tatami rooms. Hotaru accommodates 139 seats in the main dining room, including the Sushi and Robatayaki Bars and 18 in private dining rooms.
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CROCKFORDS GRILL SENTOSA, SINGAPORE Both MGA&D and its associated architect DP Architects designed food and beverage outlets in the casino as well as in other locations in the resort, each of which has a distinctive character and decor. Among those designed by MGA&D is the Casino Royale Bar, a stunning high-energy zone with a performance stage and a series of glass starburst sculptures, which terminates the axis of the main gaming hall. From the bar, one can look up into the second level Crockfords Grill and Wine Bar with its sculptural ceiling feature designed by Dale Chihuly.
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ST. REGIS CAIRO
ASIAN RESTAURANT CAIRO, EGYPT The Main Dining Room is intimate and dimly lit. Smoothed natural edge walnut tables, modern Asian style chairs and textured upholsteries sit atop a simple black slate floor. An illuminated, mystical sculpture is suspended from the ceiling, dripping with beads of glass and metal, reflecting itself in a pool of water below. Monumental Chinoiserie cabinets fill one side of the room, displaying rustic vessels and ceramics. Crimson brushed lacquer, aged patina, embossed leather panels and rough stone cover the surfaces throughout. Mysterious sources of light peek around corners and from within coves, seemingly carved into the material’s edge.
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BRASSERIE CAIRO, EGYPT Sounds of active dining and lively conversation draw you in. The guest is escorted through the large vaulted space to their table in the Main Dining Room or the Garden terrace. A hustle and flurry of activity occurs as food is being prepared and plated for exquisite presentation, enhancing the dining expenence. The service corridor is styled to look like an authentic Parisian market, boasting a bountiful display of bread, pastnes and other freshly prepared items
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LOBBY BAR CAIRO, EGYPT The Lobby Bar is a destination of ultimate sophisitcation. The Upper lounge is appointed with luxuriously comfortable furniture and paneled in rich dark wood and illuminated mushrabiya. A spectacular bronze and Swarovski crystal chandelier hangs like a grand crown from the monumental dome, defining the main cocktail lounge. Stepping down into the elegantly masculine space, guests will notice the bespoke mural, a signature element of the St. Regis. Guests can gather at low, comfortable lounge chairs and tables surrounding a central confidante sofa for drinks. Dramatic sheer drapery frame the invigorating nighttime views of the Nile beyond.
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CHARLIE TROTTER
SEAFOOD RESTAURANT NEW YORK, NY MGA&D designed a signature seafood restaurant for the legendary Chef Charlie Trotter. The design incorporates abstract senses of old ships, ocean currents and rippling seaplants. Trotter has commented that in looking for a design partner for this unique project it was very important for him to get outside of the realm of “Restaurant Designer Row.” His idea was to “think outside the box” and to find a visionary, a designer of high standards who could take his ideas and breathe life into them. Widely recognized for his culinary genius with seafood, the design was developed as a partnership between Trotter and MGA&D to develop three very distinct “zones” for his restaurant: the main dining room, a drinking bar/lounge, and a unique “raw seafood” bar. Private dining facilities will be available as well.
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MGA&D 609.924.6409 341 Nassau Street Princeton, NJ 08540 info@michaelgraves.com MICHAELGRAVES.com