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WORK Architecture Company's Diane von Furstenberg Studio, New York
Author(s) -
Merkel Jayne
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.827
Subject(s) - studio , architecture , precast concrete , art history , visual arts , art , architectural engineering , archaeology , engineering , media studies , sociology , civil engineering , history
In what was once the goriest part of Manhattan ‐ the Meatpacking District on the far west side ‐ WORKac has created a glittery collection of showrooms, studios and offices spread over four floors, sandwiched between a rooftop dwelling and a street‐level flagship store within a pair of 19th‐century warehouses. Jayne Merkel explains how sunlight from an angular jewel‐like skylight fills the interior, which is intersected by a bejewelled, precast‐concrete grand staircase, with refracted, reflected, constantly changing and relatively natural‐looking light. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.