1. Palette Pleaser.
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LENTZ, LINDA C.
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CITY dwellers , *RESTROOMS , *RESTAURANT design & construction , *COVID-19 pandemic , *KITCHEN design & construction - Abstract
BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,018 RECORD INTERIORS BEFORE TEMPORARILY shuttering its doors due to the COVID-19 crisis in March (along with all New York restaurants), the six-month-old Asset had become a welcome addition to the dining scene near Manhattan's Central Park and the American Museum of Natural History. For Asset, the team developed a more sophisticated dialog with the bones of the existing architecture - specifically, metal lath vaults above the fire-rated ceiling, which were revealed during a ground-penetrating radar scan prior to design and construction. Located within a historic district, on the ground floor of an 11-story, 120-year-old Lamb & Rich Renaissance Revival-style building, the 3,450-square-foot space has soaring ceilings, a mezzanine, and a basement level. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2020