The ROBERT Restaurant Opens in New York
The ROBERT restaurant has opened atop the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City.
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ROBERT unveils for its clientele an expansive view of Columbus Circle, Central Park, Broadway and Central Park West, hidden for decades since the closure of Huntington Hartford’s museum. Celebratory, sexy and romantic, designed to allow for conversation, patrons may dine sitting on sofas in the central lounge area, or be seated at the windows to enjoy the views.
Lighting is designed by San Francisco based architect Johanna Grawunder. Grawunder’s two installations are Cherry Blossom; a mobile-like chandelier installation of LED lit lucite panels and Tangerines; a series of suspended orange lucite boxes along the windowed perimeter. Sculptural steel cocktail tables, host stands and a 15 foot communal table bisected by a 6 foot high “sound wave” were created for the space by London based architect Philip Michael Wolfson. Upholstered pieces were designed by modernist master Vladimir Kagan. A new video art piece entitled “Orbit 2” was created by artist Jennifer Steinkamp and is the first of her work to be displayed on a 103” plasma screen. Project architects were Schefer Design.
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robin holland on 05 Feb 2010 at 11:41 pm #
superb use of colour
Mauro on 08 Feb 2010 at 6:55 am #
It´s a little bit plain for me, the colors are good, the furniture set is good, but there´s something missing….
Rudy on 09 Feb 2010 at 6:04 pm #
The Kagan sofa’s are great, so are the light objects. Yet the interior design fails to make this an inviting place. The rigid placing of furniture let me think of some sort of banquet at a conference. The space itself is a tough one, making something interesting out of it takes a genius.