In order to accommodate its rapidly-growing membership, the Mount Sinai Jewish Center, recently completed a major renovation to the Washington Heights location it has called home since 1959 (though its history in the neighborhood spans more than a century). In addition to structural repairs, the lower level was completely renovated with a number of improvements […]
Continue Reading —›Architects Seth McDowell and Rychiee Espinosa founded their practice mcdowellespinosa in 2010 with the goal of transforming “waste, excess, and the ordinary into new spatial and material realities.” In 2015, they were selected os one of the six winners of the the prestigious Architectural League Prize. Winners of the prize present their work in lectures […]
Continue Reading —›Through her Brooklyn-based studio AVANDI, Ariane van Dievoet designs and manufactures furniture, home goods and jewelry “inspired by sustainable solutions and modular systems.” According to Ariane, her designs are “honest and sophisticated” which she attributes to her Belgian roots. We were asked to fabricate a few elements for her studio using our laser cutting and […]
Continue Reading —›Through her Brooklyn-based studio AVANDI, Ariane van Dievoet designs and manufactures furniture, home goods and jewelry “inspired by sustainable solutions and modular systems.” According to Ariane, her designs are “honest and sophisticated” which she attributes to her Belgian roots. We were asked to fabricate a few elements for her studio using our laser cutting and […]
Continue Reading —›Before there was the SuperDesk there was the SuperTemplate. When the creative agency The Barbarian Group set out to design their new offices in New York City, they worked with Clive Wilkinson Architects to create a workspace that would provide “the most collaborative, creative environment possible” as well as a space that would “provoke a […]
Continue Reading —›Brooklyn-based furniture manufacturer olollo, inc. designed a series of custom tables incorporating laser cut wood veneer and mother-of-pearl inlay pieces. The mother-of-pearl portions of the table were cut from tiles made up of thin layers of capiz shells. After a series of tests, a system was devised for laser cutting the unusual material to the […]
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