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New York City
Mixed Use;
Retail, Office
100,000 sq.
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Takashimaya
Flagship Store |
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The North American flagship store for the Tokyo-based Takashimaya department
store is
located on Fifth Avenue in the heart of Manhattan. Its prominent site is
mid-block in a
neighborhood with a rich architectural context, so the building's avenue facade
takes on
added significance. The owners encouraged the architects to design a facade that
would
respect the context of the neighborhood. Limestone was selected as the primary
building
material; two-story granite orders and engaged columns rise one upon another
from the
three-story high entry at the base to the top of the building, where they end in
a porch-like
colonnade just below the penthouse. The requirement for several floors of office
space in
addition to the department store necessitated two distinct entrances, thereby
giving office
tenants a secure lobby separate from the retail entrance.
In addition to the retail and office floors, four floors serve restaurant and
club functions.
The twenty-story building, with approximately 100,000 square feet, sets back
slightly at
the ninth floor, offering room for a small terrace. A copper-clad gabled roof is
set in at
the side walls and provides an additional rooftop terrace at the penthouse
floor.
A three-story atrium at the ground floor and front of the building is visible
from the Fifth
Avenue sidewalk and is used for cultural and educational exhibits as well as a
variety of
large displays.
Jeff Sydness was the Design Partner-in-Charge of this project for John Burgee
Architects.
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