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FEATURE

offices

PROJECT TEAM
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
J.T. Magen & Co. Inc., New York (jtmagen.com)
PROJECT MANAGER
Craven Corp., New York (cravencorporation.com)
LEED CONSULTANT
CodeGreen Solutions, New York (codegreensolutions.com)
MEP ENGINEER
CFS Engineering, New York (cfseng.com)

150 New York-based employees as well as facilities that hold meetings for
as many as 160 participants," said MADGI principal, Steven Andersen.
"The conference rooms were designed with the ultimate in flexibility in
mind, as the Forum wanted to be able to conduct both training-style
presentations and large plenary-style meetings," he continued.
ELEVENTH FLOOR

"The team wanted to create a high-end, more sophisticated reception
area on the 11th floor, where guests, speakers, and leaders will be greeted. This area features back-painted white glass, wall cladding, wood
planks, millwork, and high-end European furniture," said MADGI
designer Mariana Panova.
In the 1,300-sq.-ft. reception area, the design team redesigned and
highlighted an existing staircase and created a seating area. The light and
warm color scheme features a palette of light beige accented with the
Forum's dark blue and light blue glass details. The Forum logo is installed
behind the reception desk, over a wood-plank feature wall, which is also
installed on the ceiling above. The wood is a Forest Stewardship Council-certified (Minneapolis, us.fsc.org/en-us) white oak by USF Contract,
Dalton, GA (usfcontract.com), with an oiled finish. The custom-designed
reception desk features a Bendheim glass, New York (bendheim.com),
front accented with LED-edge lighting.
The reception and seating area also has a Bendheim glass-wall cladding with shelves for the Forum's publications. The glass niche shelves are
built of champagne-colored mirrored glass, adding to the elegant residen-

The MADGI team redesigned the staircase by specifying glass cladding on the entire back wall, from the stair landing to the ceiling.
Acoustical felt tiles were placed in an indirectly lit ceiling cove centered above the stairs.

tial feel of this section of the floor. The seating area's ceiling design was
important, as the designers wanted to create an inviting, soft glow in the
space by using indirect LED-cove fixtures. Accent-type European light-

placed in an indirectly lit ceiling cove centered above the stairs. The stair-

ing fixtures, including iGuzzini Laser Blade, Montreal (iguzzini.com);

way features an Intense Lighting, Anaheim, CA (intenselighting.com),

recessed lighting and wall washers; and Visual Lighting Technologies',

stainless-steel V-Rail handrail system with embedded LED lighting strips,

Cedar Park, TX (vltcorp.com), double-cove lighting over the seating area,

and a glass guardrail by Q-railing, Tustin, CA (q-railing.com/en-us/).

complement the comfortable look and feel of the space. The furniture is
by Poltrona Frau, Tolentino, Italy (poltronafrau.com/en).
This area also features a television built into the glass-clad wall, separating it from the office section. The TV screen is mounted lower than is

"The 11th floor is functionally split on two sides of the reception
lobby. The building layout allowed us to separate one side of the floor as
public and meeting spaces, and the other as an administrative work area,"
explained MADGI project manager, Elizabeth Zagarello, Assoc. AIA.

typical to enhance the residential feel of the space. The floor of the recep-

The seven conference rooms all have audio-visual capabilities and

tion space is porcelain tile with a wood texture; the Forum's facilities ex-

video-conferencing equipment, and range from 150 to 500 sq. ft. Some of

ecutives wanted the look of wood but not the maintenance required for

the conference spaces combine in pairs to create large training rooms for

such a high-traffic area. Opposite the reception desk is the staircase, for

as many as 75 people. The 950-sq.-ft. plenary space can sit 160 partici-

which MADGI specified Bendheim glass cladding on the entire back

pants and doubles as a café and informal meeting area. A large television

wall, from the stair landing to the ceiling. A series of MIO's, Philadelphia

wall in the plenary room becomes a digital presentation and teleconfer-

(mioculture.com), 2- x 2-ft. Quad FeltForm 3D acoustical felt tiles were

ence wall when this room is in plenary mode. The flexible furniture of
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Rainscreen Produces An Artful Facade
Exteriors Products
Daylight Greets Travelers To Sunshine State
Glass Solutions Meet Stadium Standards
Windows & Doors Products
A Towering Achievement
Lighting & Electrical Products
Resilient Flooring Wins Design Challenge
Tradition And Modernity Meet At Hotspot Restaurant
Interiors Products
Building Technology Products
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Index
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