CITY - Issue 61 - (Page 62)

MEMBERS ONLY IMAGE COURTESY OF ASTON MARTIN. STATUE AND FIREPL ACE IMAGE COURTESY OF GALPIN ASTON MARTIN. us in position to so t out all kinds of logistics fo ou membe s. Even dieha d ca fanatics he e don’t know the e’s a t ack an hou away. But it’s mo e than just ca s — we’ e fun.” The club’s signatu e fun featu e is the ba and lounge, which membe s have access to twenty-fou hou s a day. Of cou se, it is fu nished in the kinds of ﬁ nished mate ials found in ne plus ult a supe ca s: olled-steel fo the ba , blue LED-tinged lighting, unique fu nitu e w apped in leathe f om a Lambo ghini Mu cielago LP , all of which sta e at you f om within the deeply eﬂective black epoxy ﬂoo . Oﬀe ing membe s a place to spend thei time — all day and all night — the Manhattan Ca Club has launched a vehicula -f ate nity whe e it and its membe s can get to know each othe bette . “The ba space goes way beyond the ca ,” says Moseley. “The e’s a eal social aspect that deﬁ nitely impacts the membe ship because it becomes the cente of thei lifestyle. Once they’ e hooked into it, it’s what they do.” ston Ma tin is one of the manufactu e s b inging that manne of b and inte action to me ica with its deale ship edesign. Taking Mies van de Rohe’s g oundb eaking Ba celona Pavilion as its model, ston deale s a e e ecting st uctu es that connect the handc a ed natu e of the ca s with that of the buildings in which they’ e sold. “The concept has been chosen to emind one of an a t galle y o luxu y boutique,” said F ancesca Best, ston Ma tin’s No th me ican PR Manage . “St eamlined, with a pu ity of fo m that is delibe ately not a conventional automotive facility, it is based upon c eating a sense of space both inte nally and exte nally whe e the ca is placed like an object of a t.” In the new pa adigm, washed g avel su ounds a long, low building fashioned out of la ge blocks of unva nished t ave tine ma ble. The pe pendicula lines of stone a e cont asted with sections of f osted and clea glass walls accented with aluminum ﬁ xtu es. Inside, white pa titions divide the space, and ove head lighting is set into the ceiling to keep any exposed ﬁ xtu e f om stealing attention f om the ca s pa ked on a vast expanse of t ave tine. In some locations, one of those ma ble walls will house ecessed, glass-f onted cubbies whe e pieces f om the ston Ma tin Collection est on black velvet. t the coffee ba , guests can sip esp essos f om Ville oy & Boche cups while admi ing images f om the “ ston Ma tin Meets t” photog aphic se ies. et the best place to spend time with ston Ma tin is p obably in the membe sonly Club ston Ma tin. t Galpin ston Ma tin in Los ngeles, Beau Boeckmann has built a cove of luxu y beﬁtting those with a taste fo the ca that d ives James Bond and P ince Cha les. Boeckmann said he “wanted to c eate a special place fo ston Ma tin and the most exclusive club. The question was ‘How can we exceed a ock sta ’s, a billionai e’s, an -list celeb ity’s expectations?’” His answe was to enlist the help of seve al designe s and e-imagine a secluded, , -squa e-foot space at the back of the deale ship. p ivate stai well leads to an ent ance opened with a thumbp int o a VIP ca d. Beyond that, ult a-suede and t ave tine walls fo m a patte n of cu ves as sinuous as

Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of CITY - Issue 61

CITY - Issue 61 Contents Our Friends Action Wanted City Moment Luscious Life Fast Food Inrogue Temporary Contemporary Diary Savania Davies-Keller & Roberto Crivello Pamela Love Sung-Joo Kim Jerome Berard Destination Dealerships Overly Opulent Inside Out Like a Clock in the Heart Qatar’s Crown Jewel BLING Urge to Splurge Just a Splash Luxe Life Solitaire Equus Where to Buy It Cityscape

CITY - Issue 61

For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.