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Clement Restaurant & Bar
New York

Owner

The Peninsula New York Partnership

Architecture Firm

Firm Harman Jablin Architects, New York

Architecture Project Team

Lee Jablin and Dino Theodoropoulos

Interior Design Firm

Yabu Pushelberg, New York

Interior Design Project Team

George Yabu, Johnathan Garrison, Glenn
Pushelberg, Caroline Meersseman,
Thomas Mejias, Brian Gondokusumo,
Hiromi Murayama Akai, and Marquita
Richards

Contractor

Shawmut Design and Construction

Purchasing Firm

GS Associates

Consultants

BPM Advisors, LLC

Lighting

Inverse Lighting Design

Engineering

Collective Design Associates (MEP)
and DeSimone Consulting Engineers
(structural)

Furniture

including a collection of handmade mirrored
artwork reflecting the cityscape in the Fifth
Avenue-facing Mirror Room. The element
highlights Clement's design philosophy: to
see and be seen. "Even if you're in a smaller
room, you get the visual connection in the
next room," explains design lead Caroline
Meersseman.
The intimate Book Room, which
Deborah Moss of Moss & Lam bedecked
with books reversed and cut to expose the
natural color and texture of their pages,
creates a "sense of surprise, humor, and
mystery," she says. "We wanted people to
question what was on the shelves, what was
in the books. To elude to the romance of
many untold stories in this great city."
Moss' touch is also found in the Color
Room. Awash in a warm, sunflower yellow,
a 60-foot-long handcarved plaster mural of
Central Park, complete with zoo animals,
wraps the space. She envisioned a playful
jungle scene showing the park enveloped

5. The Color Room
features a 60-footlong sunflower yellow
mural, which captures
a dream-like Central
Park complete with zoo
animals.

BDDW, olollo, Andreu World America,
Benchmark Furniture, American
Upholstery Design, Louis Interiors,
Furniture Labo, Jiun Ho, and Kobe
Interior Products

Upholstery/Textiles

Pierre Frey, Conneaut Leather, Cowtan
& Tout, Schneider Mills, and Romo

Wallcovering

Moss & Lam

by the city. "The idea was New York and
Central Park taken over by the jungle,"
says Meersseman. "It's a little bit like a
dream universe."
This narrative of adventure flows
through the entire 70-seat space, allowing
guests to experiment with different parts
of their personality in each room. Clement
is just like a home, says Pushelberg. "Some
objects are found, some come from artists
and craftspeople. It feels unique and
personal." hd

Millwork

Patella Woodworking

Lighting

Plug Lighting, FEELUX Lighting, Inc.,
element Designs, Remains Lighting, and
Neidhardt, Inc.

Flooring

Towne & Country Design Group and
Tai Ping

Mirrors

Aesthetic Mirror

Art Installations

Pascale Girardin and Moss & Lam

Entrance Light Installation

Lindsey Adelman

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