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jury comments: “An amazing transformation that is respectful at every detail in providing the past with a future. The restoration put a new dress on that old lady!” 49 hotel rooms, 23 private residences, and the addition of a spa. A pleased Saglio notes, “The exterior is an exact replication from the front, with the new elements blending in seamlessly.” She appreciates how the Centerbrook team strategically utilized previously unused space to effortlessly integrate old and new. Dealing with an historic restoration always presents unique challenges, and Ocean House was no different—from fitting fire stairs while maintaining the historic open balustrades to enlarging the historic elevator to meet code but without a trace, to “building with modern materials that just are not the old stuff,” to keeping the very low historic floor-to-floor heights while fitting in modern utilities, according to Riley. “These were some of the challenges I think we answered successfully,” he offers. Centerbrook also created a central kitchen in the basement that could accommodate all food service areas, including events and meeting spaces, pool and outdoor lawn area, restaurant, and each hotel floor. And while the restaurant is overflowing with patrons during the summer, the client wanted it “to retract to a smaller, cozier enclave around the fireplace during the winter,” Riley explains. So the designers delineated four rooms that can be shut down, one by one, as the seasons change. “Some of my favorite parts of the interiors are the quirky odd things that we saved and reused—things you would never design today,” Riley notes. For example, the designers dangled original art deco light fixtures from the wood paneled meeting room ceiling; they turned an old Greek revival fireplace mantel into a disappearing bar; and they inserted an odd, oval window into the Club Room, restored the swirling, beaded board ceiling from the haunted “Captain’s Room,” and maintained an old telephone booth—“Who uses one of those now-a-days?” Riley jests. For a project source list, see page 102 or visit www.contractdesign.com. www.contractdesign.com contract january/february 2011 87 http://www.contractdesign.com http://www.contractdesign.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Contract - January/February 2011

Contract - January/February 2011
Contents
Editor’s Note
Industry
Exhibition: Orgatec
Corporate Philanthropy
The 32nd Annual Interiors Awards
Designers of the Year
Legend Award
Large Office
Education
Healthcare
Hotel
Retail
Restaurant
Showroom
Exhibit
Sports/Entertainment
Public Space
Historic Restoration
Adaptive Reuse
Environmental Design
Student/Conceptual
Designers Rate
Sources
Ad Index

Contract - January/February 2011