Hospitality Design - March/April 2016 - 153

Gabriel Kreuther
New York
Owner

Upholstery

Architecture and Interior Design
Firm

Lighting

GAB. K, LLC

Architex

Glen & Company, New
York

Wallcoverings

Engineers

TSF Engineering (MEP)
and Gilsanz Murray
Steficek (structural)

Lighting

Glen & Company

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4. Tufted cream-colored
banquettes wind their
way around the edge of
the main dining room.

Contractor

Vanguard Construction

Audio/Sound

Eleven Audio Design

Art Consultant

Deborah G. Davis Fine Art

6. A chandeliermobile hybrid made
from sparkling crystal
storks-an Alsatian
symbol for rebirth-
hangs from the ceiling in
the dining room.

BAR AND LOUNGE
Seating

Etched Glass

Architex

Carpet

Nourison Hospitality

Lighting

Lum-Tech Lighting, Primus
Lighting, and Preciosa

Munrod and ISA
International

Mobile/Chandelier

Designed by Glen &
Company; fabricated by
Windfall

Bartop and Backbar Shelves

Superior M+W

Green Tiles

SAI Gallerium

Surfacing Materials

Tables

Stainless Metals (custom
copper tabletops); and
Seating Expert (table
bases)
Emerson Mareca Special
Finish Work
Make It Metal

Elevator Door

Furniture Design by
Knossos

Emerson Mareca Special
Finish Work

Upholstery

Fabricated by Accura
Glass Bending

Copper Relief Panels

ShimmerScreen (ball
and chain); and Hunter
Douglas Hospitality (roller
shade)

Ceiling

Architectural Systems, Inc.

Ceiling

Window Treatment

Atlas Custom Design

Superior M+W

Flooring

Nourison Hospitality

MAIN DINING ROOM
Millwork and Wood

ENTRANCE
Door and Door Handles

5. A traditional regional
floral print has a new
life as a wallcovering
that covers "where the
restaurant 'touches'
Bryant Park," Coben
says.

Walker Zanger

Rugs

Atlantic Exterior Wall
Systems

YuiDesign

3. The elevator shaft in
the bar area is swathed
in custom green tiles
that mimic those used
on traditional Alsatian
ovens.

Designtex

Hard Flooring

Surfacing Materials

Kitchen

the chef, and his team could contribute
relevant images of food, historic buildings,
and contemporary references. "That became
the dialogue, and we had chef, the best tour
guide," says Coben.
The result is an eatery filled with myriad
references to the chef's homeland: Earth
tones and metallics recall a regional copper
pottery technique, while the elevator shaft
swathed in custom green tiles evokes those
of similar hues used on traditional ovens in
the area. Lights are interpreted from street
lamps, and the front door handle-a brass
casting of a duck-was made from a late
19th-century horse's bridle. From regional
textiles, the designers pulled patterns for
carpets, ceilings, and wall panels. And
storks-an Alsatian symbol of rebirth-
appear on wallcoverings and were crafted
in crystal and hang from the ceiling like
sparkling chandelier-mobile hybrids.
As individual design elements go, Coben
points out the barstools with hearts cut
out at their backs-a regional hospitality
symbol-that are at once subtle and
powerful (and were one of the last two
design elements added). "We fell in love
with Alsatian shutters," he explains. "When
they're open, you see a heart. When closed,
you don't. The heart became a way for the
chef to say, 'Welcome to my restaurant.'" hd

Preciosa, WAC Lighting,
and Primus Lighting

StoriedBoards

Wallcoverings

Wolf-Gordon and York
Wallcoverings

Seating

ISA International and
Munrod

Tables

Seating Expert and Atlas
Custom Design

Shelving

Atlas Custom Design and
Superior M+W

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