Neiman Marcus at Natick Collection Natick, Massachusetts The Neiman Marcus specialty store in Natick, Massachusetts is the most unusual and unique store for a company whose business plan and corporate image requires that it create one of a kind environments, specifically tailored to each of its business locations. Inspired by the philosophy of founder Stanley Marcus, the design represents the style and sophistication of the Neiman Marcus product line, while also emphasizing its New England location.

The Pier Shops at Caesars Atlantic City, New Jersey Elkus Manfredi was the design architect for The Pier, providing planning, layout, and base building design for the 900-foot long former Million Dollar Pier. Located opposite the Caesars Palace Casino on Atlantic City’s famous boardwalk, The Pier at Caesars stretches into the Atlantic Ocean and contains over 400,000 square feet on four floors. The pier structure itself was rebuilt and all construction above the pier is new. At the terminus of the arcade is a theatre, and a wedding chapel overlooking the Atlantic. Interior design provided by Rockwell Group

The Shops at Columbus Circle Time Warner Center, New York City Elkus Manfredi provided master planning and design for the 364,000 sf retail/restaurant podium of New York City 80-story Time Warner Center. The podium contains the Shops at Columbus Circle, a five-story, glass-fronted galleria that is the development’s public face, linked to the Mandarin Hotel, office towers, and Jazz at Lincoln Center above. Showcasing 40 luxury retailers, six restaurants, and the City’s largest supermarket, the galleria curves concentrically with Columbus Circle, its site offering the rare opportunity of aggregating several City blocks to present a vista directly down 59th Street. This is a world stage for retail tenants and the only vertical shopping destination to please this most sophisticated of cities.

The Grove Los Angeles, California Working closely with Caruso Affiliated Holdings, Elkus Manfredi provided master planning and design for The Grove a 600,000 sf retail complex located next to Hollywood’s famed Farmers Market in Los Angeles, California. Its enormously successful commercial component, anchored by Nordstrom’s, includes flagship stores for national retailers and local merchants, restaurants, office space, a multi-screen theatre, and an eight-level parking garage. Imbued with a distinctly European aesthetic, every design element works to build a strong and spirited sense of place: the diverse colors, textures, and materials of the variously-scaled building facades; the charm of Main Street; the side street’s European proportions; and Town Square’s pond, grassy park, pedestrian bridge, and kiosk cafes. This is place-making at its best, with a focus not only on creating powerful retail statements, but also welcoming public spaces for all to enjoy.

Pacific Place Seattle, Washington Elkus Manfredi provided master planning for three major blocks in downtown Seattle and the final design of one block, which became Pacific Place, a five-level, 335,000 sf retail, dining, and entertainment destination. The focus is a crescent-shaped atrium capped by a soaring, 12,500 sf skylight that floods the public spaces with natural light. Pacific Place truly functions as a part of the urban fabric of the city. This is a “people” place - an urban room belonging to all of Seattle. Designed with NBBJ Seattle, Washington

Montage Boston, Massachusetts For Montage, a premiere store featuring classic and contemporary furniture, Elkus Manfredi Architects created an elegant yet understated showcase for the retailer. Located in the landmark Paine Furniture Building, which offers an architecturally significant street-level, the challenge for the design team was to extend the highly visible street presence to the lower level creating a well integrated 10,000 square foot space. Simply stated, the object was to transform the “basement” into a desirable piece of real estate that would match the value of the space above. To link the two levels, Elkus Manfredi carved a fourteen-square-foot opening in the first floor into which a simple steel staircase was created. As visitors descend the staircase, they move around a twenty-seven-foot-high shimmering tower of nickel chain that rains light to the lower level and anchors the space.

	Sony Gallery Chicago, Illinois The first of its kind for this consumer electronics giant, the 21,000 square foot Sony showroom/store at 663 North Michigan Avenue presents state-of-the-art technologies in an unique environment created to reflect the innovativeness of Sony.

Foot Locker Watertown, Massachusetts Elkus Manfredi Architects created a series of dynamic prototype stores for the re-invention of the Foot Locker brand. Our expertise with entertainment and themed retail design lent itself well to the three retail prototypes. Designed as part of a “triplex,” but able to stand on their own, the stores incorporate sports and fashion in three different environments — each one focusing on a specific demographic group — reflecting the lifestyles, aspirations and motivations of each consumer type. The Kids store, inspired by the items found in a child’s toy box, uses oversized imagery to create a fantastical experience.

Via Matta The Heritage on the Garden Boston, Massachusetts Elkus Manfredi has designed one of Boston’s hottest new restaurants, Via Matta, a 7,000 square foot Italian trattoria in The Heritage on the Garden. The space is divided into three distinct areas. The main dining room is simple and classic in design with off-white walls and dark wood flooring with found objects, contemporary paintings and trapeze lighting. French doors framed with velvet drapery in the front of the dining room open out onto sidewalk café dining. A smaller interior café is dark and sultry with cork-finished walls, a mosaic tiled bar, and warmly glowing antique Italian light fixtures. Between the two dining areas is a full-service bar area with an old-world feel of antique mirrors and dark wood millwork contrasted with modern Italian glass art objects. The lower-level kitchen features a single chef’s table by a window looking into the kitchen, where guests are treated to the personal attention of the chef.

Harvest Cambridge, Massachusetts Elkus Manfredi provided complete architectural services and design for the renovation of a 5,300 square foot restaurant with a 900 square foot garden courtyard in Harvard Square. The concept of the design emphasizes the importance of the combination of food and design.

Rock Center Cafe New York City This new restaurant is both a part of the adjoining world-famous Rockefeller Center skating rink and a fiery destination in its own right. The 5,600 square foot, 180-seat space is open and casual — evoking imagery of the cafes and dining terraces of Lake Como.

Great Bay Hotel Commonwealth Boston, Massachusetts Elkus Manfredi designed this 5,000 square foot gourmet seafood restaurant. Housed in the new Hotel Commonwealth, the restaurant features 19-foot vaulted ceilings, a raw bar in the main dining area, and private dining areas that can be separated by sliding glass doors.

Legal Sea Foods West Palm Beach, Florida The overall design theme for this 8,500 square foot restaurant is a celebration of the sea. From the stainless steel abstract sculpture representing seaweed and fish in the main dining room to the curved mahogany walls and “ribs” suspended from the ceiling suggesting boat forms, the design is fresh and exciting for one of Legal's newest locations.