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White Elephant Palm Beach

Project Description

The comprehensive design for this reimagined historic property introduces a new aesthetic to Palm Beach: Effortlessly refined, gracious with a touch of wit, and filled with 20th and 21st-century original artwork curated especially for the White Elephant Palm Beach.
As the new sister hotel to New England Development’s White Elephant Nantucket, this Palm Beach destination is a contemporary interpretation of Mediterranean revival architecture that supports the same meticulous standard of service for its sophisticated global guests.
Built in the 1920s and designated a historic landmark in 1980, designers reimagined the venerable structure to create a gracious four-story hotel with 13 rooms and 19 suites.
Black-and-white awnings and black trim against a fresh white stucco finish highlight the classic architecture while lending a contemporary look to the structure.
Interiors are infused with layered finishes and patterns, custom-made furniture, and historic details all set against a palette of soft warm and cool neutrals that capture the quality of Palm Beach light.

Photography: Chi-Thien Nguyen/Elkus Manfredi Architects

Breakfast area in the gallery of White Elephant Palm Beach with artwork by Bernhard Buhmann flanking a historic fireplace

A two-room suite with a seating area in forground and behind pocket-sliding doors a bedroom

new pool in the courtyard of White Elephant Palm Beach incorporates two historic wing walls as privacy screens for sunbathers

A guest room's outdoor space that faces the courtyard features historic walls with scalloped details and the discrete glass additions to the top that bring them up to code

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One Broadway Lobby

Project Description

Repositioning the 4,500-sf lobby in the One Broadway office tower introduces a vibrant, welcoming space for people to connect, collaborate, and recharge.
In a unique departure from traditional lobby design, comfortable seating and a spacious communal worktable offer alternative workspaces for visitors and building tenants.
Wall treatments, furniture, light fixtures, and drapery create definition in the open space. Acoustical solutions include a wall of fabric-wrapped tiles, acoustic tiles that disappear into each ceiling waffle, and large area rugs.
A wall-sized glass garage door swings open to connect the adjacent restaurant to the lobby, adding to warm and welcoming atmosphere.

Photos © Adrian Wilson

Comfortable seating areas provide opportunities for coworking and conversation or quiet work.

Laptop tables turn the seating banquette into an alternative workspace

The wall-sized garage door opens to connect the lively restaurant to the lobby area.

Banquette seating with felt-wrapped acoustical tiles

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Equinox Fitness Center at One Seaport Square

Project Description

This luxury health and fitness lifestyle club occupies 35,000-square feet in the podium of The Benjamin.
Designers created a monumental staircase to connect ground-level reception/retail areas with members-only lounge, flexible work areas, and fitness spaces on level three.
Boutique design blurs the lines between live/work/play and reflects a modern sensibility that is “globally informed, yet locally grounded.”

Photographer: Andrew Bordwin

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The Peninsula Chicago

Project Description

Landmark mixed-use project on Chicago’s “Magnificent Mile” along North Michigan Avenue incorporates two development phases: Phase 1, the 235,000-sf retail block, and Phase 2, the 390,000-sf Peninsula Chicago hotel, built above the retail.
With 339-rooms, the hotel is set back from the Avenue to reinforce the three- to four-story street-level scale; a two-story “sky lobby” welcomes guests.
The flagship shopping destination for six national retail brands engages pedestrian’s on all four sides of the block.

Photography: Jon Miller / Hedrich Blessing

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The Ohio State University – South Campus Gateway

“We have felt very satisfied, very comfortable with the decision to hire Elkus Manfredi. They really understand the demands of urban design and the complexities of mixing uses in buildings.

Terry Foegler

Former Associate Vice President, Planning and Real Estate Operations at The Ohio State University

Project Description

This 887,000-sf mixed-use development has transformed a neglected urban area—and the main entry to the campus—to create a welcoming college-town environment and sense of arrival to the OSU campus.
Strategically planned mixed-use programming included 225,000-sf of street-level retail, 12 restaurants, an eight-screen cinema, 180 residences, and the relocated University bookstore.
A unifying urban design project, the Gateway has made the University’s cultural resources more available to the City of Columbus, creating incentive for junior faculty and others to live in surrounding residential neighborhoods, thereby reclaiming the formerly rundown area.

Photographer: Brad Feinknopf

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Liberty Wharf

Project Description

Set on a rebuilt pier on Boston Harbor, Liberty Wharf combines three architecturally distinct buildings hosting five restaurants and office space with a half-acre of outdoor deck, public boardwalk, and touch-and-go docking slips.
The buildings and wharf are designed to frame harbor views from the street, connect the Seaport District to the harbor, and complete a missing link in Boston’s HarborWalk.
The home of Legal Sea Food’s flagship restaurant and 50,000 sf of specialty Class A offices, Liberty Wharf has already become an icon in Boston’s youngest neighborhood.

Photographer: Peter Vanderwarker

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The Grove

“It was very important for me to try to transport people to a better place and time. I wanted to create a Main Street for a city that does not have one.”

Rick Caruso

CEO, Caruso Affiliated

Project Description

Winner of seven national awards, the 600,000-sf open-air development is a thriving, urban, pedestrian-oriented retail and entertainment destination.
Connected to the Los Angeles Farmers Market and centered around a “Main Street” and a “Town Green” – in a city that has neither – the master plan uses active, welcoming public spaces as anchors.
Pedestrian-scaled streetscapes and an overall European aesthetic creates a spirited sense of place.

Photographer: RMA Architectural Photographers

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The Americana at Brand

Project Description

An eight-block mixed-use redevelopment, this thriving family lifestyle destination revitalizes its neighborhood and provides 600,000 sf of stores and restaurants, 338 residences, a 1.6‑acre park, and parking.
Planned along Brand Boulevard and around a new park, the development includes active street-level shops and restaurants.
New and existing streets connect the site with its surrounding urban context; sidewalks are wide, with specialty paving, planting, and lighting.

Photographer: RMA Architectural Photographers

AWARD

Los Angeles magazine

Best of LA — Shopping Perks

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The Shops and Restaurants at Hudson Yards

Project Description

One-million-sf luxury retail podium provides a vibrant setting for 100-plus stores and unifies the multi-building Hudson Yards development on Manhattan’s West Side.
As the most publicly-experienced destination in Hudson Yards, this seven-story hub features non-linear circulation, distinct shopping districts, and a five-story, glass-walled atrium.
The podium’s penthouse-level anchor, Manhattan’s first Neiman Marcus store, invites shoppers to move upwards to explore the full extent of this vertical lifestyle experience.

Images courtesy Francis Dzikowski for Related Oxford

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The Verb Hotel

“The Verb Hotel is a character. It’s authentic. It has rock and roll experience. With our history, we are in tune with the beat of the Fenway, which gives us the confidence to be a little rebellious. It’s in our nature to have fun, to be genuine, to be memorable, to make you smile. Check in, tune out.”

Robin Brown

Principal, Spot On Ventures

Project Description

Inspired by its mid-century motor inn roots, the renovation of this two-story 93-key hotel in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood celebrates the area’s famed rock scene from the ‘60s to the ‘90s.
The transformation of this 1959 Howard Johnson’s motel creates a quirky, friendly, contemporary hotel while retaining its original footprint surrounding the rebuilt courtyard pool.
The new lobby’s rock-era details include authentic rock memorabilia; guestrooms feature retro-inspired lighting, art, and furniture.

Photography: Adrian Wilson, Andrew Bordwin

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Boston Preservation Alliance

Preservation Achievement Award

Award

Boston Magazine

Best of Boston – Best Boutique Hotel

Hospitality Design Magazine

Finalist – Boutique/Lifestyle Hotel

Award

Interior Design Magazine

Best of Year Honoree

Retail Design Institute

Innovation Award in Historic Preservation – International Store Design Awards