Gucci is set to open a restaurant on the top floor of its flagship store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California.
The restaurant, Gucci Osteria, is the latest high fashion branded restaurant to open in the past few years, though it’s not Gucci’s first foray into the culinary sphere. The original Gucci Osteria is located on the famous Piazza della Signoria in the historic 14th-century Palazzo della Mercanzia in Florence, Italy
Michilli Inc is the General Contractor who has worked with the brand on the project.
About an hour outside the center of Rome, in the coastal suburb of Ostia, a disadvantaged neighborhood is characterized by row after row of run-down concrete apartment buildings.
It’s worlds away from the splendors of Rome, but it’s also the location of a state-of-the-art, bright orange and saffron yellow building that has just opened expressly for the children of this neighborhood.
Created within an abandoned school, the first Punto Luce Delle Arti (Bright Point of Art) is the result of a collaboration between Roman luxury brand Bulgari and Save the Children. It’s an educational center that gives children and teenagers free access to courses, academic support, and social activities, all focused on arts and crafts.
The building itself is a bright spot in an otherwise grey landscape, with a giant red lamp painted at its entrance to illustrate the ‘punto luce’ theme.
Aside from the money donated by Bulgari, 35 percent of the cost of the project was donated by over 40 suppliers who work with the brand, from designers to painters and chair manufacturers.
Zordan s.r.l. sb is one of the suppliers who has worked on the project. In line with its ethical vision of the business, Zordan has donated half of the furnishings made for the new Save the Children Bright Point of Art.
The San Francisco store is the brand’s fourth US location, and its launch marks the shortest gap between the opening of two domestic stores. After opening its flagship Manhattan store in 1994, Supreme’s first US expansion came in 2004 with the LA store. That was followed by the Brooklyn location 13 years later.
The San Francisco store is located at 1015 Market Street, on the corner of 6th and Market. The city’s Market area fits with Supreme’s other location choices, i.e. it’s central but not on main street. It also happens to be right around the corner from Thrasher Magazine’s store.
The new store is a 4,500-square-foot first-floor retail space with a mezzanine that’s approximately 1,000 to 1,500 square feet. To put this in perspective, the brand’s Brooklyn store is 3,000 square feet. The interior has a look similar to Supreme’s LA and Brooklyn stores and has a ramp and a sculpture by longtime Supreme affiliate Mark “Gonz” Gonzales.
Michilli Inc. is the General Contractor who has brought the store to life.
For over twenty years, Michilli Inc. has delivered premium quality and service to over 150 commercial, retail, and residential projects. Led by founder Angelo Michilli, the company has provided construction and consulting services ranging from offices and showrooms to luxury retail boutiques and private homes. VIEW COMPANY PROFILE
Italian brand Golden Goose has opened its first New Jersey flagship store at The Mall at Short Hills, New Jersey’s preeminent luxury shopping destination.
Golden Goose first FLAG / NJ store, covering a total surface of 2,500 square feet, shows silver as an absolute protagonist, which reflects the brand’s industrial origins, blending with the artisanal handmade approach enhancing Golden Goose products to the maximum. The walls, floors, and ceilings are entirely covered with aluminum foil giving homogeneity and brightness to the whole interior. The furnishings, in galvanized steel and super mirror stainless steel, blend perfectly into the space, almost to the point of being camouflaged with the surrounding environment
Van Cleef & Arpels has reopened its Beverly Hills flagship at 300 North Rodeo Drive after a complete renovation in celebration of the shop’s 50 years, and there’s now an organic juice bar.
Now at 6,000 square feet, the renovation, which took about seven months, includes a second-floor expansion that features his and her salons and a dining room.
The new interior now includes ground floor bridal salon, a first for the house, as well as a VIP room with access to a backdoor and the “salon 1906,” which displays heritage pieces from the brand. The oldest piece is from the Twenties.
Dickinson Cameron Construction is a nationwide General Contractor that specializes in high-end retail and restaurant projects. We provide cost analysis and preconstruction services, as well as traditional general contracting services. We are able to accommodate everything from small fit-outs with a quick turnaround, to complete ground-up renovations. We work nationally and have offices in California, New York, and Hawaii.
Balenciaga ‘s new 4,000 square-foot flagship at 620 Madison Avenue at the southwest corner of 59th Street in Manhattan represents creative director Demna Gvasalia‘s urban retail concept, which has an industrial spirit with touches of metal, concrete, and shades of gray. The public domain concept features a mix of elements from the metropolitan exterior design and original artwork is apparent. Wraparound screens play videos of different types of skies.
Hero products from the runway are displayed on hyper-realistic mannequins for maximum impact. Across one wall, the men’s and women’s shoe area runs the gamut of footwear. The Balenciaga logo is embossed across the gray carpeting. Throughout the unit, seating is upholstered with public transportation patterns, and benches resemble those in subway stations or parks. A piece by artist Tobias Spichtig is displayed at the flagship. Spichtig made the sculptures by dipping archival Balenciaga garments in resin and pulling them into expressive positions.
Since our founding in 1999, we at Michilli Inc. have specialized in constructing luxury retail, residential, and commercial spaces. Our projects vary in size, scope, and location, yet our commitment to excellence remains the same. With each new project, we strive to understand and achieve the specific vision and needs of our client and the space at hand. From our executive offices in New York and our West Coast headquarters, we manage and execute the most important projects for the world’s finest brands and discerning clientele. Our global sourcing network, highly skilled tradespeople, and experienced management team powers our collaboration with designers and architects. It is in this way that we are able to provide the highest levels of quality and service to each client. VIEW COMPANY PROFILE
At Atmosphere Design Group, we do more than provide exceptional architectural design and project management of retail, commercial or residential spaces. We define luxury, minimalism, and sophistication. Our spaces reflect our clients’ image through ambience and atmosphere. Since our founding in 2004, we’ve created hundreds of spaces across the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean. The success of our firm relies on the relationships we nurture, the innovation of our ideas, the precision of our skills and our client’s ongoing satisfaction. VIEW COMPANY PROFILE
Gucci on El Paseo in Palm Desert gets a new look for 2019. The highly anticipated new store in The Gardens on El Paseo opened its doors on Aug. 23. The interior design of the boutique is posh and opulent, yet perfectly balanced and casual. The contrasting charm of the avant-garde blended with classic style is a Gucci specialty.
Relocated and upgraded from its former location on the north end of El Paseo, the impressive new location is over 4,000 square feet and brimming with a stunning assortment of men’s and women’s merchandise. The luxury store’s modern makeover is polished and seductive—you won’t be able to resist documenting a visit on your social (as if seeing all our favorite influencers decked out in Gucci isn’t reason enough to visit).
Hirsch Construction Corp. brings to life the most exciting locations for the nation’s best brands in a plethora of industries. Managing projects across North America, we offer a variety of services most companies cannot, facilitating everything from prototypes that set the tone, to high-profile flagships.
The French luxury company has joined the group of retailers at the Hudson Yards development with a new beautiful store. The store offers both men and women collections.
Ace Architectural Millwork is an award-winning diversified millwork company based out of Richmond, BC. Founded on July 1, 1995, a privately held firm with the owner’s roots in the woodworking industry dating back three generations.
The millwork division specializes in high-end luxury retail interiors. With a well-equipped facility furnished with the latest wood processing equipment, they are capable of producing and delivering the quality of the product that our clients expect.
Shawmut Design and Construction is a construction management firm with a national reputation for building client relationships—and some of the most stunning projects you’ve ever seen.
Zordan s.r.l. supports luxury brands in turning ideas into reality creating for them spaces where craftsmanship and technology are combined together at the higher quality.
We serve our clients in more than 40 countries around the world with two productive plants located in Valdagno (Italy) and Zeeland (Michigan); those help us to keep up to date, manage projects closer to client, reduce cost for moving material and give our clients a great after-sales service taking care of our realization in all its life. In more of 50 years of experience, we have faced many challenges at our client’s side and have contributed to the openings of around 1.000 flagships, corners, and shops-in-shop.
Ermenegildo Zegna has opened a new flagship in a New York landmark — the storied Crown Building. Located at 4 West 57th Street and covering 7,128 square feet, the store was designed by longtime Zegna go-to architect, Peter Marino, who conceived a concept for the unit.
I had the pleasure of visiting the store with Andrea Perasti, Store Development Project Manager for Ermenegildo Zegna USA.
The striking facade of the flagship is composed of metallic strings, a reference to yarns and the company’s textile expertise, which overlay two glass floors.
Leather goods and a dedicated shoe area stand on the ground floor, both characterized by natural tones of cerused ash wood, bleached mahogany and Vals stone flooring with serpentine inserts.
The mezzanine level is marked by light colors and walls lined in warm white wallpaper and a grainy plaster.
The sartoria, luxury leisurewear, couture and the personalization room with its master tailor and bespoke clothing further raise the luxury quota on the first floor. With its matte teak, lacquered wood and mix of modernist and vintage elements, the personalization room has been furnished with a vintage Italian bar, historical photos, a geometric pattern carpet and sophisticated, intimate Gardella lounge chairs.
Given Zegna’s tradition of supporting the arts, the third floor houses the 2012 Zegna Liquid Touch work, by Pittsburgh-born artist Emil Lukas, consisting of silk thread over a painted wooden frame with nails.
