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Creating a new standard of luxury and design in New York

At a Glance

  • 364K

    Square Feet

Location
New York, NY
Offices
News
Virgin Hotels NYC opened to guests
Award
IIDA Illinois RED Award, Exemplary Design Best in Show Category, 2024

Virgin Hotels NYC

Virgin Hotels NYC is changing the way New York sees hospitality. This mixed-use development is located on a large property in a neglected area between the emerging NoMad neighborhood and Herald Square. With an elegant hotel above the multiple large retail tenants at the base of the building, the two areas will be united¡ªdramatically enlivening Broadway.

One of the hallmarks of this project is the unique exterior design of the building. Rather than being shaped like a large box, the base of the structure is an open retail space while the hotel itself tapering into an elegant tower. The result of this design? A landmark building for the emerging lifestyle hotel brand in New York. With entrances on both 29th and 30th street, the hotel itself presents itself as a separate midblock building but still reaps the benefit of a broad full block frontage over the retail. Architecturally, subtle shifts in simple forms of the surface and expressive rationalist materiality yield a recognizable isolated tower form that is visible for some distance in several directions.

Working as the full-service architect for the building and the architect of record for the interior design, in collaboration with MARKZEFF as the interior designer of the public areas and hotel rooms, Â鶹´«Ã½ has set a bold new standard for design in the hospitality industry in New York City.

At a Glance

  • 364K

    Square Feet

Location
New York, NY
Offices
News
Virgin Hotels NYC opened to guests
Award
IIDA Illinois RED Award, Exemplary Design Best in Show Category, 2024

Meet Our Team

Duk Kim, Senior Principal, Architect, Global Hospitality Leader

Instagrammable moments or experiences shouldn¡¯t be designed for¡ªthese should occur organically with good design.
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Michael C. Geary, Principal, Mechanical Engineer, Buildings

One good cause for study, action, or improvement often carries more weight than many justifications for disregard, inaction, or acceptance.
Michael C. Geary Principal, Mechanical Engineer, Buildings Read More

Duk Kim

Senior Principal, Architect, Global Hospitality Leader

Michael C. Geary

Principal, Mechanical Engineer, Buildings

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