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New York City
Tadao Ando Architects and Associates

the People

Owner
Starr Restaurant Organization

Architect
Tadao Ando Architects and Associates
5-23 Toyosaki 2 Chome
Kita Ku
Osaka 5310072
T +81 6 6375 1148
F +81 6 6374 6240
www.tadaoando.com

Tadao Ando, Masataka Yano

Project Architect New York:
Stephanie Goto, Stephanie Goto Design Group

Architect of record
Guggenheimer Architects www.g-arch.com

Furniture Design
Ross Lovegrove

Engineer(s)
Structural:
Leslie E Robertson and Associates www.lera.com

Mechanical Electrical Plumbing:
Thomas Polise Consulting Engineers
133 West 19th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 645-1002

Geotechnical:
Langan www.langan.com

Consultant(s)
Lighting:
Isometrix Lighting + Design www.isometrix.co.uk

Concrete:
Reginald D Hough, Faia
14 North Chatsworth Ave. #3C
Larchmont, NY 10538-2104 USA
Voice Phone: (212) 245-0139

Kitchen:
Yui Design www.triratna.com/sitearchive/yui/

General Contractor
Certified Construction

Photographer(s)
Richard Pare
174 Park Street
Montclair, NJ 07042
T 973 744 5224

Rendere(s)
Tadao Ando Architects and Associates

CAD system, project management, or other software used
Auto Cad www.autodesk.com, llustrator, Photoshop www.adobe.com

 

the Products

General Specifications
Structural System
Existing Building - Concrete Encased Steel

New Construction:
Steel And Reinforced Poured In Place Concrete

Steel:
Island Steel www.islandsteeluk.com

Concrete:
Azarone

Exterior cladding
Masonry:
Blacknd Galvanized Steel (New Façade) A. Zahner Company www.azahner.com

Concrete:
Cast In Place by Azzarone

Wood:
– Millwork, Sushi Bar, Waiter Stations, Log, Wall Panel - Doulas Fir by Erik Cabinets www.erikcabinets.com
– Furniture: Beech Poltrona Frau www.poltronafrau.it

Glazing
Glass:
Dining Room/Lounge:
Glass Privacy Paritions, Custom Ceramic Fritt Pattern On 12 Mm Clear Tempered Glass by Via Glass

Doors
Entrances:
Automatic Glass Sliding Door, Dorma www.dorma.com

Hardware
Locksets:
Modric (front of house) www.modricusa.com; Schlage (back of House) www.schlage.com

Hinges:
Stanley (all doors) www.stanleyworks.com

Pulls:
ADA Bathroom Doors by Veidler Pull Handle

Sliding door:
Bathroom Wood Door Hardware by Hafele; Sliding Door Fitting Hawa Junior 80/B www.hafeleonline.com

Interior finishes
Ceiling treatment:
Custom, canvas stiffened with fiberglass and painted by Showmotion, Inc. www.showmotion.com

Partitions:
Custom Urethane Panel (bathroom) Bam Bam Designs www.bambamdesigns.com

Cabinetwork and custom woodwork:
Millwork, Sushi Bar, Waiterstations, Shoe Box by Erik Cabinets www.erikcabinets.com

Paints and stains:
Benjamin Moore www.benjaminmoore.com

Paneling:
Custom Gfrg Panels – Maralite www.marlite.com

Plastic laminate:
Abet Laminati (back of house waiter stations) www.abetlaminati.com

Special surfacing:
Fresco walls

Floor and wall tile:
Dal-Tile (expo kitchen and main kitchen tile) www.daltile.com

Concrete:
Azarone (poured in place concrete – entrance)

Rice paper wall:
Rice Paper Fabrication: Osaka Karakamiya, Kishimoto Co. Ltd. Panel Fabrication and Installation: Takeshi Miyakawa

Resilient flooring:
Raised wood floor: 6” Oak Boards by Norweigien Wood

Special Features:
– Bottle Wall Feature Electrix www.electrix.com; bottles: Tynant 500ml
– Bottle Wall Bar manufactured by Takeshi Miyakawa; bottles: Tynant 1.5l
– Resin Bar manufactured by Bam Bam Designs www.bambamdesigns.com; Rubber tree leaves, Thailand

Furnishings
Fixed seating:
Leather, Metal Base (banquette) by Poltrona Frau www.poltronafrau.it

Chairs:
All chairs by Poltrona Frau www.poltronafrau.it - dining chairs (wood, leather); sushi stools (beech wood); omakase bar za isu (beech wood); bar stools (acrylic, steel); bar stools (acrylic, steel); lounge sofas (self skinning foam)

Tables:
All tables by Poltrona Frau www.poltronafrau.it - dining (beech wood stained and beech wood natural); lounge (acrylic top and metal base)

Upholstery:
Poltrona Frau www.poltronafrau.it - dining chairs and banquettes, leather

Lighting
Interior ambient lighting:
– IO Lighting www.iolighting.com - glass partition light trough and resin bar edge warm white luxeon led
– National Cathode www.nationalcathode.com - Glass Sushi Bar Die, Resin Bar Die and Host Stand Die
– B-Light and Ardee Lighting www.ardeelighting.com - ceiling coves, surface-mounted low-voltage xenon linear strip light, frosted festoon lamps 2” O.C.
– Times Square www.tslight.com - wall coves, adjustable low-voltage halogen
– Phillips www.lighting.philips.com - surface mounted on top of columns, halogen lamp
– Exterieur Vert www.exterieurvert.com - uplighting columns

Downlights:
– Light Lab www.thelightlab.com - ceiling mounted stem luminaire
– Lucifer www.luciferlighting.com - private dining rooms recessed, low-voltage, halogen, adjustable downlight
– LiteLab www.litelab.com- recessed 2-lamp low-voltage halogen, adjustable

Task lighting:

Lightolier www.lightolier.com - kitchen visible back of house down lights: recessed, halogen, lensed downlight

Exterior:
IO Lighting www.iolighting.com - top of façade: surface mounted warm luxeon LED

Controls:
– ALM www.almsys.com lighting dimming controls general lighting
– Lutron www.lutron.com - lighting dimming for bottle wall feature

Plumbing
Sinks:
Kohler www.kohler.com

Toilets:
Duravit www.duravit.com; Toto Neorest www.totousa.com

Faucets:
Vola www.vola.com


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