David Chipperfield designs Valentino's New York flagship store
News: the New York flagship store for fashion house Valentino designed by David Chipperfield Architects will open on Fifth Avenue this summer.
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David Chipperfield Architects has designed the 1,850-metre-square store for Valentino at the former Takashimaya Department Store at 693 Fifth Avenue, in a Postmodern building originally designed by architects John Burgee and Philip Johnson.
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"Valentino has identified architecture as the idea for the interior whereby architecture is brought into the store in a process that reduces the superficial decoration by steering away from the use of panelling — an approach that privileges concreteness over shallowness," said Chipperfield in a statement.
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A new eight-storey black steel and aluminium facade will feature thin vertical bars, influenced by Mies van der Rohe's nearby Seagram Building.
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Brass will be used for the vertical bars on the exterior of the first three floors, as well as a lantern, a clock and the Valentino logo integrated into the facade.
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Inside, shoppers will enter into a eight-metre-high atrium, clad in grey terrazzo and including a display wall of 39 individual shelves for accessories.
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A sculptural staircase composed of chunky volumes covered in palladiana tiling will connect the store's three levels.
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The middle level will showcase women's ready-to-wear in rooms with different architectural characteristics.
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The brand's full menswear line is to be showcased on the upper floor, among marble blocks and free-standing columns. Valentino's store is due to open in August.
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Chipperfield was recently announced to overhaul the east side of Selfridges department store in London. See more architecture by David Chipperfield »