Visitors to the W Hotel in Scottsdale, Ariz., are welcomed by a shimmering underwater fantasy.
When Opening a new restaurant, most restaurateurs know that great food and friendly service is what keeps diners coming back.
Metal is an all-encompassing material. Its uses are abundant, including as foundations, roofs, studs, wall panels and buildings. But after structural components are completed, the interior of a building must be addressed. Interior architectural metals add beauty and grace to spaces and can appear in every building type, from restaurants to religious institutions to private residences.
A red metal ribbon leads customers through the recently renovated Elizabeth Arden flagship store in New York.
Looking at the unassuming 1-story exterior of the refurbished Mercy Medical New Hope Crisis Center in Freeport, N.Y., you’d never guess that within this former warehouse is an entire village, where corridors are designed as streets and rooms feature exterior-like façades and roofing. The only clue as to what to expect inside is the metal roof parapet, which echoes the smaller-scale rooflines within the facility.