PROJECTS - corporate

• 2 west 45th street 
• 50 Court st Lobby
• 71 Nassau St
• 108W39th Lobby
• 850 Third Avenue Lobby
• 1301 Connecticut Ave
• 1410 Broadway
• 2000 Avenue of the Stars
• ​ARGO Group Global, London UK
• ARGO NYC
• Bessemer Trust at Rockefeller Center
• Boeicho, Tokyo Midtown Project
• Booz & Co, Inc.
• Brooklyn NY Holdings
• Charity Water
• City Harvest Headquarters
• DE Shaw
• Franklin Tower , DC
• IAC Renovation
• Ideas To Go
• Murex - North America HQ
• Niche Media
• Lucifer Corporate Headquarters
• ​RCN
• Shorenstein Properties 
• Teach for America,  Newark
• Teach for Armerica,  NYC  HQ
• Teach for America,  New Heaven
• Trinity Real Estate IT Department
• Vetta Jewerly Showroom and Office 
• Weston Center

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850 Third Avenue Lobby - NYC, New York

Interior Architect: Gertler & Wente Architects

This corporate lobby in Midtown Manhattan ushers clients to legal and professional offices located in the tower above. The quiet sophistication of the space lies in part in the carefully orchestrated lighting at the pillars running full length behind the reception desk. Just as the color temperature of natural daylight shifts, beginning with cool tones in the morning and slowly warming up as the day progresses, the blend of fluorescent and incandescent light sources hidden behind the pillars is programmed to start the morning with invigorating cool white light and transform into a soft, warm luminosity.

The understated choreography of the color temperatures eases the transition between interior and exterior. With this simple concept the lobby becomes a mediating zone, a space where the crisp geometry of the built environment is livened by the organic fluidity of white light.