In 2001, just after signing the lease for 9 Conduit Street, London a Grade II listed building Mourad Mazouz went to Paris. Not yet knowing what he would do inside he went on a mission to find a chef to collaborate with. Mazouz was already a reputable and successful restaurateur with his celebrated restaurants Au Bascou and 404 in Paris as well as Momo in London. The listed townhouse was designed as the private residence of James Viner by James Wyatt in 1779. After that it filled many roles over the years including being converted into the headquarters of Royal Society of British Architects (RIBA) from 1887-1909. In 1954 it became Christian Dior’s first boutique where Dior stored his collections in London.
In Paris Mazouz set up a meeting with Pierre Gagnaire, “My plan was to ask if he had someone in mind in his kitchen for this venture, but he said, ‘Why not me?’ I freaked out, I had not planned to work with a master. But I said, ‘That's great!’”
It reminded Gagnaire of Saint-Étienne where his restaurant had gone bankrupt during the recession of the early 1990s. Mazouz later elaborated “His restaurant was doing molecular food before anyone else, so for me the story of Sketch, and our friendship, started with his old restaurant. He's told me a few times since, that for him, Sketch is like a revenge: while it couldn't work in Saint-Étienne, it could in London.”
Spanning two floors of this building, Sketch contains a tearoom, two bars and three restaurants as well as
upper floor having the same tables and chairs and three areas being sectioned off for parties
I write to follow up our recent conversation regarding New Leaf Custom Homes’ (“New Leaf’s”) infringement of Eddie Maestri’s copyright in the architectural design of the Maestri – Moore Residence. In response to your inquiry, Mr. Maestri is the owner of the United States Copyright, Registration Number VAU001139864, issued April 24, 2013. Registration includes first story and second story floor plans, as well as two elevations, the totality of which provide full disclosure of the overall form as well as the arrangement and composition of spaces and elements of the Maestri – Moore Residence.
The building consists of a canteen area, an office for admin duties, two toilets, a locker
Publishers Weekly states, “Czernecki’s illustrations never offer a sense of time or place--in fact, he dispenses with backgrounds altogether and provides his angular characters with just enough props to carry the story. Budding foodies--especially young fans of the spontaneous gastronomy of Iron Chef--will likely find this a tale to pique their
function of the new building is to provide office space for software development and testing of
Building dimensions are: Length: 240 Feet, Width: 95 Feet, and Height: 30 Feet. Within the building are a total of 22 rooms with the first and second floor lobby for public Wi-Fi network use.
I went here because I was looking for something to do on a hot day, and I knew that this place was indoors with air conditioning. It is located in what I would call a strip mall or shopping plaza, taking up several suites on single floor building.
*These four old guys (definitely into their late sixties, early seventies) sell cars at one of the dealerships on the boulevard. I would bet fifty dollars that they all work for Cadillac. They come in once a week, on Friday afternoons. They love me. They like to give me a hard time, ask why I don’t love them anymore, when I’m going to run away with them, etc, etc. They are caricatures of car salesmen but are obviously unaware of this. They hold court in Eat Well like it’s 1965 at the Sands, talking in loud voices and telling stories about one another to each other. (“This guy here, one time he says to me, ‘Paulie’…”)
Incorporating remnants of the previous (Walter Burley Griffen) structure, a simple, practical site response was fundamental. Upon entrance the hand craftsmanship is amazing as a “sense of going downwards” towards the waters edge is emphasised through the sloping ‘wave shaped’ ceiling- a post modern metaphorical gesture. Raised to the trusses this effect add’s virtue and admission of light, balanced in contrast with the stepped up kitchen for views over living area’s. An emphasis is placed on passive solar, interplay between in and out and what some call “fat free” spatial organisation. Looking down the hall the angularity “veranda like plan” faces north supplying privacy and sublime views of endless water and headland from every ‘served’ room, with only ‘service’ rooms positioned in the south (diagram
In 1944 he graduated from the ETH in architectur.Following the war,in 1947,he left Zurich for Paris where,after briefly working in the atelier of the painter Fernand Leger,he was accepted by Le Corbusier as an assistant at the Rue de Sevres.There he wasassigned two projects that were to figure heavily in his later thinking as a teacher and acrchitect.In1948 he worked on the design of the Villa Currutchet located in Rio Plato,Brazil;and in 1949 Le Corbusier,obviously impressed with the abilities of this neophyte Swiss architect,appointed him project architect for the United Habitation,relocating HoeslitoMarseilles to manage and oversee the construction there of his own first major postwar work*2.
The complex contained three buildings: the main culture building, a transportation gallery, and the educational building.
I haven’t seen this program, in fact I know David Muñoz but I didn’t know that they have a program.
What appeared to be the main bar was situated on a corner, while two other ones were to adjacent to each other on the next block and on the opposite side of the street. I focused my attention on the more important bar on the street corner. It comprised the first floor of a rugged, two story brick building. A long line of students, starting at the open door of the bar, snaked along the front of the building and around the sidewalk on its left side.
Built between 1883 and 1885 and owned by a consortium of 10 wealthy families, the Chelsea was New York's first co-op apartment complex. The tallest buidling in New York during its' day, it became a hotel in 1905, a designated NYC landmark since March 15, 1966, on the National Register of Historic Places since December 27, 1977 and though the years has been a hip, nurturing environment, closely associated with the bohemian types and the counter-culture. The Chelsea, who defines creativity and a freedom of our culture, has been home to a myriad of residents...some of the 20th century's most brilliant rising stars, from starving musicians, writers, and actors, to artists.
The bar is quite large with 2 service areas with huge selection of beers and spirits also showcasing a wine selection area. The bar has a nice marble counter, which is complimented with a sleek scattered tile design.