Staten Island Zoo Carousel

Slade Architecture has been selected by the New York City Department of Design & Construction to participate in their Excellence in Design and Construction Program in 2004, 2006, and 2009 (every time the selection has been made, since the programs inception). One of the projects that Slade is working on through this program is a Carousel for the Staten Island Zoo. Check out the video to see what the carousel will look like and come see it in person at the Staten Island Zoo when it is finished!

BARBIE STORE SWEEPS AWARDS

We are delighted to report that our Barbie Shanghai store
which opened last year has been very well received.

Winner, Retail:Other, Interior Design Magazine Best of Year Award
Winner, Architecture Record/ BusinessWeek Awards of Excellence
Winner, Best Retail - Contract magazine 31st Annual Interiors Awards
Winner, Best International Retail Interior-The Retail Interiors Awards
Winner, Innovative Concept - Retail Design Institute 2009 Store Design Awards
Winner, Specialty Store over 10,000sf- Retail Design Institute 2009 Store Design Awards Gold Award, Best Retail Environment- Event Design Awards
Winner, Store of the Year, Best Overall Entry- Chain Store Age Awards
Winner, Best Attraction Retailing -Chain Store Age Awards
Winner, Best Cashwrap and Fitting Room -
Chain Store Age Awards
Honorable Mention, Best Exterior - Chain Store Age Awards
Winner, Store of the Year - Association for Retail Environments
Winner, Specialty Store Over 25,000 sq. ft -
Association for Retail Environments
Winner, Store Fixture Award - Association for Retail Environments

W Lounge

Slade Architecture designed the W Lounge for New York's 2010 Fashion Week.
''Created by New York design firm SLADE Architecture, the Arrivals Lounge is a contemporary and cool interpretation of arriving to a new destination, bringing to life locations where W will soon open new hotels and retreats. Celebrities, designers and fashion's elite will enter through a tunnel of ambient colored light, offering an escape from the hustle and bustle of backstage. Playing with the idea of arriving at a new destination, the design of the Lounge includes sleek banquette seating inspired by luggage conveyor belts, signs inspired by "Arrival" and "Departure" boards displaying the names of W's current and upcoming destinations, and modern trunks showcasing W's exclusive Global Glam Collection, a newly launched fashion and accessories collection created exclusively by established and emerging designers inspired by the design of W's latest hotels.''

Puptent Wins AIA Small Projects Award

This piece was an exploration in materials designed and fabricated for the Design Trust for Public Spaces Annual Auction. The project requirements were to create a "nest": something that could support residence for a creature and (always important in NYC) would fit in a taxi. The auction was intended to raise money for a handful of public projects sponsored by the Design Trust. Our design is for a modern, indoor dog lounge or PUP TENT. Water-jet cut plywood was laminated to create a conical shape. The exterior surface was sanded and finished smooth and the interior maintains the stepping configuration characteristic of the plywood lamina. A surface pattern is created as the planar plies of the wood intersect with the conical geometry of the surface. The design is sustainable as well, since the configuration promotes the stack effect and the skylight and window provide natural light!

Diffa's Dining By Design

Slade Architecture participated in the 2010 Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA)'s Dining by Design charity event in New York (Mar. 18th to 22nd). Slade Architecture will be one of a handful of architects, designers and artists, each creating a unique dining environment/ installation.