Final touches proceed apace on the architecture and interior design of the Core Club, a 30,000 sq. ft. new concept private club. The club features a wide range of amenities including a full restaurant and bar by Tom Collechio (Gramercy Tavern and Craft), a gymnasium by Chris Imbo (Casa Spa), a 60 seat screening room, and a full-service spa. Architectural and interiors elements through out are predominantly signature pieces fabricated exclusively for the club and range from blown glass chandeliers, an antique glass/purple heart wood/zebra wood conference table, dye cut wood panels, custom metal and glass library shelving/brise soleil, and a double height wood and marble feature stair.

Photo by Michael Moran

SPAN is beginning work on a new eight story, 12,000 sq. ft. mixed-use building in Chelsea near the Highline Park project at 436 West 18th Street. The building will serve as an urban model of sustainable and green technologies. Construction is slated to begin January, 2007.

SPAN has completed noted dentist and author Dr. Jonathan Levine's dental suite, GOSmile Aesthetics, on the upper east side of Manhattan. The serene and sleek surgery and fabrication suite features custom cold formed millwork, display cases, lighting design and furnishings.

The design & interior furnishings of this 5,200 sq. ft. duplex loft in the Gramercy area was substantially completed in April, 2006. The architectural renovation entailed significant structural work to create two large double height atriums, a custom glass and metal winter garden, cantilevered stair and catwalks with stained and fritted glass inserts, the Dornbracht "RainSky" shower/spa system and integrated and automated lighting, HVAC, AV/IT and sound controls. Highlights of the interior decoration feature a custom leather wall panel/dresser, a walnut/chenille sofa, a parchment/lucite motorized bar cabinet.

SPAN received an AIA New York State Juror's Special Recognition Award for architectural excellence and the reinvention of teleconferencing ergonomics and technological integration in the "Keyspan Energy" project, completed in 2005. The advanced nationwide teleconferencing is being re-investigated and executed nationwide for McKesson Pharmaceuticals, a Fortune 50 Company, in collaboration with Panasonic.