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Photo: Electronics Boutique Interior of Store looking out to the mall Photo: Electronics Boutique Entrance from Mall Photo: Electronics Boutique Entrance at Mall to Anchor Store Photo: Electronics Boutique Computer Room, one of three
The Electronics Boutique, Woodbridge, NJ, National chain store

Distinctive store designs were developed for this successful home computer software chain store. The stores are typically opened in regional shopping malls, and average about 1,000 square foot each. The product produces a high sales volume per square foot. Inefficient store spaces were turned into attractive retail environments. One New York City store was opened. A total of ten stores were added to the chain under this program.
Photo: Rosedale House Original East Facade of the House Before Renovation Photo: Rosedale House Atrium at the Roof Level, through the windows looking west to the in-ground swimming pool Photo: Rosedale House Roof Level
Photo: Rosedale House Entrance to the House, snow scene Photo: Rosedale House East Facade Overlooking Meadow Photo: Rosedale House Atrium and Stair Up to Bridge Level Photo: Rosedale House Living Room and Dining Room
Rosedale House in White Plains

An aerial view of White Plains shows a growing city, surrounded by dots of wooded areas. These areas are suburban settings, just minutes from urban bustle. Entering the three acre site, one is struck by the harmony of scale that exists. The site contains a two-story house which is the work of a pair of Architects. The lower story was designed by Edward Durell Stone and built in 1949. The renovated lower story and newly added upper story, a spanning structure, is the work of John Mclean Architect, built in 2000. This house was viewed as a collaboration between architects of different generations. The integrity of the original design was maintained while adding a dynamic element to it, albeit some fifty years later.

2006 Rosedale House in the News 2009
Photo: A&P Futurestore Prototype, Delicatessan Service Department Photo: A&P Futurestore Prototype, Produce Department at Store Entrance Photo: A&P Futurestore Prototype Facade at Night Photo: A&P Futurestore Prototype, View of Interior at Entrance and Produce Department
A&P Futurestore Prototype, Allendale, NJ, Flagship Design
RPGA/Mclean Architect, photo of facade Wolfgang Hoyt/ESTO

A complete store redesign and prototype development for new and rehabilitation programs: In addition to the architectural services, lighting and display fixtures, graphics and point of purchase graphics and displays were designed for the prototype. Stores ranged in size from 30,000 to 50,000 SF. Two stores in Atlanta and another two in Baton Rouge were completed as developments of the Prototype. The store design was awarded recognition by the industry and has been very successful in repositioning A&P. The prototypical graphics and lighting have been integrated into A&P's Waldbaum and Food Emporium stores.
Photo: Duplex Hi-Rise Condominium, Kitchen Photo: Duplex Hi-Rise Condominium, Bathroom Photo: Duplex Hi-Rise Condominium, Dining Room Photo: Duplex Hi-Rise Condominium, Living Room Photo: Duplex Hi-Rise Condominium, Ornamental Stair in Living Room Photo: Duplex Hi-Rise Condominium, Stair Looking down to Bedroom Level
Duplex High-Rise Condominium, White Plains, NY

The original two condominium units were combined into one residence connected by means of an ornamental stainless steel staircase.
Photo: Renovated & Expanded Residence, Front of House Photo: Renovated & Expanded Residence, Kitchen
Renovated & Expanded Residence, White Plains, NY

The project called for the expansion of the original house by almost 1000 SF on a small site of 5000 SF. In addition, the design provided for completely updating and renovating the interior, exterior, and the site on a tight budget.

The expansion on the ground floor included a professional consultation suite with a private entrance.

The second floor expansion: the master bedroom suite with an enlarged bedroom and a private bathroom added, and three additional bedrooms and a new bathroom carved out from the remaining space.
Photo: US Trust Co., NYC, Stairwell and Skylight above the entrance lobby Photo: US Trust Co., NYC, Modern banking floor as seen from the historic restoration of the Lobby Photo: US Trust Co., NYC, Modern banking floor near elevator Photo: US Trust Co., NYC, Tellers' counter and officer's desk
US Trust, Mid-town Office, West 54th Street, New York City
H L W Architects/John Mclean Project Architect, photo: George Cserna

US Trust. Company of New York Mid-Town Office is located in a pair of McKim, Mead & White houses that shared one facade. The restored spaces and the modern banking floor serves as a reception center for its clients and as offices for the Bank. The building was completely modernized with air conditioning, data processing, security and fire protection systems.

The architecture critic for the New York Times, Ada Louise Huxtable, wrote: "But this is no historic house reconstruction with the inevitable air of a tidy, invented past: these parlors, bedrooms and studies have had to be adapted to bank and business uses. What is new has been designed in the simplest and most suitable contemporary fashion."
Photo: Chemical Bank Headquarters, ChemCourt at night on Park Avenue Photo: Chemical Bank Headquarters, ChemCourt, 47th Street Entrance Photo: Chemical Bank Headquarters, ChemCourt, Interior Garden Photo: Chemical Bank Headquarters, ChemCourt, Water Steps & Wall at the entrance to the Elevator Lobby
ChemCourt, Chemical Bank Headquarters, New York City
H L W Architects/John Mclean Project Architect, photo: George Cserna

ChemCourt was a 12,500 square foot entrance to the world headquarters of Chemical Bank. The entrance was a glass enclosed botanical display, which the New York Botanical Garden seasonally updated.

ChemCourt was located between 47th and 48th Streets on Park Avenue. The glass enclosed "park" was a fitting addition to Park Avenue.

In the mid-nineties Chemical Bank merged with other banks and moved from this location and removed ChemCourt.
Photo: Westchester County Courthouse Complex, Low-Rise Refurbishment of the Exterior
Westchester County Courthouse, Renovation & Exterior Cladding Prototype
White Plains, NY

The Design Phase, which was completed in August 1992, documented the approach to the interior and exterior renovations. The interior plan called for the separation of the public from the jurors and judicial officials. The criminal courtroom required complete separation of the criminal defendant from everyone. The exterior plan explored several exterior wall systems and window replacement schemes.

The redesign of the Low-Rise Exterior consists of insulation applied to the existing stucco, and attachment of new glass-fiber reinforced precast concrete panels as the finished wall surface. New high performance, operable, double glazed replacement windows are installed.

The benefits of the design are a significant energy savings and increased acoustical insulation from street traffic noise. The exterior is visually more defined as to scale and articulation of the original structure

The Exterior Renovation served as a prototype for the rehabilitation of the twenty-two-story Courthouse Tower.
Rendering: West 45th St., Lobby Design Rendering; West 45th St., Design for Facade Renovation
West 45th Street Lobby Design Project, New York, NY

An 18-story, early 20th century, mid-town office building was modernized with new passenger elevator cars and a new and enlarged lobby. The materials used were ceramic glazed concrete block, blue cement panels, clear finish and blue stainless steel, and glass block and sintered aluminum ceiling panels. The lobby design was extended to the renovation of the building facade and the retail space storefront.

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