The Wright.]]> https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1641 en-us Lentzl@bnpmedia.com (Linda C. Lentz) Andre Kikoski Architect designs an elegant restaurant inside New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

]]> the_wright.asp Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/8260-the-wright-by-andre-kikoski-architect Andre Kikoski's design for The Wright restaurant, in New York City's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, echoes the spirit and dynamic forms of Frank Lloyd Wright's soaring rotunda.   Image courtesy Andre Kikoski Architect The rich, warm hues of artist Liam Gillick's installation ' meant to be understood as a 'series of horizons' ' form a modulating transparent skin at the entrance and around the two exterior walls of the dining room.   Image courtesy Andre Kikoski Architect Kikoski designed all of the furnishings for The Wright, including the solid-surface tables and bar tops, banquettes, stools, and dining chairs. The latter design is soon to be manufactured by Ligne Roset.   Image courtesy Andre Kikoski Architect A stainless-steel wall beside the bar ' treated with a hydraulic pressure tool to give it a patina that mimics the texture of concrete ' reflects the elegant LED-backlit glass shelves displaying a selection of wine and liquor bottles.   Image courtesy Andre Kikoski Architect Panels of slender walnut and fiber-optic strips line the bar's back wall, providing subtle, purely decorative illumination that adds a bit of surprise and sparkle to this evocative restaurant design.   Image courtesy Andre Kikoski Architect Image courtesy Andre Kikoski Architect Image courtesy Andre Kikoski Architect