We recently installed an interesting drapery treatment at The Park Avenue Armory. We worked with the architectural firm Platt Byard Dovell White who specified aluminum chain link drapery panels in a copper finish for the windows in several rooms. Since this is a historic restoration, the most minute details were in focus. The chain link draperies added a perfect element to the many fascinating details in the rooms.
There has been some recently articles written about The Park Avenue Armory.
Click on the links below to read them:
Arch Daily
Architectural Record
New York Times
Built in 1861, The Park Avenue Armory functioned as both a military facility and a social club for the prestigious Seventh Regiment of the National Guard of President Lincoln’s volunteer militia. Now, the 210,000 sqf five story building (which occupies an entire city block) serves as the home for a not-for-profit cultural institution where visual and performing arts can take place within a not so traditional setting. In 2007, the building began a comprehensive revitalization project as it had fallen into a state of disrepair with Herzog & de Meuron as the lead designers. Herzog & de Meuron have embraced the history, craftsmanship, and the inherent contrast of the Armory’s spaces to restore the interiors to their original elegance. “Park Avenue Armory is a richly layered building of outstanding historical significance that we are treating like a monument, revealing the physical traces produced over time, preserving it for the future and above all reinventing it,” explained Herzog & de Meuron.
