Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 13: Apple Store, West 14th Street
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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
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Preferred Title:
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Apple Store, West 14th Street
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Image View:
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Store entrance and the glass spiral staircase
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Creator:
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Bohlin, Cywinski, Jackson (Firm) (American architectural firm, founded 1965)
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Location:
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site: New York, New York, United States
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Location Note:
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401 W 14th Street, and 9th Avenue; Meatpacking District, one block south of Chelsea Market
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GPS:
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+40.741247-74.005492
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Date:
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ca. 1910-1930 (creation); store 2007 (alteration)
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Cultural Context:
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American
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Style Period:
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Art Deco; Twenty-first century
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Work Type 1:
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store
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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brick; steel; glass
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Description:
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The first Apple store to recreate their famous glass spiral staircase 3 stories high. The first glass staircase received a design patent in 2002 and the complex glass and hardware system received a separate technical patent. Apple worked with architects Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and engineer Eckersley O'Callaghan Structural Design in designing the staircase. This store is a rehab of an existing Art Deco brick building; the design contrasts the early 20th century building shell with a light-filled, modernist interior. The building has a prominent corner location, and its brick facades and steel industrial windows relate to similar neighborhood structures. The exterior's historic brickwork has been extended into the interior. (Source: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson [firm website]; http://www.bcj.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Seven
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Identifier:
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1A2-US-NYC-AST-A5
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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