Knice Stair

Last year <a href="http://www.knoll.com/">Knoll</a> moved from Chelsea to Midtown, having been booted out of the historic full-block Port Authority building that Google <a href="http://www.wired.com/business/2010/12/google-nyc/">bought in 2010 for nearly $2 billion</a>. Its new location should give the furniture company more exposure, since they now have a storefront presence on Sixth Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets, not to mention space on three more floors above. The <a href="http://www.aia.org/practicing/awards/2014/interior-architecture/knoll-flagship/">award-winning showroom, offices and store</a> are designed by Architecture Research Office (<a href="http://www.aro.net/">ARO</a>), and a highlight of their design is a staircase covered in wool felt that connects the showroom and the main office level. Fittingly, the felt is Knoll's signature orange.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3t4HQd39n2TpWI-v1ikmhGRhat8BffZg449MuohQLHZUpIbqiGY-1aowwjiSSQ_PdAJK2ag9s7bhHHPoeor4QAL5qmsXVBLolKRD5KpJWgt5s009Ia5xbR18Ya9ykQuLHllA5y5Rfood/s1600/130609_565.jpg" /><br />[Photograph by Elizabeth Felicella. Photos via <a href="http://www.interiordesign.net/slideshow/10495-taking-it-to-the-street-aro-gives-knoll-a-midtown-hq/">Interior Design</a>] <br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimB6oLNbmK584r0DgfpyPVvWFClwFIgWSstm3WuL7iPQyvzwYH772BF2nHQUo37owTgUTky86AuSAwxBbsUV7Qv_2MI0vIjEHy9RCLXmnWExQRAjyMGsB2ryvw4o_0tnotZIR58X-fRwJO/s1600/thumbs_59958-440328-Eero_Saarinen_designed_these_chairs_and_tables_.jpg.748x748_q90.jpg" /><br />[Photograph by Eric Laignel]<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6nvAzG7_TJk1i9iT3jcZn329QihVNtVoJffrhc7Bo9ITdmtT5qf5eSFpZ2Cfn4nf9fdSaPWO2Am8rN2fjtIm2fHyPGRpJWoLvp0yd6ykotN5clUiu8PpAyhkXoUsXwFXhBaWII6YpaEil/s1600/130615_020-1.jpg" /><br />[Photograph by Elizabeth Felicella]<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7i1s-0m9vKPkX_zdO570msCCFfLquR7gqSEh32beO6HOtPrM_ifTVpP38y-5JFzCGb1D3rC9M-FmrrATT0TQ0jU2VERfHWHE_R5sLIaQDEWEysI0X3MQH9nOy81nSxIthOLL8tVlUBYR/s1600/thumbs_8929-440340-Felt_strips_at_the_base_of_the_staircase_rise_20_feet_to_the_ceiling_.jpg.748x748_q90.jpg" /><br />[Photograph by Eric Laignel]<br /><br />ARO's video "How to Wrap a Stair in Felt":<br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="361" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/73330818?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="640"></iframe>

Knice Stair

Last year Knoll moved from Chelsea to Midtown, having been booted out of the historic full-block Port Authority building that Google bought...

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