JRS wins Archi Awards for furniture and interiors.JRS Architect, PC, one of Long Island's premier architectural design firms, won a prestigious 2005 Archi Award First Place for its work on the Roslyn-Flower Hill branch of North Fork Bank North Fork Bank was an American bank headquartered in Melville, New York purchased by Capital One at the end of 2006 for $14.6 billion U.S. dollars. It was only the second bank bought by Capital One, and was the larger of two acquisitions comprising Capital One's 2005-06 expansion . The Mineola-based firm won first place in the Waldner's Business Environments Furniture and Fixtures category in the juried competition sponsored by the American Institute of Architecture Long Island Chapter. Results of the competition were announced on Oct. 20. "We are extremely gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to receive the extraordinary honor that has been bestowed on our work by the AIA Long Island Chapter," said JRS president John R. Sorrenti. The North Fork Bank branch features a terrazzo terrazzo Type of flooring consisting of marble chips set in cement or epoxy resin that is poured and ground smooth when dry. Terrazzo was ubiquitous in the 20th century in commercial and institutional buildings. floor radiating in a starburst StarBurst - An active DBMS from IBM Almaden Research Center. from a central checking desk, deep brown, palm-leaf pattern carpet, woven dark wood fixtures, metal painted ceiling tiles, handcrafted hand·craft n. Variant of handicraft. tr.v. hand·craft·ed, hand·craft·ing, hand·crafts To fashion or make by hand. hand·craft burnished bur·nish tr.v. bur·nished, bur·nish·ing, bur·nish·es 1. To make smooth or glossy by or as if by rubbing; polish. 2. To rub with a tool that serves especially to smooth or polish. n. brass chandelier and oversized plush leather chairs. The finishes, millwork and lighting futures designed by the firm were influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement Arts and Crafts movement English social and aesthetic movement of the second half of the 19th century, dedicated to reestablishing the importance of craftsmanship in an era of mechanization and mass production. popular in the late 19th Century, according to the project architect, JRS senior vice president Alex Hadjiyane. The recently opened branch is the latest in a string of projects in JRS Architect's growing portfolio of bank branch designs for North Fork and other financial institutions, among them JP Morgan Chase, New York Community Bancorp's Roslyn Savings Bank and Bethpage Federal Credit Union. JRS also won a Commendation Award in the 2005 Archi Awards in the interior architecture category for its design of North Fork Bank's Williamsburg branch. The design, at the storefront level of an existing landmarked building, attempts to address the new vitality of the long-stable community that has resulted from an influx of artists. The 3,500 s/f interior space lies behind a 1930's cast-iron facade, which is strongly gridded and decoratively cast with detail. The design team headed by JRS' Ray Maggiore selected elements such as the ribbed-metal tellers' counter with bullet resistant glass, soffits, partitions and millwork, and intentionally located them out of alignment as part of an effort to create the illusion of movement. The design gives the appearance of a subway car moving past the thick columns of a train station platform. |
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