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Andre Kikoski Wins James Beard Foundation Award For The Wright
5.6.10 | New York, NY | New York-based architect Andre Kikoski has won the James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Restaurant Design for his firm's design of The Wright in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Kikoski, an emerging young talent, launched his firm only seven years ago. The Wright is a prime example of Kikoski's work, showing his deft skill with materials, his ability to create a meaningful dialogue between art and architecture, and his finesse in designing a contemporary space inside an iconic structure. The James Beard Foundation Awards (www.JBFAwards.com) are the nation's most prestigious restaurant design awards.
Kikoski's design of The Wright has garnered raves from local, national and international press. Says the New York Times, "The Wright at the Guggenheim is striking, impressive visually and elegant." Fast Company called it "a gem in the Guggenheim." And The Real Deal's James Gardner wrote that the restaurant "recreates the Guggenheim's formal vocabulary with greater skill and feeling than it had the first time around, 50 years ago." The project is representative of Andre Kikoski Architect's style - inventive, dramatic and highly tactile. Sculptural forms for the flared ceiling, undulating banquette, and torqued bar and communal table are based on Wright's underlying geometries but crafted in contemporary materials. The design brings to life a play between these sculptural elements and the architecturally-layered, illuminated materials that invite participation and a sense of delight for all patrons.
"Like The Wright, much of Kikoski's upcoming work has a special focus on working within the context of existing buildings, as well as transforming transitional neighborhoods. In Brooklyn, 22-28 Wyckoff is a combined wine bar, gourmet food store and performance space in an emerging neighborhood on the eastern edge of Williamsburg. Upriver in Long Island City, Kikoski's 100-room Z Hotel is the latest newcomer to another rapidly changing area. And 1280 Fifth Avenue is a luxury apartment building that's part of the soon-to-open complex which includes the Museum for African History: for the building interior, Andre has created spacious modern lofts with broad views over Central Park, with specially-commissioned furniture throughout the building's public spaces by venerable French firm Ligne Roset.
About Andre Kikoski Architect
FIRM PROFILE
Andre Kikoski Architect is a Manhattan-based multi-disciplinary design firm that is committed to artistic innovation regardless of budget, genre or client challenge. Our passion for material research, our detail-orientation, and our client-centric approach have won the firm clients in a wide range of categories, from arts and culture to hospitality, from high-end residential to commercial real estate.
The firm has been named as an "Up-and-comer to watch" by Departures Magazine, one of "Ten Young Firms to Keep an Eye On" by Oculus, the AIA New York Chapter magazine, and one of "The New Garde of Ten Designers To Watch" by New York Magazine. Andre Kikoski Architect's achievements include a 2010 Award for Outstanding Restaurant Design and a 2002 Nomination from the James Beard Foundation, a finalist for the Conde Nast Traveler Innovation and Design Awards, two Lumen Awards for Lighting Excellence, the Edwin Guth Memorial Award from the International Association of Lighting Designers, and several "Best of" awards in New York, California and Colorado.
The firm has completed: twenty-three luxury town houses, lofts, duplexes and penthouses; twenty-two residential investment buildings and interiors totaling over 1.6 million square feet; seventeen high-end resorts, restaurants and hotels; and ten public and cultural projects including three venues at the Guggenheim on 5th Avenue. The firm is also designing a lighting collection for Swarovski Crystal and a furniture suite for Ligne Roset.
AKA's work has been published in over 300 international publications such as Wallpaper, Interior Design, Fast Company, Architectural Record, The New York Times, WWD, and The Wall Street Journal, among others. We have lectured and exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum, The Architectural League of New York, The Center for Architecture at the NY AIA Chapter, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, The New York School of Interior Design, Parsons the New School for Design, New York University, and other professional conferences including an IIDA Panel Forum and HD Expo. Andre Kikoski is a member of the Executive Committee of the Alumni Council of Harvard University's Graduate School of Design; the Harvard Alumni in Real Estate; and the Thomas Moran Trust in East Hampton, New York.
Andre Kikoski AIA, LEED AP, received his Master's degree in Architecture at Harvard University, where he earned Distinctions for Innovation in Design and Technology. Prior to founding Andre Kikoski Architect, he trained in the offices of I.M. Pei, Richard Meier and Peter Eisenman. He was Director of Design and a Senior Associate at Costas Kondylis & Partners.
About The Wright
Andre Kikoski Architect's stylish, intimate restaurant in New York's famed Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Wright, opened to the public in December 2009 to rave reviews and has readily become a neighborhood destination. A modern American menu created by executive chef Rodolfo Contreras features distinctive contemporary cuisine with an emphasis on seasonal, local and sustainable ingredients. . A site-specific sculpture by British-born artist Liam Gillick traces the space in a horizon, creating a truly unique dining experience.
Kikoski's design of The Wright has garnered raves from local, national and international press. Says the New York Times, "The Wright at the Guggenheim is striking, impressive visually and elegant." Fast Company called it "a gem in the Guggenheim." And The Real Deal's James Gardner wrote that the restaurant "recreates the Guggenheim's formal vocabulary with greater skill and feeling than it had the first time around, 50 years ago." The project is representative of Andre Kikoski Architect's style - inventive, dramatic and highly tactile. Sculptural forms for the flared ceiling, undulating banquette, and torqued bar and communal table are based on Wright's underlying geometries but crafted in contemporary materials. The design brings to life a play between these sculptural elements and the architecturally-layered, illuminated materials that invite participation and a sense of delight for all patrons.
"Like The Wright, much of Kikoski's upcoming work has a special focus on working within the context of existing buildings, as well as transforming transitional neighborhoods. In Brooklyn, 22-28 Wyckoff is a combined wine bar, gourmet food store and performance space in an emerging neighborhood on the eastern edge of Williamsburg. Upriver in Long Island City, Kikoski's 100-room Z Hotel is the latest newcomer to another rapidly changing area. And 1280 Fifth Avenue is a luxury apartment building that's part of the soon-to-open complex which includes the Museum for African History: for the building interior, Andre has created spacious modern lofts with broad views over Central Park, with specially-commissioned furniture throughout the building's public spaces by venerable French firm Ligne Roset.
About Andre Kikoski Architect
FIRM PROFILE
Andre Kikoski Architect is a Manhattan-based multi-disciplinary design firm that is committed to artistic innovation regardless of budget, genre or client challenge. Our passion for material research, our detail-orientation, and our client-centric approach have won the firm clients in a wide range of categories, from arts and culture to hospitality, from high-end residential to commercial real estate.
The firm has been named as an "Up-and-comer to watch" by Departures Magazine, one of "Ten Young Firms to Keep an Eye On" by Oculus, the AIA New York Chapter magazine, and one of "The New Garde of Ten Designers To Watch" by New York Magazine. Andre Kikoski Architect's achievements include a 2010 Award for Outstanding Restaurant Design and a 2002 Nomination from the James Beard Foundation, a finalist for the Conde Nast Traveler Innovation and Design Awards, two Lumen Awards for Lighting Excellence, the Edwin Guth Memorial Award from the International Association of Lighting Designers, and several "Best of" awards in New York, California and Colorado.
The firm has completed: twenty-three luxury town houses, lofts, duplexes and penthouses; twenty-two residential investment buildings and interiors totaling over 1.6 million square feet; seventeen high-end resorts, restaurants and hotels; and ten public and cultural projects including three venues at the Guggenheim on 5th Avenue. The firm is also designing a lighting collection for Swarovski Crystal and a furniture suite for Ligne Roset.
AKA's work has been published in over 300 international publications such as Wallpaper, Interior Design, Fast Company, Architectural Record, The New York Times, WWD, and The Wall Street Journal, among others. We have lectured and exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum, The Architectural League of New York, The Center for Architecture at the NY AIA Chapter, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, The New York School of Interior Design, Parsons the New School for Design, New York University, and other professional conferences including an IIDA Panel Forum and HD Expo. Andre Kikoski is a member of the Executive Committee of the Alumni Council of Harvard University's Graduate School of Design; the Harvard Alumni in Real Estate; and the Thomas Moran Trust in East Hampton, New York.
Andre Kikoski AIA, LEED AP, received his Master's degree in Architecture at Harvard University, where he earned Distinctions for Innovation in Design and Technology. Prior to founding Andre Kikoski Architect, he trained in the offices of I.M. Pei, Richard Meier and Peter Eisenman. He was Director of Design and a Senior Associate at Costas Kondylis & Partners.
About The Wright
Andre Kikoski Architect's stylish, intimate restaurant in New York's famed Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Wright, opened to the public in December 2009 to rave reviews and has readily become a neighborhood destination. A modern American menu created by executive chef Rodolfo Contreras features distinctive contemporary cuisine with an emphasis on seasonal, local and sustainable ingredients. . A site-specific sculpture by British-born artist Liam Gillick traces the space in a horizon, creating a truly unique dining experience.
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