Michael Gabellini

Michael Gabellini (born 1958 in Pennsylvania ) is a minimalist American architect and interior designer. Gabellinis designs are characterized by bright, large rooms with economical furniture.

Biography

Gabellini grew up in Pennsylvania and studied at the Rhode Iceland School of Design, where in 1980 he a Bachelor of Fine Arts ( BFA ) acquired in architecture and in 1981 a Bachelor in Architecture. After six years at Kohn, Pederson & Fox, Gabellini spent a year studying at the London Architectural Association School of Architecture and also worked intensively in his studies Rome. After his return to the United States Gabellini founded in 1991, the Manhattan -based architectural and interior design firm Gabellini Sheppard Associates, whose partners Kimberly Sheppard and, now, Dan Garbowit are.

The best known works of the office are the restoration of Rockefeller Center, and the former AT & T building on Fifth Avenue. Gabellini and his partners designed headquarters of businesses, restaurants and retail outlets, among others, for Jil Sander, Giorgio Armani and the luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman.

Gabellini has won various awards for his work, including three Decade of Design Awards of the International Interior Design Association ( IIDA ), with the interior design association in 2004, paid tribute to ten outstanding and innovative works of the years 1994 to 2004: For 1997, it was made ​​with red walls equipped Ultimo boutique in San Francisco awarded, in 1998 his project Park Avenue apartment in New York (the only living space among the award winners ) and for 2002 its implementation of the Jil Sander boutique and showroom, which is housed in London's Queensberry House, a 1721 designed by Giacomo Leoni building in the Georgian style. Gabellini also received commissions from galleries and museums, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Marian Goodman Gallery ( both in New York).

Gabellini with Nancy Spector, curator of the New York Guggenheim Museum, married. The two have a daughter, Chiara ( born about January 2004).

Awards (selection)

According to information provided by Gabellini Sheppard Associates, the architectural and interior design firm won, among other things:

  • From 1993 on ten awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA ), especially for boutiques and showrooms; among other things Medallion Award (1993, for Jil Sander in Paris), Excellence in Design Award (three times in 1998, once in 2000 ), Honor Award for Interior Architecture (three times in 1999, once each in 2000 and 2007), Interior Architecture Award ( 2000, 2002 )
  • 1997 P / A Award ( Award of the magazine Progressive Architecture, Architect today, for a not-yet -built project ) for a public project in the Piazza Isolo in Verona (Italy )
  • 1998, 1999 International Design: Design Distinction Awards for Colleen B. Rosenblat (Hamburg) and the Ultimo Boutique ( San Francisco, see above)
  • 1998, 1999 ( twice ) and 2000 Athenaem Chicago Museum of Architecture and Design: American Architecture Award ( for boutiques or showrooms )
  • 1999 American Institute of Architects: Prices for Ultimo boutique in San Francisco as well as Jil Sander Boutique and Showroom in Hamburg
  • 2001, 2002 ( twice ), 2006 International Interior Design Association ( IIDA ): Interior Design Competition Awards for designs for Jil Sander (Milan, London) and Salvatore Ferragamo (Venice) and the top floor of Rockefeller Center (New York)
  • 2004 ( award ): International Interior Design Association ( IIDA ): Decade of Design Award for 1997, 1998 and 2002 ( see above)

Quotes

  • Architecture would be a very different profession if You Could simply remove gravity - Which is something we try to DO.
  • Minimalism does not have to mean spare and cold. When I think of minimal, I think of something did condenses elements to Their essence - to a sense of space did Has A concentration of spirit, character and physical presence.
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