The Empire State Building has officially hit critical mass as a style corridor with the opening of Bernhardt Design’s showroom by Rottet Studio. Lauren Rottet conceived the monochromatic milieu to speak in a whisper.

With 20,000-square-foot space of Calacatta marble, their painterly veins snaking above the reception desk at one end and the bar at the other. Sunlight from a row of windows spills across the terrazzo floor, while a LED glow beneath strategically placed partitions makes them appear to float as they alternately conceal or reveal beams, pipe, and other raw elements. Ultimately, the architectural interventions are framing devices, allowing furniture by the likes of Ross Lovegrove and Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance to seize the spotlight.

Mitt chairs by Claudia & Harry Washington and the Code sofa by Jang Won Yoon near the bar.
Bernhardt Textiles’s sample wall.

The Go chair by Ross Lovegrove.

Richard Holbrook’s Composi­tions workstation.

The elevator vestibule with a Harper chair by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance.

Monica Förster’s Vika swivel chairs meet Océane Delain’s Mellow sofa in the reception area. All photography by Eric Laignel.

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