Anchored in Stone

THE INTERIOR LOBBY

A building as striking as 95 State required a dramatic lobby, especially as this one would face out onto a busy street corner with the limestone edifice covering most of hte rest of hte building's first four stories.

The 95 State lobby is enclosed in glass at street level - "very Apple Store-like", said Boswell, with maximum transparency for passersby to see inside. This main foyer features 30-foot-high walls with curves, and its interior extends into an interconnecting passageway, leading to the parking garage across the street. Skinning the walls of this entire space required 8,900 square feet of a singular material.

"Our objective for hte lobby stone walls was to have a visually active stone material," Boswell continued. "The clients really embraced the idea."

What the team accomplished is a marvel: a 220-foot long marble wall with one consistent vein pattern, meticulously matched and protected until each piece went into place.

Read the full story here (Building Stone Magazine, Spring 2024)