![]() ![]() In January 2015, Marino completed the flagship Louis Vuitton shop on Rodeo Drive, in Beverly Hills, California. Louis Vuitton, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills Louis Vuitton, Rodeo Drive, Los Angeles (2015) ![]() It was Marino's first multi-brand store since the Barney's project. The 55,000 square foot project consists of two angular buildings clad in white marble, connected by glass bridges. In October 2014, Marino designed the flagship store in Seoul, Korea's Cheongdam-dong neighborhood for Boontheshop, a retail brand owned by Shinsegae, a South Korean luxury product specialist. īoontheshop, Seoul Bootheshop, Seoul (2014) The building has an expansive marble lobby, leading out to a garden and waterfall in the back. In 2007, Marino's first luxury condominium high rise project opened at 170 East End Avenue in New York City. 170 East End Avenue, New York City (2007) Notable features included a first of its kind interactive glass façade with 700,000 embedded light-emitting diodes, and a system of 1,120 square meters of canvas roll blinds and state-changing electronic privacy glass which allowed office workers to see out during the day, while providing a black background for the display at night. The article also references the 2004 Chanel tower in Japan's Ginza district, "that takes Coco Chanel's signature black and white tweed and explodes it into three dimensions." The 56-meter high building incorporated a curtain wall of glass encapsulating a nest-shaped block of aluminum in Chanel handbags’ signature tweed pattern. In 2004, The New York Times reported that Marino is "widely credited with proving the theory that architectural design can be a strong component of a shopper's identification with a brand", citing the freestanding Giorgio Armani flagship Marino designed in 1996 on Madison Avenue as the embodiment of Armani's "trademark minimalism."Ĭhanel Ginza Tower, Tokyo (2004) Chanel, Ginza, Tokyo In 1996, Marino designed a freestanding boutique on New York City's Madison Avenue for Giorgio Armani. Armani, Madison Avenue, New York City Giorgio Armani New York, New York City (1996) Marino's work for Barneys put him in contact with other fashion designers for whom he went on to design boutiques, such as Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Giorgio Armani, Ermenegildo Zegna and Fendi, and eventually Chanel, Dior and Louis Vuitton. This was Marino's first retail project, which led to his designing 17 freestanding Barneys department stores in the U.S. In 1985, the Pressman family, who owned Barneys New York at the time, hired Marino to design the women's retail concept for the department store. Notable projects Barneys New York, New York City (1985) ![]() His work for Johnson and Warhol led to residential commissions from clients in the art world as well as the European aristocracy. In 1978, Jed Johnson hired him to do a renovation project for his and Andy Warhol's townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and the third incarnation of Warhol's Factory at 860 Broadway. Marino began his architectural career working for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, George Nelson, and I.M. Marino earned a degree from the Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. Marino graduated from Francis Lewis High School in Fresh Meadows, New York City. The firm is based in New York City with 160 employees and offices in Philadelphia and Southampton. He is the principal of Peter Marino Architect PLLC, an architecture and design firm which he founded in 1978. Peter Marino (born 1949) is an American architect and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. ![]()
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