RH Restores, Reclaims and Reimagines Landmark Building with European
Garden Courtyard, Conservatory & Rooftop Park
CORTE MADERA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2014--
RH (Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc.) (NYSE:RH) announced
today the opening of RH Greenwich, The Gallery at the Historic
Post Office on Friday, May 16, 2014, at 310 Greenwich Avenue in
Greenwich, Connecticut. After years of planning and preservation to
honor its singular place in the town’s cultural landscape, the
building’s exterior has been completely restored, while the interior has
been reimagined and a second story conservatory and rooftop park has
been added. The loading dock that fronted Greenwich Avenue has been
transformed into a beautiful garden courtyard and grand entrance. The
new space will serve as an architectural canvas for artistic
installations of home furnishings in a gallery setting. Encompassing
nearly 23,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor space, the gallery was
imagined to inspire new and evolving ways to design a home.
RH Greenwich: The Gallery at the Historic Post Office (Photo: Business Wire)
“Great architecture is at the core of our design ethos,” says RH
Chairman and CEO, Gary Friedman. “Our vision is to reclaim and restore
the building’s original design, and then reimagine the space, making it
once again relevant and inspiring to the community.”
The transformation marks Friedman’s continued collaboration with design
architect James Gillam of Backen, Gillam & Kroeger, a firm recognized as
one of Architectural Digest’s Top 100 Architect and design firms
in the world.
The storied neoclassical building, completed in 1917, is in the heart of
Greenwich Avenue’s Historic District – a social magnet and hub of
commerce in its day. A 50-foot obelisk was later erected as a World War
I memorial and remains the visual apex of a triangular park that faces
the building’s main entry.
Upon arrival, guests will encounter the landmark’s distinctive radiating
plan. Its main facade is defined by a sweeping concave arch, decorative
balustrade and a classical loggia, supported by six grand 19-foot
limestone columns topped by hand-carved Corinthian capitals. As visitors
pass through the stately main entrance complete with five sets of French
doors, they will admire the loggia’s three original pendants of glass
and cast iron suspended overhead – each of which has been fully restored.
Throughout the main floor, guests will enjoy a classical arrangement of
rooms that has been designed to harmonize with the radiating
architecture and highlight the dramatic 15-foot windows surrounding the
building.
After traversing the forecourt, visitors will ascend a grand double
staircase with custom-designed iron handrails inspired by the late
Venetian architect Carlo Scarpa. Punctuating the journey will be a
Dammann Frères Tea Atelier and early maps of iconic cities around the
world along with vintage clocks set to their corresponding time zones.
Nine oversized birdcage chandeliers suspended by weathered rope and
natural light emanating from a skylight soaring nearly 40 feet above
will illuminate the way.
On the newly constructed second floor, visitors will encounter a
dramatic conservatory and rooftop park invisible from street level in
order to maintain the exterior’s architectural integrity. Defining the
main room will be a linear skylight spanning the full 75-foot length of
the ceiling. French doors opening onto European garden terraces will
reveal English boxwoods, trailing Boston ivy and the sound of trickling
fountains.
To further enhance the Greenwich Avenue experience, RH has transformed
the former post office’s loading dock into an elegant second entrance
complete with a European garden courtyard. Crushed granite, boxwood,
white roses and hydrangeas are bordered by mature Green Mountain sugar
maple and Skyline Honeylocust trees.
The Gallery at the Historic Post Office will offer personalized interior
design services and upon opening, can be reached at 203.552.1040. Hours
of operation will be Monday through Saturday 10am -7pm, and Sunday 11am
- 6pm.
About RH, Restoration Hardware
RH (Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc.—NYSE: RH) is a curator of
design, taste and style in the luxury lifestyle market. The Company
offers collections through its retail galleries, source books, and
online at RH.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the federal securities laws. You can identify forward-looking statements
by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current
facts, including any statements related to the use of the new space,
visitors’ experience, hours of operations of RH Greenwich, The Gallery
at the Historic Post Office and its personalized interior design
services. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and
uncertainties that could cause our actual or future results to differ
materially from our expectations. For further information regarding
risks and uncertainties associated with RH business, please refer to the
risk factors section in the Company's SEC filings, including, but not
limited to, its annual report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on
Form 10-Q. RH undertakes no obligation to update information contained
herein, including forward-looking statements.
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