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Product • By Futon Company • Paulistano Chair
Paulistano Chair
Signed by the famous brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha, the Paulistano chair is a very comfortable design classic, exclusively edited by Objekto. In Brazil, the Paulistano Chair is distributed by Futon Company.
The chair has a removable and replaceable cover. The steel structure guarantees sturdiness while making the chair flexible and comfortable.
It is available in several models adapted to various uses. The Paulistano, which is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA), will fit perfectly in a living room, an office or outside by ensuring a comfort of exception. A must-have. More
News • News • 1 Oct 2020
Eero Saarinen’s iconic TWA Flight Center repurposed as a 21st-century luxury hotel
Completed in 1962, Eero Saarinen’s iconic TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City received much critical acclaim upon its opening and remains today one of the world’s best-known examples of mid-century modern architecture. From its inception, the building operated continuously as a flight center until its closure in 2002 but was later slated for protection in 2005 when it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Subsequently, MCR and MORSE Development won a bid to transform the icon into a 21-st century hotel, which opened its doors in May 2019.
Credit: TWA Hotel/David Mitchell
A complete restoration of the flight center was undertaken by Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and... More