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Based on a previous pig design, I had the idea to do this modification just before going to the PRO retreat in San Francisco. PRO attendees saw me working on the design as the retreat progressed.

The Mark Hotel by Richard Johnson

The Mark Hotel (formerly The Mark Mandarin Oriental Hotel)

25 East 77th Street (at Madison Avenue)

New York, NY

Lobby sitting area - The Mark Hotel - designed by Jacques Grange

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Originally built as a hotel, The Mark was designed in a neo-Italian Renaissance-style by architects, Schwartz and Gross. The fifteen-story structure is faced with red bricks and sits in the shadow of the Carlyle Hotel. Schwartz and Gross also designed The Fitzpatrick Manhattan Hotel and the Surrey Hotel at 20 East 76th St.

The hotel for many years was known as The Mark Mandarin Oriental Hotel.

According to a Mandarin Oriental press release dated January 2, 2006 it sold its 100% leasehold interest in The Mark, New York, for a gross consideration of US$150 million to Izak Senbahar and Simon Elias (Alexico Group). The hotel was originally acquired in 2000 as part of the US$142.5 million acquisition of The Rafael Group.

The hotel closed in 2007 and reopened in August 2009 as a hotel/co-op following a $250+ million makeover with 118 hotel rooms, and 42 co-op apartments. Prices for the co-ops range from $2 million to $60 million.

The hotels penthouse at 9,800 feet contains 5 bedrooms and 4 woodburning fireplaces and is listed for $60 million. Its living room is topped by a copper cupola, part of the original 1926 structure.

The Mark Hotel does not own the land it sits on - the annual land lease payment is $4 million.

Developer of the Mark Hotel, the Alexico Group, brought in chef Jean-George Vongerichten to run the 1st floor restaurant and designer Jacques Grange to reimagine the lobby and create 42 residences. The Alexico Group also developed the Alex Hotel at 205 East 45th Street.

The Alexico Group also operate The Laurel Hotel at 400 East 67th Street and recently bought the Flatotel Hotel on E. 51st St. with plans to turn it into another luxury property

The Real Deal reported in April 2010 that the Alexico Group has scaled back the co-op offerings from 42 units to 10 units due to a lack of demand.

Alexico had borrowed $255 million from Anglo Irish Bank for the project.

In March 2011 Dune Real Estate Partners acquired Anglo Irish Bank's $255 million mortgage loan on the Mark Hotel for $190 million. In june 2011 Dune Real Estate Partners filed to foreclose on loans granted to the Alexico Group's Mark Hotel.

The Irish Times reported the developers Simon Elias and Izak Senbahar of the Alexico Group are suing Anglo Irish Bank for $1 billion in a funding dispute over $500 million of loans that the bank gave to the men to redevelop three Manhattan hotels, the Mark, the Alex and the Flatotel.

Yoshida Design by Lundgren + Lindqvist

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Yoshida Design is an architectural practice based in Oslo, Norway. With a founder originally from Osaka, Japan – the firm focus on blending Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics and take on projects ranging from interior to exterior.

Lacking a visual presence, the firm contacted us to design their visual identity including the design of the firm’s stationery, two different gridded blueprint sketch pads and a website. To tie the printed matter together with the firm’s approach to their architectural projects, high-end materials and printing techniques were employed.

View the full project on our website;

www.lundgrenlindqvist.se/yoshida-design

We Understand Your Industry by bestfishing drone

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We’ve designed logos for every conceivable industry and market.

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Twitter bird. (design) by Massimiliano Squiri Photography

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My work.

Red Lace Texture by Yvelle Design Eye

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A lace texture from Yvelle Design Eye. You can find the original post here: Lace Texture Set