"Atlanta-based The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry was charged with recreating the Italian flagship in as many ways as possible. To say the design is dramatic is a gross understatement. The kitchen, including a massive copper canopy and Italian hand-painted lavender tile, was designed to evoke the same design elements used in Neapolitan villages, explains Mario Iaccarino, whose family owns Don Alfonso 1890, the two Michelin–starred mothership in Sant’Agata, Italy, along with an adjoining boutique hotel ... Wisteria is represented abstractly throughout the restaurant. (Catching the lavender reflections from the 600 hanging crystal “leaves” alone is worth a visit.)"... Read More
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Iconic Ritz Carlton Naples Announces Major Upgrades, Expansion | Naples Daily News | Mar 2021
"The resort has announced a remastering that will include major upgrades — and a substantial expansion. The transformative project will start in May. It will include 92 new luxury suites and a new sprawling club lounge ... On top of that the resort will dramatically improve its lobby, meeting and event spaces and pools. Architect Cooper Carry and design firm Parker Torres Design will collaborate to create a cohesive look throughout the entire property with a blend of sophisticated touches and natural tones that reflect the resort's tropical surroundings, next to the Gulf of Mexico."... Read More
Former Office Building Is Reinterpreted as a Mixed-use Residential High-rise | Retrofit | Mar 2021
"Once serving as the home to the U.S. Department of Defense, the 741,000-square-foot office building has been converted into The Foundry, a residential tower comprising 520 units and 25,000 square feet of retail space and parking. Designed by Cooper Carry, in partnership with Perseus TDC, the office-to-residential transformation is not only the largest adaptive-reuse project of its kind in the mid-Atlantic region, but also a harbinger of a rising trend among developers in the D.C. region and beyond to reimagine old structures—particularly former offices—for innovative use."... Read More
State Farm’s Massive, MARTA-Connected Project is Nearly Finished | Urbanize Atlanta | Mar 2021
The Dunwoody complex includes more than 1.7 million square feet of office space ... It has 61 total stories, 46 breakrooms, and 44 elevators. The Cooper Carry-designed project opened its first building of 21 stories and 602,000 square feet in 2016, as State Farm began consolidating employees to three new regional hubs around the country.... Read More
Hyatt House Atlanta / Perimeter Center Celebrates Opening | Hospitality Net | Mar 2021
Located in Sandy Springs' "Pill Hill" medical district, the extended stay property is comprised of 186 guestrooms. Hyatt House Atlanta / Perimeter Center features an elevated pool, the H Bar with a Sip + Snack menu, as well as indoor and outdoor communal spaces, including fire pits and outdoor games. In collaboration with general contractor Choate Construction and architecture firm Cooper Cary, Hyatt House Atlanta Perimeter Center is Legacy Ventures' fourth ground-up hotel developed in the Greater Atlanta area.... Read More
New Apartments in Alexandria Target Low-Income Residents | The Washington Post | Mar 2021
A new development at 900 N. Henry St. in Alexandria, designed by Cooper Carry architecture and landscaping firm in partnership with the Alexandria Housing Development Corp. (AHDC), incorporates a redeveloped homeless shelter and affordable apartments. The Bloom at Braddock, which includes 97 affordable apartments, is part of the transformation of the Carpenter’s Shelter from a two-story, 17,000-square-foot building into a new 163,000-square-foot building for both the shelter and apartments.... Read More
How Atlanta Megaproject Midtown Union Is Shaping Up Now | Urbanize Atlanta | Mar 2021
Consuming nearly a full city block in the subdistrict’s northern reaches, Midtown Union will most prominently see a glassy, 26-story office tower rise over 17th Street, offering 612,000 square feet where investment management firm Invesco will stake its global headquarters. MetLife Investment Management and Granite Properties officially broke ground on the Cooper Carry-designed project in December 2019.... Read More
Ground Breaks on Gulch Mixed-Use Building | Nashville Post | Feb 2021
Modera Gulch will offer 378 residential units, 18,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial/retail space and 592 parking spaces. The local office of Raleigh-based engineering firm Kimley-Horn and Atlanta-based land-planning and architecture company Cooper Carry are participating.... Read More
2021 Hotlist: Hilton Worldwide’s Top 5 Hotel Openings | Top Hotel News | Feb 2021
The five-star Conrad Hotel Nashville will anchor one of the two towers that make up an exciting mixed-use development at Broadwest, joining an upscale retail offering, high-end residences and premium office space. The hotel will span 14 floors of the 34-story tower alongside residences, with retail, creative workspace and a plaza joining it to the neighboring 21-story office tower. The project is being developed by Propst Companies Nashville, with help from general contractor Hoar Construction, design firm Cooper Carry and interior designer Champalimaud Design.... Read More
GM Talks Opening of UNC Charlotte’s $87M Hotel and Conference Center | Charlotte Business Journal | Feb 2021
"That $87 million project will be owned by The UNC Charlotte Foundation. Sage Hospitality of Denver, Colorado, will operate the facility ... Choate Construction was the general contractor. Cooper Carry out of Atlanta was the architect."... Read More
Permit Filed for First Phase of Portman’s Mixed-Use Midtown Project | What Now Atlanta | Feb 2021
"Proposed in May, Portman’s plans are centered on and would preserve the historic H.M. Patterson & Son’s Spring Hill Chapel building. The approximately four-acre site, which Portman acquired for $38.5 million in late 2019, sits on a hill looking down on the Technology Square neighborhood ... Atlanta-based firm Cooper Carry is designing the project’s residential portion."... Read More
Howard Hughes CEO Speaks About Landmark Mall | Washington Business Journal | Feb 2021
"O’Reilly broke his silence about Landmark in an interview with the Washington Business Journal after being named the company’s permanent chief executive in December. He stopped short of calling the project a done deal, but he believes Howard Hughes has assembled a strong team with Inova, developer Foulger-Pratt, architect Cooper Carry, and Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE: SRG), the real estate entity spun out from Sears Holdings Co. that owns the old Sears store at Landmark."... Read More
Carpenter’s Shelter To Cut Ribbon on New Location | The Zebra | Dec 2020
Carpenter’s Shelter is dedicated to helping the homeless and formerly homeless in Alexandria ... The U.S. design firm Cooper Carry, which has a location in Alexandria, served as architect for the project. The 163,000-square-foot building allows Carpenter’s Shelter and The Bloom to be under one roof.... Read More
How Cruise Ships Are Building Gallery-Worthy Art Collections | Conde Nast Traveler | Dec 2020
At Windstar, where speed is of the essence as they quickly grow their fleet of ships, most art in the new public spaces will be prints and lithographs from contemporary artists and photographers. “It’s cost-effective and faster,” says Ray Chung, director of design at the Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry. “We have three ships being fitted out in one year.” But the aim is always to keep passengers delighted with unexpected beauty and detail. ... Read More
Germantown site eyed for project sells for $22M | Nashville Post | Dec 2020
"A Germantown site long home to Centurion Stone and eyed for a large-scale mixed-use project has sold for $22 million ... The new owner is Boca Raton, Florida-based Mill Creek Residential. That entity has enlisted Atlanta-based Cooper Carry to handle land planning efforts for the project, according to a site plan submitted to Metro."... Read More
