“There’s something to be said for figuring out how to do all of this while maintaining some sense of the vibe and culture of a restaurant,” she said. “If guests find the new experience of dining out to be cold and depressing, or they feel unsafe, they may not come back.”... Read More
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A New Office Environment Awaits Returning Workers | Globe St. | Apr 2020
"Halter says since no one understands the virus well enough to know what’s safe, there will be an interim period with new protocols as everyone figures out how to manage offices. These protocols may or may not be permanent."... Read More
Building Community Within the Interiors Industry Amidst the COVID-19 Crisis | Interior Design | Apr 2020
"As Alex Lopatynsky, principal and managing director of Cooper Carry’s New York office, explained: 'We’re seeing projects on ‘hold’ but not cancelled. Most of our current work is in early stages and is progressing, but the construction admin stage is tough to fulfill since it (traditionally) requires being on-site, in-person.'"... Read More
Radical Innovation: The Award for Hotel Pioneers | Sleeper | Apr 2020
"Utilising modular construction techniques to fill underused spaces by way of collapsable, flexible and adaptable units, Connectic by Atlanta-headquartered Cooper Carry took home last year’s grand prize. A collective of reusable modules that can be disassembled and stored for convenient use, the system’s proposed uses include pop-up hotels in remote areas, increasing a property’s volume of available keys and connecting neglected spaces – swelling and shrinking as needed."... Read More
Eastern Wharf Brings New Opportunities to Savannah | Dixie Contractor | Apr 2020
"In the Southern city best known for its gracious hospitality and historic squares, Savannah will soon enjoy more places to live, dine, play, and splash back a glass of wine, as the $1 billion mixed-use development Eastern Wharf comes to life along a choice riverfront location ... Regent and Mariner hired Cooper Carry of Atlanta to design the Eastern Wharf master plan, Thomas & Hutton of Savannah for civil, and Site Solutions of Atlanta for landscape design."... Read More
Rimland Tower Redesign Ends Retail Ruckus | Ithaca Voice | Apr 2020
"The latest design isn't a carbon copy of the June 2019 submittal — the exterior panels are different material and color, lighter tones with what appears to be a combination of aluminum or fiber cement panels on the tower. But the gist of it, a Cooper Carry design with a cloverleaf shape built atop a new garage, is the same."... Read More
Renderings: Near PATH400 and MARTA, 218 hotel rooms bound for Buckhead
"Featuring 218 guest rooms just feet from Lenox Square, the Buckhead MARTA stop, and the PATH400 multi-use trail, the proposed lodge is to be called the Hyatt Centric. The project is headed by a joint venture between affiliates from Atlanta-based developer Songy Highroads, SharpVue Capital, and Hyatt Hotels ... If all goes to plan, the Cooper Carry-designed structure would be guest-ready in early 2022, per an announcement today."... Read More
The Universities at Shady Grove (USG) Biomedical Sciences & Engineering Living Wall | Green Roofs | Mar 2020
"Designed by Cooper Carry and Lake Flato, the state-of-the-art facility was constructed with the certification goal of LEED Platinum ...The living wall installation was part of a biophilic plan to bring interior and exterior campus environments into the building atrium, reinforcing the visual connection between the indoor and outdoor environment."... Read More
Market Study Lessons Learned When Considering College Towns | Hotel Business | Feb 2020
" ... Ithaka has partnered with the university for the Tony & Libba Rane Culinary Science Center, which is expected to open in the fall of 2022. Among other components, the center will have a 32-room boutique hotel and a 36-seat restaurant ... Because learning was the driver, the center—which is being designed by Cooper Carry—had to be designed differently. 'A restaurant designer will try to get as many seats as possible in a restaurant,' he said, 'but we want to limit the amount of seats because the learning experience is central.'"... Read More
Teamwork Streamlines Complex Hotel Project | ENR | Feb 2020
"Although the Marriott portion of the project had an initial design concept in place, Gold Key | PHR brought Cooper Carry and W.M. Jordan together to find the most cost-effective way to deliver the project."... Read More
Nine Architectural Lighting Designers Identify Innovations and Ideas for 2020 and Beyond | Architect | Feb 2020
"Tunable white lighting is becoming more affordable and easier to specify. We’re using it at a high-end restaurant with an open kitchen where we’ll be lighting the chefs in action: The chefs need clean, bright light, but the diners want a soft, dimly lit restaurant. We can adjust the color, brightness, and glare for each light source so that it works for both parties."... Read More
Northern Kentucky Creating Livable Communities | The Lane Report | Feb 2020
"In Covington, city leaders are working to transform the 23-acre former IRS site into a mixed-use development that includes a levee park, a community plaza for festivals, and a mixture of buildings containing offices, retail shops and places to live. The city hired Cooper Carry, the Atlanta-based global architecture and design firm, to create a conceptual master plan for the site while simultaneously helping the city gain control from the federal government. The firm helped the city gather community input on the project."... Read More
Cooper Carry Gives CARE HQ A Workspace That Embodies Their Inclusive Culture | WorkDesign | Feb 2020
Like an orange care package nestled in downtown Atlanta, CARE’s 80,000-square-foot U.S. Headquarters building designed by COOPER CARRY has new interiors that promote equality.... Read More
6 Highly Anticipated Atlanta Office Projects Delivering In 2020 | Bisnow | Jan 2020
State Farm at Park Center 2, designed by Cooper Carry... Read More
Peek Inside The Caribbean’s Largest Hotel Suite | Forbes | Jan 2020
"Designers at The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry (whose other work include Fearing’s Restaurant at The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas and Manzanita at The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe) also looked to yacht interiors when creating the palatial light-wood-filled penthouse."... Read More
