Furniture Product
Project — Commercial
Meridian Tower Lobby
New York, USA
Project dossier
- Client
- Meridian Tower Associates
- Location
- New York, USA
- Industry
- Commercial
- Scope
- Atrium feature wall panelling, 11 m span, plus reception desk joinery
- Scale
- Class-A office tower, 18 m atrium
- Status
- Delivered 2025
- Delivery timeline
- RFQ to delivery: 22 weeks
- Cost band
- Mid six figures (USD)
Sample data
Designed by
Kelso & Marne Architects
Procured by
Meridian Tower Associates
Owner / operator
Meridian Tower Associates
Overcoming challenges
The brief, and how we landed it
The challenge
The feature wall spanned the full 18-metre atrium height, and the original solid-timber concept weighed 4.2 tonnes — above the partition's structural allowance. The building only allowed weekend freight-elevator access, and union rules required all assembly by local labour. Insurance demanded full load calculations and a documented fixing detail before anything entered the building.
How we delivered
We re-engineered the wall as a hollow-core veneered panel system totalling 1.35 tonnes, with load calculations issued from our engineering file. The wall was split into 22 numbered panels sized to the freight elevator, trial-assembled on our floor, and delivered with a fixing detail matched to the partition studs. The local crew assembled it over two weekends from our node drawings, with our team on remote video support.
Scope of supply
What left our loading dock
Supply list
- Atrium feature wall, 11 m span, 22 numbered panels
- Reception desk joinery with stone top
- Load calculations and fixing details for the client's compliance file
- Numbered crating sized to the freight elevator
- Node drawings and remote assembly support for the local crew
Materials used
- Walnut Veneer
- Aluminium
- Brass
Value engineering on this project
Re-specifying from solid timber to a hollow-core veneered system cut weight by 68%, which removed the need for partition steel reinforcement and its associated building works. The 22-panel design eliminated on-site joinery work and two weeks of scaffold rental. Trial assembly in the factory absorbed the fixing inspection cost that would otherwise have been priced as on-site special work.
The pieces
Supplied from our lines
Furniture Product
Strata Coffee Table
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