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Photos by NICOLE FRANZEN and courtesy of GRT ARCHITECTS
perspectives interview
By Alia Akkam and Stacy Shoemaker Rauen
TEAM WORK
Three designer-owner collaborations show the power of bold ideas
GRT Architects + Quality Branded
Rustam-Marc Mehta and Tal Schori's friendship fi rst developed in a third-grade classroom in Armonk, New York,
but it deepened when mutual passions sent them off to Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island together. From
there, both worked in the arts and media upon graduating, went back to get masters in architecture at Yale, and then
cut their teeth with industry greats (Mehta spent eight years at Pelli Clarke & Partners; Schori fi ve at Deborah Berke
Partners, now TenBerke) before forming their Brooklyn, New York-based studio in 2014. At GRT Architects, Mehta
and Schori preside over a range of residential, commercial, and-thanks to a longterm collaboration with restaurateur
and fellow Brown alum Michael Stillman-hospitality projects that honor each site's visual and material culture.
Stillman, CEO and founder of Quality Branded restaurants in New York and Denver (he originally launched the
company as Fourth Wall Restaurants in 2007 with his father Alan, founder of TGI Fridays and Smith & Wollensky,
before rebranding in 2016), was drawn to Mehta and Schori during those college years. " They're incredibly interesting
and interested people who pushed me to be more adventurous. They showed me the diff erent layers you could gather
creativity from, " recalls Stillman.
Though encouraged to pursue whatever career path he wanted, Stillman followed in his father's footsteps, cutt ing his
teeth at Union Square Hospitality Group and Smith & Wollensky. " It was that natural inclination to do whatever your parent
tells you not to, " he says. In 2006, he opened the AvroKO-designed Quality Meats in New York, followed by a Miami outpost
nine years later, as well as Park Avenue, and spinoff Quality Italian.
Tal Schori and Rustam-Marc Mehta of GRT Architects
with Quality Branded CEO Michael Stillman
Hospitality Design - July 2024
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Hospitality Design - July 2024
contents
from the editor
behind the design
sketchbook
interview: michael pandolfi, nora liu-kanter + tim rooney
interview: owner-designer partnerships
interview: on our radar
hd expo recap
people
conference highlights
iid/hd product design awards
products
profile: morad tabrizi
art
surfaces
lighting
bath
power players
the visionaries: ira drukier, sean macpherson + richard born
the entrepreneur: sam nazarian
the interdisciplinary designers: lyndon neri + rossana hu
the urbanist: michael marshall
the unexpected hotelier: mary celeste beall
the educator: stephanie lin
the wellness gurus: sue + alex glasscock
the directors: dorothée boissier + patrick gilles
the trailblazer: bolanle williams-olley
the brand whisperer: mark eacott
the art ambassador: melissa chiu
the storytellers: tony + inii king
the restaurateurs: nathalie hudson + linden pride
the choreographer: paige harris
the merrymaker: john cohlan
ad index
back space: carlos franqui
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - Cover1
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - Cover2
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - contents
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - from the editor
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - behind the design
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - sketchbook
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - interview: michael pandolfi, nora liu-kanter + tim rooney
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - interview: owner-designer partnerships
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - interview: on our radar
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - hd expo recap
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - people
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - conference highlights
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - iid/hd product design awards
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - products
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - profile: morad tabrizi
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - art
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - surfaces
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - lighting
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - bath
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - power players
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the visionaries: ira drukier, sean macpherson + richard born
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 107
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the entrepreneur: sam nazarian
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the interdisciplinary designers: lyndon neri + rossana hu
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 115
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the urbanist: michael marshall
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 117
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the unexpected hotelier: mary celeste beall
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 120
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - 121
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the educator: stephanie lin
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the wellness gurus: sue + alex glasscock
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the directors: dorothée boissier + patrick gilles
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the trailblazer: bolanle williams-olley
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the brand whisperer: mark eacott
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the art ambassador: melissa chiu
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the storytellers: tony + inii king
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the restaurateurs: nathalie hudson + linden pride
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the choreographer: paige harris
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - the merrymaker: john cohlan
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Hospitality Design - July 2024 - ad index
Hospitality Design - July 2024 - back space: carlos franqui
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