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"Bronson van Wyck on Designing the AD100 Gala\nEvent designer Bronson van Wyck on the process of setting the glamorous stage for the celebration at New York's Four Seasons Restaurant\nMies van der Rohe designed the Seagram Building, the first in the world to feature floor-to-ceiling windows. It is considered the embodiment of the International Style of architecture, and its influence can be seen in the skylines of every city in the world.\nVan der Rohe collaborated with Philip Johnson to design the interiors of the Four Seasons, which have held landmark status for over two decades. The Four Seasons was the first restaurant in the United States to offer a menu that changed with the seasons, hence its name.\n\nWe worked through many designs for the look and feel of the event. To really celebrate the AD100, we decided a prominent display of the list to be an absolutely essential component of the design. We explored many ways to achieve this.\nOne of the discarded designs suspended banners of fabric inspired by Confucian prayer flags from the ceiling of the Pool Room.\nUltimately, we took our inspiration from Mies and the skyline itself. We envisioned columns rising out of the pool, a city in miniature, with the names of the AD100 splashed across them.\nI love red flowers at any time of the year, but what is better than the amaryllis and winter peonies that you can get in November?\nWe lit the columns with pure white light so that their glow would illuminate the room.\nAD editor in chief Margaret Russell congratulated the architects and designers.\nMargaret and me at the celebration."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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