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Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Amber&Art in Saint Petersburg, Russia by PIUARCHJanuary 13th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: PIUARCH The Russian brand of jewellery and objects, Amber&Art, opens its first flagship store in Saint Petersburg. The boutique – developed by Milanese Studio Piuarch – is located in the city center, inside the famous Antonov’s Merchant House built in 1824 by architect Domenico Adamini.  Image Courtesy © PIUARCH
 Image Courtesy © PIUARCH Overlooking the riverside at 1 Moika Embankment, a few steps from the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood, Amber&Art is set to be a landmark for the jewellery and the artistic objects of the worked amber. Piuarch designed a fluid space in which to lose the line between the art gallery and the jewellery, where Amber is expressed at its best: as a jewel, as an object and as an aesthetic atmosphere.  Image Courtesy © PIUARCH  Image Courtesy © PIUARCH The different rooms display amber objects and jewels in different typologies and working techniques, giving back the sum of stories gone through the more simple production to the more precious ones. In the central hall are gathered all the typologies of products that are then found in each rooms with a thematic explanation: the wide semi-circular room is characterize by a coffered wooden countertop with a diamond design that is reflected in the geometry of the London Grey and the Black Stripped Olympic marble floor .  Image Courtesy © PIUARCH  Image Courtesy © PIUARCH Brass islands – with different heights – are used as free standing stands while on the walls – finished with raw concrete – the products are arranged hanging on little hooks that emerge from moiré silk panels. The hallway has been designed as a real exhibition art gallery characterized by cross vaults recovered by the original building; the glass cases exhibit amber objects laid down on Black Stripped Olympic marble pedestals.  Image Courtesy © PIUARCH  Image Courtesy © PIUARCH Two rooms with barrel vaults overlook the hallway characterized by a more contemporary style. The flooring in natural oak staves opens a material dialogue with the vaults and walls which are treated in hand stuccoed concrete. The jewel collections are exhibited on blue metal panels, reflecting on a glasses system with tilted cuts that gives back to the visitor a sense of involvement and wonder.  Image Courtesy © PIUARCH  Image Courtesy © PIUARCH In the VIP room the atmosphere is more gathered, characterize by black and royal blue velvet walls. Hand made chandeliers, checkboard cut marble floor and a hidden bar completes the visit experience in a room that directly overlook the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood The linguistic coherence among the different rooms has been obtained trough the choice of a limited number of noble materials like brass, silk and velvet textiles and two types of marble: London Grey and Black Stripped Olympic.  Image Courtesy © PIUARCH  Image Courtesy © PIUARCH The lighting design uses luminaries that act both directly and indirectly, summing with the natural light to favour the best visit experience both during the day and during the night. About PIUARCH Piuarch is a famous Milanese Studio already known in the fashion world for its jobs done with brand like Dolce & Gabbana, Givenchy e Gucci. Founded in 1996 by Francesco Fresa, Germán Fuenmayor, Gino Garbellini e Monica Tricario, the studio is located in Brera, in Milan’s centre.  Image Courtesy © PIUARCH Here Piuarch develops and realize public building, offices complexes, residences, commercial spaces, boutiques, to the designing of urban plans. During the years Piuarch has been awarded the 1st prize in different contests occasions: the Ansaldo città delle Culture contest (1999) with David Chipperfield, the New Theatre and Congress Center of Riva del Garda (2007), the White Wave overlooking Gae Aulenti square in Milan’s area of Porta Nuova (2006) and the extension of the Milan’s College (2007). In February 2004 Piuarch was honoured with the Italian Architect of the Year prize from the National Order of Architects.  Image Courtesy © PIUARCH  Image Courtesy © PIUARCH
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