Rockwell... is the nation's leading practitioner of what is sometimes called'entertainment architecture,' a discipline that breaks down the barriers between 'design' and narrative arts such as filmmaking.

Pleasure: The Architecture and Design of Rockwell Group

Rockwell Group turns dreams into space. From steel and stone, color and light, Rockwell Group creates environments that are at once destinetions and a means of transport: to new worlds, new experiences. Rockwell Group has crafted a vital form of vernacular architecture and design, one that crackles with the kinetic energy of the avant-garde, the shimmer of Hollywood, the sensual mystery of a far-off, yet somehow familiar, place.With projects such as the Kodak Theatre, a masterful pairing of technology and spectacle worthy of the Academy Awards; the Mohegan Sun casino, a dazzling scenescape of myth and wonder; and the Children's Hospital at Montefiore, where learning and discovery help advance the healing process;Rockwell Group has garnered accolades for a signature design strategy that seduces, entertains, informs, and inspires. Pleasure is the first book to examine the theaters, hotels, stadiums, restaurants, casinos, and other spaces across the country that have positioned Rockwell Group as one of America's most influential, acclaimed, and popular firms.

Introduction:

Master of the

Improbable

Chee Pearlman

Twen ty-Firs t-Cen tury

Magical Realists

Kurt Andersen

The Art of Transition:

Rockwell Group

and Theater

Arnold Aronson

New York and

The Rockwell Group

Paul Goldberger

Nobu

Next Door Nobu

Nobu Las Vegas

Vong

Pod

Ruby Foo's Dim Sum

  and Sushi Palace

Michael Jordan's The

  Steak House N.Y.C.

Rosa Mexicano

Animator's Palate

A Smile and a

Sense of Delight

Gael Greene

The Architect

as Director

and Composer

Paola Antonelli

Chambers

Town

W New York

W Union Square

Children's Hospital

  at Montefiore

The Design

of Healing

Irwin Redlener, M.D.

Comfort

Michael Bierut

Reading

Rockwell Group

Reed Kroloff

MorgenthaI-Frederics

Jersey Gardens

The Great Bazaar

A Library for

  Jeremy Irons

The Secret Garden

I Get a Kick from

  Champagne

Exhibition for I.D.

  Magazine Annual

  Design Review

Products

Conversation

Richard Saul Wurman

Making Big Magic

in the XL Space

Raul A. Barreneche

Cirque du Soleil

Complexe Cirque

Kodak Theatre

The Rocky Horror Show

Hairspray

Coca-Cola Skyfield,

  Turner Field

Comerica Park

Fantasy Sports

  Complex

Coliseum at

  Exposition Park

Mohegan Sun, Casino

  of the Earth

Mohegan Sun, Casino

of the Sky

The Making Gene

Todd Oldham

Space

George C, Wolfe

Afterword

David Rockwell

Collaborators

Projects

Captions