Hellenic Cultural center NYC
Hellenic Cultural Center of Orthodox Church is a multifunctional building, with 6 stories plus one level of basement, that provides leisure facilities, working spaces and housing areas.
The building contains a 3-stories amphitheater, which has a capacity of 360 seats, an exhibition area, where digital art and performances can take place, and an event hall which is connected with a small chapel in order to stage ceremonies, events and conferences.
The large atrium area and the roof garden contain a large lounge area with comfortable furniture, chairs and tables, areas with trees, two bars and a restaurant, which can support all the events.
In addition, the basement can provide enough space for workshops, labs, storages, backstage areas, fitting rooms and a cloakroom. There is also an apartment of two bedrooms ready to accommodate the safety guard and his family.
The 6th floor consists of a 150 s.m. apartment with two bedrooms, a balcony and a patio separating master bedroom from living and dining room.
Each floor has at least one office and on the first floor there is also a smoking area.
Physical lighting and ventilation are major designing principles.
The building is providing a challenging combination between european modern and nowadays organic architecture. Minimal and industrial feel and look make a dialogue with geometrical features and luxury materials, such as marble. Concrete, wood and stone are the principal materials. The raw materials, the steel structure, the glass, the double skin facade and the digital projection are welcoming visitors to a new cultural center where multiple cultures, past, present and future can coexist.
The building contains a 3-stories amphitheater, which has a capacity of 360 seats, an exhibition area, where digital art and performances can take place, and an event hall which is connected with a small chapel in order to stage ceremonies, events and conferences.
The large atrium area and the roof garden contain a large lounge area with comfortable furniture, chairs and tables, areas with trees, two bars and a restaurant, which can support all the events.
In addition, the basement can provide enough space for workshops, labs, storages, backstage areas, fitting rooms and a cloakroom. There is also an apartment of two bedrooms ready to accommodate the safety guard and his family.
The 6th floor consists of a 150 s.m. apartment with two bedrooms, a balcony and a patio separating master bedroom from living and dining room.
Each floor has at least one office and on the first floor there is also a smoking area.
Physical lighting and ventilation are major designing principles.
The building is providing a challenging combination between european modern and nowadays organic architecture. Minimal and industrial feel and look make a dialogue with geometrical features and luxury materials, such as marble. Concrete, wood and stone are the principal materials. The raw materials, the steel structure, the glass, the double skin facade and the digital projection are welcoming visitors to a new cultural center where multiple cultures, past, present and future can coexist.
GFG Express
Greek cuisine café chain Greek from Greece (GFG) Bakery-Café is set to expand its footprint in the US with store openings.The company has finalised a deal to open 31 new locations across the US, which includes 30 outlets situated in Long Island, New York. GFG Bakery-Café will open another store in Stamford, Connecticut.These new stores will be based in converted Dairy Barn drive-thru convenience stores and will primarily offer on-to-go and grab-and-go foods. Some outlets will have a dine-in facility.
GfG kiosk
Wood restaurant Kifisia Greece
S&W Asheville NC
ASHEVILLE - Asheville's historic S&W Cafeteria building is in the midst of an effort to restore it to its former status as a convivial center of community dining.S&W Artisanal, slated for a December opening, will convene a warren of dining and drinking areas, each with a Greek-influenced menu and each with its own feel within the walls of the ornate art deco building. Those walls are being painted and layered in some places with real gold leaf. In other places, the decor is relatively untouched, save for a buffing here and there.The stone steps that descend to the main floor, for example, still bear a gentle dip in the middle from the passage of feet over the better part of a century.The mezzanine bar, with its spectacular windows, has been reduced in length to allow guests sitting at the upstairs fine-dining restaurant to drink in more of the view.MORE: The historic S&W Cafeteria building is getting a restaurant, bar and marketMeanwhile, in an adjoining space that once served as the home for Sadie's Seafood Pub, crystals were hung in new chandeliers Thursday in preparation for The Times, one of two bars that will serve S&W patrons, and the first stage of the project slated to open.Behind S&W Artisanal is restaurant designer Theodore Kondylis, restaurateur Sakis Elefantis and local businessmen Douglas and Kenneth Ellington, the great-nephews of the architect Douglas Ellington, who designed the S&W building in 1929.The elder Ellington also designed Asheville City Hall, First Baptist Church downtown, the main building at Asheville High School, the Merrimon Avenue Fire Station and others.With so many of Ellington's buildings in public use, his grand-nephews said the S&W building was the only one they could bring back to the family.
The Times Bar Asheville NC
ASHEVILLE - The results of the grand project underway at the historic S&W Cafeteria Building are beginning to emerge. As the snow fell Friday on Asheville, The S&W Artisanal’s new '20s-style bar, The Times at S&W, prepared for its first night of business.The remainder of S&W Artisanal is slated to open later this month. It will include an upscale restaurant, a casual dining spot, a bakery, a coffee bar and an authentic Greek market. The Times, just left of the S&W's front entrance, is the first part of the restaurant to open, though a music club called Ellington Underground is already thriving in the historic building's basement. With crystal chandeliers and gold leaf on the walls, The Times is meant to evoke the era in which the circa-1929 S&W Cafeteria Building was designed.
Vidrio Raleigh NC
Vidrio is a newer upscale restaurant on the Raleigh dining scene. It is a Mediterranean themed restaurant and event venue on Glenwood South. Vidrio is not just regular ol’ Mediterranean restaurant though. It’s a large two level building with breathtaking decor including a wall covered in a rainbow of blown glass. Vidrio has multiple spaces that are perfect for wedding rehearsals dinners, small intimate wedding ceremonies and receptions. Vidrio has brought the feel of a big city to the small city of Raleigh. It’s modern and eclectic decor feels as though you are walking into a New York City restaurant. Hanging from every inch of the venue is unique modern art, lighting features, unique furniture and glass pieces (Vidrio means glass is Spanish). Downstairs at Vidrio is a comfortable bar area with over 50 wines on tap, a large dining area with a raised smaller dining area surrounded by projection screens. There is also a smaller private room that can accommodate an intimate gathering. Head upstairs and find the perfect space for a small wedding ceremony with stunning colorful and one-of-a-kind backdrops, including the blown glass bowls that drape the entirety of a wall of the venue, hanging artwork and so much more. The upstairs space also includes a second large bar with uniformed selections with the main downstairs bar and retractable large windows that all the space to completely open up to breathe in the fresh air.Not only is the space at Vidrio completely breathtaking, the food is on par with its appearance. The Glenwood South restaurant has delicious Mediterranean small plates and larger courses that will go far beyond just merely satisfying wedding guests. Choose from plates such as traditional beef skewers, to intricately prepared yellowfin tuna and so much more.Whether a couple is planning a small intimate wedding, a larger scale rehearsal dinner for up to 250, or anything in between, Vidrio is the perfect out of the box venue to host.
