"When the Breuer Building on 75th and Madison reopens on Saturday in its new life as an auction house for Sotheby's, return visitors will notice that the lobby is much as they left it. The room is a rare interior landmark, a designation that encompasses what seemed like furniture: slabs of seating and tables that are cemented in. But Sotheby's still managed to make some tweaks."
"The bulbs, which are now LEDs, were designed off notes that Marcel Breuer made on the original specs for his lights, which included a numerical code. Brigitte Cook, the project lead with PBDW, said the code turned up in a General Electric catalogue. Referring to the catalogue description, the team worked with a lightning fabricator to create LEDs that don't feel like LEDs. Another touch: The base of each bulb had always been covered in."
The Breuer Building on 75th and Madison reopens as Sotheby's auction house while retaining its landmark lobby with cemented-in seating and tables. The ticket counter becomes a welcome desk and entrance benches and the former coat check now display artwork and jewelry in glass vitrines. The coat check area is now a high-end boutique showcasing Cartier and David Webb pieces. Architects Herzog & de Meuron with local partner PBDW refreshed the ceiling lighting, replacing mismatched bulbs with LEDs based on Marcel Breuer's original specifications found in a General Electric catalog. The project preserved the room's material surfaces while subtly enhancing brightness and display functions.
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