The Breslin Restaurant

Located in the lobby of the Ace Hotel, The Breslin is a new 150-seat restaurant owned by Ken Friedman and Chef April Bloomfield and designed by Roman and Williams. Reclaimed wood flooring – from the fencing from a Pacific Northwest ranch – feels heavy and rustic and contrasts with the milled panels, booths and columns, all of which have been coated in a glossy oil paint in deep browns, greens, and blacks. Large-scale wood paneling and a system of posts and beams evoke a sense of weight and materiality similar to Irish or English pub architecture.

Ace Hotel New York

The Ace Hotel NY – 179,000 sq. ft. - New York, NY Spring 2009
Originally built as a hotel in 1908, The Breslin, on Broadway and 29th Street – like many of its neighbors – saw its glory fade as the neighborhood changed. This 262-room hotel will be operated by Alex Calderwood of Ace Hotels and includes a destination restaurant called The Breslin and a Stumptown Coffee shop.

Standard Hotel New York Guestrooms

The Standard Hotel Guestrooms – 130,000 sq. ft. - New York, NY Summer 2009
In their second project for Andre Balazs Properties, Roman and Williams are the interior architects for the new Standard Hotel in the fashionable meat-packing district of Lower Manhattan. Roman and Williams’ challenge has involved reinterpreting the successful Standard brand in a way that complements the industrial and prominent setting on New York’s far West Side. More than 300 guest rooms, several restaurants, and a rooftop pool and nightclub are all part of the firm’s scope.

Standard Grill New York

The Standard Grill – 3,400 sq. ft. - New York, NY Summer 2009
By contrast to the Brutalist concrete form of the Standard Hotel building that rises18 stories above the High Line, the new restaurant, which is set beneath the High Line’s trellis, was designed to respond to the context and history of its neighborhood. The scale, materiality and detailing all take into careful consideration the experience of the pedestrian and people at street level. The highly detailed interior features a palette of familiar materials, furnishings and finishes that have been rediscovered and updated. The bar area has a milky palette, while the restaurant is darker and more meaty – milk and meat. Desiring to create a floor of copper, Roman and Williams researched many options and ended up figuring out how to cover the floor in 480,000 copper pennies laid into wet epoxy grout.

Standard 18th floor (Formerly known as Boom Boom Room)

The Royalton Hotel New York

The Royalton Hotel – 21,200 sq. ft. - New York, NY Fall 2007
When the Royalton Hotel opened in 1988, it was dubbed “the hippest hotel in Manhattan” and started an international trend toward smaller, highly designed boutique hotels. When The Morgans Group, the hotel’s owners, decided the hotel needed a facelift, they hired Roman and Williams to redesign this iconic property in the hopes of restoring its spot as the place to see and be seen in Midtown Manhattan. The project included the design of a destination restaurant, operated by restaurateur John McDonald, which was integrated into the design of the lobby.

Elizabeth Street New York

211 Elizabeth Street – 33,000 sq. ft. - New York, NY Spring 2009
In their first ground-up residential project, Roman and Williams has designed a seven-story condominium building in the heart of NoLiTa, one of New York’s most vibrant neighborhoods. In addition to the base building, the project includes all interiors, as well as ground-level storefronts. The firm’s goal is the design of this building was to create a building with a sense of materiality, rigor, craftsmanship and construction that speaks to the heyday of New York City residential construction of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.