"But it had lasted that long with its thin titanium panels flitting over the ceiling and pouring down the cast-iron columns: a conceptual "tornado" dreamed up by Miyake, sketched out by Frank Gehry, and made real by Kipping, then Gehry's protegé and now a professor at Columbia. The design outlived Gehry by a week and Miyake by three years - a small miracle by today's cycles of retail turnover."
"Miyake told the press that the neighborhood seemed like a place where "the skies are still open and wide," which might have been true in 2000, though Nobu was already around the corner. The designer, who died in 2022, had a reputation for hiring architects with visions that could stand up to his clothes and later said he chose Gehry because he "not only understood my sense of fun and adventure but also reciprocated it and translated that feeling into his work.""
Issey Miyake's Tribeca flagship on Hudson Street closed after 24 years. The store featured thin titanium panels that flitted across the ceiling and poured down cast-iron columns, forming a conceptual "tornado" conceived by Miyake and sketched by Frank Gehry. Gordon Kipping executed the design and later became a Columbia professor. The flagship occupied a 15,000-square-foot corner of an 1888 brick warehouse with thick stone lintels and terra-cotta flourishes. Kipping opened the floor with glass sections revealing basement clothing racks and staff passages. Miyake chose Gehry for a shared sense of fun and adventure, and the store achieved rare retail longevity.
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