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MODERN CLASSIC A NEW COLLECTION FROM KALLISTA

I nternationally-renowned architecture and design firm, Robert A.M. Stern Architects has teamed up with Kallista for a new bathroom collection—Central Park West—a chic brassware series that captures the sophistication of early 20th century design. The versatile collection is a complete bathroom suite that is appropriate for both hospitality and residential uses. The collection, which has universal appeal, blurs the lines between traditional and transitional design choices. “Specifying quantities of Kallista product in some of our large-scale apartment buildings formed the impetus for the collaboration between Kallista and Robert A.M. Stern Architects,” said Daniel Lobitz, a partner at the firm, who helps lead their product design initiatives. “Central Park West expresses our modern classical aesthetic, matching the highest end of the market in look, feel, and quality, but makes it more accessible to a broader audi- ence.” Lobitz continues, “We distilled details from historical precedents to establish a distinctive modern-yet-traditional character. We studied plumbing fixtures from the early T E X T DEBORAH L. MARTIN

Central Park West includes a full suite of hardware for the bath with luxurious details such as fluted knurling, graceful goosenecks, and engraved “H” and “C” monograms on the handles.

20th century and adapted them to give the Central Park West Collection some of its signature notes: the knurling, for example, on the handles, supports, and spouts; and of course the monogram-style lettering, perhaps the most explicitly retro part of our design.” Central Park West is a comprehensive bathroom col- lection with multiple sink and bath faucets, a full range of

showering components and complementing accessories; and a new category for Kallista: a shower door handle pull, towel bar, and handle escutcheon. The collection also combines beautifully with other Kallista designs to create a one-of-a-kind personal oasis or provide a full product portfolio when specifying large-scale hospitality bathroom installations. ■

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