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Article: High-impact style: Resolution: 4 partner Joseph Tanney gives health-club locker rooms a thorough design workout. (kitchen & bath).(Equinox locker room design details)(Brief Article)
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- Interior Design
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- March 1, 2002
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WHEN RESOLUTION: 4 Architecture partner Joseph Tanney designed the locker rooms at a New York branch of Equinox, the image-conscious health-club chain, his concept started outside, in Times Square. The stress relief begins in a plaza sunken beneath the bustle of Broadway and continues progressively as members pass the doors, the check-in desk, the cafe, and the shop--all in a straight line--to arrive in the middle of the cardio zone, with its throbbing techno and machine jockeys. Here, horizontal becomes vertical as stairs descend to a crucial choice: left for men, right for women.
Inside, the men's and women's locker rooms share many similarities. In both, ...