Rizzoli opens New York flagship July 27

New York - Rizzoli will open its new flagship bookstore to the public on July 27 in New York City's NoMad district. The 5,000-sq.-ft. space occupies the ground-floor level of the historic St. James Building.



Design firm Ike Kligerman Barkley Architects led the creation of the bookstore's interiors under the helm of partner and co-founder Thomas A. Kligerman. Inspired by the grandeur of the building and the neighborhood's modernity, the new Rizzoli includes an 18-by-34-ft. glass façade that showcases the interior's 18-ft. ceilings, a peaked skylight, and an expansive windowed salon entered via a red mullioned pivot door. Many of the classic fixtures from the former Rizzoli 57thStreet store have been preserved and re-introduced in the new space, including its cherry wood bookcases and grand brass and iron chandeliers.



Fornasetti Milano designed wallpaper exclusively for the Rizzoli flagship, custom-made by Cole & Son. The designs run as a frieze above the bookcases to the ceiling in all three grand rooms of the store, and feature surreal motifs of Italian cities floating in the clouds, hot air balloons, Zodiac figures and the classic Fornasetti collage of newspaper fragments overlaid with colorful butterflies.