News: Construction Design & Engineering

Flora Salon to open with 10-year lease in 3,000 s/f space - designed by Sibilia

Brooklyn, NY Flora Salon, slated to open its doors in March 2024, has found its home in Williamsburg. The hair salon signed a 10-year commercial lease with a five-year option to extend at 89 Kent Ave., a 3,000 s/f space with 24-ft. ceilings.

“Williamsburg is the ideal location, as the area is known for trendsetting and cultivating a vibrant culture for the arts to flourish,” said Peter Sibilia, the designer. “The space is just a few blocks from Bedford Ave. and is located near neighborhood staples like the Brooklyn Bowl, Wythe Hotel, and the Williamsburg Hotel [now the Arlo Williamsburg].”

Sibilia, known for designing legendary New York City clubs, such as Naked Lunch, the Roxy, and Glamorama, is the genius designer behind the look and feel of the salon. Some of his recent work includes DJ Sky Nellor’s Chelsea penthouse, the office space of Fusion Models, and staging homes for the Schafer family, former owners of The Onion.

For Flora, Sibilia draws inspiration from both the Williamsburg aesthetic and the Russian Dacha, a summer retreat in the woods, where urban Russians escape the bustling city life. He finds ways to marry the elements of contemporary Brooklyn, like the Terrazzo effect concrete floors, steel finishes, and Venetian plaster walls, with the feeling of escaping to the Dacha through features like laminated glass adorned with images of the Russian forests. The star of the design is the 15-foot-tall monolithic mirrors at each salon station. 

MORE FROM Construction Design & Engineering

AmTrustRE and MdeAS Architects complete modernization of 360 Lexington Ave. in Midtown

Manhattan, NY AmTrustRE has completed a comprehensive modernization at 360 Lexington Ave. Led by New York-based architecture firm MdeAS Architects, the project reimagines the 268,000 s/f office building as a modern, hospitality-driven workplace designed to meet the evolving needs of tenants.
READ ON THE GO
DIGITAL EDITIONS
Subscribe
Columns and Thought Leadership
Premium experiences, proven returns: The New revenue playbook for sports venues - by Terry McIntyre

Premium experiences, proven returns: The New revenue playbook for sports venues - by Terry McIntyre

Investing in the Fan Experience as a Revenue Strategy The sports and entertainment venues that bet on premium experiences years ago are now seeing those investments pay off in packed seats, increased revenue, and industry recognition.
We support green construction. Just not this kind - by Tammy Smith

We support green construction. Just not this kind - by Tammy Smith

Most people think of St. Patrick’s Day as a fun footnote on the calendar. In construction logistics, however, it’s a full-scale operational variable — especially if your work touches major metro areas with major parades and, let’s call it what it is, enthusiastic celebrants.
The Façade is no longer  just a finish. It’s a risk strategy. - by Bentley Zhao

The Façade is no longer just a finish. It’s a risk strategy. - by Bentley Zhao

Twelve-billion-dollar weather disasters have already hit the U.S. through the first half of 2026, causing at least $31.9 billion in damage, according to Climate Central, the nonprofit that now maintains the disaster database NOAA discontinued.