Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits - Stamford, CTStamford, CT When Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits, marketers and distributors of wines and spirits from around the world, moved its corporate headquarters from White Plains, N.Y., it wanted an environment where its 100 employees would thrive and the company could grow.
Deutsch chose a 43,500 s/f high-rise office space in downtown. Amenta Emma Architects were challenged to accommodate a complicated program for the company’s extensive beverage portfolio.
Capitalizing on the office building’s floor-to-ceiling glass exterior, interior spaces are set apart with glass walls, creating visual connections and pulling natural light throughout. Underlying the overall design is the idea of a more tailored corporate look in executive areas, while creative areas like marketing, the tasting room, and the pantry have a more mixed-aesthetic with open ceilings, warm rustic oak flooring, re-sawn wood paneling, reclaimed wood feature walls, all with modern detailing. Designers created lighting patterns reminiscent of grape vines with contemporary fixtures. Conference rooms are barrel-shaped, including one representing the company’s logo that stands for the “door to prosperity.” The creative marketing services space is highly collaborative, with sit-stand desks and meeting tables, tackable panels, full-wall white boards, several types of meeting spaces, and interactive screens.
Turner Construction Company was the general contractor for the project.