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Korres Natural Products, New York and Buehler's Fresh Foods, Delaware, Ohio
By Lauren Mang
Korres Natural Products, New York
First Place (tie) Specialty Store, Sales Area under 10,000 sq. ft.
Client: Korres Natural Products USA, New York
Design: Stage Design Office, Athens, Greece - Stavros Papayiannis, principal; Vasilis Daramouskas, project designer; Thedda Tsoukala, designer; Tanya Dimitrakopoulou, designer; George Anthoulakis, designer
Architect: George Krassas Design, New York
General Contractor: Vartel Construction Corp., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Outside Design Consultants: K2Design, Athens, Greece (graphics); Tom Szekely P.E., New York (lighting/HVAC engineer)
Photography: George Krassas, New York
Buehler’s Fresh Foods, Delaware, Ohio
First Place, Supermarket
Client: Buehler Food Markets Inc., Wooster, Ohio - Becky Foster, director of construction; Scott Buehler, vp, real estate and development
Design/Architect: Shook Kelley, Los Angeles - Kevin Ervin Kelley, principal; Nathan Charris, designer; Kristin Dafoe, designer; Rosalind Doty, designer; Steve Fenton, designer; Paula Garron Lopez, designer; Jennifer Kim, designer; Pollajak Leelayuvat, designer; Bryan Libit, designer; Michael Nicholls, designer; Jennifer Ochoa, designer; Jason Panneton, designer
General Contractor: Bogner Construction, Wooster, Ohio
Structural Engineer: Dover Design and Management Group, Dover, Ohio
Mechanical and Plumbing: Hinkle Engineering, Darien, Ill.
Electrical Engineering: Horn Engineering, Dover, Ohio
Millwork: Riceland Cabinet Inc., Orrville, Ohio
Flooring: Knight Premium Flooring/Rikett Quartz, Marrero, La.; Centiva, Florence, Ala.
Signage/Graphics: Letter Graphics, Orrville, Ohio; Fluoresco Lighting & Signs, Phoenix, Ariz.
Lighting: Sommer Electric, Canton, Ohio
Refrigerated Cases: Hill Phoenix, Conyers, Ga.
Photography: Tim Buchman, Charlotte, N.C.
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