Architects and Artisans

He comes from a theater background – first with lighting, then with scenery. In the mid-‘90s, he made a leap into theme park exhibition, with Disneyland, with Nickelodeon and then with SeaWorld in Florida. “It was a virtual theater, a story of the manatees,” Tom Hennes says about his SeaWorld exhibit.  “And then you’d open [...]

It’s 2,000 square feet of space that’s designed around two collections by two of New York’s more talented architects. 315 West 46th Street is home to Joe McDonald, principal in Urban A&O, and Tom Hennes, who founded Thinc Design in 1992.  McDonald designed a serene and calming lobby for Fumihiko Maki’s 88-story 4 World Trade [...]