DUKE OF MONTROSE
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Architect: Taylor and Miller Architecture
The Duke of Montrose is a whiskey bar in Brooklyn that was designed by Taylor and Miller and built by one of the bar’s owners, Steve Owen. As a built work, the project is based on the idea of taking what is typically a two-dimensional pattern – the herringbone pattern – and translating it into three-dimensional space and form. The herringbone pattern came with a slight nod to the pattern used on the basketball court of the Brooklyn Nets, whose Barclays Center is 2 blocks away from the bar. The individual units of the pattern are basic pine 2x4s. Pulled out of the constraints of a 2d surface pattern, the 2x4s begin to create continuous curvature out of once perpendicular and flat surfaces.