managing rapid growth
with technology in the Caribbean
Needing a high tech tool to assist a major
regional bank’s rapid growth, WallGoldfinger
developed a U-shaped table with 11 individu-
ally controlled monitor lifts for board meetings
and video conferencing. Working with EDM
Architects and BBE Office Interiors, WallGold-
finger took the project from “napkin sketch” to
installation in just over four months.
INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY FOR
IAC/InterActiveCorp
Working with Studios Architecture in the
new Frank Gehry designed IAC headquar-
ters, WallGoldfinger created a collection of
furniture for the top executives. The show-
case piece was this 19’-0” boardroom table
with Verona burl, full filled polyester finish
and leather work surfaces, plus 16 slide out
drawers with hinged monitor screens.
EFFICIENT SIGHT LINES IN
DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN
Designed by Owen & Mandolfo, this 25’-0”
boardroom table creatively addressed the
challenges of efficient sight lines by incor-
porating the monitors and cameras into the
modesty panels. The materials are white oak
with anigre veneer.
A Grand Reception SmartWood
and FSC
WallGoldfinger is
WallGoldfinger has worked in some pretty faraway proud to announce that
we are certified to produce furniture
places in the past year: Cairo, San Juan, and, in
this case, the Cayman Islands. The project was made from well-managed forests, as an
FSC “Chain of Custody” manufacturer.
designed by DDL Studio Ltd. and managed
We worked with SmartWood, a Vermont-
by Vista Development, both located in
based certification provider for the inter-
Georgetown, Grand Cayman. The client, national FSC organization, to set up sys-
an international financial services com- tems to track certified lumber, veneers and
pany, needed a new boardroom table panels from certified vendors through our
(not shown) and this unique reception manufacturing processes.
FSC has certified forest managers, tim-
desk. A challenging bit of work due
ber producers, sawmills, lumber and ve-
to the tapering elliptical form, the desk
neer wholesalers and manufacturers all
features anigre veneer, stainless steel, and over the world, to allow customers to
a “Bronzino” granite transaction top. choose to use building products, furniture
and other items
made only from
Upscale Functionality well-managed for-
ests. Its trademark
in Boston provides interna-
tional recognition
WallGoldfinger does a tremendous amount of work for
to organizations
law firms. Here we show a project in Boston, designed
who support the
by Visnick & Caulfield, which consists of a multi-func- growth of respon-
tion boardroom/conference table and an unusual sible forest management, and its prod-
reception desk. The table features movable uct label allows consumers worldwide to
recognize products supporting growth of
sections of stone, framed by stainless
responsible forest management.
steel and wood. These sections can
We have been receiving an increasing
be arranged as shown, used individu- number of requests for quotes for FSC cer-
ally, or be linked together, “classroom” tified furniture. WallGoldfinger has devel-
style. The wooden center section can
oped a network of vendors who can sup-
be split longitudinally to create side ply us with lumber, veneer and panels to
tables or can be removed from the room. meet the FSC criteria.
The table is constructed from mahogany
solids, sapele veneer, stainless steel, and LEED
Leadership in Energy
“Absolute Black” granite. The desk utilizes the same
and Environmental De-
woods but has a “Carnis Venato” granite transaction counter.
sign is a program of the
US Green Building Council
which recognizes buildings and commer-
Like A Rolling Stone cial interiors meeting criteria for respon-
sible design. Our vendors can supply FSC-
certified wood, MDF panels, plywood and
Stone is usually not synonymous with mobility
other materials which earn LEED points.
but with this project WallGoldfinger again defies
The location of our plant within 500 miles
convention. These 5’-0” x 5’-0”
of New England and NYC markets also pro-
rolling tables feature lightweight
vides LEED points for local manufacturing.
stone tops, each weighing only a
third of what a typical ¾”-thick Carbon Offset
slab would weigh. The tops also tip We are working with
up so that the tables can be pushed through Native Energy’s carbon offset program
doorways. In the “down” position, all eight can to fight global warming by helping build
be locked together to form a 40’-0” boardroom new renewable energy projects. We are
offsetting our yearly business operation
table. Designed by RMJM Hillier in Princeton,
and keeping 334 tons of CO2 out of the air.
New Jersey, this fleet is in service with one of Our financial contributions are helping
the largest container ship port facility operators build a wind system in South Dakota, and
on the East Coast. a farm methane system in Vermont.
W A L L G O L D F I N G E R
Designing and Building Fine Corporate Furniture Since 1971
VOLUME 21, WINTER 2008
Hearst Corporation
Interior Design by Gensler
It was a privilege to be se-
lected to create the boardroom
table for the new Hearst Head-
quarters in New York City. This
29’-0” table was constructed
of fiddleback, quartered and
block mottled makore, with a
full-filled polyester finish. Com-
munication interface was in
the apron, with 12 microphones
mounted in the top raceway.
Accounting Firm
Design by Mancini Duffy
One of our most interesting
challenges this past year was this
31’-0” table incorporating 12 lifting
monitors set into walnut and zebra-
wood, and Argos marble with stain-
less steel inlay. Twenty-six rotating
microphones spin out of the way, and
24 speakers are mounted in the riser.
RECENT CLIENT & DEALER LIST RECENT ARCHITECTS
AARP Empire Office, Inc. MasterCard Basi Company
Advanced Office Environments Epstein Becker & Green, PC MBIA Insurance Corporation Beyer Blinder Belle Architects, LLP
AFD Contract Furniture, Inc. Ernst & Young–Grand Cayman McCarter & English, LLP Black River Design, Architects, PLC
American Capital Strategies, Ltd. EvensonBest, LLC Marsh & McLennan Companies Butler, Rodgers Baskett
American International Group, Inc. Evercore Partners Mobinil CUH2A
American Office Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Moody’s Corporation Daroff Design, Inc
AOL Financial Guaranty Insurance Company The Navigators Davis Carter Scott, Ltd.
OFF THE WALL Arenson Office Furnishings Fortis Financial Newseum DDL Studio, Ltd.
AstraZeneca The Furnished Office Orbix Healthcare Corporatio Eighth Day Design
As communication tech- ATF Headquarters Building General Atlantic Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. Francis Cauffman Foley Hoffmann
nology progresses, Wall- At Home At Work, Inc. Goodwin Procter, LLP Pepper Hamilton, LLP Architects, Ltd.
Goldfinger has become Bank of America Green Mountain Coffee Roasters PH Partners, Inc. G3, Inc.
expert at integrating the The Bank of New York Mellon The Haverford Trust Company Phillip Morris USA Gensler
BBE Office Interiors Hewlett Packard Prolog Office Interiors, Inc. H2L2
newest advances into
Berkshire Bank Honeywell Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster HOK
our furniture. Lifting
BNP Paribas Hudson City Savings Bank Rémy Martin HSMM
monitors, disappear- Bricklayer’s Union Hughes Hubbard and Reed Ropes & Gray, LLP Huntsman Architectural Group
ing microphones, and
Brigham and Women’s Hospital IAC/InterActiveCorp Royal Bank of Canada IA Interior Architects
advanced connectivity Brookfield Properties Corporation Innovative Business Interiors, Inc. Russell Reynolds Associates Moshe Safdie and Associates
have all become standard require- Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels, LLP The Johns Hopkins University Schulte Roth & Zabel Mancini Duffy
ments in our furniture. We are proud Comcast Corporation Johnson Business Products, Inc. Securities Industry and Financial Nelson Architects
to feature many of these accomplish- Condé Nast Publications Jones Lang LaSalle Markets Association OPX Architects
ments in this 21st edition of our
The Conti Group Kaye Scholer Temple University Owen & Mandolfo
Covington & Burling, LLP Kelso & Company Tishman Speyer Polshek Partnership Architects, LLP
newsletter.
We hope you enjoy the year-end
Dancker, Sellew & Douglas
Day Pitney, LLP
KPMG International
Kolberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
UBS Wealth Management
U.S. Fund for UNICEF
RMJM Hillier
Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott
poster created by our in-house art Design and Production, Inc. Lane Office VVA, LLC SKB Architecture and Design
department to celebrate some of the DLA Piper LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP Waldners Business Environments The SmithGroup
Dow Lohnes, PLLC Libra Holdings, LLC WB Wood SNS Architects & Engineers, PC
furniture we’ve built this past year;
Downs Rachlin Martin, PLLC Logistics Weil, Gotshal & Manges Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
our sincere apologies to the Chrysler
Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge, LLP Maher Terminals The White House The Switzer Group
building and Margaret Bourke-White. Manhattan School of Music Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP Studio HIVE, Inc.
We are very proud of our talented Williams & Connolly STUDIOS Architecture
employees; you’ll note their many COLOPHON Ted Moudis Associates
years of experience here at WallGold- TPG Architecture
Winter 2008, Volume 21, Number 1 ©2008 WallGoldfinger, Inc.
finger. The average employee at WG Tsoi/Kobus & Associates
FPO
Writing: John Wall, John Belniak, and Tim Swartz 7 Belknap Street, Suite 3
HULL Visnick & Caulfield Associates
has at least 9 years of service, and Illustration: Chuck Weaver Northfield, Vermont 05663 FSC
many of us have been here over 20 Graphic Design: Thor Goodrich P 802-485-6261
years. (But even the old ones are still Photography: Curtis Ostler, John Wall, F 802-485-6267
Bob Joyce, Thor Goodrich, Bruce Goldsmith, E wg@wallgoldfinger.com Print and Mailing: Hull Printing Inc., Barre VT on Chorus Art, a 25% post-consumer recycled paper.
very good natured.) and Chuck Choi
There is a growing interest in
producing environmentally re-
sponsible furniture. This year WG
became FSC certified. We are also
interested in producing less carbon. WALL GOLDFINGER
We calculated our carbon footprint
FPO
and made contributions to renewable 7 Belknap Street, Suite 3
energy sources to offset the amount Northfield, Vermont 05663 INDICIA
of carbon we produced. At the factory
we switched our lighting to a more www.wallgoldfinger.com
efficient T8 fluorescent system, sav-
ing one-third of our annual electrical
energy costs for lighting. We also
installed a new dust collector that
filters and recycles our heated air,
saving a tremendous amount on fuel
costs.
We hope you enjoy this news-
letter; to see more, visit www.
wallgoldfinger.com
 managing rapid growth
with technology
Needing a high tech tool to assist a major
regional bank’s rapid growth, WallGoldfinger
developed a U-shaped table with 11 individu-
ally controlled monitor lifts for board meetings
and video conferencing. Working with EDM
Architects and BBE Office Interiors, WallGold-
finger took the project from “napkin sketch” to
installation in just over four months.
INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY FOR
IAC/InterActiveCorp
Working with Studios Architecture in the
new Frank Gehry designed IAC headquar-
ters, WallGoldfinger created a collection of
furniture for the top executives. The show-
case piece was this 19’-0” boardroom table
with Verona burl, full filled polyester finish
and leather work surfaces, plus 16 slide out
drawers with hinged monitor screens.
EFFICIENT SIGHT LINES IN
DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN
Designed by Owen & Mandolfo, this 25’-0”
boardroom table creatively addressed the
challenges of efficient sight lines by incor-
porating the monitors and cameras into the
modesty panels. The materials are white oak
with anigre veneer.
A Grand Reception SmartWood
in the Caribbean and FSC
WallGoldfinger is
WallGoldfinger has worked in some pretty faraway proud to announce that
we are certified to produce furniture
places in the past year: Cairo, San Juan, and, in
this case, the Cayman Islands. The project was made from well-managed forests, as an
FSC “Chain of Custody” manufacturer.
designed by DDL Studio Ltd. and managed
We worked with SmartWood, a Vermont-
by Vista Development, both located in
based certification provider for the inter-
Georgetown, Grand Cayman. The client, national FSC organization, to set up sys-
an international financial services com- tems to track certified lumber, veneers and
pany, needed a new boardroom table panels from certified vendors through our
(not shown) and this unique reception manufacturing processes.
FSC has certified forest managers, tim-
desk. A challenging bit of work due
ber producers, sawmills, lumber and ve-
to the tapering elliptical form, the desk
neer wholesalers and manufacturers all
features anigre veneer, stainless steel, and over the world, to allow customers to
a “Bronzino” granite transaction top. choose to use building products, furniture
and other items
made only from
Upscale Functionality well-managed for-
ests. Its trademark
in Boston provides interna-
tional recognition
WallGoldfinger does a tremendous amount of work for
to organizations
law firms. Here we show a project in Boston, designed
who support the
by Visnick & Caulfield, which consists of a multi-func- growth of respon-
tion boardroom/conference table and an unusual sible forest management, and its prod-
reception desk. The table features movable uct label allows consumers worldwide to
recognize products supporting growth of
sections of stone, framed by stainless
responsible forest management.
steel and wood. These sections can
We have been receiving an increasing
be arranged as shown, used individu- number of requests for quotes for FSC cer-
ally, or be linked together, “classroom” tified furniture. WallGoldfinger has devel-
style. The wooden center section can
oped a network of vendors who can sup-
be split longitudinally to create side ply us with lumber, veneer and panels to
tables or can be removed from the room. meet the FSC criteria.
The table is constructed from mahogany
solids, sapele veneer, stainless steel, and LEED
Leadership in Energy
“Absolute Black” granite. The desk utilizes the same
and Environmental De-
woods but has a “Carnis Venato” granite transaction counter.
sign is a program of the
US Green Building Council
which recognizes buildings and commer-
Like A Rolling Stone cial interiors meeting criteria for respon-
sible design. Our vendors can supply FSC-
certified wood, MDF panels, plywood and
Stone is usually not synonymous with mobility
other materials which earn LEED points.
but with this project WallGoldfinger again defies
The location of our plant within 500 miles
convention. These 5’-0” x 5’-0”
of New England and NYC markets also pro-
rolling tables feature lightweight
vides LEED points for local manufacturing.
stone tops, each weighing only a
third of what a typical ¾”-thick Carbon Offset
slab would weigh. The tops also tip We are working with
up so that the tables can be pushed through Native Energy’s carbon offset program
doorways. In the “down” position, all eight can to fight global warming by helping build
be locked together to form a 40’-0” boardroom new renewable energy projects. We are
offsetting our yearly business operation
table. Designed by RMJM Hillier in Princeton,
and keeping 334 tons of CO2 out of the air.
New Jersey, this fleet is in service with one of Our financial contributions are helping
the largest container ship port facility operators build a wind system in South Dakota, and
on the East Coast. a farm methane system in Vermont.
W A L L G O L D F I N G E R
Designing and Building Fine Corporate Furniture Since 1971
VOLUME 21, WINTER 2008
Hearst Corporation
Interior Design by Gensler
It was a privilege to be se-
lected to create the boardroom
table for the new Hearst Head-
quarters in New York City. This
29’-0” table was constructed
of fiddleback, quartered and
block mottled makore, with a
full-filled polyester finish. Com-
munication interface was in
the apron, with 12 microphones
mounted in the top raceway.
Accounting Firm
Design by Mancini Duffy
One of our most interesting
challenges this past year was this
31’-0” table incorporating 12 lifting
monitors set into walnut and zebra-
wood, and Argos marble with stain-
less steel inlay. Twenty-six rotating
microphones spin out of the way, and
24 speakers are mounted in the riser.
RECENT CLIENT & DEALER LIST RECENT ARCHITECTS
AARP Empire Office, Inc. MasterCard Basi Company
Advanced Office Environments Epstein Becker & Green, PC MBIA Insurance Corporation Beyer Blinder Belle Architects, LLP
AFD Contract Furniture, Inc. Ernst & Young–Grand Cayman McCarter & English, LLP Black River Design, Architects, PLC
American Capital Strategies, Ltd. EvensonBest, LLC Marsh & McLennan Companies Butler, Rodgers Baskett
American International Group, Inc. Evercore Partners Mobinil CUH2A
American Office Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Moody’s Corporation Daroff Design, Inc
AOL Financial Guaranty Insurance Company The Navigators Davis Carter Scott, Ltd.
OFF THE WALL Arenson Office Furnishings Fortis Financial Newseum DDL Studio, Ltd.
AstraZeneca The Furnished Office Orbix Healthcare Corporatio Eighth Day Design
As communication tech- ATF Headquarters Building General Atlantic Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. Francis Cauffman Foley Hoffmann
nology progresses, Wall- At Home At Work, Inc. Goodwin Procter, LLP Pepper Hamilton, LLP Architects, Ltd.
Goldfinger has become Bank of America Green Mountain Coffee Roasters PH Partners, Inc. G3, Inc.
expert at integrating the The Bank of New York Mellon The Haverford Trust Company Phillip Morris USA Gensler
BBE Office Interiors Hewlett Packard Prolog Office Interiors, Inc. H2L2
newest advances into
Berkshire Bank Honeywell Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster HOK
our furniture. Lifting
BNP Paribas Hudson City Savings Bank Rémy Martin HSMM
monitors, disappear- Bricklayer’s Union Hughes Hubbard and Reed Ropes & Gray, LLP Huntsman Architectural Group
ing microphones, and
Brigham and Women’s Hospital IAC/InterActiveCorp Royal Bank of Canada IA Interior Architects
advanced connectivity Brookfield Properties Corporation Innovative Business Interiors, Inc. Russell Reynolds Associates Moshe Safdie and Associates
have all become standard require- Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels, LLP The Johns Hopkins University Schulte Roth & Zabel Mancini Duffy
ments in our furniture. We are proud Comcast Corporation Johnson Business Products, Inc. Securities Industry and Financial Nelson Architects
to feature many of these accomplish- Condé Nast Publications Jones Lang LaSalle Markets Association OPX Architects
ments in this 21st edition of our
The Conti Group Kaye Scholer Temple University Owen & Mandolfo
Covington & Burling, LLP Kelso & Company Tishman Speyer Polshek Partnership Architects, LLP
newsletter.
We hope you enjoy the year-end
Dancker, Sellew & Douglas
Day Pitney, LLP
KPMG International
Kolberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
UBS Wealth Management
U.S. Fund for UNICEF
RMJM Hillier
Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott
poster created by our in-house art Design and Production, Inc. Lane Office VVA, LLC SKB Architecture and Design
department to celebrate some of the DLA Piper LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP Waldners Business Environments The SmithGroup
Dow Lohnes, PLLC Libra Holdings, LLC WB Wood SNS Architects & Engineers, PC
furniture we’ve built this past year;
Downs Rachlin Martin, PLLC Logistics Weil, Gotshal & Manges Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
our sincere apologies to the Chrysler
Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge, LLP Maher Terminals The White House The Switzer Group
building and Margaret Bourke-White. Manhattan School of Music Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP Studio HIVE, Inc.
We are very proud of our talented Williams & Connolly STUDIOS Architecture
employees; you’ll note their many COLOPHON Ted Moudis Associates
years of experience here at WallGold- TPG Architecture
Winter 2008, Volume 21, Number 1 ©2008 WallGoldfinger, Inc.
finger. The average employee at WG Tsoi/Kobus & Associates
FPO
Writing: John Wall, John Belniak, and Tim Swartz 7 Belknap Street, Suite 3
HULL Visnick & Caulfield Associates
has at least 9 years of service, and Illustration: Chuck Weaver Northfield, Vermont 05663 FSC
many of us have been here over 20 Graphic Design: Thor Goodrich P 802-485-6261
years. (But even the old ones are still Photography: Curtis Ostler, John Wall, F 802-485-6267
Bob Joyce, Thor Goodrich, Bruce Goldsmith, E wg@wallgoldfinger.com Print and Mailing: Hull Printing Inc., Barre VT on Chorus Art, a 25% post-consumer recycled paper.
very good natured.) and Chuck Choi
There is a growing interest in
producing environmentally re-
sponsible furniture. This year WG
became FSC certified. We are also
interested in producing less carbon. WALL GOLDFINGER
We calculated our carbon footprint
FPO
and made contributions to renewable 7 Belknap Street, Suite 3
energy sources to offset the amount Northfield, Vermont 05663 INDICIA
of carbon we produced. At the factory
we switched our lighting to a more www.wallgoldfinger.com
efficient T8 fluorescent system, sav-
ing one-third of our annual electrical
energy costs for lighting. We also
installed a new dust collector that
filters and recycles our heated air,
saving a tremendous amount on fuel
costs.
We hope you enjoy this news-
letter; to see more, visit www.
wallgoldfinger.com
 managing rapid growth
with technology
Needing a high tech tool to assist a major
regional bank’s rapid growth, WallGoldfinger
developed a U-shaped table with 11 individu-
ally controlled monitor lifts for board meetings
and video conferencing. Working with EDM
Architects and BBE Office Interiors, WallGold-
finger took the project from “napkin sketch” to
installation in just over four months.
INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY FOR
IAC/InterActiveCorp
Working with Studios Architecture in the
new Frank Gehry designed IAC headquar-
ters, WallGoldfinger created a collection of
furniture for the top executives. The show-
case piece was this 19’-0” boardroom table
with Verona burl, full filled polyester finish
and leather work surfaces, plus 16 slide out
drawers with hinged monitor screens.
EFFICIENT SIGHT LINES IN
DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN
Designed by Owen & Mandolfo, this 25’-0”
boardroom table creatively addressed the
challenges of efficient sight lines by incor-
porating the monitors and cameras into the
modesty panels. The materials are white oak
with anigre veneer.
A Grand Reception SmartWood
in the Caribbean and FSC
WallGoldfinger is
WallGoldfinger has worked in some pretty faraway proud to announce that
we are certified to produce furniture
places in the past year: Cairo, San Juan, and, in
this case, the Cayman Islands. The project was made from well-managed forests, as an
FSC “Chain of Custody” manufacturer.
designed by DDL Studio Ltd. and managed
We worked with SmartWood, a Vermont-
by Vista Development, both located in
based certification provider for the inter-
Georgetown, Grand Cayman. The client, national FSC organization, to set up sys-
an international financial services com- tems to track certified lumber, veneers and
pany, needed a new boardroom table panels from certified vendors through our
(not shown) and this unique reception manufacturing processes.
FSC has certified forest managers, tim-
desk. A challenging bit of work due
ber producers, sawmills, lumber and ve-
to the tapering elliptical form, the desk
neer wholesalers and manufacturers all
features anigre veneer, stainless steel, and over the world, to allow customers to
a “Bronzino” granite transaction top. choose to use building products, furniture
and other items
made only from
Upscale Functionality well-managed for-
ests. Its trademark
in Boston provides interna-
tional recognition
WallGoldfinger does a tremendous amount of work for
to organizations
law firms. Here we show a project in Boston, designed
who support the
by Visnick & Caulfield, which consists of a multi-func- growth of respon-
tion boardroom/conference table and an unusual sible forest management, and its prod-
reception desk. The table features movable uct label allows consumers worldwide to
recognize products supporting growth of
sections of stone, framed by stainless
responsible forest management.
steel and wood. These sections can
We have been receiving an increasing
be arranged as shown, used individu- number of requests for quotes for FSC cer-
ally, or be linked together, “classroom” tified furniture. WallGoldfinger has devel-
style. The wooden center section can
oped a network of vendors who can sup-
be split longitudinally to create side ply us with lumber, veneer and panels to
tables or can be removed from the room. meet the FSC criteria.
The table is constructed from mahogany
solids, sapele veneer, stainless steel, and LEED
Leadership in Energy
“Absolute Black” granite. The desk utilizes the same
and Environmental De-
woods but has a “Carnis Venato” granite transaction counter.
sign is a program of the
US Green Building Council
which recognizes buildings and commer-
Like A Rolling Stone cial interiors meeting criteria for respon-
sible design. Our vendors can supply FSC-
certified wood, MDF panels, plywood and
Stone is usually not synonymous with mobility
other materials which earn LEED points.
but with this project WallGoldfinger again defies
The location of our plant within 500 miles
convention. These 5’-0” x 5’-0”
of New England and NYC markets also pro-
rolling tables feature lightweight
vides LEED points for local manufacturing.
stone tops, each weighing only a
third of what a typical ¾”-thick Carbon Offset
slab would weigh. The tops also tip We are working with
up so that the tables can be pushed through Native Energy’s carbon offset program
doorways. In the “down” position, all eight can to fight global warming by helping build
be locked together to form a 40’-0” boardroom new renewable energy projects. We are
offsetting our yearly business operation
table. Designed by RMJM Hillier in Princeton,
and keeping 334 tons of CO2 out of the air.
New Jersey, this fleet is in service with one of Our financial contributions are helping
the largest container ship port facility operators build a wind system in South Dakota, and
on the East Coast. a farm methane system in Vermont.
W A L L G O L D F I N G E R
Designing and Building Fine Corporate Furniture Since 1971
VOLUME 21, WINTER 2008
Hearst Corporation
Interior Design by Gensler
It was a privilege to be se-
lected to create the boardroom
table for the new Hearst Head-
quarters in New York City. This
29’-0” table was constructed
of fiddleback, quartered and
block mottled makore, with a
full-filled polyester finish. Com-
munication interface was in
the apron, with 12 microphones
mounted in the top raceway.
Accounting Firm
Design by Mancini Duffy
One of our most interesting
challenges this past year was this
31’-0” table incorporating 12 lifting
monitors set into walnut and zebra-
wood, and Argos marble with stain-
less steel inlay. Twenty-six rotating
microphones spin out of the way, and
24 speakers are mounted in the riser.
RECENT CLIENT & DEALER LIST RECENT ARCHITECTS
AARP Empire Office, Inc. MasterCard Basi Company
Advanced Office Environments Epstein Becker & Green, PC MBIA Insurance Corporation Beyer Blinder Belle Architects, LLP
AFD Contract Furniture, Inc. Ernst & Young–Grand Cayman McCarter & English, LLP Black River Design, Architects, PLC
American Capital Strategies, Ltd. EvensonBest, LLC Marsh & McLennan Companies Butler, Rodgers Baskett
American International Group, Inc. Evercore Partners Mobinil CUH2A
American Office Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Moody’s Corporation Daroff Design, Inc
AOL Financial Guaranty Insurance Company The Navigators Davis Carter Scott, Ltd.
OFF THE WALL Arenson Office Furnishings Fortis Financial Newseum DDL Studio, Ltd.
AstraZeneca The Furnished Office Orbix Healthcare Corporatio Eighth Day Design
As communication tech- ATF Headquarters Building General Atlantic Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. Francis Cauffman Foley Hoffmann
nology progresses, Wall- At Home At Work, Inc. Goodwin Procter, LLP Pepper Hamilton, LLP Architects, Ltd.
Goldfinger has become Bank of America Green Mountain Coffee Roasters PH Partners, Inc. G3, Inc.
expert at integrating the The Bank of New York Mellon The Haverford Trust Company Phillip Morris USA Gensler
BBE Office Interiors Hewlett Packard Prolog Office Interiors, Inc. H2L2
newest advances into
Berkshire Bank Honeywell Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster HOK
our furniture. Lifting
BNP Paribas Hudson City Savings Bank Rémy Martin HSMM
monitors, disappear- Bricklayer’s Union Hughes Hubbard and Reed Ropes & Gray, LLP Huntsman Architectural Group
ing microphones, and
Brigham and Women’s Hospital IAC/InterActiveCorp Royal Bank of Canada IA Interior Architects
advanced connectivity Brookfield Properties Corporation Innovative Business Interiors, Inc. Russell Reynolds Associates Moshe Safdie and Associates
have all become standard require- Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels, LLP The Johns Hopkins University Schulte Roth & Zabel Mancini Duffy
ments in our furniture. We are proud Comcast Corporation Johnson Business Products, Inc. Securities Industry and Financial Nelson Architects
to feature many of these accomplish- Condé Nast Publications Jones Lang LaSalle Markets Association OPX Architects
ments in this 21st edition of our
The Conti Group Kaye Scholer Temple University Owen & Mandolfo
Covington & Burling, LLP Kelso & Company Tishman Speyer Polshek Partnership Architects, LLP
newsletter.
We hope you enjoy the year-end
Dancker, Sellew & Douglas
Day Pitney, LLP
KPMG International
Kolberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
UBS Wealth Management
U.S. Fund for UNICEF
RMJM Hillier
Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott
poster created by our in-house art Design and Production, Inc. Lane Office VVA, LLC SKB Architecture and Design
department to celebrate some of the DLA Piper LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP Waldners Business Environments The SmithGroup
Dow Lohnes, PLLC Libra Holdings, LLC WB Wood SNS Architects & Engineers, PC
furniture we’ve built this past year;
Downs Rachlin Martin, PLLC Logistics Weil, Gotshal & Manges Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
our sincere apologies to the Chrysler
Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge, LLP Maher Terminals The White House The Switzer Group
building and Margaret Bourke-White. Manhattan School of Music Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP Studio HIVE, Inc.
We are very proud of our talented Williams & Connolly STUDIOS Architecture
employees; you’ll note their many COLOPHON Ted Moudis Associates
years of experience here at WallGold- TPG Architecture
Winter 2008, Volume 21, Number 1 ©2008 WallGoldfinger, Inc.
finger. The average employee at WG Tsoi/Kobus & Associates
FPO
Writing: John Wall, John Belniak, and Tim Swartz 7 Belknap Street, Suite 3
HULL Visnick & Caulfield Associates
has at least 9 years of service, and Illustration: Chuck Weaver Northfield, Vermont 05663 FSC
many of us have been here over 20 Graphic Design: Thor Goodrich P 802-485-6261
years. (But even the old ones are still Photography: Curtis Ostler, John Wall, F 802-485-6267
Bob Joyce, Thor Goodrich, Bruce Goldsmith, E wg@wallgoldfinger.com Print and Mailing: Hull Printing Inc., Barre VT on Chorus Art, a 25% post-consumer recycled paper.
very good natured.) and Chuck Choi
There is a growing interest in
producing environmentally re-
sponsible furniture. This year WG
became FSC certified. We are also
interested in producing less carbon. WALL GOLDFINGER
We calculated our carbon footprint
FPO
and made contributions to renewable 7 Belknap Street, Suite 3
energy sources to offset the amount Northfield, Vermont 05663 INDICIA
of carbon we produced. At the factory
we switched our lighting to a more www.wallgoldfinger.com
efficient T8 fluorescent system, sav-
ing one-third of our annual electrical
energy costs for lighting. We also
installed a new dust collector that
filters and recycles our heated air,
saving a tremendous amount on fuel
costs.
We hope you enjoy this news-
letter; to see more, visit www.
wallgoldfinger.com
 managing rapid growth
with technology
Needing a high tech tool to assist a major
regional bank’s rapid growth, WallGoldfinger
developed a U-shaped table with 11 individu-
ally controlled monitor lifts for board meetings
and video conferencing. Working with EDM
Architects and BBE Office Interiors, WallGold-
finger took the project from “napkin sketch” to
installation in just over four months.
INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY FOR
IAC/InterActiveCorp
Working with Studios Architecture in the
new Frank Gehry designed IAC headquar-
ters, WallGoldfinger created a collection of
furniture for the top executives. The show-
case piece was this 19’-0” boardroom table
with Verona burl, full filled polyester finish
and leather work surfaces, plus 16 slide out
drawers with hinged monitor screens.
EFFICIENT SIGHT LINES IN
DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN
Designed by Owen & Mandolfo, this 25’-0”
boardroom table creatively addressed the
challenges of efficient sight lines by incor-
porating the monitors and cameras into the
modesty panels. The materials are white oak
with anigre veneer.
A Grand Reception SmartWood
in the Caribbean and FSC
WallGoldfinger is
WallGoldfinger has worked in some pretty faraway proud to announce that
we are certified to produce furniture
places in the past year: Cairo, San Juan, and, in
this case, the Cayman Islands. The project was made from well-managed forests, as an
FSC “Chain of Custody” manufacturer.
designed by DDL Studio Ltd. and managed
We worked with SmartWood, a Vermont-
by Vista Development, both located in
based certification provider for the inter-
Georgetown, Grand Cayman. The client, national FSC organization, to set up sys-
an international financial services com- tems to track certified lumber, veneers and
pany, needed a new boardroom table panels from certified vendors through our
(not shown) and this unique reception manufacturing processes.
FSC has certified forest managers, tim-
desk. A challenging bit of work due
ber producers, sawmills, lumber and ve-
to the tapering elliptical form, the desk
neer wholesalers and manufacturers all
features anigre veneer, stainless steel, and over the world, to allow customers to
a “Bronzino” granite transaction top. choose to use building products, furniture
and other items
made only from
Upscale Functionality well-managed for-
ests. Its trademark
in Boston provides interna-
tional recognition
WallGoldfinger does a tremendous amount of work for
to organizations
law firms. Here we show a project in Boston, designed
who support the
by Visnick & Caulfield, which consists of a multi-func- growth of respon-
tion boardroom/conference table and an unusual sible forest management, and its prod-
reception desk. The table features movable uct label allows consumers worldwide to
recognize products supporting growth of
sections of stone, framed by stainless
responsible forest management.
steel and wood. These sections can
We have been receiving an increasing
be arranged as shown, used individu- number of requests for quotes for FSC cer-
ally, or be linked together, “classroom” tified furniture. WallGoldfinger has devel-
style. The wooden center section can
oped a network of vendors who can sup-
be split longitudinally to create side ply us with lumber, veneer and panels to
tables or can be removed from the room. meet the FSC criteria.
The table is constructed from mahogany
solids, sapele veneer, stainless steel, and LEED
Leadership in Energy
“Absolute Black” granite. The desk utilizes the same
and Environmental De-
woods but has a “Carnis Venato” granite transaction counter.
sign is a program of the
US Green Building Council
which recognizes buildings and commer-
Like A Rolling Stone cial interiors meeting criteria for respon-
sible design. Our vendors can supply FSC-
certified wood, MDF panels, plywood and
Stone is usually not synonymous with mobility
other materials which earn LEED points.
but with this project WallGoldfinger again defies
The location of our plant within 500 miles
convention. These 5’-0” x 5’-0”
of New England and NYC markets also pro-
rolling tables feature lightweight
vides LEED points for local manufacturing.
stone tops, each weighing only a
third of what a typical ¾”-thick Carbon Offset
slab would weigh. The tops also tip We are working with
up so that the tables can be pushed through Native Energy’s carbon offset program
doorways. In the “down” position, all eight can to fight global warming by helping build
be locked together to form a 40’-0” boardroom new renewable energy projects. We are
offsetting our yearly business operation
table. Designed by RMJM Hillier in Princeton,
and keeping 334 tons of CO2 out of the air.
New Jersey, this fleet is in service with one of Our financial contributions are helping
the largest container ship port facility operators build a wind system in South Dakota, and
on the East Coast. a farm methane system in Vermont.
W A L L G O L D F I N G E R
Designing and Building Fine Corporate Furniture Since 1971
VOLUME 21, WINTER 2008
Hearst Corporation
Interior Design by Gensler
It was a privilege to be se-
lected to create the boardroom
table for the new Hearst Head-
quarters in New York City. This
29’-0” table was constructed
of fiddleback, quartered and
block mottled makore, with a
full-filled polyester finish. Com-
munication interface was in
the apron, with 12 microphones
mounted in the top raceway.
Accounting Firm
Design by Mancini Duffy
One of our most interesting
challenges this past year was this
31’-0” table incorporating 12 lifting
monitors set into walnut and zebra-
wood, and Argos marble with stain-
less steel inlay. Twenty-six rotating
microphones spin out of the way, and
24 speakers are mounted in the riser.
RECENT CLIENT & DEALER LIST RECENT ARCHITECTS
AARP Empire Office, Inc. MasterCard Basi Company
Advanced Office Environments Epstein Becker & Green, PC MBIA Insurance Corporation Beyer Blinder Belle Architects, LLP
AFD Contract Furniture, Inc. Ernst & Young–Grand Cayman McCarter & English, LLP Black River Design, Architects, PLC
American Capital Strategies, Ltd. EvensonBest, LLC Marsh & McLennan Companies Butler, Rodgers Baskett
American International Group, Inc. Evercore Partners Mobinil CUH2A
American Office Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Moody’s Corporation Daroff Design, Inc
AOL Financial Guaranty Insurance Company The Navigators Davis Carter Scott, Ltd.
OFF THE WALL Arenson Office Furnishings Fortis Financial Newseum DDL Studio, Ltd.
AstraZeneca The Furnished Office Orbix Healthcare Corporatio Eighth Day Design
As communication tech- ATF Headquarters Building General Atlantic Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. Francis Cauffman Foley Hoffmann
nology progresses, Wall- At Home At Work, Inc. Goodwin Procter, LLP Pepper Hamilton, LLP Architects, Ltd.
Goldfinger has become Bank of America Green Mountain Coffee Roasters PH Partners, Inc. G3, Inc.
expert at integrating the The Bank of New York Mellon The Haverford Trust Company Phillip Morris USA Gensler
BBE Office Interiors Hewlett Packard Prolog Office Interiors, Inc. H2L2
newest advances into
Berkshire Bank Honeywell Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster HOK
our furniture. Lifting
BNP Paribas Hudson City Savings Bank Rémy Martin HSMM
monitors, disappear- Bricklayer’s Union Hughes Hubbard and Reed Ropes & Gray, LLP Huntsman Architectural Group
ing microphones, and
Brigham and Women’s Hospital IAC/InterActiveCorp Royal Bank of Canada IA Interior Architects
advanced connectivity Brookfield Properties Corporation Innovative Business Interiors, Inc. Russell Reynolds Associates Moshe Safdie and Associates
have all become standard require- Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels, LLP The Johns Hopkins University Schulte Roth & Zabel Mancini Duffy
ments in our furniture. We are proud Comcast Corporation Johnson Business Products, Inc. Securities Industry and Financial Nelson Architects
to feature many of these accomplish- Condé Nast Publications Jones Lang LaSalle Markets Association OPX Architects
ments in this 21st edition of our
The Conti Group Kaye Scholer Temple University Owen & Mandolfo
Covington & Burling, LLP Kelso & Company Tishman Speyer Polshek Partnership Architects, LLP
newsletter.
We hope you enjoy the year-end
Dancker, Sellew & Douglas
Day Pitney, LLP
KPMG International
Kolberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
UBS Wealth Management
U.S. Fund for UNICEF
RMJM Hillier
Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott
poster created by our in-house art Design and Production, Inc. Lane Office VVA, LLC SKB Architecture and Design
department to celebrate some of the DLA Piper LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP Waldners Business Environments The SmithGroup
Dow Lohnes, PLLC Libra Holdings, LLC WB Wood SNS Architects & Engineers, PC
furniture we’ve built this past year;
Downs Rachlin Martin, PLLC Logistics Weil, Gotshal & Manges Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
our sincere apologies to the Chrysler
Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge, LLP Maher Terminals The White House The Switzer Group
building and Margaret Bourke-White. Manhattan School of Music Willkie Farr & Gallagher, LLP Studio HIVE, Inc.
We are very proud of our talented Williams & Connolly STUDIOS Architecture
employees; you’ll note their many COLOPHON Ted Moudis Associates
years of experience here at WallGold- TPG Architecture
Winter 2008, Volume 21, Number 1 ©2008 WallGoldfinger, Inc.
finger. The average employee at WG Tsoi/Kobus & Associates
FPO
Writing: John Wall, John Belniak, and Tim Swartz 7 Belknap Street, Suite 3
HULL Visnick & Caulfield Associates
has at least 9 years of service, and Illustration: Chuck Weaver Northfield, Vermont 05663 FSC
many of us have been here over 20 Graphic Design: Thor Goodrich P 802-485-6261
years. (But even the old ones are still Photography: Curtis Ostler, John Wall, F 802-485-6267
Bob Joyce, Thor Goodrich, Bruce Goldsmith, E wg@wallgoldfinger.com Print and Mailing: Hull Printing Inc., Barre VT on Chorus Art, a 25% post-consumer recycled paper.
very good natured.) and Chuck Choi
There is a growing interest in
producing environmentally re-
sponsible furniture. This year WG
became FSC certified. We are also
interested in producing less carbon. WALL GOLDFINGER
We calculated our carbon footprint
FPO
and made contributions to renewable 7 Belknap Street, Suite 3
energy sources to offset the amount Northfield, Vermont 05663 INDICIA
of carbon we produced. At the factory
we switched our lighting to a more www.wallgoldfinger.com
efficient T8 fluorescent system, sav-
ing one-third of our annual electrical
energy costs for lighting. We also
installed a new dust collector that
filters and recycles our heated air,
saving a tremendous amount on fuel
costs.
We hope you enjoy this news-
letter; to see more, visit www.
wallgoldfinger.com