Design Stories from the Restoration

Frank Mahan is an architect at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and the Senior Designer on the renovation and restoration of the Waldorf Astoria.

The team at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is responsible for orchestrating the complex restoration, working alongside the designers and preservationists to respect the original design intent, while bringing Waldorf Astoria New York into a new age.

Respecting the history that makes the Waldorf Astoria so special is essential. We have invested years of work to understand its history and what is necessary to restore its most special spaces.