A historic piano showroom has been transformed into a sparkling new US headquarters for Bonhams auction house
Wallpaper | 10.02.2026 01:35
When Steinway & Sons built its headquarters on New York's West 57th Street in 1925, the legendary piano maker did not wish to open a mere showroom. Alongside retail sales, offices, practice studios and storage, the building served as a public stage, drawing musicians and composers together and hosting recitals in its storied performance hall. Designed by Warren & Wetmore, the architects of Grand Central Terminal, Steinway Hall took the form of a limestone palazzo, its classically ordered façade projecting both civic gravitas and commercial ambition. A century later, that same dual purpose—and the landmarked structure itself—has found a contemporary heir.
