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JAMES WINES AND BEST PRODUCTS
BEST PRODUCTS CO. “PEELING FACADE”
SHOWROOM
Richmond, Virginia, USA
James Wines/SITE (est. 1970), Architects
New York, New York, USA
BEST PRODUCTS CO. “INDETERMINATE
FACADE” SHOWROOM
Houston, Texas, USA
James Wines/SITE (est. 1970), Architects
New York, New York, USA
1970 1974
In the 1970s, James Wines (b. 1932) and his
architectural firm SITE (est. 1970), introduced
postmodernist iconography to the American
suburbs with a series of nine showrooms for
Best Products Co., one of the largest merchan-
dising showroom firms in the United States.
Wines studied architecture at Syracuse
University and worked as a sculptor between ...