House of Bumble (New York City, New York)

8-story mixed-use building originally completed in 1901 as a 3-story warehouse. Designed by Thompson Starrett Co. for John Jacob Astor IV, it spans through the block to West 14th Street. The original 3 floors on the 13th Street side are clad in beige brick with segmental-arched windows grouped into pairs in the center, with a single window on either flank. A suspended metal canopy covers the ground floor. The initial tenant was the California Wine Association, until 1910. Other wine and liquor dealers were also tenants. By 1919, the Ajax Warehouse Corp. was using this facility, as was the Continental Warehouse Corp., into the 1970s.

Expedi Printing, Inc., owned and used this building between 1982 and 2000. In 2003, a five-story addition by Selldorf Architects was constructed on the southern half of the building. The two new stories that are visible from the 13th Street level reflect the existing fenestration openings, with new construction indicated by a change to black glazed brickwork. The top three floors are set back (also clad in black brick), and have larger horizontal windows. On the 14th Street side, the brick has been glazed in black to match, and has three bays of large, square industrial windows.

The ground floor is occupied by Canali menswear, and All Saints Spitalfields apparel. The rest of the building is known as House of Bumble, occupied by salon and hairdressing & design school Bumble and bumble LLC.

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