MIAMI, FL

380,000SF - hotel tower

SERVICES
architecture
interior design
lighting design

ASPEN, CO

This is a bespoke suite within The St. Regis Aspen Resort. The design intent was to create an elegant retreat for a memorable guest experience. Inevitably, we designed spaces that remain understated where all is in a lyrical balance.  

We carefully considered proportions and light, and created a narrative of moments of discovery. A series of furniture pieces and light fixtures were designed for the project and fabricated in Italy by master artisans. Twentieth century American art pieces and collectible design accessories sourced throughout Europe invite history and tradition.  

As with every project, we design spaces as one with light. Beyond the obvious functional requirements, the lighting design further caters to longer, tactile, contemplative moments. To that end, we leaned on the obvious duality of light and elected to design… the shadows. The light sources are in continuous dialogue in soft contrasts, so as to never interject with one another. Thus, objects dance in a romantic chiaroscuro and the senses revel in abandonment.  

As you enter the living room, the seating area [adorned with Hermes pillows and blankets] is the centerpiece. The coffee table is crowned by a hand-blown bowl by Polish artist Aleksandra Zawistowska and the always-present Assouline book. In the distance, a cantilevered bar cabinet with an illuminated counter gives life to an arrangement of Baccarat crystals. Works by Dustin Yellin, Basquiat, and Ansel Adams are a reassuring presence.  

A few steps away, the bedroom is a refuge of soft forms where all is in perfect balance. Alex Katz’ Coca Cola Girl 4 is beside a bespoke desk surmounted by two lamps by Folkform Sweden. 

At the other end of the suite, a beautifully crafted wood archway is the threshold to the dining room. Here, we have dinner in the presence of Basquiat and Chloe Wise, while curated accessories like The Three Sister Vases by the Spanish artist Justine Menard and plates by Fornasetti make the experience truly special.

SERVICES
interior design
lighting design
design of bespoke furniture collection
art program

NEW YORK, NY

The Liminal House is in the inevitable presence of the Whitestone Bridge in New York City. It takes shape around the forms of the bridge as they appear from different perspectives on the property. From within the house, the cantilevered concrete surfaces measure the bridge in a dance of thresholds with it and the East River.  

Waterfront architecture always finds itself placed on a site that is larger than the boundaries convey, captured in immediate connections with nature, and aspiring to find its place in it. Cast-in-pace concrete is here both material and language of the evident entanglement of forms within and without the site. Nature appears to have no ambivalence and, while the river is the poetic word, the bridge lifts the gaze in upward sightlines, thus inviting the project to a dialogue. 

Concrete is here the expression of space. It navigates the various functions within the house while leaving an open ended attachment to the outside which is present everywhere. Furniture is otherwise present to a minimum.

Distributed on almost 10,000 square feet [of which one third is underground], the house is afforded the wonderful amenity of a 135-degree aperture to the East River. 

SERVICES
architecture
interior design
lighting design
landscape design

ASPEN, CO

CAVIAR KASPIA is intimate and theatrical: a monochromatic landscape in which texture, reflection, and light replace conventional architectural boundaries. Rather than operating as discrete decorative elements, furniture, lighting, drapery, and color are conceived as a single immersive composition.

The architecture of CAVIAR KASPIA operates as an immersive chromatic study, elegantly functioning as a bar lounge and cocktail bar. A theatrical canopy of green velour drapes envelops the ceiling and walls, dismantling rigid boundaries and dissolving the expected reading of the room. This tactile envelope is anchored by a matching teal-green carpet, forging an almost continuous verdant field.

Suspended from above, grandiose Italian Murano glass chandeliers cast a warm amber glow. Along the perimeter, custom teal-green upholstered banquettes establish a rhythmic cadence. Elevated by delicate Italian Murano glass sconces, these sculptural arrangements invite opulent repose.

Custom high-gloss lacquered tables capture and reflect the ambient light, while carefully selected vintage pieces weave historical references into the contemporary space. Anchoring the room is a custom black high-gloss lacquered DJ booth which inevitably becomes the main social focal point of the room. Its reflective surface and geometric precision introduce a deliberate moment of tension within an otherwise fluid and tactile interior.

SERVICES
Interior design
lighting design

NEW YORK, NY

31,000SF - A residential building 

SCOPE
architecture
interior design
lighting design

MONTAUK, NY

SERVICES
interior design
lighting design

NEW YORK, NY

​Spring Place is a 24,000-square-foot members-only club organized on two floors of a Tribeca building in New York City​. ​It is​ ​comprised of a social component ​which covers the upper floor, ​and a shared office component​ at the lower floor. 

The design concept behind the project derives from the brutalist architectural feats of the 20th century. At the core of that architectural design movement was unpretentious honesty of materials and form. In that framework, we devised a system of concrete walls which intersect while never turning a corner. All walls are expressed as free-standing and stand-alone objects, whose architectural expression lies in their intersections with other such walls... they support them or become supported by them.

This diminutive language, offering no apparent opportunity for negotiation of forms, is explored [challenged]through a series of spacial moves. At times, these walls separate into beams stretching into dramatic cantilevers... and defy the density of the cast-in-place concrete in a gesture of remarkable lightness. At times they run parallel [while at different heights], thus layering light and scaling shadow... to deliver a fragile space, a soft balance of quiet purity. 

The social component at the upper floor includes a main dining area and several event spaces and private dining rooms designed to offer different experiential values and settings. Upon entering the venue, a free-standing bar of cast-in-place concrete and a large art display hovering above it welcome the visitor.

At left is the main dining area of all bespoke furniture pieces also designed by Antonio Di Oronzo of Bluarch. These include a blue velvet banquette over a tempered glass base, a full, soft, dining sofa with 2-inch channels and brass legs, a polygonal booth with a grey tweed fabric and a three-dimensional, wood outer skin. The bespoke dining tables feature a walnut top of concentric rings of alternating wood grains which rests atop a spare, blackened steel base made of 3/4-inch square pipes.

At the opposite side of the bar is a lounge area populated with vintage furniture pieces which range from Brazilian brutalist, to Northern European mid-century modern.

At one side of the main dining area is a sunken living room. Here, the floor is clad in deep red, softest sheepskins... while above hovers a sculptural antiqued brass fixture. At one end of this room an operable, curved, blackened steel screen opens to reveal a large video screen.

At the other side of the main floor is a large private dining room for 26 occupants. The large bespoke dining table is in ebony-stained walnut and features a series of wood intersecting surfaces referencing the system of concrete walls throughout the project. The chairs here are vintage. At the back is an angled blackened, ribbed, steel surface with a large glass art display at its center. Above hangs another angled surface, this time upholstered in a herringbone fabric. An opening through this surface is threaded by a bespoke, bronze light fixture.

At each side of the entryway are two more private rooms.

One is a dining room. Here is a further bespoke dining table made by bending a single surface into form. All bends of this surface are round. The chairs here are vintage as well, and so is the chandelier. The concrete walls show recesses to receive artwork.

The other private space is a music room with lose vintage seating and a piano. Here the concrete walls are, as well, offering recesses for artwork.

The lower floor is dedicated to work areas and lounge areas. The architecture of the space follows the same brutalist framework of concrete planes which scale and navigate the space in different spacial gestures. As it is the case on the social/hospitality floor above, the system of concrete planes is counterpointed by a system of blackened steel surface at the ceiling. These reveal the infrastructural systems behind them and scale the space to define areas.

 This floor is divided into one large, shared office with lounge areas, and several enclosed offices and board rooms.

The large office is fitted with bespoke eight-person communal tables designed by Bluarch, a large communal table that sits 30 persons designed by Martino Gamper. Two standing glass and blackened steel art displays designed by Paul Crofts Studio divide the space. The lounge areas include all vintage pieces.

Next to the lockers clad in blackened steel is the help desk. Behind the help desk are two phone booths with grey velvet channels upholstering the walls, a walnut counter with half-round dowels, and a custom LED light fixture behind a tensile polymer material stretched to all sides at the ceiling.

The board rooms [the enclosed office spaces] are all designed around spare white walls and mid-century vintage furniture.

SCOPE
architecture
interior design
lighting design
design of bespoke furniture collection
art program

MILAN, ITALY

2,200 SF - APARTMENT

SERVICES
interior design
lighting design
design of bespoke furniture collection

CRUISE SHIP - FINLAND

New livery design for the largest cruise liner ever built by Carnival Cruise Line, and interior designs of 11 venues.

12,000SF - an ever-shifting whimsical play of gold and light 

SERVICES
interior design
lighting design

ROME , ITALY

13,500SF - kindergarten

SERVICES
architecture
interior design
lighting design

CHICAGO, IL

25,000SF - A residential building 

SCOPE
architecture
interior design
lighting design

BEACH CLUB - MONTAUK, NY

SERVICES
design of bespoke furniture collection
lighting design

BRAND ACTIVATION
- ST. REGIS ASPEN RESORT, ASPEN, CO

SERVICES
stage design
design of bespoke furniture collection
lighting design

NEW JERSEY

7,800 SF - Villa in New Jersey

SERVICES
architecture
interior design
lighting design

8,000SF - first eco-friendly certified nightclub in the nation [LEED] fitted with custom LED pixels organized via a fractal equation

SERVICES
interior design
lighting design

AWARDS
1st eco-friendly certified nightclub in the nation [LEED],
International Architecture Awards - Architecture Podium, Honorable Mention [hospitality project] 2015

MANTOVA, ITALY

SERVICES
restoration

MIAMI, FL

162,000SF - commercial building

SERVICES
architecture
interior design
lighting design

ASPEN, CO

3,000SF - Supper Club at The St. Regis Aspen Resort

SERVICES
interior design
lighting design

NEW YORK

8,000 SF - 5-story townhouse in New York City

SERVICES
architecture
interior design
lighting design

SUPERYACH - 85M, 6-DECKS - GERMANY

SCOPE
architecture
interior design
lighting design

EUROPEAN PRODUCT DESIGN AWARD
- WINNER 2022

2,500SF - a busy diner in the heart of New York City clad in commercial-grade linen and wood

SERVICES
interior design
lighting design

AWARDS
International Architecture Awards - Architecture Podium, Honorable Mention [hospitality project] 2015

NEW YORK

2,000SF - Casual dining

SERVICES
interior design
lighting design
branding

Recipient of the Best Of Year Award 2022

NEW YORK

20,000SF - new lighting systems are controlled via custom software to accommodate the varying lighting conditions of the seasons and the daily cycle of natural light -

SERVICES
lighting design

NEW YORK

20,000SF - A residential building 

SCOPE
architecture
interior design
lighting design

NEW YORK

250,000SF - mixed-use commercial and residential building

SCOPE
architecture
interior design
lighting design

NEW YORK

1,800SF - shoe store - sheepskin, distressed leather, custom neon light fixture, laser-cut p.o.s. acrylic counter

SERVICES
interior design
lighting design

AWARDS
Interior Design Magazine - Best Of Year [small beauty/fashion retail] 2014

AL WAKRAH, QATAR

8,888SF - this energy independent house negotiates the tenuous evenness of sand and sea

SERVICES
architecture
interior design
lighting design

QUEENS, NY

14,500SF above ground and 50,000SF below ground - commercial building 

SCOPE
architecture
interior design
lighting design

NEW YORK, NY

50,000SF - cor-ten weathered steel facade over a decreasing glazing module

SERVICES
architecture
interior design
lighting design

NEW YORK

2,000SF - bakery - like a pastry in fieri tiled surfaces move organically with red cedar spheres

SERVICES
interior design
lighting design

AWARDS
International Architecture Awards - Architecture Podium, Honorable Mention [hospitality project] 2015

NEW YORK

12,500 SF - Large travertine surfaces layer the facade

SERVICES
architecture
interior design
lighting design

Installation at Panorama Music Festival

SCOPE
interior design
lighting design

ATLANTA, GA

118,000SF - hotel tower with a concrete exoskeleton, a windmill, and a light installation

SERVICES
architecture
interior design
lighting design

QUEENS, NY

15,000SF - 10-unit residential building in the Astoria section of Queens

SERVICES
architecture
interior design
lighting design

MIAMI, FL

250,000SF - architecture as infrastructure II
42-story CO2-scrubbing, eco-friendly residential tower

The tower's architecture integrates a new technology developed by Columbia University Professor Klaus Lackner and referred to as an “artificial tree”. A series of resin columns is organized on all available areas of the tower that are exposed to the prevailing winds. As the wind blows through these resin columns, carbon is trapped in a chamber between the double slab at each level of the tower; the carbon is subsequently compressed and stored as liquid carbon dioxide in the cellar levels. The gap between the two slabs between the two floors also allows for cross ventilation that cools the floor slab of one unit and the ceiling slab of the one below. As the CO2-scrubbing columns work better when wind is present, the tower opens up in the middle to accelerate air speed as it travels through the gap.

The building is comprised of two cores each serving four to six units per floor. The two wings of the tower connect at the bottom lobby and at the top, where the last five stories are designed for multi-level units and amenities. The bottom six stories house the parking structure, which continues underground where the envisioned grid for distributing the liquid carbon dioxide is also located.

The entire glazing system of the building is covered with a thin-film solar cell (TFSC) by Nanosolar. This technology allows for a thin-film photovoltaic cell (TFPV), to be deposited in thin layers on a substrate. This system alone makes each unit self-sufficient in terms of the energy needs. Further, the slender profile of the tower and its location on the site also contribute to the energy efficiency of the building, which is oriented to take advantage of prevailing winds and day lighting.

SERVICES
architecture

AWARDS
international architecture awards - architecture podium, winner [architecture] 2015

BOSTON, MA

7,900 SF - 7-story residential building in New York City

SERVICES
architecture
interior design
lighting design