The Kips Bay Showhouse is a New York institution founded in the 1970’s by dedicated supporters of the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club as a way to raise critical funds for after school and enrichment programs for New York City children. Each year, selected designers and architects transform an historic Manhattan home through architecture, art, and technology. Working with Cullman & Kravis Associates Interior Design and IMI general contractors, we created a modern classical dining room, combining elegant traditional art and architecture with contemporary materials. The architecture frames the large bay window and a new mirrored chimney breast, while the circular ceiling references rooms of high Georgian buildings. Bright gold medallions and mirrors, colors, voluptuous surfaces and fabrics decorate the classical proportions.