Designed in 2006,
as a pied-a-Terre for European gentleman who makes New York his home only in
the fall. A place for both work and the entertaining of friends and family, the
residence was developed with a private suite, an entertainment area and two
bedrooms for frequent guests. The project is a study in architecturally defined
spaces verses architecturally distinct objects. An ambiguity or tension is
invoked as one travels through the plan between rooms that are discernable as
objects from one perspective only to collapse into complex and surprising
spaces from another point of view. With a restrained but rich palette of
limestone, sepele mahogany, gold leaf, white marble, bronze and stainless
steel, the 4000 square foot, home was developed as a clean, light filled canvas
or back drop for furniture and antiques collected from throughout the world