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THE DESIGN OFFICE of RICHARD CAMERON AND JASON GRIMES
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ATELIER&CO. IS A DESIGN STUDIO CREATING BUILDINGS, INTERIORS, ART, and OBJECTS. USING A VAST KNOWLEDGE of DESIGN HISTORY and CULTURE, WE BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN
PAST and PRESENT,
INTUITIVELY SOLVING MODERN AESTHETIC CHALLENGES with an UNCOMPROMISING REVERENCE for TRADITIONAL PRINCIPLES.
COLLABORATING with ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS, ARTISTS, & CRAFTSMEN
WE CREATE ECCENTRIC yet DISCERNING
LUXURY ENVIRONMENTS that HONOR THE IMAGINATION.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION RESIDENTIAL PAGE 14 | CARRIAGE HOUSE RENOVATION PAGE 22 | GEORGIAN LAKE HOUSE PAGE 26 | AMERICAN COLLECTOR PAGE 36 | 432 PARK AVENUE PAGE 42 | RAVENWOOD PAGE 58 | PALM BEACH RESIDENCE PAGE 60 | FRANCO-ITALIAN VILLA
COMMERCIAL PAGE 74 | THE JADE HOTEL PAGE 80 | THE HAGAN ACADEMY PAGE 84 | MIAMI BEACH HOTEL PAGE 86 | SEAPORT HOTEL PAGE 92 | THE BILTMORE TERRACE HOTEL PAGE 94 | A NEW ENGINEERING QUADRANGLE PAGE 104 | A MIDTOWN HOTEL
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For millennia, humans have practiced architecture and design fundamentally as theater, a self-conscious performance translating the psyche into scenery. As a relection of our inner world, we interact with physical environment to inform lifestyle, and adapt surroundings to suit ever-changing desires. For a space to speak to the psyche of its inhabitants is not a luxury, it is an innate human need.
At Atelier & Co. an architect is an artist, viscerally rendering imagination onto paper, and converting line into three-dimensional form. Hand-drawing and painting are the rigorous and intimate tools that communicate the yet intangible space, and allow consideration for each meticulous detail, committing them to memory. Digital techniques complement our artistry as we pull from an extensive understanding of design history and culture to produce original work.
This fusion of technique and knowledge grants us our agility in serving a wide range of clients and design needs, either as an individual organization or through collaboration. Whether we act as conductor or irst-chair artisan, we execute our role within the orchestra to produce a single masterpiece combining comfort with beauty, reaching the highest level of quality.
Working closely with dedicated clients, we push their boundaries and ignite their imagination. We revere the past in order to appreciate the present, and merge academia with intuition. The results are well-informed creative risks that challenge beliefs and celebrate the idiosyncrasies of the characters as they play out their story.
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Atelier & Co. is a company of designers based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn led by Richard Cameron and Jason Grimes. Working together since 2004, the pair has forged a unique position in the industry to run a full gamut of services from conceptual artistic direction and project consulting, to couture design services, intensely based in an appreciation for architecture in its purest sense.
Richard couples a broad knowledge of architectural history and practice with an inexhaustible curiosity about art and its broader context. He is the co-founder of both the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art and The Beaux-Arts Atelier, an educational platform for practicing architecture as a ine art. In 2013 he received The Arthur Ross Board of Directors Honor Award from the ICA&A. Richard has a Bachelor of Architecture from The University of Toronto and a Master of Architecture from Princeton University. Articles on his work have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Architecture Magazine, Architectural Digest, and the Brian Lehrer show.
Paintbrush in hand, Jason approaches design as an exploration calling on his many years studying form through oil, watercolor, pencil, ink, and clay. With a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Miami and years of experience in visual art, Jason provides Atelier with a perfect blend of raw talent and design agility, with a practical, results-driven work ethic that get the job done. His elegant illustrations and built work have appeared in publications including Architectural Digest, Period Homes, Lucky Magazine and Women’s Wear Daily, to name a few.
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SELECTED RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS
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CARRIAGE HOUSE RENOVATION New York, New York
An original 8,000 square foot Richard Morris Hunt designed carriage house, which was derelict on the interior, was gutted leaving only the faรงade intact. A new sky lit courtyard was inserted bringing light all the way to the ground loor of the four-story interior, creating a grand, central living space. All new wood, plaster, stone, and metal detailing was designed to create the atmosphere of a reined Florentine Palazzo for the Italophile owners. he project received the 2012 Stanford White Award for Residential Renovation and Addition from the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art. Designed by Richard Cameron and Jason Grimes for Ariel, the Art of Building in collaboration with Wright Architects, PLLC.
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GEORGIAN LAKE HOUSE Upstate New York
Atelier & Co created a master plan for a 30-acre estate in a spectacular lakeside setting. he program included a new 30,000 square foot house, garages, barn, greenhouses, gardens, and outbuildings in the vocabulary of the early nineteenth century stone farmhouses typical of the region.
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AMERICAN COLLECTOR Westchester, New York
his modest colonial revival home in Westchester houses a unique collection of eighteenth and nineteenth century American decorative arts, and a complementary collection of ine Asian bronzes. he program called for an addition to house the growing collection, and a separate live-in guest pavilion on the ground loor. he new spaces were inspired by aspects of the Soane Museum in London, as well as by American Federal domestic architecture. A new oval spiral stair was added, connecting the formal rooms with the lower level guest quarters. Colored restoration glass was used in the traditional ‘monitor’ skylights, bringing splashes of colored light deep into the interiors. Decoration by Jayne Design Studio and featured in House & Garden.
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PHOTO: JAYNE DESIGN STUDIO
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432 PARK AVENUE New York, New York
Macklowe Properties approached Atelier to create an interior architecture and decorating scheme that brought a traditional feel to this very modern space, in Manhattan’s tallest residential tower. he approach is inluenced by the square geometries of the building’s design by Raphael Vinoly, as well as its origins in the early 19th Century work of K. F. Schinkel and Leo von Klenze. he melding of new and old Neo-Classical styles in the breathtaking, new residential tower at 432 Park Avenue creates the kind of extraordinary space unique to New York City.
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RAVENWOOD Pennsylvania
A well-known ilm director commissioned this master-plan for a 130-acre estate in the countryside near Philadelphia. he existing 20,000 square foot house was completely transformed and a new 10,000 square foot gatehouse was added to the original house creating a series of courtyards. An ambitious landscape plan was created including formal lawns, secret gardens and largescale outdoor rooms. he interiors include a large double-height library, secret billiard room, large family kitchen and full movie theater. he project was featured in Architectural Digest in May 2012.
Ravenwood was designed by Richard Cameron and Jason Grimes for Ariel, the Art of Building; Construction performed and supervised by he I. Grace Company Commissioned Private Residences, Inc. Landscape Design by Barbara Paca of Preservation Green, LLC. Decorated by David Kleinberg Design Associates.
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PALM BEACH RESIDENCE Palm Beach, Florida
Designed to give the feeling of New York loft living in Palm Beach, the plan uses garden rooms and a mixture of traditional Palm Beach and Polynesian architectural styles to gain the maximum use of the site. A single large living space was used to divide the property in half creating two long views through the 125 foot deep site. he entry was treated as a garden folly and the garage was moved to the back to create a two-story pool house and parents’ suite. At the client’s request the materials were primarily native, including cypress loors and coquina limestone.
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A FRANCO - ITALIAN VILLA Northeast USA
Atelier & Co. was asked by the owner of this 8-acre estate to design a grand villa complete with formal gardens in the manner of great eighteenth century French and Italian Villas. Maintaining the footprint of the original house for zoning purposes, Atelier & Co designed the villa and gardens to operate as a gracious and formal weekend home for entertaining and private life. A grand double-height ballroom facing the new formal garden terraces to the west provides the focal point for a series of elaborately decorated rooms and halls.
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SELECTED COMMERCIAL PROJECTS Collaboration is critical with our commercial and institutional work--whether it be consulting for a large global irm like RMJM
SELECTED COMMERCIAL PROJECTS on a college campus or acting as principal designers for a boutique hotel in South Beach (left) with Kobi Karp A & I.D.
It’s these relationships that allow our clients to get the best design and inal product, by supplimenting larger specialized or production oices with Atelier’s design and knowlege.
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THE JADE HOTEL Greenwich Village, New York
Atelier & Co was hired to redesign the exterior of this Greenwich village boutique hotel during the construction of the building. Inspired by the Georgian revival towers of lower Fifth Avenue from the 1920’s, the new design employs brick and cast stone trim and ornaments, and traditional window designs to make an historically inspired contribution to the skyline of west 13th Street. A Greek revival ‘storefront’—complete with channeled, rusticated brick piers, colored restoration glass windows, a custom decorative triglyph frieze inspired by Grinling Gibbons, crowning globe inials and pediment, and gas lanterns—are reminiscent of an historic Greenwich Village landmark. he façade leads, via a pair of grand, custom designed doors, to an inviting hotel lobby and the American Georgian hotel tower beyond.
Designed in collaboration with project Architect Gene Kaufman Architect PC for Gemini Real Estate Advisors
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THE HAGAN ACADEMY Columbia, Missouri Atelier & Co was hired by the Hagan Academy to help redesign the master plan and detailed design of their new 4 ½ acre campus in Columbia, Missouri, adjacent to historic Stephens College. he design focuses on traditional nineteenth century American collegiate design, as well as English baroque models to create an elegant and timeless look for this 21st Century scholarship school. he buildings are grouped around the perimeter of the site to create courtyard spaces for the campus. A tall central cupola marks the main administration building and creates a landmark on the Columbia skyline. he tall Doric style entry portico is framed by lower theater and library buildings creating a formal entry court for the campus.
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MIAMI BEACH HOTEL Miami, Florida
In collaboration with Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design, Atelier & Co. designed a modern, materials-based renovation for this boutique hotel. Keeping within the style of Miami-favorite L. Murray Dixon - whose Raleigh Hotel neighbored the project - Atelier & Co. took a stylistic approach, blending the formality of the building’s original architecture with a midcentury vibe that met the demands of the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board, as well as the needs of a developer creating a luxurious, Mediterranean environment.
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SEAPORT HOTEL New York, New York
he Jade Seaport, located in Manhattan’s popular historic South Street neighborhood, is a stunning conversion of a once non-descript Best Western hotel. he new Jade Seaport hotel is inventively conigured within ive imposing mid-nineteenth century warehouse buildings, at the prominent corner of Peck Slip and Water Street.
A spirit of elegance and period urbanity now characterizes the exterior design, replete with new gas lighting, striped awning, and a distinctive main entrance—moved to Water Street—contributing to the striking overall efect. Both the New York Landmarks Commission and the Seaport Community Board unanimously approved Atelier & Co’s plan, praising its sensitivity to the unique character of the surrounding neighborhood, and the sheer sophistication of the new design.
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THE BILTMORE TERRACE HOTEL Miami Beach, Florida Morris Lapidus’ original design for this Miami hotel is the inspiration for a dynamic, contemporary interior treatment, as well as an innovative landscape design that seamlessly joins the hotel surroundings with the dunes, sea, and sky. he result is a unique environment, evoking a past deined by luxury and glamour, with a distinctly modern attitude— the quintessential Miami Beach experience. Exterior and Interior Conceptual Design by Atelier & Co. for Gemini Real Estate Advisors.
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A NEW ENGINEERING QUADRANGLE Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis was designed by Cope and Stewardson Architects of Philadelphia to recall the great collegiate buildings of Oxford and Cambridge. he style they employed came to be known as American Collegiate Gothic. he master plan is composed of a series of quadrangles in a dynamic mixture of historic styles, similar to the stylistic blend that is intrinsic to the design of Oxford and Cambridge. he new 300,000 SF building for the engineering department was designed by Richard Cameron and Jason Grimes for Ariel, the Art of Building in collaboration with RMJM Architects of New York.
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A MIDTOWN HOTEL Bryant Park, New York
Inspired as much by London’s Hawksmoor churches as by the great deco hotels of the 1920’s, this new boutique hotel aspires to enhance the skyline south of Bryant Park. Atelier & Co. created the exterior and interior design for this new 20-story tower, composed with a triumphal arch at the base, a 15-story arched bay-window, and a temple fronted loggia capped by a baroque lantern. he lobby uses serene Florentine inspired materials and colors with traditional furniture mixed with mid-century inspired lighting. he restaurant is sky lit and uses neo-classical vaulted ceilings, mosaic loors, and wall murals to create an urbane setting for diners.
Atelier & Co. designed the exterior facades as well as all of the interiors, FF&E and textiles. Gene Kaufman Architect PC was the project architect.
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AT E L I E R & C O . 318 GRAND STREET, SUITE 2D BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11211
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