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A BIGGER SPLASH Architect Javier Robles transforms a house in East Hampton, New York, for a pair of art collectors. BY JUDI ROAMAN
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THE GOOD SILVER New Yorkers Timothy Haynes and Kevin Roberts bring their cool and collected Gotham style to a Victorian townhouse in London’s Notting Hill. BY VANESSA LAWRENCE DESIGNERS TIMOTHY HAYNES AND KEVIN ROBERTS
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JENGA MASTER In a TriBeCa skyscraper, Richard Mishaan designs an apartment as dramatically modern as the building’s blocky facade. BY CHARLES CURKIN DESIGNER RICHARD MISHAAN
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TAKING FLIGHT A contemporary weekend retreat in East Hampton designed by architect Javier Robles, page 70.
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POV The dawn of the megagallery, 60 Seconds with architect Annabelle Selldorf, Cartier’s new collection, and more 34
SHOP TALK Federico de Vera opens a new gallery cum shop of curiosities
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A David Benjamin Sherry image of an East Hampton home.
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The vanity in a master bedroom by Richard Mishaan.
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favorite time of year, whether I am window-shopping on 57th Street in New York, spending Thanksgiving at Claridge’s in London, or hitting the slopes on my annual ski trip to Switzerland. Does the fact that my November 16 birthday falls right in the middle of the season have something to do with it? (Yes, I’m a Scorpio, and FYI, I accept cash and Michael George roses.) Maybe. Regardless, this is the time of year when I assemble my wish list. This year, I’m thinking big. Would I love to ascend to a higher state of being? Sure. Achieve world peace? Sign me up. But as the editor of ELLE DECOR , I have a very specific wish this year on behalf of the interior design community. My respect for the designers whose work appears on our pages grows by the day. I love how the spaces they create so thoroughly transform the way we feel, from morning to night. But I sometimes worry that design, as a profession, is not always taken seriously. Is it because taste and style— however refined—are ephemeral and subjective? Or that decorating is a service industry? Not so fast. It’s time we give these talented professionals their due. In a world driven by data, there must be a way to quantify how interior design impacts our world. Let’s set up standards. The auction business did that long ago, and 18
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nobody balks at the premiums that are now an accepted part of the business. Let’s create a guild—a council of interior designers of America, not unlike our counterparts in the fashion community, that can stand up for the profession and provide support. In the meantime, nothing makes a better case for great design than our December issue, filled with holiday cheer—including A coral-andinspirational homes by ED A-Listers Rich- feather sculpture ard Mishaan and Haynes-Roberts. There’s from Federico de also our dazzling cover story, featuring the Vera’s new shop New York apartment of ED’s international in Manhattan. design editor Cynthia Frank, who definitely knows how to put on the ritz, and a Connecticut house that rotates at the push of a button. I confess that I’m also wishing for one (or more) of the items in our Hollywood-inspired gift guide. But remember: For ELLE DECOR , it’s the designers who are our true stars. Let’s keep it that way.
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THE ELITIST GALLERY IS ON THE WAY OUT, REPLACED BY MEGAPLEXES THAT PAIR BLUE-CHIP DEALING WITH PERFORMANCE, PUBLISHING, PODCASTS, AND, YES, EVEN EGG-LAYING HENS. BY DAN DUR AY
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white-cube art gallery. While the concept may be embedded in the collective imagination, the art world has been over it since at least 1993, when Jay Jopling named his London gallery White Cube—the kind of deeply ironic gesture at which the British excelled in the ’90s. (One of Jopling’s artists, Damien Hirst, opened a Notting Hill restaurant that same decade called Pharmacy.) This fall, however, saw one of contemporary art’s oldest, most revered dealers embracing a trend in gallery design, as Pace (pacegallery.com) opened a shiny new headquarters in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood, realized by Bonetti/ Kozerski Architecture: a $100 million, 75,000-square-foot, eight-story space more akin to a museum, complete with
a research library and a 17-foot-high performance gallery. “Our new building has allowed us to take a step back and reexamine what it means to be a contemporary gallery,” says Marc Glimcher, Pace’s president and chief executive. Pace is not alone, as many top galleries are rushing to add amenities like restaurants, bookstores, podcasts, programming, and even publishing divisions aimed at making themselves more inviting to the general public. The results have different forms. Gagosian (gagosian .com) on Madison Avenue, for example, boasts a high-end sushi restaurant called Kappo Masa, while Hauser & Wirth’s (hauserwirth.com) sprawling Los Angeles complex, which opened in 2016, offers farm-to-table fare with egg-laying chickens roaming freely. David Zwirner’s
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ABOVE: Zwirner’s latest tomes. LE F T: At Hauser & Wirth’s Los
Angeles outpost, free-range chickens provide fresh eggs for the on-site cafe, Manuela.
Marc Payot, partner and vice president at Hauser & Wirth. “So as we have created spaces in different locations around the world, we’ve explored ways to include a range of intellectual pursuits, from public programs and performances to screenings curated by our artists.” In short, there will be more things to post on Instagram. But at the end of the day, it will be the art-starved—and plain hungry—pedestrians who benefit from the galleries’ welcoming vibe. The era of the white cube might finally be over, so settle in, eat some sushi, take a selfie with the chickens, and buy yourself a Hockney iPad painting while you’re at it. ◾
CasaCicca Museum.
Lafayette Anticipations PARIS Rem Koolhaas renovated
this 19th-century building to include movable platform floors, making the presentation of any project possible. lafayette anticipations.com
CasaCicca Museum MIL AN This 300-square-foot
cabinet of curiosities is also founder Giulia Currà’s home. His collection of over 1,000 objects comes mainly from guests who book a stay on Airbnb and are encouraged to leave something behind. instagram.com/casacicca
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Philbrook Museum Tell me about your latest project, a new home for the Rubell Museum, which opens December 4 in Miami. A S: The Rubells are admirable, wonderful, committed collectors, so I was pleased when they asked me to assist in moving their collection from Wynwood to a larger site in Allapattah. I designed a singlestory, very large, fabulous museum with a garden and café space. I think it will quietly outdo everyone else. What is your favorite piece from their 7,200-plus works? A S: They really have a deep inventory. It would probably be one of the sculptures by Cady Noland that I love most.
How does this project differ from other art spaces you have designed? AS: I never think about how things are different, but whether they are successful. At Luma Arles, in France, the exhibition rooms are infinitely flexible. David Zwirner’s galleries are commercial, but they also need permanent space for their estate artists. That’s the great thing about design. No two things are ever alike. What excites you about your renovation of the Frick Collection in New York? A S: We’re going to open the second floor. How many times have you been inside, wondering what’s upstairs?
Every single time! Are you ready for the backlash? A S: We’ve been working on that for three years. We’ve been through the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and we are approaching the final permits. Backlash comes in spurts. There will be some when all is said and done. For the time being, we’re being prudent. Which painting from the Frick would you like to take home? A S: Bronzino’s portrait of Lodovico Capponi. One adjective to describe the term starchitect? A S: Tedious. —Charles Curkin
TUL SA , OKL AHOMA On the
outskirts of Philbrook’s manicured grounds, artist Karl Unnasch has retrofitted a 19th-century log cabin with colorful recycled-glass windows and a roof made from resin-dipped T-shirts. The installation also serves as a venue for the museum’s innovative programming. philbrook.org
Pivô SÃO PAULO Based in an Oscar
Niemeyer building, this nonprofit carries out an ambitious program of site-specific exhibitions and residencies with local and international artists. pivo.org.br
Alden Projects NE W YORK C IT Y Todd Alden’s
curiosity and research make this Lower East Side storefront gallery a place for discovery. Whether it’s Andy Warhol’s Art Cash bills or Jenny Holzer’s Truisms posters, ephemera reigns supreme here. aldenprojects.com —Leah Singer Untitled, by Kerry James Marshall, from the Rubell Museum. 22
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(davidzwirner.com) publishing efforts, headed by the founder’s son, Lucas, keep expanding, with everything from monographs on Kerry James Marshall to a compilation of interviews with Donald Judd. And with contributors like Luc Sante and Gary Indiana, one could hardly call Hauser’s culture magazine, Ursula, which launched last year, a slouch. But a ll of it, natura lly, enta ils f urther growth. In Chelsea, still the heart of the art world, Gagosian will expand into two galleries adjacent to its current 26,000-square-foot location on West 24th Street, while Zwirner’s new five-story, Renzo Piano–designed space on West 21st opens in 2021. A block away, Hauser & Wirth will debut its new Annabelle Selldorf–designed space in the spring. Piano has said that he sees his Zwirner gallery as being in dialogue with the nearby Whitney Museum of American Art, which he also designed, but the goal seems less to fuse art’s commercial and philanthropic sides and more to bring the rhythms of life into the stuffy gallery world. “Art does not exist in a vacuum,” says
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SQUAT December through February 2020; Los Angeles Milan-based design gallery Nilufar’s traveling exhibition “SQUAT” pops up in Los Angeles, where owner Nina Yashar will present more than 150 works by such designers as Finn Juhl, Carlo Scarpa, and Michael Anastassiades in a former industrial space. nilufar.com
A Boy from Texas December 3–9; Miami Beach At Design Miami, gallerist Cristina Grajales is showing sculpture and design by acclaimed theater artist Robert Wilson. The installation of cast-glass truncated pyramids and handblown deer—produced by the Corning Museum—pays homage to the work of George Paul Thek. cristinagrajalesinc.com
Emotional Puzzle Opens December 3; Miami Just before Art Basel Miami Beach, Ralph Pucci unveils a mural by fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac on the facade of his Wynwood showroom. The piece depicts archetypal prints de Castelbajac has used in his designs. ralphpucci.net
A Arte de Viver December 5–8; Miami At the Pérez Art Museum, French furniture brand Roche Bobois displays six of its iconic designs reimagined in crochet by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos (including one ELLE DECOR is auctioning off for charity; see page 100). roche-bobois.com —Samantha Swenson A mural by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac at Ralph Pucci in Miami.
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evening earlier this year, more than 200 people gathered at Shoreditch Town Hall to celebrate Magnitude, a new high-jewelry collection by Cartier. A grand Victorian building that has been, variously, a cultural center for East End locals, a late-19th-century music hall, and a mid-20th-century boxing venue, Shoreditch is now an events space. On this night, the hall’s Ionic-colonnaded entrance was flanked by a cavalry of young men in red bellboy-style ensembles. Guests including the actresses Claire Foy, Lily Collins, and Letitia Wright and European socialites Iris Law and Bianca Brandolini meandered during cocktail hour before ascending to the building’s upper floor. There they sat at long tables, enjoyed a four-course meal, and were serenaded by Beth Ditto during a private concert. When the party ended, the guests departed and the statue of Progress that tops the building’s tower was the last woman standing. If Shoreditch’s scruffier environs seemed a less obvious choice than, say, Mayfair or Knightsbridge as a place to toast priceless gems, that was the point. The raison d’être of Magnitude is the elegant clashing of precious stones with unexpected ornamental hard ones, a point the brand also underscored by unveiling the actual collection for the press and public in a Brutalist office building in central London. Stunning rutilated quartz, its textured irregularities gleaming like silken fabric, is paired with white and fancy brownish-pink diamonds in one suite, while intensely vibrant lapis lazuli is juxtaposed with
Shoreditch Town Hall. ABOVE: A rutilated quartz–
and-diamond necklace. RIGHT: An antique
lithograph depicting Shoreditch Town Hall. BE LOW: A Cartier ring in yellow gold, lapis lazuli, and white and yellow diamonds.
The scene at Cartier’s Magnitude gala dinner.
such gems as a yellow sapphire and yellow, orange, and white diamonds. “These are exceptional stones, and you get the sense that they hold the world’s memory—their motifs feel as if you’re glimpsing the formation of the earth’s magma,” says Pierre Rainero, Cartier’s director of image, style, and heritage. “Even back in his day, [founder] Louis Cartier revealed the originality of hard stones such as banded agate, quartz, and aventurine, among others. We’re just going a step further by placing them at the heart of high-jewelry pieces.” Progress, indeed. cartier.com —Vanessa Lawrence
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Chelsea Morning IN HIS NEW GALLERY ON MANHATTAN’S WEST SIDE, FEDERICO DE VERA ONCE AGAIN REDEFINES TRADITIONAL RETAIL. BY VANESSA L AWRENCE PHOTOGR APHS BY TIAGO MOLINOS
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storefront on New York’s West 28th Street was attracting the attention of nearly every person who strolled by. As they paused to glance in the windows, you could sense their wonder. Was this a store? An art gallery? Such mystification is the appeal of de Vera, an art objects–and-jewelry emporium sta r ted by Federico de Vera 28 years ago. As he says: “I like for people to be confused and to think, What’s happening here?” A native of the Philippines, de Vera opened his first boutique in San Francisco in 1991 with the idea of selling antiques and found pieces. Over the years, his aesthetic expanded into a colorful cabinet of curiosities driven by his singular and discerning eye. A decade later, he moved to New York City, where his SoHo and Upper East Side stores garnered a loyal following. But when those leases ended, he decided on a change of scenery. And so this fall, de Vera transformed nearly 2,000 square feet of light-filled space in west Chelsea into a chapel of divine eccentricity. A 19th-century wooden
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cabinet at the gallery’s entrance boasts the bounty of an imaginary sunken ship: Real and fake shells sit side by side with such treasures as a lobster claw, a 1960s Venini glass obelisk, and sparkling insects, both real and glass. Soaring ceilings accommodate a wall of portraits whose provenances range from the late 1700s to the present day (drawn from de Vera’s personal collection, they are among the few things not for sale). There are mismatched vintage displays throughout the place bearing carefully composed themed objects and de Vera’s own assemblages. Jewelry, 95 percent of wh ic h de Ver a de sig n s himself from found objects (such as shoe buckles, stickpins, brooches, and precious and semiprecious stones), inhabits the gallery’s center, where mirrored columns reflect the various wares, turning the room into a delightful fun house. “That’s what art is about,” says de Vera, who prefers to call his boutique a gallery rather than a store. “You’re supposed to get lost in it and dream.” deveraobjects.com ◾ CLOC K WISE FROM TOP RIGHT: A necklace made of 19th-century cameos and intaglios, $18,500. A tableau of jewelry and objects. A coral sculpture. One of many artful compositions. The wall of portraits.
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clockwise from top left: SHINOLA Runwell turntable, $2,500; shinola.com. JONATHAN ADLER Globo console, $1,995; Druggist LSD canister (left), $298; and
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clockwise from left: J. & L. LOBMEYR glassware, from $116 each; shop.neuegalerie.org. VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Ludo bracelet, $60,500; vancleef arpels.com. HARRY WINSTON Midnight Onyx cuff links in Rose Gold, price upon request; harry winston.com. LOUIS VUITTON Capucines BB bag, $5,000;
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Howard Bird & Butterfly 12-piece truffle tin, $40; louis-sherry.com. ELIZABETH LOCKE Cortina Link necklace, $9,075; and Peacock Cabochon Honey Bee pendant, $3,800; neimanmarcus.com. clockwise from top left: SFERRA Analisa standard pillowcase, $80 for two; and Analisa flat sheet, $158
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Chairman of the Board FOR HIS FALL 2019 FASHION SHOW, RALPH LAUREN CONJURED A JAZZ-AGE CLUB. BY M ARC K ARIMZ ADEH
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to see and be seen in Manhattan was the Cotton Club. Later, it was El Morocco. This September, R a lph Lauren cra fted h is own vision of the perfect nightclub during New York Fashion Week when he unveiled his fall 2019 collection inside a custom-built one-night-only speakeasy, dubbed Ralph’s Club. “I was looking for a setting to celebrate the art of black-tie dressing,” he says. “When I couldn’t find the perfect space, I knew I had to create it.” Lauren and his team zeroed in on a 1920s former bank building, 48 Wall Street, which they transformed into a glamorous boîte for drinking, dining, and dancing. Every detail was planned to perfection. The dress code was black-and-white evening attire. Dry martinis and corned-beef sandwiches were served. A 10-piece jazz band played classic tunes like “Puttin’ on the Ritz” while guests such ELLE DECOR
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FAR LE F T: From left, Kathryn Newton, Sistine Stallone, Talita von Furstenberg, and Diana Silvers share a table. LE F T: A custom chandelier created for Ralph’s Club. ABOVE: A bartender serves a dirty martini in a Broughton crystal glass from Ralph Lauren Home.
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Cate Blanchett in a custom Ralph Lauren Collection jumpsuit.
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as Cate Blanchett and Indya Moore settled into white linen–covered banquettes and lounge chairs by Ralph Lauren Home. The designer and his team commissioned Deco-style chandeliers, sconces, and fan mirrors just for the occasion. The high-gloss black-lacquered bar was bookended by massive gold leaf–covered porcelain urns filled with white delphiniums. Meanwhile, gleaming black floors—inspired by old MGM film sets—added to the stylish vibe. The clothes were just as elegant. Model Gigi Hadid appeared in a glittering silver tuxedo coat that channeled Marlene Dietrich. There was plenty of slinky eveningwear, including a sequined cocktail dress featuring the Martini Polo Bear. Singer Janelle Monáe brought the house down with such standards as “Fly Me to the Moon” and “Let’s Face the Music and Dance.” “Ralph is the most amazing designer we have,” she said, before jumping on tables and playfully crawling along the f loor past the designer and his wife, Ricky. For Lauren, the ephemeral club offered “what I felt was missing in the world right now, [an invitation] to dance to the music for a night, or just in your imagination.” Here’s hoping for an encore. ralphlauren.com ◾
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Long before contemporary fashion companies made a habit of styling denim and button-down shirts with twinkling chandelier earrings and statement necklaces, Marie-Hélène de Taillac created an entire brand on the premise that jewelry was something to be worn every day with casual elegance. In fact, when she dreamed up her first startlingly colored objets in 1996, she didn’t even set out with a business plan in mind. “My first collection wasn’t intended to be sold,” says de Taillac, who went on to great success with pieces that draw upon the rich palette of semiprecious stones like tourmaline, fire opal, spinel, and amethyst. “I wanted to create designs that I would wear and that I couldn’t find anywhere.” Fortunately for others, de Taillac’s eye is unerring. Born in Libya, she grew up in Lebanon and Paris and worked at the costume jeweler Butler & Wilson and for milliner Philip Treacy. In 1995, she traveled across Asia for several months, an experience that sparked her desire to design her own jewelry. This fall, her vision is on full display in the Rizzoli book Gold and Gems: The Jewels of Marie-Hélène de Taillac. “At one point, we had all the book’s layouts spread on the floor,” she recalls. “Each collection is a fragment of my work, but at that moment, I was able to contemplate more than 20 years of creation.” mariehelenedetaillac.com
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Keeping It Real ACTRESS AND DESIGN BUFF SOPHIA BUSH PRESERVES A MIDCENTURY BUNGALOW IN THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS.
“IT LOOKED LIKE A SCENE FROM DEXTER, HA!” —SOPHIA BUSH
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actress, Sophia Bush goes aga i n st t he g ra i n . You won’t find the star, who has just landed a role on the Disney+ series Love, Simon, building herself a sprawling McMansion. Instead, this architecture a f icion ada i s renovat i ng a nd restoring a 1950s bungalow in the Hollywood Hills with a relatively cozy footprint of 1,600 square feet. Bush has a keen design sensibility, so much so that she recently launched an interior decorating business, Filles Des Rincón, with partner Lauren McGrady. She
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California sign hangs above the garage. Sophia Bush in her Chicago apartment. The bungalow’s original beams in the process of being restored. The midcentury house in the Hollywood Hills is getting a top-to-bottom renovation. ELLE DECOR
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originally intended to give her house a quick face-lift but soon realized that a more serious overhaul was needed, from installing a new electrical system to leveling the foundation and removing roots from the old clay water pipes. Still, Bush was adamant about maintaining the home’s original elements, including the exposed beams that were a distinctive detail of the living area. “So many older homes in Los Angeles are being torn down to make way for tragic, enormous box homes with no personality,” she says. “Preserving this house felt important to
me—it’s like a love letter to the city.” With construction set to be completed by the end of the year, Bush now has her eye on furnishing the interiors. The rooms will feature custom and vintage pieces that she has been collecting for years and a palette evocative of the California desert. She also plans to create an urban farm on the property surrounding her bungalow—she has already planted nearly 50 trees. Next on her wish list: a beehive and chickens. To follow the renovation of Bush’s Los Angeles home, go to elledecor.com. ◾
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Sophia’s Punch List Bush chose the following items for her home.
The facade during the restoration.
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tem, in Chestnut, from the Container Store for the master bedroom. 2 . Tiles in Sienna and Blush from the Tile Shop for the master and guest bathrooms. 3. Bronze-finished sliding doors by LaCantina. 4 . A Jason Wu wall-mount faucet and Solna pull-down faucet, both by Brizo. 5. Scandia Home down pillows. 6. Mushroom cabinet knobs from Rocky Mountain Hardware. 7. Caesarstone in Fresh Concrete for countertops. 8 . Dacor’s Modernist 36-inch French Door refrigerator and Modernist 36-inch Pro Gas range in Graphite.
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David. With the flip of a switch, she set in motion her circular home, 72 feet in diameter and poised midair on a pedestal like a giant mushroom in the surrounding Connecticut landscape. The gentle revolution of the Round House, as it is called, hums like a boat on calm water and provides subtly shifting views of nature through its 360-degree glass perimeter wall. At its fastest speed, the house takes 45 minutes to complete a full circle, either clockwise or counterclockwise. “When it snows, you have a different light in here, and it feels very magical,” says David, who uses the Round House throughout the year as a weekend home with her husband, Judd Tully, an art critic and journalist. The space-age structure was conceived by the architect Richard Foster as his primary home. Foster, a student of Philip Johnson, had collaborated with his mentor on the design of Johnson’s Glass House in New Canaan. Foster went on to start his own firm in 1962; he built the Round
House in the town of Wilton six years later and lived there with his family until his death in 2002. While the Round House was not the first construction to revolve, it is distinctive for its streamlined profile and near-invisible operations—with the same mechanism used to rotate guns on warships and just a small motor. Motivated to build it by environmental concerns, Foster envisioned a house supported by a circular stem only 15 feet in diameter. “It achieves the intended purpose of allowing the landscape to flow gently under and around the house with a minimal disturbance of nature,” he said. “The land was a grazing meadow before we built, and that is the way it is today.” David first saw the house accidentally in a Yahoo pop-up ad. Not in the market for a home, she was just interested in getting a look at the spectacle. “But then I came to see it,” she says, “and thought, This isn’t a gimmick, this is a really amazing thing.” She and Tully purchased the home in 2010 for $1.45 million from an interim owner who had rented it out and allowed it to become quite dilapidated.
The 1968 Round House, in Wilton, Connecticut, which was restored by Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam.
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In 2012, they hired Atlanta-based architects Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam to restore the exterior, upgrade the infrastructure, and improve the flow of the interior spaces. “It was a truly collaborative effort,” says David, a graduate of the Parsons School of Design. The architects replaced several of Foster’s original dark walls, which radiated from the central core, with sliding doors and separations in materials such as translucent glass and polished stone. They also introduced free-form dividers that seem to echo the rotation of the house itself. Working closely with David, they selected a lighter palette, swapping brown floor tiles for terrazzo and picking reflective finishes 56
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with sheen. “The whole house became a light catcher,” Elam says. The process has stretched on for years, with one project bleeding into the next. An exterior f lagpole is now a grocery hoist, and a new jewel-box spa occupies the site of the former garage. “I’m starting to think of the house as an art piece,” David says. She has hunted down furnishings that complement the home, including two tall
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OPPOSITE , CLOC K WISE FROM TOP: An outdoor living area under the Round House. The central staircase. A cross section of the house as seen in Scogin and Elam’s 2012 renovation plans. An exterior view. THIS PAGE , CLOC K WISE FROM TOP: The living room, with two swiveling Marcel Wanders Tulip lounge chairs by Cappellini and sliding-glass partitions around the fireplace. A bedroom is furnished with a Fishnet chair by Wanders and a suspended bed by the Floating Bed Company. In the master bath, the tub is by Produits Neptune; a sliding panel in polished Bellagio stone leads to the master bedroom. The renovated kitchen has undulating casework and gold Chemetal doors.
Tulip chairs by Marcel Wanders and a round bed that dangles from the ceiling. She has also collaborated with the landscape architect Darrel Morrison on the four-acre grounds, which are planted with native vegetation, including wildflowers and tall grasses. She has created
a website (roundhousewilton.com) documenting the history and evolution of the house and its landscape for architectural historians and ecologists. It’s become common for David and her husband to joke: “Honey, can you park the house?” In fact, when they
return to their life in Manhattan, they half expect their apartment to start rotating. After occupying the Round House, they no longer assume that “a home is a fixed structure with straight walls,” she says. “It’s very freeing to live in a house that turns.” ◾ ELLE DECOR
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to nourish and inspire. Both delight the senses as well as provide comfor t . A nd somet i mes fo o d c a n even t r a n s cend a nd become art itself. I’m not a chef who plays with his food for the sake of novelty, but when the ingredients are super fresh and as delicious raw, I like the idea of creating a montage of colors and textures that tastes as refreshing as it looks. This month, my inspiration comes from the work of Piet Mondrian, master painter of the De Stijl period. To cut the heaviness of holiday feasting, I thought to mix the bright crunch of crudités with silken slivers of crudo. That led me to the racing lines and interlocking color planes of Mondrian’s vibrant, geometric works, et voilà: a meal pretty enough to hang on the wall. Crudo is all about starting with the finest raw fish, slicing it well, and arranging it beautifully on the plate. The hardest part of this recipe is finding an attractive piece of tuna worthy of a centerpiece. Use your imagination and layer on angles of thinly cut vegetable ribbons, some shiso or lettuce leaves, and a soy-sesame dipping sauce. This is a dish that would make even Mondrian gush—a true piece of art to light up the table and, as ever, to feed the senses. ◾
Crudo ingredients arranged on a Non Sans Raison plate.
MONDRIAN TUNA CRUDO SERVES 4 AS AN APPETIZER
¼ cup soy sauce 2 T rice wine vinegar 2 T grated radish, preferably daikon 1 tsp. white or black sesame seeds, toasted ⅓ cup olive oil 12 oz. sushi-grade yellowfin tuna 2 Persian cucumbers, ends trimmed and thinly sliced lengthwise 2 sheets nori or toasted seaweed, cut into rectangles 1 red bell pepper, cut into 1-inch squares 1 yellow bell pepper, cut into 1-inch squares 12 shiso or Boston lettuce leaves 1. In a small mixing bowl, combine the soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, grated radish, sesame seeds, and olive oil to
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make the dressing. Mix well and set aside until ready to use. The dressing can be stored in the refrigerator for up to two days with the radish or a week without the radish. 2. Thinly slice the tuna and
place each piece on the plate or platter to create a square or rectangle. Start making your design by taking the cucumber slices and artfully laying them across the tuna in a Mondrianstyle geometric pattern, then take the nori rectangles and bell peppers and place them in the same style. Feel free to have fun and play around with the design a bit. Another option is to add in radish rectangles. Just before serving, stir the dressing and present on the side with the shiso or Boston lettuce leaves. Encourage your guests to make tuna wraps or enjoy this dish on its own.
DRINK “To ring in the New Year, I always like to recommend a sparkling wine like Wenzlau Vineyard’s 2013 Cuvée L’Inconnu [$60], which is perfect for setting a celebratory mood and pairs beautifully with this kind of dish. The bubbles enhance the texture of the fat in the tuna in a lovely way.” —Raj Vaidya, head sommelier, Daniel
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WHEN HOSPITALITY MEETS REAL ESTATE
Great Room, One West End
Elad Group, one of the nation’s leading real estate companies, has had a long standing relationship with hospitality visionary Jeffrey Beers who shaped the interior design for two of its prominent New York properties One West End, located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and 108 Leonard, located in Tribeca. Elad’s Chief Marketing & Design Officer, Samantha Sax, responsible for all aspects of the company’s marketing and sales and Architect, Founder and President of Jeffrey Beers International, Jeffrey Beers, discuss the evolution of their relationship and work together.
Jeffrey Beers is known to be the go-to architect for top chefs and hoteliers. Samantha, how did Elad select Jeffrey and his firm for your projects and Jeffrey, what were your initial thoughts about and getting to work with the Elad team again? SS: Our vision for One West End was to create a product that would rouse the industry and set a standard. We knew from the onset that we needed to make a bold move to achieve this. Elad worked with Jeffrey and his team on the Plaza Food Hall and while his design had blown everyone away, he was really known for his work in hospitality. Nonetheless, we met with Jeffrey and found that his vision for the project aligned with ours on every level. He had a unique perspective and his passion was so infectious that we basically hired him on the spot. He even created the tagline, “from curbside to pillow,” which became the inspiration for the entire project. JB: I immediately connected with Samantha and the team from One West End and I was honored to get the opportunity to be a part of an exciting project that would shape a new neighborhood. Not only was I raised in New York, but I have also brought up my two sons here, so I had some ideas about how to create spaces that easily lend themselves to urban living but are also organically reminiscent of the warmth and ambiance of a luxury hotel.
Kitchen, 108 Leonard
JB: One West End is a high-rise jewel but, there is a romance about 108 Leonardit seemed to be clipped from a chic European destination and perched onto Leonard Street. I knew that whatever we created had to not only respect the building’s history but would also need to have a cosmopolitan sensibility. For 108 Leonard, the existing building’s character and anatomy defined our design approach. We had to adapt to special conditions and configurations which created apartments that have unique features, even within the same line. What have you liked most about working together? SS: Jeffrey and I understand each other. He knows that I am always going to push his team to try something new, to switch up materials or fabrics for something unexpected. They also know that I am going to be very involved, not because it’s my job to be, but because I love interior design. JB: We are both incredibly passionate and detailed when it comes to our work and have an incredible amount of respect for one another. I have learned a tremendous amount about real estate development from Samantha, and I am always grateful and touched by her enthusiasm for my firm’s hard work and creativity.
Master Bathroom, 108 Leonard
Elad chose to work with Jeffrey Beers a third time on the conversion of the landmarked Tribeca property, 108 Leonard. Other than the significant architectural differences between One West End and 108 Leonard, how has your work together changed this time? SS: 108 Leonard is the polar opposite to One West End – it’s downtown, it’s old meets new and is a New York City landmark which means that we were challenged to reinvigorate an existing structure. Unlike One West End, the building has lofty features such as incredibly high ceilings and grand windows so the design aesthetic had to pay homage to the building’s history but also had to incorporate textures and tones that would warm the spaces. Photos by Evan Joseph
What is some advice you might be able to provide to either an interior designer interested in working in real estate or a developer looking to hire an interior designer? SS: At Elad we are constantly thinking of ways to bring innovation to the industry; therefore, I am always looking for designers that want to push the bar and think out-of-the-box. Successfully designing a building is a collaborative process which means working with designers that are focused on what is best for the project and leaving their egos at the door. JB: A key takeaway is to be mindful of the constant state of checks and balances between respecting your design aesthetic and understanding the client and their needs; being in tune with that balance is critical to finding success in any project.
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AT HER MANHATTAN APARTMENT, ELLE DECOR EDITOR CYNTHIA FRANK HAS CREATED A SETTING AS SOIGNÉ AS HER REPUTATION. BY JESSE KORNBLUTH PRODUCED BY CYNTHIA FR ANK PHOTOGR APHS BY SIMON UPTON
In the living room of Cynthia and Donald Frank’s apartment on New York’s Upper East Side, the Louis XVI settee is in a Clarence House mohair, and the armchairs (left) are in a Brunschwig & Fils silk velvet. An Albert Gleizes painting hangs over the original mantel, and the rug is by Stark.
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chair, blonde hair flowing, onyx-blue eyes assessing you, wearing Manolos made for walking from the mansion to the limo, and you draw conclusions. They are wrong. Cynthia Frank is not the empress of the 1 percent. She’s a worker. And at 77, she has no plans to stop working. You don’t need to see her name on a home-decor spread to recognize her contribution: For half a century, she has celebrated fabulous residences and exquisite rooms in such magazines as Town & Country and ELLE DECOR . Which is not to say she is a stylist. Emphatically: “I do not arrange!” What she does do is hard to label, because her career is a sustained exception. When she got her first job, at Harper’s Bazaar, a friend’s advice—“If you tell them you can type, you’ll be a secretary”—produced a novel title: fabric and fur editor. “I got the job,” she explains, “because I looked the part.” A few years later, when she was recovering from surgery in Palm Beach, Slim Aarons called. “Put down your orange juice, take your straw hat, and wear all white. I’ll pick you CLOC K WISE FROM TOP LE F T: A Charles Edwards lantern hangs in a hallway; the antique table is from James Maguire. A 19th-century Japanese vase sits atop a Maison Jansen table from Frank Cechman. The dining table is set with Mason’s ironstone plates and Gorham flatware; Yves Piaget roses fill 19th-century Famille Rose vases. OPPOSITE: Antique French doors lead into the dining room, where the 19th-century Chippendale chairs are from Julia Boston and the antique French mirror is from George N.
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Cynthia Frank, in an Oscar de la Renta jacket and cuffs from her collection of vintage jewelry, with her granddaughter in the living room. The 18th-century console is from Sylvain LĂŠvyAlban, and the sculpture is by Alexander Liberman.
up in 20 minutes,” he said, and off they went to the opening of the Wellington Equestrian Center. Aarons snapped her photograph and sent it to Town & Country’s editor, who asked, “Would she rather have a cover. . .or go back to work?” Every turn for Cynthia Frank is a star turn. Dominique Browning, her editor at the late House & Garden, remembers her as “a big personality. She has zero tolerance for the mundane and a terrific eye for swellegance.” Years later, Frank styled a Georgia Tapert Howe project for ELLE DECOR’s March 2018 issue: “She didn’t think L.A. had good enough f lowers,” Howe says, “so she shipped 10 six-foot-long boxes from New York for the shoot—they just
kept unloading them off the truck.” In 1997, she made another idiosyncratic decision: When all three of their children were grown, she and Donald, her neurosurgeon husband, bought a 12-room co-op just off Madison Avenue. “We knew it was large for two,” she says. “It has rooms with no purpose.” She began the apartment’s transformation by adding moldings to the walls and deaccessioning most of her furniture. Then she went shopping, often at auctions, looking for the velvets and silks, leopard carpets, and crystal chandeliers that would be suitable. Her aesthetics have been influenced by close friends such as architect Timothy Haynes and interior designer Kevin Roberts,
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peonies, and the walls are covered in a Gracie wallcovering that was hand-painted on-site. BE LOW: In the library, the sofa, purchased at auction, is attributed to David Hicks. The gray velvet Maison Jansen armchairs (right) are in a Clarence House mohair, the 1970s cocktail table is from Frank Cechman, and the carpet is by Stark.
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but more often than not, her taste is guided by destiny; when objects speak to her, she buys them. In the living room, a David Hicks sofa, 18th-century chairs, and a vintage Maison Jansen table coexist amiably. Harmony extends to the walls; the blue in the Albert Gleizes painting that hangs over the living room fireplace echoes the velvet of the chairs. Other touches are subtler. A Venetian mirror in a hallway is banded in velvet, a trick she picked up from the Rothschilds. Personal favorites are more predictable. In Paris, the Ritz. For
dinner in Paris, Le Voltaire. Prize possession: a 14.5-carat Asscher diamond. Guilty pleasure: a chicken salad–and-bacon sandwich from William Poll, taken daily. Her most recent purchase? Oh, that was yesterday, done a nd dusted; she shops every day. And yet, in her living room, I feel no frenzied shopaholic energy, just over-the-top comfort. Does she? “Yes. When I sit here, I feel I’m in Paris.” Which isn’t to say the apartment is finished. “It will never be done,” she says. “Every time I come back from a shoot, I’m inspired to do something.” ◾
OPPOSITE: A vintage Serge Roche table in the entry;
the mirrored obelisk from Gallery 25 is antique. The mirror is Venetian, and the marble flooring is original. CLOC K WISE FROM ABOVE LE F T: In the master bedroom, a pair of 19th-century daybeds are topped with a king-size mattress and a D. Porthault coverlet; the Louis XVI chairs are in a Chelsea Textiles fabric, and the chandelier is by Charles Edwards. In a guest bath, the medicine cabinet, sink, and fittings are by Waterworks; the floor and wall tiles are from Studium. The entresol has a 1970s Ado Chale table, a gilt vase from Russ Steele, and an 18th-century mirror. For details, see Resources. ELLE DECOR
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A BIGGER SPLASH ARCHITECT JAVIER ROBLES TRANSFORMS A HAMPTONS HOUSE FOR A PAIR OF ART COLLECTORS. BY JUDI ROA M AN
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Hampton, New York, was photographed by the artist David Benjamin Sherry, since it is the home of two passionate art collectors. The couple acquired the house, a 1950s fisherman’s cottage, in 2004. They were willing to accept its tiny footprint—just 700 square feet—because the extraordinary setting overlooking the bay was everything they wanted. Fifteen years later, after several transmutations, their weekend home is finally complete. After several attempts at renovating, in 2016 they knew they were ready for the house of their dreams. They both immediately agreed that the house had to be energy-efficient and sustainable. They had a clear idea of what the home should look like, and they hired the Peruvian architect Javier Robles to bring their vision to reality. Of course, there had to be enough space to display a significant portion of their contemporary art collection, including works by Lucy Dodd, Egan Frantz, and Richard Aldrich. Shelving for their expansive selection of art books was another important element. In designing the space, they wanted to highlight the furniture and lighting they had curated over the years. With their architect, they discussed every detail they had been mulling, from how to incorporate natural light in the house to ceiling heights and interior illumination. And they definitely wanted a stunning, high-functioning kitchen. Both men are enthusiastic chefs who love to eat and entertain. Coming from two different cultures, Colombian and Armenian-Lebanese, they are steeped in the cultural traditions of their families, many of which revolve
around food. With an international assembly of beloved guests, their dining table is a cacophony of languages, laughter, and delicious homemade cuisine. As the evening progresses, the party invariably moves into the stylish living room for coffee and more conversation. Often, guests stay for the weekend in one of the two spare bedrooms, each with its own en suite bathroom. Meanwhile, much as they love company and entertaining, the owners knew that it was imperative to have a private space for themselves. The second floor is their sanctuary. It combines their spacious master bedroom, an intimate library, and a lounge for watching television or movies. There is also a generous deck, where they can look out on the stunning views of the bay that originally captured their hearts. The space has the atmosphere of a cozy apartment within the larger house, which is now 3,800 square feet. They use the home throughout the year, and as one of the men says, “We didn’t want to feel like we were in a big house in the winter when no one else is around and it’s quiet.” Finally, there was one more wish to realize: The couple were intent on having a swimming pool on their property. Impossible, everyone told them. Since they were in a wetlands area, local codes restricted the building of outdoor water features. Eventually, they asked the building authorities a simple question: “Is it possible to have a swimming pool indoors?” Absolutely, as it turned out. A pool room now rises like a classical temple next to the living room. With its surfaces sheathed in honed Turkish marble, the space is as minimalist as it is sybaritic—the perfect touch in an art-filled home that is now itself a work of art. ◾
ABOVE: In the living room, the sofa is by Antonio Citterio for Flexform, and the vintage chairs are by Joe Colombo. A collection of Roger Herman ceramic vases sit atop a custom Marmoreal cocktail table by Max Lamb. The artwork is by Egan Frantz. OPPOSITE: Vintage Gio Ponti chairs from Cassina pull up to a dining table by Citterio for Flexform. The light fixture is by Gino Sarfatti, and the artwork is by Carissa Rodriguez. 72
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ABOVE: In the master bedroom, a Duxiana bed is dressed in Frette linens, the vintage sconces are by Gino Sarfatti, the rug is by Dhoku, and the artwork is by Richard Aldrich. OPPOSITE , CLOC K WISE FROM TOP LE F T: The living room’s chaise is by Citterio for Flexform, the vintage cocktail table and the lamp on the Konstantin Grcic side table are by Mathieu Matégot, and the blue stool is by ArandaLasch; the painting is by Patricia Treib, and the sculpture is by Nicolás Guagnini. In the library, the table is by Flexform, the vintage chairs are by Hans Wegner, and the stool is by Knoll; the painting is by Lucy Dodd, and the sculpture is by Bruce M. Sherman. In a guest bath, the sink and wall are in an engineered marble by Max Lamb, and the fittings are by Boffi. A poured-concrete staircase leads to the second floor; the artwork under the stairs is by Cynthia Talmadge. For details, see Resources.
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In the entrance gallery of a 19th-century London townhouse designed by Timothy Haynes and Kevin Roberts, the custom round settee is covered in a Maharam velvet, the sconces are by Charlotte Perriand, the 1960s brass chandelier is Austrian, and the ceiling fixture is custom. The bronze sculpture is by Henry Moore, the flooring is Point de Hongrie oak, and the custom staircase is made of steel, nickel, and treated timber. OPPOSITE: In the den (foreground), the 1956 Augusto Bozzi chair is in a Casamance fabric. A Gustave Tiffoche vase and an Ado Chale bowl, both vintage, rest on a 1966 table by Philippe Hiquily. In the living room beyond, the artwork is by Günther Förg.
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THE GOOD SILVER
NEW YORKERS TIMOTHY HAYNES AND KEVIN ROBERTS BRING THEIR COOL AND COLLECTED GOTHAM STYLE TO A VICTORIAN TOWNHOUSE IN LONDON’S NOTTING HILL.
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couple living in London sat next to the American architect Timothy Haynes and his partner, designer Kevin Roberts, at a dinner party. That night, a long-distance relationship and two homes were born. “My husband was like, ‘I know this friendship is going to cost me!’ ” jokes the wife. A Broadway musical actress, she had moved from New York to London three years prior when her spouse, who’s in finance, relocated there for work. Unsure if their expatriation was long-term, the couple were renting in central London and not ready to commit to a permanent home across 78
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the pond. But in the meantime, they enlisted Haynes and Roberts to build a ground-up ski house at Montana’s exclusive Yellowstone Club. They turned to them again in 2015. The couple, then parents to four children ranging in age from 3 to 12, were renting in the idyllic Notting Hill neighborhood when a double-wide Victorian townhouse came on the market. The rare property, whose backyard abuts a private park shared
by other homes on the block, proved irresistible despite the fact that it had not been updated for a long while. Once again, the couple reached out to Haynes and Roberts to spearhead the project. They oversaw a gut renovation that transformed the aged environs into a cool-gray contemporary haven for their family and for hosting friends and clients. The massive undertaking involved installing a new structural steel cage, lifting ceiling heights, and adding a
ABOVE: The living room’s custom sofa is in a Schumacher
velvet, and the Maria Pergay slipper chairs, in a Scalamandré tiger stripe, and Pierre Paulin side chairs are all vintage. The 1950s stool is by Joseph-André Motte, and the vintage Paco Rabanne cocktail table is topped with an Art Deco vase from Rose Uniacke. The Steinway piano has a custom satin black finish, and the artwork is by David Ostrowski. OPPOSITE: Designer Kevin Roberts sits in a 1986 Shiro Kuramata chair from Ammann Gallery in front of a painting by Günther Förg. ELLE DECOR
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RIGHT: The patio landscaping is by Arne Maynard Garden Design. The owners’ gray Labrador puppy perches on a table from Bloom, the chairs are from Design Within Reach, and the flooring is flamed Portuguese limestone. FAR RIGHT: In the combined family room and kitchen, the vintage swivel chairs are by Edward Wormley, and the custom dining table is surrounded by vintage Arflex chairs by Louis Sognot. The kitchen’s range is by La Cornue, and the 1980s barstools are from Talisman. The reclaimed-stone flooring is from Paris Ceramics. BE LOW: A custom bar is lined with a mosaic by Gregory Muller. BE LOW RIGHT: The den’s custom sofa is in a Moore & Giles leather, the vintage chairs are by Augusto Bozzi, and the painting is by Cecily Brown.
few extra vertical feet to the basement level, among other endeavors. The kitchen, originally on the house’s entry level, was moved to the basement, where it was combined with a family room and outdoor dining area with a living wall by Arne Maynard. The space is outfitted with a reclaimed-stone floor by Paris Ceramics and 1960s swivel lounge chairs by Edward Wormley. The custom kitchen island—in Carrara marble and oak with blackened-nickel accents—has built-in slots and outlets for the kids’ laptop computers. The clever piece also doubles as a buffet during parties—and the couple is very social, hosting everything from children’s birthday gatherings to informal cocktails for their friends. As such, they needed a deeply chic but comfortable space for entertaining. At the husband’s request, Haynes
and Roberts built a knockout staircase of steel, timber treads, and polished nickel inspired by an Oscar Niemeyer design. A Henry Moore bronze sculpture keeps company with a custom velvet settee in the entrance gallery. Meanwhile, a sculptural cylindrical bar encases a white gold–and-nickel mosaic. “It’s like the inside of a fruit,” Haynes says. “Like opening up a pomegranate.” The couple collect contemporary art, and paintings by Cecily Brown, Günther Förg, and Jason Martin add pops of color to the pearl-and-gray upholstery and decor. In the living room, a Milo Baughman sofa and George Nakashima cocktail table converse with a Shiro Kuramata metal armchair. A pair of Maria Pergay lounge chairs that Roberts had reupholstered in a silk Scalamandré tiger print are, according to the wife, “such a conversation ELLE DECOR
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A Boffi tub has Dornbracht fittings in the master bath. The custom metal-and-marble flooring is by Haynes-Roberts for Studium. OPPOSITE , FROM TOP: In the master bedroom, the custom bed is dressed with Casa Del Bianco linens and pillows in an Atelier Moderne fabric; vintage Gabriella Crespi lamps rest on custom nightstands, and the artwork is by Sue Williams. A landing on the children’s level has a Zanotta table from DDC, vintage chairs by Matteo Grassi, and timber flooring from Weldon. For details, see Resources.
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piece.” No surface went untouched: Even the M-170 Steinway piano was given a custom satin black finish, which blends more seamlessly into the space. One floor up is a master suite, complete with a cozy gray office featuring an Andy Warhol gun print and a bedroom anchored by a pink abstract Sue Williams painting and a wall sheathed in a metallic Gracie wallpaper. The top two floors are dedicated to the children, with bedrooms on one level and a common play area in the eaves. “The house is 100 percent used,” says Roberts of the glamorous Art Deco–inflected rooms they’ve created. Indeed, after 14 years in their adopted city, the clients finally have a home that is theirs through and through. And should the lure of New York ever become impossible to ignore, we know whom they’ll call first. “If and when we do go back, Kevin and Tim of course will be working on our next space,” says the wife. ◾ ELLE DECOR
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IN A TRIBECA SKYSCRAPER, RICHARD MISHAAN DESIGNS AN APARTMENT AS DRAMATICALLY MODERN AS THE BUILDING’S BLOCKY FACADE. BY CHARLES CURKIN PRODUCED BY PARKER BOWIE L ARSON PHOTOGR APHS BY THOM AS LOOF
The entry of an apartment decorated by Richard Mishaan at 56 Leonard, a residential tower in Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood designed by Herzog & de Meuron. The Ralph Rucci table and the leather on the custom bench are both from Holly Hunt, the chandelier is by Gabriel Scott, and the Hubert Le Gall sconces are from Twenty First Gallery. The ooring is cerused oak, and the mural is by Rostarr. OPPOSITE: Mishaan on the terrace outside the entertainment room. ELLE DECOR
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super-tall skyscraper, Herzog & de Meuron’s 56 Leonard stands out—literally. Not just because it looms 821 feet above TriBeCa, a neighborhood in L ower M a n h at t a n k now n for its 19th-century cast-iron low-rises, but more so for its bizarre shape. Made of uneven cantilevered blocks—no two f lo or s a re t he s a me — t he design becomes progressively incongruous toward the top. Taken as a whole, it looks unstable, almost shaky, which is why it’s now affectionately referred to as the Jenga tower, after the block-stacking game. “This building was iconic before it was even built,” says the interior designer Richard Mishaan, wh o c a n s e e t h e e x p re s s ive concrete-and-glass structure from the conference room of his downtown studio. “It’s an extraordinary feat of engineering.” What Mishaan brought to a sprawling apartment there with four terraces, austere interior architecture, and panoramic views was a similar kind of balancing act. Mishaan designed the space for a young family. He played to the parents’ avidity for contemporary art and glittering gemstones wh i le prov id i ng st i mu l at ion for the children in the form of wild patterns and bright colors. “You can’t be too slick in a family apartment—kids have to be kids,” he says. That said, he sidestepped a “Fisher-Price child-friendly” palette with a scheme of rich hues
In the living room, the armchairs are by Gene Summers for Holly Hunt, and the amethyst sofa, in a Maharam mohair, and side tables are by Romeo Sozzi for Promemoria. The Liaigre sofa (right) has cushions in a Jim Thompson fabric. The stools, cocktail table, and Michaelian & Kohlberg rug are all custom, and the sculpture is by Manolo ValdĂŠs. OPPOSITE: The exterior of 56 Leonard.
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that would appeal to just about any age group. Because contemporary luxury architecture tends to favor spartan interior aesthetics, Mishaan could not have hoped for a more blank canvas. In the entry, he sought to create a “big, beautiful welcome,” with a playful mura l painted by street artist Rostarr, bunny sconces by Hubert Le Gall, and marble-inset parquet flooring that leads to the master bedroom door, which is upholstered in purple velvet and trimmed with nailheads. “Walking into the apartment, you get the sense that this is going to be an adventure,” he says. A left turn into the living room confirms this notion. The open expanse is a medley of warm reds and browns—“jewel tones
and spices,” Mishaan says—with a golden ceiling. Sofas by Liaigre a nd Romeo Sozzi a nchor the space, along with an alabaster sculpture by artist Manolo Valdés. Mishaan deliberately selected oversize furniture for the room to avoid pieces being dwarfed by its 16-foot ceilings and gargantuan scale. “This area is for grown-ups, yet the colors are cheerful in case the kids want to stop and look,” he says. “But don’t touch anything!” he adds with a laugh. Since there are no walls in the apartment’s public spaces, moving between vignettes is seamless. As in a Gothic cathedral, the living room acts as a kind of apse from which the chapels of the dining room, entertainment room, and kitchen all radiate.
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In the dining room, the custom cerused-oak table is surrounded by chairs from Mishaan’s collection for Theodore Alexander. The emerald sideboard is by Boca do Lobo, the light fixture is by Johanna Grawunder, and the ceiling covering is by Maya Romanoff. OPPOSITE , FROM TOP: In the entertainment room, the sofa, armchair, and stools are by Liaigre; the lamp and side table are by Hubert Le Gall, the custom wallcovering is by Black Crow Studios, the chandelier is by Lindsey Adelman, and the malachite rug is by Hutton Wilkinson for Patterson Flynn Martin. The kitchen’s custom island, range, and hood are by Herzog & de Meuron; the barstools are by Gabriel Scott, the cabinetry is custom, and the mosaic backsplash tile is by Ann Sacks.
TOP LE F T: A David Weeks chandelier hangs above a custom tub in the master bath, where the walls and floors are sheathed in book-matched Cassiopea marble from ABC Stone. LEF T: The powder room’s sink fittings are by Sherle Wagner International, and the sconce is by Rosie Li for Roll & Hill. ABOVE: The custom master bed and sofa from Mishaan’s line for Theodore Alexander are both in a Maharam mohair. The bed linens are by Matouk, the armchairs are by Holly Hunt, and the Plexiglas cocktail table is by Charly Bounan. The brass pendants are by Roll & Hill, and the Willy Rizzo floor lamp is from Flair Home Collection. For details, see Resources.
The clients’ fascination with gems becomes more pronounced with each change of scenery. The entertainment room, with its custom-colored malachite rug and mural depicting a geode, is the most literal. “You get this feeling of stone, but I didn’t want it to be like a mausoleum,” Mishaan says. The dining room light fixture is a jewel unto itself and one of the home’s main attractions. Designed by the American architect and artist Johanna Grawunder, the piece is composed of two acrylic wings that hang below a laser LED, which
projects an intense straight line onto the cerused-oak dining table. With its towering wall of azure cabinetry, the kitchen area, which abuts the dining room, gives the sense of cooking inside a sapphire. And beyond the aforementioned purple velvet doors is a sapphire even more vivid and intense: The California king bed and Theodore Alexander sofa are both upholstered in a sumptuous royal-blue Maharam mohair. “It’s like being in the sky,” Mishaan says. Indeed, the apartment, which is near the top of the 57-story tower, is high
enough that its occupants occasionally notice helicopters flying past their windows. Mishaan admits that this project was one of the more challenging of his 26-year career as an interior designer. Balancing sophistication with family-friendly comfort and function and making sure that none of the apartment’s gorgeous vistas were obstructed was a lot to juggle. But that’s also what made the project fun—almost like a game. “Designing this apartment,” Mishaan says, “was like building a Jenga tower of my own.” ◾ ELLE DECOR
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TAKING FLIGHT DESIGNER NATASHA BARADARAN’S NEW FABRIC COLLECTION IS HIGHLIGHTED IN AN EXCLUSIVE PORTFOLIO OF IMAGES BY RUVEN AFANADOR OF DANCERS IN THE COLOMBIAN DESERT. BY BOOTH MOORE PRODUCED BY PARKER BOWIE L ARSON PHOTOGR APHS BY RUVEN AFANADOR
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Natasha Baradaran’s Azzedine fabric in Indigo becomes a costume for a dancer photographed near Cabo de la Vela, a desert village in northern Colombia. RIGHT, FROM TOP: Isabellina
fabric in Bazaar, Stella Stripe in Coriander, Franca in Rosewater, Sabine in Rosewater/ Tea, and Elle in Burnished.
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Coriander and Indigo, Leo in Bazaar, Nina in Rosewater, Isabellina in Espresso, and Phoebe in Rosewater. LE F T: A turban and cape are in the Stella Stripe fabric in Coriander. OPPOSITE , LE F T:
from linens and wools to performance velvets. Her palette—subtle hues like hazel green, rosewater, burnished brick, and sesame—celebrate femininity. The first pattern she designed, Elle, is an abstract “love letter to lace,” she says. Azzedine is a botanical inspired by a pair of Baradaran’s own pantyhose; Giamba is a subtle floral with a sweep of movement; and
Phoebe is a wool crochet after a Missoni exhibition that the designer saw last year in Milan. To showcase her latest collection, she approached the fashion photographer Ruven Afanador, who is known for his stunning portraits of celebrities as well as those of Spanish matadors and flamenco dancers. “I’ve worked with interiors and product photographers
A dancer wears a dress in Giamba linen in Bazaar as she moves through the Manaure salt flats in Colombia’s La Guajira region on the Caribbean Sea. OPPOSITE , RIGHT, FROM TOP: Leo in
Coral, Giamba in Hazel/Rosewater, Natasha’s Knit in Saffron, Azzedine in Saffron, and Simone in Obsidian/Rosewater. For details, see Resources.
FABRIC DETAILS: MINH TR AN; BAR ADAR AN PORTR AIT: CAROLINA GHERI
one of the biggest sources of inspiration may be her own closet. “I love fashion. I’m very inspired by it,” says the Los Angeles–based interior and furniture designer, wearing a leopard-print Rixo London dress and rose-colored Azzedine Alaïa sandals on a recent afternoon at her studio. Sipping an iced green tea, she was perfectly matched to the room’s blush-and-green color scheme. In fact, it was the late fashion master Alaïa who inspired Baradaran, whose fans include Kate Hudson, Sara Foster, and Malin Akerman, to launch her textile line. “Two years ago I was in Paris, and Azzedine Alaïa’s atelier had just opened with some incredible dresses,” she says. “When I went to see it, I thought, Why don’t we have these kinds of fabrics in interiors, like this bold lace on a dress from the 1980s that still seemed so timeless?” As a designer, Baradaran’s Beverly Hills–meets-Brera, 1960s–dolce far niente style leans toward macaron hues, rosy metal finishes, and organic lines. Alaïa’s fashion designs were a kindred spirit to what she had attempted to accomplish in furniture—as she describes it, “taking something feminine and making it strong.” Her fabric line, which she launched recently, includes 65 textiles in fabrics ranging
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in the past, but because there are so many textiles in this industry already, I thought, How could we be different?” Baradaran says. “Ruven is all about strong women and non-objectifying portraits, from the Dalai Lama to Oprah, and I wanted the images of my fabrics to have that presence.” The two bonded over flamenco dancing, which is Baradaran’s private passion.
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She’s been training weekly for eight years at the Los Angeles studio Gypsy Camp. “What I’ve always loved about female flamenco dancers is that there is power in their dance and movement,” she says. “But at the same time, they project femininity with the castanets and fans.” Shooting in his native Colombia, Afanador fashioned the designer’s textiles into
head wraps and dramatic costumes, casting local dancers instead of models. The images were taken in La Guajira, a department in northern Colombia. “This area is called Cabo de la Vela, which means ‘tip of the candlewick,’” Baradaran explains. “There is no electricity or running water, but there is endless beautiful desert and sea all around. Truly a dream landscape.” ◾
RESOURCES Items pictured but not listed are from private collections. ANATOMY OF A HOUSE
Interior design: Sophia Bush. PAGES 51–52: Refrigerator and range: Dacor, dacor.com. Tiles: The Tile Shop, tileshop.com. Sliding doors: LaCantina, lacantinadoors .com. Pillows: Scandia Home, scandiahome.com. Faucets: Brizo, brizo.com. Closet system: The Container Store, containerstore.com. Knobs: Rocky Mountain Hardware, rockymountainhardware .com. Countertop: Caesarstone, caesarstoneus.com.
la Renta, oscardelarenta.com. Console: Sylvain Lévy-Alban, levyalban-antiques-paris.com. Table: Venfield, venfieldnyc .com. Wallcovering: Gracie, graciestudio.com. Armchair fabric: Clarence House. Rug: Stark. PAGES 68–69: Coverlet: D. Porthault, dporthaultparis.com. Chair fabric: Chelsea Textiles, chelseatextiles.com. Chandelier: Charles Edwards. Medicine cabinet, sink, and fittings: Waterworks, waterworks.com. Floor and wall tiles: Studium, studiumnyc.com. Table: Ado Chale, adochale.com. A BIGGER SPLASH
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Interior design and architecture: Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam, Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, msmearch.com. PAGES 55–57: Tulip lounge chairs: Cappellini, cappellini .com. Fishnet chair: Marcel Wanders, marcelwanders.com. Bed: The Floating Bed Company, floatingbed.com. Bathtub: Produits Neptune, produitsneptune.com. Doors: Chemetal, chemetal.com. DANIEL’S KITCHENS PAGES 58–60: Daniel Boulud of
Restaurant Daniel, danielnyc.com. Plates: Non Sans Raison, nonsansraison.com. Placemats: Alexandra Von Furstenberg, alexandravonfurstenberg.com. Cutlery: Christofle, christofle.com. Glasses: Baccarat, us.baccarat.com. Linens: Kim Seybert, kimseybert .com. Bracelet and ring: Roberto Coin, robertocoin.com.
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Interior design: Cynthia Frank. PAGES 62–63: Settee fabric: Clarence House, clarencehouse.com. Armchair fabric: Brunschwig & Fils, kravet.com. Rug: Stark, starkcarpet .com. PAGES 64–65: Lantern: Charles Edwards, charlesedwards .com. Dining chairs: Julia Boston Antiques, juliaboston.com. Mirror: George N Antiques, georgenantiques.com. PAGES 66–67: Jacket: Oscar de
Architecture: Javier Robles, robles.co. PAGES 72–73: Sofa: Flexform, flexform.it. Vases: Roger Herman, rogerherman.net. Cocktail table: Max Lamb, maxlamb.org. Artwork: Egan Frantz, eganfrantz.art. Chairs: Cassina, cassina.com. Dining table: Flexform. PAGES 74–75: Bed: Duxiana, duxiana.com. Linens: Frette, frette.com. Rug: Dhoku, dhoku .com. Chaise: Flexform. Side table: Konstantin Grcic, konstantin-grcic .com. Stool: ArandaLasch, aranda lasch.com. Table: Flexform. Stool: Knoll, knoll.com. Sculpture: Bruce M. Sherman, brucemsherman.com. Engineered marble: Max Lamb. Sink fittings: Boffi, boffi.com. THE GOOD SILVER
Interior design: Timothy Haynes and Kevin Roberts, Haynes-Roberts, haynesroberts.com. Landscaping: Arne Maynard Garden Design, arnemaynard.com. PAGES 76–77: Settee fabric: Maharam, maharam.com. Sculpture: Henry Moore, henry-moore .org. Chair fabric: Casamance, casamance.com. Bowl: Ado Chale, adochale.com. PAGES 78–79: Sofa fabric: Schumacher, fschumacher .com. Slipper chairs fabric: Scalamandré, scalamandre.com. Vase: Rose Uniacke, roseuniacke .com. Piano: Steinway & Sons, steinway.com. Artwork: David Ostrowski, david-ostrowski.com. Chair: Ammann Gallery, ammanngallery.com. PAGES 80–81: Table: Bloom, bloom-moebel .de. Chairs: Design Within Reach, dwr.com. Dining chairs: Arflex, arflex.it. Range: La Cornue, lacornueusa.com. Flooring: Paris Ceramics, parisceramicsusa .com. Bar mosaic: Gregory Muller, gregorymullerassoc .com. Sofa leather: Moore & Giles, mooreandgiles.com. PAGES 82–83: Bathtub: Boffi, boffi.com. Fittings: Dornbracht,
dornbracht.com. Flooring: Studium, studiumnyc.com. Bed linens: Casa Del Bianco, casadelbianco.com. Pillow fabrics: Atelier Moderne, ateliermoderne .paris. Table: DDC, ddcnyc .com. Chairs: Matteo Grassi, matteograssi.com. Flooring: Weldon, weldon.co.uk. JENGA MASTER
Interior design: Richard Mishaan, Richard Mishaan Design, richardmishaan.com. PAGES 84–85: Table and bench leather: Holly Hunt, hollyhunt .com. Chandelier: Gabriel Scott, gabriel-scott.com. Sconces: Twenty First Gallery, 21stgallery .com. Mural: Rostarr, rostarr.com. PAGES 86–87: Armchairs: Holly Hunt. Sofa and side tables: Promemoria, promemoria.com. Sofa fabric: Maharam, maharam.com. Sofa: Liaigre, liaigre.com. Sofa cushions fabric: Jim Thompson, jimthompsonfabrics.com. Rug: Michaelian & Kohlberg, michaelian .com. PAGES 88–89: Dining chairs: Theodore Alexander, theodorealexander.com. Sideboard: Boca do Lobo, bocadolobo .com. Light fixture: Johanna Grawunder, grawunder .com. Ceiling covering: Maya Romanoff, mayaromanoff.com. Sofa, armchair, and stools: Liaigre. Lamp and side table: Hubert Le Gall, hubertlegall .blog. Wallcovering: Black Crow Studios, blackcrowstudios .com. Chandelier: Lindsey Adelman, lindseyadelman.com. Rug: Patterson Flynn Martin, pattersonflynnmartin.com. Kitchen island, range, and hood: Herzog & de Meuron, herzogdemeuron.com. Barstools: Gabriel Scott. Backsplash tile: Ann Sacks, annsacks.com. PAGES 90–91: Chandelier: David Weeks, davidweeksstudio.com. Wall and floor marble: ABC Stone, abcworldwidestone.com. Sink fittings: Sherle Wagner International, sherlewagner.com. Sconce: Rosie Li for Roll & Hill, rollandhill.com. Bed and sofa: Theodore Alexander. Bed and sofa fabric: Maharam. Bed linens: Matouk, matouk.com. Armchairs: Holly Hunt. Cocktail table: Charly Bounan, charlybounan .com. Pendants: Roll & Hill. Floor lamp: Flair Home Collection, flairhomecollection.com. TAKING FLIGHT PAGES 92–95: Fabrics: Natasha
Baradaran, natashabaradaran.com.
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Knit and Sit WITH HER LOVE OF CROCHET, THE PORTUGUESE ARTIST JOANA VASCONCELOS PUTS HER INIMITABLE TWIST ON ROCHE BOBOIS’S ICONIC AVA CHAIR. PRODUCED BY PARKER BOWIE L ARSON PHOTOGR APH BY GILLES TRILL ARD The Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos is known for her attention-grabbing crochet installations— from an intergalactic multicolored hanging sculpture at the Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain to the woven spaceship she suspended earlier this year at Paris’s Bon Marché department store. It seems fitting, then, that the artist would employ crochet for her latest endeavor, a furniture collaboration with Roche Bobois (roche-bobois.com). The French brand commissioned Vasconcelos, who was born in Paris, to reimagine six exemplary furnishings in one-off editions. Her Crochet Ava chair, seen here, pays homage to both the Roche Bobois original and to traditional Portuguese interiors, where handmade lace doilies are often seen draping everything from sofas to tables to television sets. Vasconcelos played against type, covering the chair’s modern polycarbonate form in upholstery made from fragments of crochet. She lovingly calls it Linda-a-Velha, the name of her neighborhood in Lisbon, which in English means “beautiful old woman.” By bridging the gap between traditional and contemporary, this creation marries the old world with the new. —Samantha Swenson
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Fans That Revolve Around You A collection of modern smart fans designed to adapt to your routine, reduce energy costs and make life even easier. Every fan uses a quiet and efficient DC motor. Install inside and outdoors to maintain continuity of your dĂŠcor.
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