Grey Crawford, photographer who has worked with many high profile magazines and has produced 14 books such as Modern Glamour : The Art of Unexpected Style, Creating the Not So Big House, Home by Design : Insipration for Transforming House Into Home. This is some his portfolio.

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Philip Galanes was an entertainment lawyer, Chief Operating Officer for a children’s media company, and is now an author, avid furniture collector and consults on interior design projects. Philip now also consults on interior design projects for select clients. Recent projects include a House in East Hampton, interior design, furnishings and art for an Edward Durrell Stone townhouse, and a guest house/garden pavilion in Greenwich Village.

Source : Philip Galanes

Bilyana Dimitrova started working as a photography assistant for Peter Aaron, David Sundberg and Jeff Goldberg, of Esto Photographics, Inc, as well as for Scott Frances, Michael Moran and Paul Warchol. Currently residing in the New York Metropolitan area, Bilyana receives commissions as an architectural photographer and is the photo editor for Metropolis magazine. Her schedule at the magazine is such that it allows her to continue her active career as a photographer. This is some Bilyana’s work

Andes House, NY by Dean Marchetto and Associates

Topsfield Residence, MA by Basil Walter Architects

Karim Rashid Residence, NYC by Karin Rashid

Vik Muniz Residence, NYC by Basil Walter Architects

Campus Center, Smith College by Weiss/Manfredi Architects

Source : Bilyana Dimitrova Photography

Napanee Design is featured in several top design publications, including Canadian House and Home, Coastal Living, Style at Home, Woman’s Day Design Times, Western Living, Home Magazine, Century Home and Log Home Design Ideas. This is some portfolio from Napanee Design.

Style at Home

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To understand the Grouf House you need to understand the budget; for almost every design decision made was driven by budgetary considerations. Northern California is one of the most expensive places to build in the world. Most of the houses we design tend to cost in the range of $800 per square foot. We built the Grouf House for slightly over $200 per square foot.

The only way to accomplish that is to use building systems that dramatically reduce labor; in this case we employed metal building technology that is more typical of industrial/commercial buildings. The steel structure and metal panel exterior of this building went up in about 3 weeks, as opposed to probably 4 months for stick framing. The metal panels were prefinished on the interior and we left them exposed, eliminating the need for interior finishes on the exterior walls, such as drywall and paint. The concrete slab foundation was left exposed as the lower level finish floor. And the structural steel framework was painted but otherwise left exposed as an architectural expression of the design. Wherever possible we eliminated the need for finishes.

The site was an already level graded pad with extraordinary views of Sonoma County. The center of the building is almost totally glass in response to that view, but all of the rooms in the house have beautiful views out to the varied valley landscape. In many of the rooms we used sliding glass doors (with the lockset height modified) as the windows, in response to the scale of the building.

Source : Lundberg Design

Source : Woodson & Rummerfield’s House of Design

This project encompasses the 7,200 square-foot renovation of a 5-story residence in Brooklyn.

The aim of this renovation was to create a family home that fully integrates the site’s rear garden into the plan of the house, while creating both familial and private spaces. Occupying the existing footprint, the new building employs glass and aluminum to create a more open and continuous feeling in the back of the house.

These materials, in addition to a new staircase connecting the garden and the second floor, firmly establish the garden as an extension of the house and as a communal location.

Using green roof technology, a private garden accessible from the master bedroom creates a small, personal outdoor space. Inside, the house is designed to fit the needs of the family. Home office space, rooms for two children, and a fifth-floor playroom are all elements of this functional, comfortable, and stylish space.

Source : 1100 Architect

Source : TOM SCHEERER

Source : Galanes Haverland

This is the largest project completed to date by the practice with an overall construction budget of $3 million, with a complete interior rebuild behind the existing façade. The building had a typical layout for a London Victorian town house. Their remodelling emphasised the division between the front of the house (the public side) and the back of the house (the private side) with the garden at the back of the house acting as a focal point for the private rooms. This involved changing the layout and location of the principal staircase and the subsequent spaces that lead off it. This change resulted in wider well proportioned spaces that are lit by the windows along the full width of the house. Space, light and the use of beautiful and luxurious materials were the tools to create the sequence of interesting and liveable spaces.

The house was totally demolished internally and now comprises: a family room within a new extension in the basement, as well as a kitchen and formal dining room; a drawing room and study on the ground floor; a master bedroom suite on the first floor; the second floor with three additional bedrooms; the top floor containing a guest suite and the plant room. The five floors are all linked by a central staircase that is lit overhead by a skylight.

This is the third project that the practice has completed for this client, an interior designer and art collector. The client’s aim was to create a theme of restrained luxury and eclecticism. Although the scale of the project was large for the practice, the understanding of detailing and use of materials that comes from a multidisciplinary approach was very beneficial. The client along with the architect and designer were keen to explore new materials as well as rediscover traditional ones. Voon Wong and Benson Saw have an excellent network of contacts from their product design experience to draw upon.

Venetian plaster was used extensively for the accent walls to provide a beautiful surface sheen. Custom balustrades and light fittings were cast in bronze. Acrylic panels, shelving and handrails concealed LED light fittings. This combination of new materials alongside the traditional was the key to creating a sense of understated luxury in a contemporary but enduring set of spaces.

The client chose fabrics and furniture and art pieces to emphasise this theme: rugs in silk, cashmere curtains, Swarovski crystal chandeliers and upholstery fabrics in silk velvets. Furniture ranges from Mies van der Rohe day beds, Jean Michel Frank sofas, Yves Klein coffee tables alongside many custom designed pieces by the client herself and the architect.

The practice worked closely with the landscape architects del Buono Gazerwitz to create the rear garden. The south facing garden is the focal point of the rear of the house and is created so that the architectural elements of the basement extension and the external spaces are perceived as a unity. In fine weather the doors of the Family Room can be completely pushed back so that the boundary between the inside and outside is completely removed. The patio seating, water feature, planting and central lawn all contribute to the creation of an outdoor room that is a harmonious extension of the extended basement.

Voon Wong and Benson Saw are a pair of London based designers that have been working together since 2001. Their work has been featured in exhibitions in London, Milan and Singapore. The Loop lamp from 2003 was nominated for the Compasso D’Oro and is now manufactured by Fontana Arte. The ELma vases from the EL light series won the OXO Peugeot Design award. They have completed architecture and interior design projects in Shanghai, London, Hong Kong and Singapore. As well as numerous projects in London and Singapore, their current major project is the master plan of a new factory for a high quality bone china manufacturer outside Beijing. They are also cooperating with this manufacturer to design a new collection of bone china table ware to be launched later this year at an exhibition in London.

Source : Voon Wong and Benson Saw