Friday, November 21, 2014

Ben Schonzeit

House• November 21, 2014.

The bio on artist Ben Schonzeit’s website is brief: Born May 9, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York; BFA (1964) Cooper Union, New York, NY; lives and works in New York City. […]... READ MORE

Friday, October 31, 2014

Shawn Henderson

House• October 31, 2014.

In eighth grade, Shawn Henderson subscribed to Metropolitan Home – he clearly knew what he wanted to be. Briefly he studied hotel management — “I thought if I studied interior design, everyone would think […]... READ MORE

Friday, October 24, 2014

Robert Couturier

House• October 24, 2014.

Robert Couturier was our very first HOUSE interview in 2006 and he helped us set the tone for the kind of column we wanted: a real conversation where you could […]... READ MORE

Friday, October 10, 2014

Peter Stamberg and Paul Aferiat

House• October 10, 2014.

“If we didn’t know you were architects, we would have thought artists lived here,” we said about Peter Stamberg and Paul Aferiat’s lower Fifth Avenue loft. They were pleased. Known for their painterly use […]... READ MORE

Friday, October 3, 2014

Daphne Merkin

House• October 3, 2014.

Looking back over this interview, it could be said that we were more nosy than usual but then there is little that writer Daphne Merkin shies away from discussing. It was wonderful […]... READ MORE

Friday, September 19, 2014

Stephen Kelly

House• September 19, 2014.

Stephen Kelly is either a dealer in Art Deco who is interested in ophthalmology or an ophthalmologist who is interested in dealing in Art Deco. Either way he has combined his […]... READ MORE

Friday, September 5, 2014

Gary Brewer

House• September 5, 2014.

We’ve started doing a few field trips for the HOUSE column, daring to venture into the beyond—this week, it’s Park Hill in Yonkers, where we sat outside in the sunshine […]... READ MORE

Friday, August 29, 2014

Shanghai Social Diary: Chongming, The Eco Island Of Shanghai

Travel• August 29, 2014.

After a late arrival on a flight from the U.S. to Shanghai, I awoke the next morning to an enticing email invitation to Chongming Island. My friend, French architect Jean-Pierre Heim, […]... READ MORE

Friday, August 15, 2014

Patrick Gerard Carmody

House• August 15, 2014.

Patrick Gerard Carmody grew up steeped in the history of one of Louisiana’s fabled families, the Aime family. In the 19th century, Francois-Gabriel “Valcour” Aime, Patrick’s great, great, great grandfather, owned […]... READ MORE

Shanghai Social Diary: Shanghai Conservatory Of Music, In The Former Shanghai Jewish Club

Travel• August 15, 2014.

Two American friends, architect Ben Wood and international attorney Barry McComic included me in a planning committee hoping to renovate the former Shanghai Jewish Club, now used by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Their […]... READ MORE

Friday, August 1, 2014

Alex Papachristidis

House• August 1, 2014.

We think Alex Papachristidis has recovered from Sian’s admission that she uses paper plates and, at his exhortation, she might even consider exhuming her full set of Tiffany silver that […]... READ MORE

Shanghai Social Diary: SHANGHAI DINING

Travel• August 1, 2014.

One of the great pleasures of traveling, to me, is the chance to sample the extraordinary variety of cuisines around the world. Some of the most exotic meals I’ve ever […]... READ MORE

Friday, July 25, 2014

John Douglas Eason

House• July 25, 2014.

There are few straight paths in life and designer John Douglas Eason took a while to get to where he wanted to be, finally breaking into interior design by becoming (after many […]... READ MORE

Friday, July 11, 2014

Michael Walter

House• July 11, 2014.

Co-owner of Lexington Gardens on the Upper East Side, Michael Walter talked about “the floral world” and a personage who is the “German Master of Floral Design.” The floral world isn’t always […]... READ MORE

Friday, June 27, 2014

Eddie Lee

House• June 27, 2014.

Eddie Lee comes from a daunting-sounding family of high achievers: Dad’s a doctor, Mom’s a nurse, Sister is a doctor and Brother has a graduate degree in genetics … he was […]... READ MORE

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Shanghai Social Diary: Culinary Adventures In Shanghai

Travel• June 26, 2014.

One of the many reasons I travel is to taste the various cuisines of the world. In Shanghai, I’ve had the opportunity to entertain and dine with my friends in […]... READ MORE

Friday, June 20, 2014

Howard Slatkin, Part II

House• June 20, 2014.

What to say of a single apartment so lavishly decorated that its rooms and their contents fill the pages of an entire book? “Fifth Avenue Style” (Vendome Press) by the […]... READ MORE

Friday, June 13, 2014

Howard Slatkin, Part I

House• June 13, 2014.

What to say of a single apartment so lavishly decorated that its rooms and their contents fill the pages of an entire book? “Fifth Avenue Style” (Vendome Press) by the […]... READ MORE

Friday, June 6, 2014

Benjamin Noriega Ortiz

House• June 6, 2014.

If you’ve ever been to a Mondrian hotel and felt like you were a celebrity, it’s by design—Benjamin Noriega Ortiz’s design—and not accident. It’s all part of the brand that […]... READ MORE

Friday, May 30, 2014

Alan Wanzenberg

House• May 30, 2014.

A long, thoughtful interview this week with Alan Wanzenberg, whose new book, “Journey: The Life and Times of an American Architect” (Pointed Leaf Press) chronicles the development of his design career. The book […]... READ MORE

Society Dreams: Mario Buatta