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MANSION IN THE SKY Wide-Ranging Travels And A Love Of Things Both Old And New Give One Couple And Their Design Team The Freedom To Imagine ARCHITECTURE Kurt J. Dannwolf, ODP Architects, Inc.

2 MANSION IN THE SKY Wide-Ranging Travels And A Love Of Things Both Old And New Give One Couple And Their Design Team The Freedom To Imagine ARCHITECTURE Kurt J. Dannwolf, ODP Architects, Inc., Hollywood, FL INTERIOR DESIGN Lachmee Chin, ODP Architects, Inc., Hollywood, FL TEXT Marina Brown PHOTOGRAPHY Ken Hayden, Miami Beach, FL ABOVE: Not the temple of Karnak, yet with the drama of powerful repetition, the central hallway joins the reception foyer with the wine room along stone and wood flooring. Deceptive nooks hide storage for kitchen and bath. LEFT: Beyond the receiving foyer with its sunburst marble flooring, the elevator entry wows with a 19th-century French gilded mirror that hangs on the wall and the owner s unique argon-filled glass sculpture that, when activated, glows atop a leather base.

3 AFTER A TRIAL RUN AT living part of the year in Miami, Fla., this Martha s Vineyard-based couple decided to take the long-awaited plunge. Expanding from one unit in the luxury high rise, The Four Seasons, the homeowners purchased a penthouse that had never been built out. Now, from Miami s tallest residential building, the pair could enjoy views that soar over every other penthouse in the city. Enter architect Kurt Dannwolf, who, prior to founding ODP, was the lead architect in the firm that designed this building a unique structure that sports a central core with 40-foot spans and no interior columns that permits a freedom of design rarely found in condominium living, he says. Dannwolf along with interior designer Lachmee Chin took on the challenge to transform this new 8,000-square-foot space into the owners vision of a Fifth Ave/Park Ave-style interior. Dannwolf s relationship with the building s engineers allowed for use of the window washer s swing stage to hoist a table 700 feet up the exterior of the building for installation in the penthouse. The effect of this piece seemingly perched along the skyline is spectacular, Chin says. RIGHT: Dressed in anigre wood, the dining room refuses to be stuffy with the help of a vibrant wall mural a reproduction of an August Macke expressionist piece. Lined drapery panels frame the view, while roller shades keep out the glare. The room s 10-foot height offers the chance for a rare vaulted ceiling. 204 FLORIDA DESIGN VOL. 24 NO. 1

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Flying to Massachusetts to inventory art and furnishings gathered over a lifetime of international travel, Chin helped select locations for the couple s turn-of-the-century French gilt mirrors and

5 Flying to Massachusetts to inventory art and furnishings gathered over a lifetime of international travel, Chin helped select locations for the couple s turn-of-the-century French gilt mirrors and chandeliers, as well as exquisite contemporary glass sculpture. A favorite piece, Dan Dailey s 20-inch tall sculpture, Mystery, receives special treatment. The mesmerizing gold and blue glass effigy presides in the receiving foyer off of the elevator entrance. Set almost altar-like against royal blue fabric and mirror, the sculpture looks down a long central hall of temple-like marble arches. Inset anigre wall panels line the main hallway, while the ABOVE: Delighting in colorful works of art, Ladies at Lunch lights up a living room wall, while Jansen Miller s 1939 hand-carved Eagle offers a taste of Americana. Casamance s geometricpattern covered accent pillows play off the coffered ceiling above, where one of four of the homeowners chandeliers from a turn-of-the-last-century estate centers the space. 206 FLORIDA DESIGN VOL. 24 NO. 1

6 As if in a library of rare books, a room filled with exceptional wines is a place to browse, speculate and anticipate. We turned the labels outward for appraisal and pride, architect Kurt Dannwolf says. The free-standing wine unit is the tantalizer for the larger room behind.

The building s unique structure a central core with 40-foot spans and no interior columns permits a freedom of design rarely found in condominium living, Dannwolf says.

7 The building s unique structure a central core with 40-foot spans and no interior columns permits a freedom of design rarely found in condominium living, Dannwolf says. floor and ceiling form synchronies one form echoing that of the one above or below. With confidence in an established collection, Chin paired a glass top and table base made from the balustrades of an 1860 s French department store with the Dailey sculpture, and a bronze and papier mache figure entitled Witness. In each room, wood and stone unite. The linear dining room continues the theme with its series of squares and rectangles, interrupted only by a 19th-century Baccarat chandelier and a wall mural of an August Macke reproduction inspired by an enchanting postcard. Beneath the subtle gilding of an equally subtle vault in the ceiling, the ultra-heavy dining room table by J. Robert Scott glows, while the turquoise and coral hues of the 100-year-old Persian area rug reflect in the fabric of the chairs. ABOVE: In case the couple missed Martha s Vineyard, the designers created a facsimile in the breakfast area/new England porch. Tongue-and-groove ceiling, hose-down flooring, even the art says outdoors with a slab of fossil fish above a soapstone shelf. With open-jointed Ipe plank flooring and Weatherend mahogany furnishings from JANUS et Cie, the owners can open the recessed doors to invite the outside in. 208 FLORIDA DESIGN VOL. 24 NO. 1

8 Rather than pendant lighting that might obstruct the view, interior designer Lachmee Chin chose Delta Light s cached lighting nestled in ceiling slots. Futuro Futoro hoods take on the role of sculpture, while Dakota Jackson s chrome-tipped counter stools from David Sutherland sit in perfect complement.

The far end of the family room is watched over by the yellow gaze of a whimsical goat. Behind the Donghia slipper chairs, the view of Miami stretches for miles.

Here, the ceiling s coffers are a schematic for the posh furniture groupings below. Down the hall, the striking wine room becomes a destination.

10 The far end of the family room is watched over by the yellow gaze of a whimsical goat. Behind the Donghia slipper chairs, the view of Miami stretches for miles. The trove of collected pieces the homeowners wished to bring to their new residence includes a piano and a hand-carved, wood American eagle with a gold finish that presides regally in the living room. Here, the ceiling s coffers are a schematic for the posh furniture groupings below. Down the hall, the striking wine room becomes a destination. A freestanding select wine unit, outlined in Mondrian-like polished stainless beams, contains the exceptional labels. Beyond, the body of the collection that contains 1,300 bottles awaits its moment. In the Rolls Royce of Smallbone of Devizes kitchens, quartzite countertops and Calacatta marble backsplashes vie LEFT: As if belying their heft, the tiny chrome high heels ringing the legs of J. Robert Scott s dining table and chairs carry their sparkle into the family room by way of delicate silver artifacts. A crushed shell cocktail table from Today s Custom Design sits atop the homeowners Persian area rug.

11 Pretty as a picture, majestic water views frame the sculptural tub. Nearby, Opustone s exquisite onyx colors the back wall of the shower. It really is a masterpiece of nature that truly creates the master bath, Chin says. with the custom millwork for attention. Distressed leather counter stools with chrome high-heeled legs add a touch of luxe. Adjoining the kitchen, Dannwolf turned an outside balcony into a quaint interpretation of a New England porch. Fluted anigre coffers and Ipe wood flooring softens the family room, where Nuhouse chairs with ottomans bound in wrought iron sit on geometric legs. At the far end of the room, a fanciful goat painting colors the space near a pair of silk-covered slipper chairs from Donghia.. Almost as if following their artistic bent in the master bath, the couple chose a hand-carved marble, soaking tub, a la Botticelli s Venus. It sits atop a burnt caramel marble dais where a sunset creates its own art. Inside the shower, onyx seems to swirl like a watercolor painting of its own with rain-shower and wall mounted fixtures. While the couple now divides their time between the North and the South, it seems certain that in addition to their transplanted treasures, new ones to be acquired will offer happy provenance and prospect from Miami s eclectic verve. 212 FLORIDA DESIGN VOL. 24 NO. 1

Marble Arch, Chandigarh

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