Clockwise from far left portrait: Interior designer Laura Bohn. Architect Carol Kurth. At Tango House, a Connecticut residence with architecture by Kurth and interiors by Bohn, a series of volumes are clad in zinc panels, stucco, and thermally modified white ash. A wall of wood-look porcelain tile lines the indoor lap pool. The gas fireplace in the living area is surrounded by slabs of textured Brazilian quartzite with hand-chiseled edges.
Laura Bohn
ASID, The Decorators Club Cofounder of Designers Collaborative 40 years in the industry honors
Interior Design Hall of Fame, Pratt Institute Distinguished Career Award, Roscoe Awards for fabric design Carol Kurth
ASID, LEED Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and founder of the AIA Westchester Hudson Valley Women in Architecture Committee; created and endowed the Carol J. Weissman Kurth Women in Architecture scholarship at the CCNY Spitzer School of Architecture honors
AIA and ASID Awards 35 years in the industry
Laura Bohn
Principal, Laura Bohn Design Associates
Carol Kurth
Principal, Carol Kurth Architecture + Interiors
Call it timeless modernism. New York architect Carol Kurth’s award-winning body of residential and commercial work is notable for its imaginative integration of site, form, structure, and materials. Similarly, Houston-born, New York–based Laura Bohn, an Interior Design Hall of Famer and Pratt Institute alum, is known for her “soft modernism,” bringing unexpected hues and shapes together to create comfortable rooms with an atmosphere of depth and richness. The Tango House in Greenwich, Connecticut, is the result of the collaboration between the two woman-led firms for a client couple with a passion for sustainability and dance. The house that Kurth and her team of 10 architects and designers on staff conceived is a contemporary assemblage of interlocking volumes that plays openness against privacy. The primary cladding materials are zinc panels, stucco, and white ash treated thermally, which adds to the wood’s moisture resistance. In Bohn’s interiors, softness reigns with natural, recyclable fibers including mohair, banana silk, and wool. Color is introduced in subtle yet dynamic contrast to the architecture. Large by any standard, the 15,700-square-foot six-bedroom residence spans three levels. The lowest includes an indoor lap pool; the main floor is dedicated primarily to openplan living, dining, and kitchen areas, plus the master suite. On the top floor—most astonishingly—is a tango studio under a soaring swoop of walnut ceiling, where a galaxy of cast-glass globes hangs at precisely calculated “random” heights. Beneath those glowing orbs, the homeowners host weekly dance nights that last until the wee hours. PROJECT TEAM SARA LEDRA: LAURA BOHN DESIGN ASSOCIATES JOHN RAPETTI, DIANA WAWRZASZEK: CAROL KURTH ARCHITECTURE + INTERIORS KEY CONSULTANTS OEHME, VAN SWEDEN & ASSOCIATES; LEGACY CONSTRUCTION NORTHEAST; E2 ENGINEERS; LEICHT; ROYALE UPHOLSTERY AND DRAPERY; ADVANCED HOME AUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY BOHN PORTRAIT: VLADIMIR WEINSTEIN; KURTH PORTRAIT: KRISTEN JENSEN; PROJECT: ERIC LAIGNEL
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