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MEADOWLARK COMPOUND BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY
Role: Designer at Sawyer|Berson
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What: Architecture & Landscape Design for private compound
Where: Bridgehampton, NY
When: 2007-present
What was once three-separate lots was combined into a family compound along the magnificent shore of Sagg Pond. Three modern house now serve as a year-round family retreat. Sawyer|Berson was in charge of designing the architecture and the landscape of this two phase project. The landscape is meant to bridge all three houses seamlessly. The residences include an assortment of amenities including a vegetable parterre, dining bosque, two swimming pools and spas, petanque court, tennis court and various perennial garden beds. Green roofs and geothermal heating and cooling are aspects of this house designed with sustainability in mind. The site is accessed via a long tree-lined driveway. Hedges and a variety of native species of plants fill out the site perimeter, providing privacy as well as a seasonally changing backdrop. The Residence on Sagg Pond has been featured in the July 2015 issue of Architectural Digest. The project has had additions every season, and the maintenance of the property has been looked at carefully to keep it evolving towards the best.
Residence On Majors Path
SOUTHAMPTON, NY
RESIDENCE ON MAJORS PATH SOUTHAMPTON, NY
Role: Designer at Sawyer|Berson
What: Private Residence on Majors Path
Where: Southampton, NY
When: construction completed
This residential project was designed for one of the most influential contemporary furniture designers and manufacturers in the world. He wanted a simple and elegant, one-story building to welcome his three daughters in the Summer in a forested area of Southampton. We took advantage of the sloped site to create an open lower level. The main living areas are open to the pool terrace and a petanque court resides on a lower level. Many iterations lead us to this roof slope and razor construction detail. Skylights cross the house length on the North slope to bring natural light to the corridor and also to the double-height living area.
Surfside Residence
SOUTHAMPTON, NY
Surfside Residence
SOUTHAMPTON, NY
11 NORTH MOORE MANHATTAN, NY
Role: Designer at Sawyer|Berson
What: Interior design of public spaces
Where: Manhattan, NY
When: 2014-2015
11 North Moore is a stunning new devel opment located in the heart of Tribeca. Designed by Adjmi & Andreoli with public spaces by architects Sawyer Berson in a modest, sophisticated style characterized by clean lines and beautiful detailing, 11 North Moore commands a prime block front in Tribeca and provides a refreshing new style of premium condominium loft living with dramatic picture windows. Our mission was to provide a clean entry hallway, a library and a courtyard to the 18 apartments. We opted for a very geomet rical design approach, creating strong con trasts of color and shapes.
VERA WANG’S APARTMENT MANHATTAN, NY
VERA WANG’S APARTMENT MANHATTAN, NY
Role: Designer at Sawyer|Berson
What: Full interior renovation & custom furniture design
Where: Manhattan, NY
When: 2015-2017
“This whole thing has been an exercise in total insanity,” Vera Wangs laughs, describing the renovation to end all renovations.
“I knew I was doing something really sacrilegious because it’s a building so famous architecturally. I mean, how do you take an apartment in a 1920s Rosario Candela building and do something like this? How do you come up in the elevator that my parents came up in for 30 years and walk into this environment, this strict, disciplined aesthetic? I really wanted the rooms to be like a studio, where I could move things around if I wished to. I wanted it to be modular and movable.”
A gallery-like hall is hung with a silvery Rudolf Stingel, Richard Serra’s commanding Rift II anchors a living area. Ascend the stunning staircase, and suddenly Wang’s claim of a commitment to minimalism is shot completely to hell. Those former bedrooms have been transformed into a giant closet—a gargantuan wardrobe holding fashions of the last half-century. Everything has a story.
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Vera Wang Flagship Store
RODEO DRIVE, LOS ANGELES
VERA WANG FLAGSHIP STORE RODEO DRIVE, LOS ANGELES
Role: Designer at Sawyer|Berson
What: New Vera Wang flagship store
Where: Rodeo Drive, Los Angeles
When: 2014
We designed the new Vera Wang flagship on Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles, replacing the brand’s previous outpost on Melrose Avenue. The approximately 6,000-squarefoot, bi-level space was most recently oc cupied by Hermès, before the completion of its boutique a few doors down. For Wang, we opened up and unified the inte riors, using a dramatic design scheme. The main floor houses the ready-to-wear col lection and VIP lounge, where pieces from the archives are displayed. A striking white staircase leads to a more intimate upper level that showcases the bridal gowns. Blackened-steel fixtures and furnishings, custom-made linen seating, and black-lac quer details coordinate with the graph ite-color walls. “We were inspired by Vera Wang’s personal style,” says Brian Sawyer. “The leading concept for the project was to establish an edited architectural language together with a dramatic but simple suite of finishes in order to create an austere backdrop for the garments.” Austere? Per haps, but also undeniably chic.
L’OCCITANE STORE & SPA
EU, UK, UAE, USA
L’OCCITANE STORE & SPA EU, UK, UAE, USA
Role: Retail Architect at L’Occitane en Provence
What: Design of new stores and spas
Where: UK, UAE, Tokyo, NYC...
When: 2018
The 2018 challenge for L’Occitane was to create a new environment to welcome the clients in a more premium yet affordable store. The idea is to create testing and service area in every part of the shop. The concept aims to stay authentic to the brands character, faithfully adapting the provencal codes, in an elegant manner. The materials are mineral and minimal. I proposed arches around the different types of products in the spirir of Provence. We added a rain shower element to create a playful animation around the hand creams consultation.
L’OCCITANE STORE & SPA EU, UK, UAE, USA
L’OCCITANE STORE & SPA EU, UK, UAE, USA
Role: Retail Architect at L’Occitane en Provence
What: Design of new stores and spas
Where: UK, UAE, Tokyo, NYC...
When: 2018
L’Occitane spas welcome customers in a provençal environment, finding the extraordinary into the ordinary. The journey to the South of France is brought through all the senses. Tone on tone colors local pieces of furniture, raw materials like stone sinks and mosaic tiles let the sunshine in. The access to the cabins with smooth arches and soft light leads clients to a place of wellness. We organized three single cabins with individual showers and one double cabin with its own shower and bath. A relaxing area is the centered of the plan. At the entrance, a retail area enables the clients to purchase their favourite products after their treatments.
VILLA COLOGNY COLOGNY, GENEVA
Role: Landscape Architect at ENEA
What: new garden design
Where: Cologny, Switzerland
When: 2020
This property over looking Lake Geneva will welcome a spacious home for a family of five. The building style marries eastern-specifically Japanese Zen Buddhist aesthetics with modern Swiss architecture and complement the landscape and local topography. Due to the slope of the land - landscaping is a crucial part of the design. Materials that inspired the construction are natural stone, slate, wood, concrete, granite and marble. The house is being built to the highest standard of energy efficiency to benefit from the maximum allowed building coefficient of land/ house. The 2,760 sqm parcel is West facing and sees the sunset. The pool position was studied to accomodate the security of small children and taking advantage of the best views. Going up the site, a vegetable garden will be found close to the kitchen. And on top of the site, an orchid of local apple trees and wildflowers will be the perfect environment to enjoy the best view.
