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MARIO NIEVERA – FOREVER GREEN

I had the great pleasure to meeting the marvelous Mario Nievera some time ago, while working on the development of Marsh Island in Vero Beach Florida. It was a top-notch team comprised of Ferguson & Shamamian, architecture; Mario Nievera, landscape architecture; and yours truly, interior design. I was immediately taken by Nievera, and, over time, [...]

Doris Duke’s Shangri La – A House In Paradise

I’ve had the great pleasure of decorating properties from Bali to not-so-exotic Florida, but whatever the case, I always infuse my designs with more than a hint of far away lands. I’ve also had a long-time fantasy of owning a home in a spectacular garden paradise, and so it should come as no surprise that [...]

Crisp, Clean, Clear Color

While designing at Parish-Hadley Inc., I learned a great deal from my friend and mentor Albert Hadley. First and foremost was the importance of establishing a point of view, an aesthetic, (and then to hold to that initial point of view throughout the process!). One would then proceed by getting the “bones right,” that is, [...]