Category Archives: Design

Hall des Lumieres – Gold in Motion Music is a universal language. When music is combined with art itbrings life to its highest level.In today’s world it is imperative to indulge oneself in a moment of pure pleasure. When it includes being transportedback in time, and fast forwarded into the digital world, the experience becomes […]

The LES Revival and Rejuvenation If not for my association to the world of Real Estate, I’d be clueless of the many neighborhoods on the island of Manhattan. For starters, I often confuse the Lower East Side with the East Village, although based on demographics and trends, the EV gave rise to popularity in the […]

Hakama is an American multimedia artist currently based in Kyoto, Japan. An intuitive and ceaseless explorer, Hakama’s creative pursuits have long been intertwined with a spirited life path. Undoubtedly influenced by the cultures and environments of the diverse locations he has called home over the years (India, Indonesia, Australia,Hawaii, Japan) Hakama has pushed his artistic […]

Adrian Olabuenaga and his wife Lesley are the owners of Casa Maui, Hawaii, one of the only 7 houses designed by Sottsass and maybe the most famous one. About Sottsass: When the Design World first heard about Memphis, I was living in Los Angeles where I was lucky enough to know that Peter Shire, one […]

I had the fortune to meet the late Sol LeWitt when we commissioned him a mural to be installed in 140 Franklin Street, one of our development projects in TriBeCa. I admired his simplicity, clarity of mind and flexibility. His first design proposal didn’t seem appropriate to us and he gracefully accepted to change it […]

Magazzino Italian Art – the unveiling of the Robert Olnick Pavillion If surveys were to be taken, many would agree that the person most responsible for shaping their lives, would be a parent. And for some of us lucky enough, the gratitude would be equally shared, by both. When I met Nancy Olnick last Fall, […]

Sometimes it’s a refuge, sometimes it’s a chaotic outburst; sometimes my reflector or even a confrontation. It’s always the support for both my ground and my sky, the vessel and the alchemy – always personal and even sacred. Places of creativity are like that. So is Art. Sometimes the space is tidy, mostly not, but […]

As an Architect trained in Italy I consider Architecture and Interior design not to be two separate disciplines but, at different scale, two complementary fundamentals of the design process. I also strongly believe that true creativity defies the logic of the thinking process and challenges its rationality. Modularity allows for flexibility and seriality since visual complexity […]

My first real estate venture was in Tribeca. In 1995 it was desolate, sparse and mysterious. Street traffic was minimal, pedestrians were seldom seen. This was when Tribeca remained a hidden gem. Only a smattering of retail shops and restaurants reserved for those hip New Yorkers who were creating a scene, while being seen. Fast […]

My name is Aldo Andreoli, A is the initial of my name, but A is also the initial of my last name, so my obsession with this letter of the alphabet started very early in life, as soon as I was able to pronounce and write my full name. Back in Italy, during my school […]