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Gallerist Park Avenue Residence - New York, NY

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Santa Anita - Los Angeles, CA

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Washington SQ. Park Penthouse

Hollywood Hills House - Sunset Plaza, Beverly Hills

DC Townhouse, Logan Circle, Washington, DC

Palazzo Chuppi - West Village, New York City

Hampton's Contemporary - Montauk, NY

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Pace Gallery - Chelsea, New York City

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Gramercy Park Hotel - New York, NY

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West Village - Reimagining Traditional Townshouses to Modern Mix

Cooper Square Rail Road - East Village, New York, NY

Telefonica - Madrid Spain

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Taos House - Taos, New Mexico

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5th Avenue Classic- New York, NY

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Tilton Gallery - NY, NY

Jack Tilton is one of the most acclaimed and respected gallerist in New York City for almost half a century.     Since 1983, the Tilton Gallery has been well known for discovering and promoting cutting edge, emerging artists from around the world. For close to three decades, Tilton has exhibited hundreds of contemporary artists, many of whom, like David Hammons, Marlene Dumas, Fred Tomaselli, Huang Yong Ping and Francis Alys, to name but a few, have become prominent figures on the international stage.

The original gallery was in Soho in the 80’s which was the fashionable place for galleries of that era, and then Jack was one of the earliest people to establish a gallery in the west side of Chelsea in the “garage gallery” era near the Highline.   The latest iteration is the crowning jewel which returned to the highly respected “Museum Mile” area just a block from The Metropolitan Museum of art, in a restored townhouse between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue in Manhattan’s elite upper east side.

The double townhouse, once occupied for a period by the Roosevelt’s, had been broken up into multiple apartments.    The challenge was to remove decades of hap-hazard renovations to open the space back into one grand space.     A very delicate approach was taken to restore all of the existing details.    In some areas the very intricate original wood floor, including Cuban mahogany detailing had to be hand in-layed.   In many spaces such as the piano nobile’s grand ballroom space, century plus old intricate plaster molding was restored in cornices, ceiling medallions and other trim pieces.

Being a contemporary art gallery, all of the detailing was white-washed for a clean minimal back canvas.   Robust professional gallery grade systems such as high-intensity lighting, designed to not decay the work, and museum quality air tempering, and humidity control systems were delicately integrated inside of existing walls and floors so that only tiny vent slots are hidden in the cornices and other details so that they are invidible.

The basement level also houses a visiting artist garden apartment, administrative offices, and a small curatorial clean space.     With no access from the street for receiving works of art, a portion of the wood floor’s border actually hides a long flip-up “slot” which allows canvases to be brought in through the front door of the townhouse and slipped down through the floor to the curatorial space and then flip back seamless to conceal its existence.

This project was under the direction of Hut Sachs Architecture, with Kevin acting as project designer & manager.

 

Napa Yacht Club - Entry Gate - Napa, California

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Foley + Corinna - Lower East Side, New York, NY

Union Square Penthouse - New York, NY

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Yanni Residence - Highbridge, NJ

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Historic Bartrams' Gardens - Philadelphia, PA

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Vestige Offices, New York, NY

Napa Yacht Club - Harbor Park - Napa, California

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Ner Tamid Competition - Napa Valley, St. Helena, CA

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Wickatuk Hamptons House - Sag Harbor, NY

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2012 NYC Olympic Bid - New York, NY

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NYC Marathon Director's Office - Midtown - New York, NY

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Baltimore Townhouse - Baltimore, MD

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Stonecrest - Napa, California

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Mid-Century Guest Cottage - Buck's County, PA (Philadelphia Area)

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Lucite $100K Closet - New York, NY

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Mid-Century - Bucks County, PA (Philadelphia Area)

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ArtFarm Hotel - Lexington, VA

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Conshohocken - Philadelphia, PA

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Triasey - Buck County, PA (Philadelphia Area)

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Falling water Restoration - Mill Run, PA (Pittsburg Area)

Fallingwater is one of the most iconic and shining examples of early 20th century American experimental architecture.     Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1937, the compound was originally imagined as a respite for Edgar Kaufman and his family to leave behind the city and their empire as one of the Macy’s esque moguls, and instead invite the natural environment in and embrace it through their home with their family.     The house cantilevers over an incredible natural waterfall, and steps lead from the living room, intended to invite a small group of friends and family to frolic in and interact with the beautiful natural settings.

 

After half a century of praise, the structure is now toured by more than 100K visitors per year, and impact never intended by it’s original design.    As a result, the added stresses required a restoration and reinforcement to meet it’s modern demands.

 

In the early 80’s the principal of VESTIGE, Kevin, at a young age traveled to this defining piece of architecture.    At only 7 years old, the director of the conservancy charged with protecting Fallingwater took note of this peculiarly inquisitive youth and his photographing and drawing of the fireplace, and the details of frameless corner window.

 

Fast forwarding 2+ decades, when it came time for the restoration and restructuring, the firm of WASA in NYC was selected, and the director called upon Kevin to be part of the process.    Leading a team of students, Kevin and the other’s spent the summer documenting the structure in great detail in preparation for the work to be done.     Then entire structure was gridded into 2’ x 2’ modules, and documented by Kevin and the team of students.   Each stone was catalogued such that if they needed to be disturbed during the restoration process, they were numbered and drawn to scale, to be able to be re-inserted, and checked for any damage after the work was complete.     The intimate depiction of the structure in all dimensions was an invaluable educational experience.

 

The structure has since remained stable for over a decade post restoration and continues to delight visitors with it’s illustrations of progressive early 20th century architecture.

WIND - Museum Competition - New York, NY

Gallerist Park Avenue Residence - New York, NY

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Santa Anita - Los Angeles, CA

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Washington SQ. Park Penthouse

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Hollywood Hills House - Sunset Plaza, Beverly Hills

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DC Townhouse, Logan Circle, Washington, DC

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Palazzo Chuppi - West Village, New York City

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Hampton's Contemporary - Montauk, NY

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Pace Gallery - Chelsea, New York City

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Gramercy Park Hotel - New York, NY

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West Village - Reimagining Traditional Townshouses to Modern Mix

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Cooper Square Rail Road - East Village, New York, NY

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Telefonica - Madrid Spain

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Taos House - Taos, New Mexico

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5th Avenue Classic- New York, NY

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Tilton Gallery - NY, NY

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Napa Yacht Club - Entry Gate - Napa, California

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Foley + Corinna - Lower East Side, New York, NY

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Union Square Penthouse - New York, NY

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Yanni Residence - Highbridge, NJ

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Historic Bartrams' Gardens - Philadelphia, PA

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Napa Yacht Club - Harbor Park - Napa, California

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Ner Tamid Competition - Napa Valley, St. Helena, CA

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Wickatuk Hamptons House - Sag Harbor, NY

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2012 NYC Olympic Bid - New York, NY

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NYC Marathon Director's Office - Midtown - New York, NY

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Baltimore Townhouse - Baltimore, MD

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Stonecrest - Napa, California

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Mid-Century Guest Cottage - Buck's County, PA (Philadelphia Area)

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Lucite $100K Closet - New York, NY

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Mid-Century - Bucks County, PA (Philadelphia Area)

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ArtFarm Hotel - Lexington, VA

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Conshohocken - Philadelphia, PA

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Triasey - Buck County, PA (Philadelphia Area)

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Falling water Restoration - Mill Run, PA (Pittsburg Area)

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WIND - Museum Competition - New York, NY

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