January 2022
Issue No. 4
HEAVY METAL: Materiality with Weight & Beauty
Happy New Year! This month is a heavy issue, literally. I dive into the materiality of metal and it is beautiful! 

Metal is a wonderous material to work with. Most people associate beauty with delicate objects, but weighty, tough material like metal has its own appeal. It can be manipulated and carefully crafted into elegant details, finishes, and functional pieces that become the most compelling components of a home.

The vanity shown above was custom made with unlacquered brass strips woven into a cross-hatch pattern. It creates a stunning and timeless centerpiece for a bathroom.
In this next project, metal was used to fashion the cabinetry in a modern kitchen in a Soho loft in New York City. The project was designed by Haynes-Roberts. The kitchen flows seamlessly into the custom-crafted main living space. The cabinets are custom, patinated stainless steel to give an aged historic loft look. 
This last example is from a townhouse in Brooklyn. This study features custom, woven stainless steel and brass mesh to serve as a magnetic bulletin board. 
FROM THE PROJECT PORTFOLIO: A Custom Wine Cellar with Extensive Metalwork 
AE Greyson was commissioned to renovate a private residence on East End Avenue. As part of the assignment, the owners tasked AE Greyson with building a custom wine cellar and adjoining wine tasting room. We partnered with Wainlands metal fabricators for the extensive and detailed metalwork shown in these photos. In the 15’ x 30’ cellar, thousands of bottles are now nestled on custom steel hardware. Wainlands manipulated and bent steel into precisely rounded cradles for wine bottles. Both high gloss stainless steel and satin stainless steel are intermixed to create the desired look for the shelving structures. The mahogany veneer door was ebonized and finished with a high gloss lacquer process. The temperature-controlled wine cellar features one glass wall allowing those in the tasting room a glimpse inside. Cantilevered glass shelves store the very necessary and often-used wine glasses.      
OUT & ABOUT: At the ICAA’S 40th Annual Arthur Ross Awards
Back in October, I was honored to attend the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art's (ICAA) 40th Annual Arthur Ross Awards. This year’s honorees included: Skurman Architects (Architecture), Hyde Park Mouldings (Artisanship & Craftsmanship), Bob Christian Decorative Art (Fine Arts), Hollander Design Landscape Architects (Landscape), Charles Miers and Rizzoli New York (Publishing), John F. W. Rogers (Patronage), and Michael Lykoudis, FAIA (Board of Directors Honor). To read more about the event click here, and to see images click here and here.
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