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Geometric, precise and with great clarity of design, this firm's projects have won principals Charles Gwathmey and Robert Siegel a devoted following and more than 100 awards. Clients hail the company for its intricate, original designs and passion for creating spaces of the highest quality and stylistic integrity. They say the firm leaves its indelible signature on every project and it is very sympathetic to clients' needs. The architects in this firm of 80 put forth a distinct, unquestionable modernism, and they are commended for displaying a sculptor's sensitivity to form and light. We're told these architects believe that complete architectural solutions include the details of interior design.
Gwathmey, a Fulbright scholar, graduated from Yale in 1962 with a Master's Degree in Architecture and became a Fellow of the AIA in 1981. Siegel, a graduate of Pratt and Harvard, is president of Pratt's board of trustees and became a Fellow of the AIA in 1991. Both architects have taught at some of the country's most prestigious universities. Their high-powered partnership was founded in 1967, and today the venerable firm only accepts residential projects with exceptional budgets—usually exceeding $5 million. The projects are generally large-scale single-family homes and apartment renovations in Los Angeles and New York.
Recent projects include the construction of a 20,000 square foot dynamic home in Bel Air, significant homes in Malibu and Pacific Palisades, and commissions for numerous celebrities, including Jerry Seinfeld and Steven Spielberg in New York. Notable institutional commissions include the 1992 addition to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and buildings for Harvard, Princeton and Cornell. The firm expectedly charges a significantly higher percentage of total construction costs. AD 100, 2000, 2002. ID Hall of Fame.
Representative Client Comments:
"We were able to get an architectural masterpiece without sacrificing practical living comfort." "The most amazing part was watching Charles's ideas come to fruition. I would happily do it all again." "The execution, right down to the last detail, was absolutely flawless." "We were a relatively small client, and it took forever to get their attention." "It was a perfect collaboration between our ideas and their illumination of them." "They were imaginative and creative—and it came out magnificently."
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