Bios

Staff -- Interior Design, 7/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

AG4 Mediatecture Company

"The Medium Is the Message," page 232

principal: Christoph Kronhagel.

completed projects: The foyer at Start Amadeus in Bad Homburg, Germany; a function center at Hoechst in Frankfurt; the BMW installation at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.

current projects: The media facade of the Rhein Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, featuring the world's largest LED video screen.

upload: Writing magazines articles on how to integrate large media displays into urban environments.

off-load: Purchasing land in rural Belgium, where he plans to build a vacation house.

8 Am Kölner Brett, 50825 Cologne, Germany; 49-221-912-7320; ag4.de.

Jeffrey Beers International

"Ultra Vegas," page 238

principal: Jeffrey Beers.

completed projects: DB Bistro Moderne and the Ralph Lauren showroom in New York; China Grill in New York, Miami, and Las Vegas; Hard Rock Cafes in Chicago and Toronto; numerous offices and residences.

current projects: A nightclub and restaurant for the Mirage Resort, Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas; a Hilton hotel in Tokyo; restaurants for chef Todd English in Las Vegas and Orlando, Florida; restaurants and clubs for the Disney Cruise Line; restaurants in Denver and Chicago.

honors: Fulbright Fellowship; Gold Key Award for Design Excellence.

by land: Golf, tennis, glassblowing, and traveling through Europe with his wife and two sons.

by sea: Dreaming up designs while sailing the ocean.

91 Fifth Avenue, Suite 801, New York, NY 10010; 212-352-2020; jeffreybeers.com.

Clodagh Design

"Clodagh in Carolina," page 190

founder: Clodagh.

completed projects: Mezzanine Spa at SoHo Integrative Health and Robert Redford's penthouse in New York; products for Ann Sacks, HBF, and Boyd Lighting.

current projects: A redesign of a resort in Orlando, Florida; a health and healing center in Minneapolis; a hotel and spa in Armenia.

honors: Interior Design Hall of Fame; a design competition award from the Feria Internacional del Meuble de Valencia in Spain; a platinum and gold from Awards for Design Excellence.

clothing patterns: Clodagh began her career as a fashion designer in her native Ireland.

furniture patterns: She's one of the first Western designers to use and promote feng shui.

670 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10012; 212-780-5300.

Lewis/Schoeplein Architects

"No Glass Ceiling," page 218

principal: Toni Lewis, AIA.

principal: Marc Schoeplein, AIA.

completed projects: Residences in Los Angeles; storefront revitalization for redevelopment zones in south and east Los Angeles.

current projects: A fire station in Los Angeles County; a residential development and community center near Reno, Nevada; a high-rise residence in Beverly Hills, California.

footwork: "Our office used to be a shoe-repair shop. People often wander in with shoes and a confused look," says Lewis. "We're considering hiring a cobbler for a little extra income."

footlights: " 'Life is theater,' an architect friend once advised us. We try to live that way—without getting into too much trouble," says Schoeplein.

10590 1/2 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90064; 310-842-8620.

Mateja Mikulandra-Mackat

"Berlin on Tap," page 200

principal: Mateja Mikulandra-Mackat.

current projects: Apartments in Sibenik, Croatia; housing near Tübingen, Germany.

living space, general: Her graduate thesis at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, investigated residential similarities and cultural differences between Switzerland and Japan.

living space, personal: Having grown up in Slovenia and Croatia, she now calls a converted Berlin meatpacking plant home.

3C Gartenstrasse, 10115 Berlin, Germany; 49-30-285-99-469.

Studio 0.10 Architects

"What Shulman Knew," page 224

principal: Andrew Liang.

principal: Li Wen.

completed projects: Juice postproduction facility, AZ Productions, and Tangerine Editorial in Los Angeles; an architecture bookstore in Santa Monica and Culver City, California.

current projects: Residences and the AutoBar-Rowena Grill in Los Angeles; transitional housing in Pleasant Hill, California.

honors: AIA/LA Next LA Award.

in his head: "When you start to think you know everything, that's when you should start learning again," says Liang.

in his eyes: "One of my favorite views," says Wen, "is from the top of the Chateau Marmont at dusk, as the Sunset Strip begins to wake."

1500 South Los Angeles Street, Suite 4B, Los Angeles, CA 90015; 213-745-4900.

ErenTalu Architecture

"Turkish Delight," page 182

principal: Eren Talu.

completed projects: Bank branches and residential projects in Turkey.

current projects: Hotel Taksim Plaza and a building for Akbank in Istanbul; a time-share resort in Turkbuku, Turkey.

simple: Architecturally.

rich: Experientially.

80620 Buyukdere Caddesi, Levent, Istanbul, Turkey; 90-212-3390700.

Designers in walk-through

Studio Iosa Ghini Architecture and Design ("Ferrari in Overdrive," page 66), 6 Via Castiglione, 40124 Bologna, Italy; 39-051-236563.

Vicente Wolf Associates ("The Empire's New Clothes," page 62), 333 West 39th Street, New York, NY 10018; 212-465-0590.

Designers in kitchen & bath

Found Associates ("Cooking Inside the Box," page 134), 48 Pall Mall Deposit, 124 Barlby Road, London W10 6BL, U.K.; 44-20-8964-3667.

Monique Gibson and Associates ("Drenched in Deco," page 140), 240 Centre Street, Suite 3A, New York, NY 10013; 212-431-4749.

Hemingwaydesign ("It's Show Time," page 121), 15 Wembley Park Drive, Wembley HA9 8HD, U.K.; 44-20-8903-1074.

Lundberg Design ("Wash and Wear," page 128), 2620 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94107; 415-695-0110.

Designer in centerfold

BDDW ("To Be Continued," page 176), 5 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10013; 212-625-1230; bddw.com.

Photographers in this issue

Daniel Aubry ("Clodagh in Carolina," page 190), 100 West 23rd Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10011; 212-414-0014.

John Ellis ("What Shulman Knew," page 224), 2110 Fourth Street, Suite 16, Santa Monica, CA 90405; 310-392-0552.

Art Gray ("No Glass Ceiling," page 218), 171 Pier Avenue, Suite 272, Santa Monica, CA 90405; 310-450-2806.

Ken Hayden ("Turkish Delight," page 182), 151A Sydney Street, London SW3 6NT, U.K.; 44-20-7376-3219.

Arne Hofmann ("The Medium Is the Message," page 232), 46 Weissenburg Strasse, 50670 Cologne, Germany; 49-221-97259-20; arnehofmann@t-online.de.

Werner Huthmacher ("Berlin on Tap," page 200), Artur Architekturbuilder Agentur, 41 Engelbertstrasse, 50674 Cologne, Germany; 49-221-310-12-44.

Eric Laignel ("On the Road Again," page 206; "The Medium Is the Message," page 232; "Ultra Vegas," page 238), morganephoto@hotmail.com.

Tamer Yilmaz ("Turkish Delight," page 182), 38 Dereyoluc Caddesi, Maflak, Istanbul, Turkey; 90-532-314-9758.