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The Design Issue Compass Quarterly The Design Issue From our house to yours. Features Culture In conceptualizing our debut issue of Compass Quarterly, 4 a single theme presented itself: design. For us, design is Creative License the tactile, visual, even emotional complement to the fiscal With backgrounds in interiors, architecture, and design, aspects of real estate. From building a house to making Compass agents are broadening it a home to shaping a neighborhood, design informs our the definition of broker. most meaningful interactions. Through the lens of our agent network, and the dynamic buyers and sellers they Architecture serve, we constantly encounter visionary talents within our 9 communities. With this, our Design issue, we celebrate those The New Boston Blueprint artisans, entrepreneurs, architects, and innovators who are Home to a rich architectural tradition, the city’s most innovative creating more functional, intelligent, and beautiful places firms are building its future. NYC 40°44'11" N 73°59'37" W for us all to call home. NYC 40°45'35" N 73°58'23" W Design BK 40°40’14” N 73°58’40” W BK 40°43’11” N 73°57’25” W 19 HMT 40°56’80” N 72°18’14” W Industrial Strength Resident Brooklyn experts/agents BOS 42°21’30” N 71°04’35” W reveal the leading makers behind the DC 40°42'46" N 73°58'23" W borough’s creative renaissance. DC 38°88'51" N 76°99'63" W Entrepreneurship DC 38°57'46" N 77°05'10" W MIA 25°47'30" N 80°08'51" W 33 Sun. Sand. And Startups. A new class of technologists are taking South Florida by storm. Data 39 DC by Design A 225-year-old urban plan anchors our nation’s capital and informs its dynamic evolution. Cover images and illustrations, clockwise from top ANDREW INGALLS RYAN MIKAIL VINCE JOY SASKIA RASINK EVGENY PARFENOV DONNA DOTAN The Design Issue Equal housing opportunity. housing Equal New York Residential Modernism By appointment only 100E53.com Interiors On the Market Excerpt T: 212 913 9082 15 Urban Legend 8 Boston 28 New York 44 Home Search RFR, Owner / Developer Designed and populated by Where historic architecture and Park Avenue glamour. Chelsea Find 30 of our favorite amenities, Vanke, Owner Manhattan’s elite, 740 Park intelligent design converge. charm. Central Park drama. materials, and architects cited Foster + Partners, Architecture Avenue is among the country’s in this issue. most storied structures. 14 New York 32 Miami William T. Georgis, Interior Design Textural details and gracious Iconic architecture and state-of- Hines, Co-Developer 29 Out in the Open proportions fill the city’s homes. the-art amenities redefine luxury Compass, Sales & Marketing Fluid lines and verdant greenery along the Atlantic. Classic Marketing, Sales & Marketing abound in a luxurious Greenwich 18 New York Village oasis. From prewar elegance to 38 Washington DC industrial-chic, discover From original moldings to antique 36 Eternal Flames residences in every style. hardware, the Capital’s homes From ornate to rustic, these come with a backstory. stunning hearths answer winter’s 27 New York This advertisement is not an offering. It is a solicitation of interest in the advertised property.binding No offering or non-binding, of the advertised can be made until units an offering canled be with made the and plan New no State deposits York is Department can be accepted, of Law. This or advertisement reservations,issued by the is made New State York pursuant Department Cooperative to of Law. File Policy No. CP15-0075. Sponsor: Statement Lexington 610 No. 1, Property 10022. LLC, New 390oor, York, N.Y. Park Avenue, 3rd frosty bite. Upper East Side sleek meets West 42 New Development Village vintage in Manhattan. Innovative layouts and premium amenities rule today’s market. Founder & Executive Senior Art Directors Senior Marketing & Contributors A special thank you Compass is a licensed real Chairman Jeff Lai Creative Producer Elizabeth Alban, Betim to our agents for their estate broker and abides by Ori Allon Paul Vlachou Kyle Ranson-Walsh Balaman, Kenneth Chen, insights and involvement Equal Housing Opportunity Shaun Courtney, Donna laws. All material presented Founder & CEO Project Designer Creative Producer Dotan, Andrew Ingalls, Printer herein is intended for Robert Reffkin Irina Anisimova Amy Wiggins Vince Joy, Robert Lowell, Glenn Orenstein Graphics informational purposes only. Ryan Mikail, Evgeny Information is compiled President Designers Creative Production Parfenov, Seth Porges, Paper from sources deemed Leonard Steinberg Frank DeRose Coordinator Saskia Rasink, David Finch Opaque reliable but is subject to Aaron Feng Jesslyn Guntur Sokol, Liz Wallace, and 30% Post-Consumer Waste errors, omissions, changes Chief Operating Officer Brendan Griffiths Tim Waltman in price, condition, sale, or David Snider Claire Mueller Marketing Product Lead Typefaces withdraw without notice. Andrew Rutledge Indira Vaidy Collaborators GT Pressura, Harmonia, No statement is made as to Head of Design Lacey Waterman Cathy Cao, Jaclyn Colletti, and Tiempos accuracy of any description. & Marketing Maddie Young Marketing & Advertising Garrett Derderian, All measurements and Matt Spangler Production Manager Benjamin Fortunato, Reproduction without square footages are Shannon O’Donnell Stephanie Militello, Tanya permission is prohibited. approximate. Exact Editorial Director Patel, Courtney Perkins, dimensions can be obtained Amy Perry Social Media Strategist Victoria Sampaio, Trevor Compass Headquarters by retaining the services of Jessica Scherlag Shanklin, Paolo Testa, 90 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor an architect or engineer. Content Strategist Lycurgo Vidalakis, and New York, NY 10011 This is not intended to solicit Hannah McWilliams Root Studios Brooklyn 212.913.9058 property already listed. compass.com Compass Quarterly Culture Creative License Creative License Boasting rich backgrounds in architecture and events, furniture and interior design, these Compass real estate agents channel their well-honed sensibility to best serve their clients—from search to signing. The Orchestrator Stacey Froelich The Globetrotter Christian Powers After determining that she wanted to work for an event Touring Europe as a youth informed Powers’ love of design, planning firm as a student at the University of Florida, granting him access to great examples early in life. “It was Froelich wasted no time. She traded the Sunshine State for only while studying architecture in college that I fully New York City and took the first-ever staff position with appreciated the significance of this exposure,” he says. then-burgeoning Empire Force Events, now a global player Inspired by the world’s foremost structures—the Acropolis in event design. “My specialty was handling trips that in Athens, Istanbul’s Hagia Sofia, and the Hermitage companies gifted their top salespeople,” she explains. of St. Petersburg—he went on to study architecture at Froelich oversaw every detail for clients like American MIT. Powers then spent five years with Americo Andrade Words: Hannah McWilliams Express and Coca-Cola, from limo service to cultural Architects, Payette Associates, and Plumb Design, Illustration: Evgeny Parfenov excursions to elaborate parties, even managing live-show migrating from Boston to New York City, where he’s logistics for the B52s and Earth, Wind & Fire in Hawaii. remained since transitioning into real estate in 2000. Any particularly unique events stand out? A 10-city tour for Which architects inspire you? Gaudi’s iconic work, seen Few vocations demand a more From property staging by a Williams- Mercedes-Benz, catered by Daniel Boulud. Off the clock, I throughout Barcelona, is not only aesthetically expressive, diverse intelligence than real estate. Sonoma veteran to renovation threw an incredible birthday party for my husband at Katz’s but structurally innovative. I’m also a fan of visionary architect Integrating project management, assessments from an MIT-trained Deli—such a classic New York institution. and engineer Santiago Calatrava, whose daring structures— business acumen, and visual intuition, architect, Compass clients directly What’s your ideal New York City venue? I organized a gala Lisbon’s Oriente Station, Spain’s Bilbao Airport—celebrate the agent’s role is rife with creative benefit from their agents’ unique skill at the Temple of Dendur inside the Metropolitan Museum of their biomorphic inspiration. opportunity. It should come as no sets and the synergies across these Art that was absolutely magical. In terms of location, it would Most interesting architectural feature you’ve seen? surprise, then, that real estate holds design disciplines. certainly be difficult to top that! A small home studio within a Brooklyn brownstone that inherent appeal for design-minded Here’s a glimpse at how the Any tricks you picked up along the way that inform your featured custom storage and an overhead sleep loft. The individuals seeking to bring their industry’s most creative cohort is real estate practice? I enlisted every last one of my friends whole space was a three-dimensional wooden puzzle of fine expertise into two of life’s biggest transforming real estate into a more to work an event with me at some point—from coat-check cabinetry. Even the stairs up to the loft were designed with decisions— buying and selling a home. sophisticated experience. attendants to ushers—so the power of persuasion and a deep, staggered treads that doubled as bookshelves. masterful understanding of Microsoft Excel. What’s the essential piece of design advice you give your clients? You can always renovate or redecorate, but you can’t change a home’s location. Compass Quarterly 4 5 Culture Creative License The Visionary “I’ve always felt the natural inclination to Which design era do you most admire? Kristhyna Torrico transform blank canvases into living art I absolutely love the Rococo period for spaces,” says Torrico of interior design. The its ornate incorporation of the arts into daughter of a decorator, she studied interior the home, a time when the lines were design at Florida International University before blurred between paintings, sculpture, launching her own career at the award-winning décor, and architecture.