{"product_id":"roman-and-williams-buildings-and-interiors-isbn-9780847838837","title":"Roman And Williams Buildings and Interiors","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor their 10th anniversary, the design studio Roman and Williams presents architectural design projects that blend the spirit of our collective history with a modernist edge.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis interior design coffee table book includes a foreword by Ben Stiller, a tactile leather cover, and 300 color images that showcase the firm’s devotion to beautiful, handcrafted objects.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoman and Williams’s style honors craftsmanship, the use of natural materials, and the overlooked in unexpected ways. Their understated, glamorous sensibility is imparted in Manhattan’s Ace Hotel interiors and restaurant The Breslin, The Standard Hotel, with its iconic Boom Boom Room, and the Royalton lobby. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor such popular restaurants as The Dutch, the duo created environments with textured backdrops that reference a rich past with a contemporary sensibility. Their innovative work has captured the attention of firms such as Facebook—they recently completed its campus food hall—and their residences for celebrities such as Ben Stiller and Gwyneth Paltrow are equally imaginative. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis inspiring interior decor book surveys the firm’s prestige projects, presented with Alesch’s architectural hand drawings and sketches and detailed views. Also included is their loft and Montauk home, which serve as design laboratories, and a collection of furnishings and fixtures.\u003ci\u003e\"Things We Made\u003c\/i\u003e is a soulful half-catalogue, half-scrapbook page-turner that chronicles the duo's somewhat rebellious, always innovative projects.\" ~\u003ci\u003eV Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Dark and brooding, filled with flowers and steam pipes, circles and stars, it’s the strongest book from any interior designer in the past half decade.\" ~\u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“The new book by Roman and Williams reveals the inspiration behind the design duo’s most famous projects but also a deeply passionate and incredibly creative world.”\u003ci\u003e ~One Kings Lane\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eFollowing a career as Hollywood production designers, \u003cb\u003eStephen Alesch\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eRobin Standefer\u003c\/b\u003e founded Roman and Williams Buildings and Interiors in 2002. The New York firm’s scope includes buildings, interior design, and product lines, where they place a premium on such aesthetic juxtapositions as high\/low and spare\/baroque. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormer Surfing magazine editor \u003cb\u003eJamie Brisick\u003c\/b\u003e writes for the New York Times and Details, and has authored two books, including Have Board Will Travel. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eActor and film director\/producer \u003cb\u003eBen Stiller\u003c\/b\u003e is a prolific talent. Standefer and Alesch did the production design for Zoolander and Duplex and designed his homes.","brand":"Rizzoli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305170194661,"sku":"NP9780847838837","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780847838837.jpg?v=1767735895","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/roman-and-williams-buildings-and-interiors-isbn-9780847838837","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}