75 Spring Street, 6th Floor
New York, 10012
New York
212.343.9709
benjamin@bnodesign.com

 

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Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz
Statement of Design Philosophy
While the results of each project are unique, tailored to the personality of the individuals living there, our work leans toward clean lines and simple patterns, characteristics of modern design. At the same time, we adhere to the dominant sensibilities of classical architecture including the use of strong axis, as well as attention to proportion, hierarchy, and the balance of form in the placement of furnishings within a space. The marriage of modern and classical provides the opportunity to mix pieces of various periods.


Designer Biography

Named by House Beautiful as one of America's Most Brilliant Decorators, Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz is recognized as one today's most stylish and influential interior designers.

Noriega-Ortiz earned two Master's Degrees in Architecture, one from Columbia University and another from the University of Puerto Rico, prior to beginning his professional career at John F. Saladino, Inc., where he spent nine years, six as Head Designer.

In 1992, he established his own firm. Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz, LLC has produced numerous residential projects, including two residences for Mexican best-seller author, Laura Esquivel, a loft in New York for celebrity portrait photographer, Mark Seliger, and four residences for recording artist, Lenny Kravitz.

The firm has also designed several commercial works, including Pikayo, the restaurant at the Museum of Art in San Juan, Puerto Rico, showroom displays for the Kohler Company headquarters in Kohler, Wisconsin, and the lobby and private wine cellar tasting room of The Loft at 30 Crosby, in New York City. His first hotel for the Morgans Hotel Group, Mondrian Scottsdale, opened this year and his second remodeling for the brand, Mondrian Los Angeles, is in construction.

Among the current projects in development are residences in Palm Beach, Miami Beach, and New York City.

He has recently designed the first furniture collection for Metropolitan Home to be available in the Fall 2007.

Noriega-Ortiz's work has been featured in a variety of publications worldwide, including: AD France, House & Garden South Africa, Departures, Vogue Brazil, InStyle Home, Metropolitan Home, House Beautiful, Elle Decor, I nterior Design, Architcktur & Wohnen, Caras de Puerto Rico, and Japan's Konishiwa.

Noriega-Ortiz has also appeared in several television shows for HGTV, Style, E!, and Fine Living Network. You can also find his work in books, such as The New Classic Style, House Beautiful Great Style, and East Coast Rooms. His first book, Emotional Rooms, The Sensual Interiors of Benjamin Noriega Ortiz, has just been published by Simon and Schuster's Atria Books division

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