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frenchCALIFORNIA brings Brazilian design concept to 12 Warren Street, with ESPASSO Gallery.
Amid the glistening skyscrapers of downtown New York sits one structure that stands apart for its organic façade, a stack of hewn bluestone slabs that takes structural cues from its neighbors but bucks traditional materials. Now, one of the townhomes in 12 Warren, designed and developed by DDG, has an equally unique interior.
The developers enlisted Carlos Junqueira, founder of the beloved Tribeca gallery of Brazilian design, Espasso, to outfit the triplex unit. Junqueira worked in tandem with designer Cristiana Mascarenhas of InPlus Inc. to devise a rich, yet livable interior that showcases the best of contemporary and midcentury Brazilian design.
"We wanted to select pieces that made the townhouse feel warm and could also translate the importance of Brazilian design internationally," explains Junqueira, who cites the "comfort, creativity, uniqueness, warmth, and cultural and historical design relevance" as reasons for the country's mark on the design world. Click through for a tour of the townhouse with Junqueira and Mascarenhas.