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1. Guests get a glimpse
into the pool above
from the lobby of Dream
Downtown, designed by
Handel Architects.
2. The Electric Room
at Dream Downtown,
which guests enter
through a door off of
the loading dock/ramp
to a room inspired by
Brendan’s “fascination
with Warhol’s ‘Factory.’”
3. Artwork and a
speaker-inspired ceiling
light installation create
a dramatic entrance
to Dream Downtown’s
rooftop nightspot, PH-D.

‘Where did I grow up’ is always
a fun question for me to answer
because people think I am
being cagey. I either answer
‘nowhere and everywhere’ or ‘in
a hotel’—both of which are kind
of true. I lived in New York and
California and about everywhere
in between (including Texas,
which is where I picked up my
penchant for cowboy boots).
I lived in many hotels growing
up—my father moved from
public accounting over to the
client side (hotels)—since every
time we would move we would
have to live on property for a
while. I think my younger sisters
thought that all phones had
room service buttons on them
until they were in their early
teens.
I always knew I wanted to be a
designer, but I thought I would
be designing cars. Ever since
I was old enough to read the
names on the back end of cars,
I’ve been obsessed with them.
My parents joke that that’s how I
learned to read.

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3

My education, at the University
of California, was originally
intended for advertising and
marketing. Later in life, when
the ‘boutique’ or ‘lifestyle’
segments were first developing,
I saw that the marketing and
design of these products were
inextricably linked and design
became more of a passion
point of mine. I believe current
lifestyle hotel design is as much
product design as interior
design.
When I graduated, I really
wanted to move into ad creative
full time, but couldn’t afford a
shoebox in Manhattan on the
starting pay at an entry-level
advertising job, so I took a night
gig at a front desk. In many ways
I hated it, but it taught me a lot
about what hotels were doing
right in those days and, perhaps
more importantly, what they
were doing wrong.

First reality check? Two
hundred and ninety seven
dollars a week net. That’s
what I made at my front desk
management gig. Made me miss
dorm food.
There were many smaller design
oriented jobs that I had, but
the first full-on project was the
original Dream on 55th Street
in Manhattan. What did it
teach me? Patience, diplomacy,
and when they are and are not
necessary.
I am proud of birthing the
Dream brand and seeing
it grow. I love being at a
restaurant and overhearing
(okay, eavesdropping on) nearby
conversations and hearing
something mentioned about
Dream. Influencing culture is its
own brand of immortality.
Some of the best concepts have
been scribbled and sketched
on cocktail napkins—some of
which I have framed (really).
Designers or architects I admire:
Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard
Neutra, Santiago Calatrava,
Norman Foster, Le Corbusier,
Oscar Niemeyer, Eero Saarinen,
and of course Frank Fusaro
[Handel Architects] for putting
up with me over the five years
that it took to get through
the construction of Dream
Downtown.
I want my tombstone to read,
‘See you soon.’

Current and Recently
Completed Projects:
Dream Downtown, New York
Dream New York
Dream South Beach, Miami
The Chatwal, New York
Dream Hollywood
Dream Goa, India
Night Chennai, India
Night North Dallas
Dream London
Dream São Paolo

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From the Editor
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Perspectives
Sketchbook
5 Questions for Larry Traxler
Products
Profile Nani Marquina
Wallcoverings
Outdoor
Wave of the Future
Stacy Elliston and Kellie Sirna
Josh Held
Heather Maloney
Brendan Mcnamara
Colin Seah
Audra Tuskes
HD Awards
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Finalists
Ad Index
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