Stamberg Aferiat Associates
Founded in 1989 by Peter Stamberg and Paul Aferiat, Stamberg Aferiat +
Associates is a comprehensive design firm based in New York City. Stamberg and
Aferiat defy the predictable by synthesizing form, light, color and context
into clear and compelling architectural experiences. For three decades they
have received widespread acclaim for projects that captivate global audiences
and challenge the status quo in residential, hotel, commercial and cultural
typologies.
While still remaining at the forefront of design conversation, Stamberg
Aferiat's work is bespoken to clients' aspirations and realities. The result is
an incomparable group of built works ranging from the cubist forms at the
Shelter Island Pavilion to an elegant and minimal phased expansion to one of
Richard Meier's earliest works, the Hoffman House.
Challenged by working within existing conditions, Stamberg Aferiat's interior
projects include: the Frick Museum Pied-a-Terre (New York, NY,) a sophisticated
apartment conceived as a luxury hotel suite utilizing white marble, channel
glass and a “spine” constructed in ebonized wood; the Gemini GEL AT JONI
MOISANT WEYL Gallery (New York NY,) a luminous exhibition and viewing space
showing work by the preeminent artists of out time; a Park Avenue Apartment
(New York, NY,) an elegantly wild interior that works in synchronicity with the
residence's contemporary art collection.
Within open landscapes, Stamberg Aferiat have also mounted triumphs: Sycamore
Creek (Princeton, NJ,) a contemporary addition to a 200-year old farmhouse
inspired by Japanese palaces; the Barnes House (Bedford, NY,) an interior and
exterior re-envisioning of Edward Larabee Barnes' mid-century personal
residence, realized in painted cedar, steel, glass, corrugated aluminum and
stained cherry; the Gwathmey (Greenwich, CT,) a fine expansion to Charles
Gwathmey's personal homestead rooted in traditional barn vocabulary; the
Shelter Island Pavilion (Shelter Island, NY,) a sustainable re-examination of
Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion using steel framing with polycarbonate
panels and corrugated metal on a concrete plinth.
Special projects by Stamberg Aferiat include: the Salsa Sofa Collection in
production by Knoll since 1994; an updated edition of their award-winning
monograph published by Rizzolli, featuring essays by art and architecture icons
Paul Goldberger, Joseph Rosa, David Hockney, Richard Meier and Charles
Gwathmey; and hotel branded merchandise.
Peter Stamberg has written two books and has been the subject of many magazine articles.
His “Cardinal Dotts” chair is in the Contemporary Design Archive of the
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York.
Paul Aferiat began his architectural training in the offices of Giorgio
Cavaliere. Later, he worked for legendary Richard Meier and Partners
Architects. In the office of Gwathmey Siegel, he was in charge of the American
Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria amongst other major commercial and
residential projects.
“Our Shelter Island home is nestled on Cockles Harbor marina, 600 feet from the
water. We walk down to our own beach front. We are beach and ocean people and
find the calm in our lives here,” shares the design dream team.
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Peter Stamberg
Stamberg Aferiat + Associates
126 Fifth Avenue
Suite 13
New York, New York 10011 - USA
T: 212.255.1830 ext 301
F: 212.255.0149