Dean Maltz Architect

Dean Maltz Architect provides architectural and design services. Our primary goal is to be responsive to our clients' needs. We respect the contexts we work in, fulfill project programs and create opportunities to integrate high quality design within budget. Our designs are the result of an abstract and independent search for conceptual clarity. The projects are elevated above the limitations of style, and remain respectful of the past without being imitative.

Dean Maltz’ practice encompasses three areas: one in an independent architectural practice, a second in partnership with Shigeru Ban and a third in furniture and furniture showroom design. Founded in 1990, Dean Maltz Architect has a diverse portfolio of projects throughout the United States in commercial and residential design. Commercial projects include offices, building identity, retail space and hospitality design. Residential projects include estates, houses, apartments and lofts.

Dean Maltz Architect (DMA) collaborates with Shigeru Ban Architects (SBA) of Tokyo, Japan on all SBA+DMA projects throughout the United States. Projects include a Paper Arch at MoMA, a house on Long Island, New York for the Houses at Sagaponac development, a Bamboo Pavilion in St. Louis, Missouri, and a Nomadic Museum that will travel to 10 cities over the next five years. Also, as members of Team THINK, SBA+DMA were finalists in the competition for the design of the New World Trade Center.

Dean Maltz Architect designs furniture for leading residential and commercial furniture manufactures in the United States and Italy. Product categories include upholstery, chairs, bedrooms, dining groups, occasional tables and storage systems. The firm brings its many years of commercial experience to the furniture industry by designing high-end showrooms for the world’s leading leather upholstery manufacturer.


Dean Maltz Architect

Natuzzi USA Furniture Galleries, New York and Philadelphia

Peries Residence, New York, New York

Eaton Residence, New York, New York


Shigeru Ban Architects & Dean Maltz Architect

Houses at Sagaponac, Sagaponac, New York

Bianimale Nomadic Museum, New York, New York

Forest Park Bamboo Pavilion, St. Louis, Missouri


Dean Maltz Architect

190 East 72nd Street Coop Lobby, Tower East New York, New York, 2001

Chelsea Loft, New York, New York, 2001

Penn Schoen & Berland Associates, New York, New York, 2001

Malter Apartment, New York, New York, 2000

Quigley Apartment, New York, New York, 2000

Yancy Richardson Gallery, New York, New York, 2000

South Street Seaport Residence, New York, New York, 1997

304 Park Avenue South Lobby, Canopy Storefront, A.D.A. Bathrooms and Facade, New York, New York, 1996

Kroner Residence, New York, New York, 1996

135 West 50th Street Canopy and Lobby Signage, New York, New York, 1995

Scarola Reavis Law Firm, New York, New York, 1995

Schell Mullaney Advertising, New York, New York, 1995

1240 Third Avenue Storefront, New York, New York, 1994

Roth-Wolfe Residence, Goshen, Connecticut, 1994

Vickers Residence, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1994

Graham Residence, Eastport, New York, 1993

Grace Estates, Easthampton, New York, 1992

Beinart Lowe Residence, New York, New York, 1991

Mullaney Residence, New York, New York, 1990


Shigeru Ban Architects & Dean Maltz Architects

World Trade Center Design Competition, New York, New York, 2003

Bamboo Pavilion, Houston, Texas, 2002

Kapoor Residence, Litchfield, Connecticut, 2002

Schwartz Residence, Sharon, Connecticut, 2002

Shlagman Residence, New York, New York, 2002

A Paper Arch, MoMA Sculpture Garden, New York, New York, 2000


The World Trade Center Design Competition, Team THINK, Second Place, 2002

The Second Yokohama Design Competition: Honorable Mention, 1990

The American Institute of Architects: Certificate of Achievement, 1984

Progressive Architecture, Third Annual Furniture Competition, Accordion Seat, First Award; 1983

Exhibited: Neocon, Chicago & Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, 1983


Dean Maltz Architect

Architectural Digest, "Measure for Measure”, December 2003

New York Times, House & Home, "Danger in Design: It’s the Last Step To Worry About,” March 16, 2000

Departures Magazine, American Express Publications, Jan/Feb 2000


Shigeru Ban Architects & Dean Maltz Architects

American Dream: The Houses at Sagaponac, Rizzoli Publications, 2003

Architectural Record, "The Gap Between Promise and Prototype: The Houses at Sagaponac”, July 2003

Vanity Fair, "Spotlight: 37 Ways of Looking at a Hampton”, May 2003

Architectural Record, "Commentary: WTC Competition Collaborations”, March 2003

Architectural Record, "Rebuilding Lower Manhattan: Team Think”, February 2003

GA Houses, Project 2002, The Schwartz Residence, 2002

Architectural Digest, "The Possibilities of Space and Form”, October 2001

Oculus, "On the Drawing Boards”, Summer 2000

Shikenchiku, "The Sculpture Garden at MoMA and the Millennium Dome Installation”, July 2000

Architecture, "Paper Bound”, June 2000

New York Times, House & Home, "The Incredible Lightness of Soaring Sculpture”, April 27, 2000


Davis & Maltz Architects

Room By Room: Country Interiors, Rockport Publications, 1998

Tile and Decorative Surfaces, "Architects and Designers Look at Tile”, November 1997

Occulus, "Testing at the Extremes: Houses Now”, October 1997
Hospitality Design, "Spotlight - Davis + Maltz Architects”, May/June 1996

Casa Brutus, "Exciting Manhattanism and Stylish Reform”, Spring/Summer 1996

New York Construction News, Cooperative Marketing for Design Line Provides Strategic Industry Position, July, 1994

Occulus, "Pulse - On a Mission from MARS”, June, 1994

Architectural Record, "Computer Delineation Awards”, June, 1994

Dan's Papers, "Living in Your Dream Come True – Grace Estates”, September 3, 1993


Dean Maltz

Education of an Architect, Hoboken Cultural Center, Rizzoli, 1988

South Shore Record, A Blueprint for Success, January 10, 1991

G.S.D. News, Cube House, Harvard University G.S.D., 1985

Metropolis, by Design - Accordion Seat, December 1983

Progressive Architecture, Third Annual Furniture Competition- Accordion Seat, May 1983

Newsday, Winning Ideas for the Newest Thing in Furniture- Accordion Seat, March 10, 1983

The New York Times, Home Beat-Prize Winning Designs, Accordion Seat, March 10, 1983