Victoria Benatar ARCHITECT PLLC
220 East 57th St # 2K
New York NY `10022
Phone +1 212 755 05 25
Fax +1 212 752 15 10
vbu (at) victoriabenatar.com
www.victoriabenatar.com
Established 1986
Owner
Victoria Benatar
Employees
Number fluctuates per project
Specialties
Retail
Commercial
Residential
Interior Design
Digital Design
Consulting Services
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Residential Building, Caracas, Venezuela, 1995 (Photo: Frank Beaufrand) Details |
Top: Sephardic Museum, Caracas, Venezuela Details
Bottom: Postcard City, New York, NY, 1996 Details |
Design Philosophy
Architecture
An architect is a manager of complexity.
We combine all types of data—design ideas, client expectations, site conditions, light, culture, legislation, materials—to create a project. Architects are able to synthesize information and turn it into a living environment.
Interior Design
Interior design allows architects to test their theories in a small scale and to experiment with materials, light, color, and furniture design within a more immediate time frame. Projects are developed closely with the client, considering their lifestyle and budget to conceive the design itself. The architect becomes the medium through which the client's ideas can come true.
Digital Architecture
The use of computers has changed our perception of space and the way we represent it. Projects can be modeled with a great deal
of precision to generate images of virtual buildings; this allows us to verify theories about design and to preview different options before construction.
Awards
Honorable Mention: Professional Category, for 'Convival Spaces, New York,' Entry, Habitat II Competition (Sponsored by Unesco), Istanbul, Turkey, 5/96
Honorable Mention, Petare City Hall National Competition, Caracas, Venezuela, 1/86
Honorable Mention, Thesis project, Supreme Council House for Electors, Caracas, Venezuela, 7/83
Publications
Interview in New York Spaces Magazine, Vol 2 #6, January 2006
Retreats to Retirement, Ashley Rooney, Schiffer Publishing, Nov. 2005
The Franklin Report
NY Junior League Spring House Tour, April 2005
Spectacular Small Kitchens, Ashley Rooney, Schiffer Publishing, March 2005
Beautiful Bathrooms Tina Skinner, Schiffer Publishing, May 2002
Kitchen Design: A Visual Library Tina Skinner, Schiffer Publishing, March 2002
New York Architects 01-02 PSA Publishing, October 2001
Edificirex.com.,“Urban Eyes: Hide or See?,” 3/01
Great Kitchen Design, Tina Skinner, Schiffer Publishing, 2001
Marie Claire (Spain), 12/00
Obsidiana.com., “Home & Interiors,” 3/00-12/00
Hiroba (Japan), Association of Architects and Engineers, 2000
Interior Design, 8/99
New York Times, 3/99
Art Forum, 4/96
Archis (Germany), 4/96
Telesymposium: Cities of the Americas in the Information Age, 4/96
Oculus, 1/96
City Speculation, Patricia Phillips, 7/95
Abstract: Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, Columbia University, 1994-95
Diario El Nacional (Venezuela), 8/94
Revista Etiqueta (Venezuela), No. 46, 1993
9th Latin America Architecture Biennial Catalog (Ecuador), 11/90
Hierro Catalog (Venezuela), Galería Via, 5/90
Daily Journal (Venezuela), 7/90
8th Venezuelan Architecture Biennial Catalog, 12/87
Competitions
1999 Sephardic Museum, Caracas, Venezuela
1996 Greenport Park, Greenport, Long Island, NY
1993 Ideas for The Child's Museum, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
1986 8th Venezuelan Architecture Biennial, Caracas, Venezuela
1990 9th Latin America Architecture Biennial, Quito, Ecuador
Recent Projects
2001 Quest Media Offices, New York, NY
2000 D’Alessandro Residence, New York, NY
2000 De Vita Residence, New York, NY
2000 McCausland Residence, New York, NY
2000 Ultraplast, Mutant furniture, New York, NY
1999 Obsidiana.com Offices, New York, NY
1999 Generous Miracles Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY
Current Projects
Stedman Residence, New York, NY
Lynch Residence, NYC
Shaub Residence, New York, NY
Villareal Residence, New York, NY
Hollywood-inspired Vanity
Transformable Home/Office, New York, NY
Research on digital representation for architecture, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
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