Pembroke Street Residence

East Hampton, 2020

As architect and developer, De-Spec is constructing a modestly refined home as a thoughtful counterpoint to the typical ‘spec house’. Spe...

Casa Horizonte

Chamela, Mexico, 2019

One of De-Spec’s largest custom homes, Casa Horizonte was commissioned by a longtime client and friend to design a holiday house perched ...

Upper East Side Residence

New York, 2017

Coveting an open floor plan, the owner of two formerly traditional Upper East Side apartments hired De-Spec to overseeing combining them ...

Urban Townhouse

New York, 2017

Having a passion for reimaging New York townhouses, de-spec identified the challenge of renovating a triplex as finding a way to integrat...

Feldspar Brook

New York, 2016

In this project, we worked with the polo-only clothing brand Feldspar Brook to develop their 200-square-foot store flagship store in SoHo...

Chilewich

New York, 2015

Program: Develop display systems for Stores Globally & Head Quaters Retail space in New York City Designed as Chilewich’s global pro...

Avanti Dentistry

Tysons Corner, 2014

The design for Avanti Dentistry aimed to reduce the stress and anxiety often associated with dentist office visits, instead creating a sp...

The Rookery

Bushwick, 2013

One of De-Spec’s first projects in Brooklyn, The Rookery lies at the heart of Bushwick at 425 Troutman Street. The 2,500-square-foot bar ...

Farmhouse Barn

Millbrook, 2013

Both a ground-up and renovation project, Farmhouse Barn completely reimagines a dilapidated barn and chicken coop as an expansive indoor ...

Perry Street Loft

New York , 2012

Perry Street Loft, one of De-Spec’s earliest basement conversion projects, is in a former industrial building in the West Village. The ar...

Quail Road Residence

Greenwich, 2011

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Xocolatti

New York, 2011

15 more images ↓Edit Xocolatti Opened in 2011, a radical functionalism defines the interior of Xocolatti’s 150-square-foot flagship in ...

Park Avenue Duplex

New York, 2010

Surgery Series In residential projects, de-spec believes that architecture, interior design and decoration must reflect the client’s lif...

Upstairs Kimberly Hotel Rooftop Bar

New York, 2010

De-Spec’s first hospitality project, the Kimberly Hotel, features two lobbies, a restaurant, bar, rooftop lounge, green walls and brand e...

The Peninsula

Edgewater, 2009

For this three-building condominium development only 15 years old, De-Spec was hired to to lead a $10-million overhaul including three ne...

Madison Avenue Residence

New York, 2008

Surgery Series In residential projects, de-spec believes that architecture, interior design and decoration must reflect the client’s lif...

Slit House

Kuwait City, Kuwait, 2008

Slit house is designed for one family and their children’s family. The ritual in Kuwait is that the sons and their family live with thei...

Manfredi Jewelry

New York, 2008

Designed to slow pedestrians on Park Avenue down, De-Spec oversaw the transformation of a 2,400-square-foot retail space for Manfredi, an...

Banchet Flowers

New York, 2007

The design of the original location of Banchet Flowers was driven by the evolving neighborhood of New York City’s Meatpacking District. O...

Amelia Toro

Project: A proposed 5,000-square-foot, two-story retail space on 10th Avenue in West Chelsea, New York. Description: The Colombian clo...

Extruded House

Deal

The project required that the existing Federal Style house to remain and to be preserved while providing an addition to the house. The b...

Foothill House

Monterrey, Mexico

The Foothill House is one in a series of three commissions based in Monterrey, Mexico, entitled ‘Concrete Series.’ Situated between the f...