{"@attributes":{"version":"2.0"},"channel":{"title":"Model Practice","link":"https:\/\/model-practice.com","description":"Model Practice","pubDate":"Tue, 10 Feb 2026 19:30:18 +0000","generator":"https:\/\/model-practice.com","language":"en","item":[{"title":"Featured Work","link":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/Featured-Work","pubDate":"Mon, 19 Oct 2020 17:25:22 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/Featured-Work","description":"\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\nBENDING TIME THROUGH WARM MODERNIST DESIGN\nRockefeller Apartment\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\nPUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE WORKPLACE\nStaging Ground\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\tA PLACE FOR EVERYDAY KOREAN EATS\nLifted Lid\n\t\n\n\n\n\n \n\t\n\nSANCTUARY FOR A  MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILY\n\n\nDouble Stoop House\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n NEW SHAPE FOR AN AFFORDABLE CAPE CODOyster House\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n \n\t\n\tPOCHE & LINERS\n\t\n\t\nChelsea Apartment\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNEIGHBORHOOD THAI IN LONG BEACHManaow\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIMPLIFIED LIVING FOR A FAMILY OF FOURFort Greene Apartment\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\t\n \n\n\t\n\n\t\n \n\n\tSee all work \ue04b\ufe0e\ufe0e\ufe0e\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\nModel Practice \nLA \u00b7 NYC\n917 373 3437\ue0f1\ufe0e\n\n\ue025\ufe0e\n\nSite design by Once\u2013Future Office,\n"},{"title":"Mobile Menu","link":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/Mobile-Menu","pubDate":"Mon, 19 Oct 2020 17:25:24 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/Mobile-Menu","description":"\n\n\t\nHOME\n\nWORK\n\nABOUT\n\n"},{"title":"A NEW SANCTUARY FOR A\u00a0 MULTI-GENERATIONAL FAMILY","link":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/A-NEW-SANCTUARY-FOR-A-MULTI-GENERATIONAL-FAMILY","pubDate":"Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:02:16 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/A-NEW-SANCTUARY-FOR-A-MULTI-GENERATIONAL-FAMILY","description":"\n\t\n\t\n \n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\tA NEW SANCTUARY FOR A  MULTI-GENERATIONAL FAMILYDouble Stoop House\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\tLOCATION \nBrooklyn, NYSCALE4,000 sfDATES2023STATUSCompleted\nMerit winner in the 2023 Residential Architect Design Awards\n\tRefurbishment of a 1890\u2019s Brooklyn Brownstone, the project is organized across the section of the building and embraces multi-generational living. Each generation of the owner\u2019s family \u201cowns\u201d a floor of the building, with each floor having convenient access to an adjacent outdoor environment. \n\nThe Grandparent\u2019s floor is at the garden level, providing ease of access and the potential to age-in-place. A communal floor exists on what is traditionally the Parlor Floor. The Parent\u2019s floor is on the 2nd level and provides sanctuary for rest and focus. The uppermost 3rd floor is the Children\u2019s Floor, and includes bedrooms, a play room, and a reading nook. \n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\nAs with any historic renovation, the challenge is to marry the old with the new, to set up a dialogue between the two without historicizing the new. The tensions that exist between old and new were embraced in the project.   In contrast to the deep ornate moulding profiles and plaster filigree of the living room, the new kitchen millwork employed use of a triangular tambour profile, adding depth, shadow, and texture to an otherwise monolithic and restrained formal expression.\n\nSimilarly, the Communal Floor (aka Parlor Floor) is organized as a series of \u201copen chambers\u201d. Rather than provide a series of enclosed rooms for each space, the floor plan suggests zones with the use of a series of large framed enfilade openings. These frames are large enough to offer the benefits of an open plan while still providing an architectural structure to create more intimate zones. \n\nThe original brownstone facade was refurbished to match the historic design. Rooms abutting the historical facade were designed to retain the Italianate character, with refurbished and recreated elements including window shutters, crown molding, stair rails, medallions and chandeliers. The presence of contemporary details increases as you progress to the rear of the building.\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n The tensions \n\nbetween old and new\n\n were embraced.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nLight is drawn downward into the depths of the building.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe interventions also sought to address challenges in Brownstones and other rowhouse typologies such as their limited ability to access natural light. Via a series of three cylindrical skylights, the light is drawn downward and into the depths of the building. The Parent\u2019s Bathroom borrows light through a 1-story cylindrical skylight shaft. It is positioned over a clawfoot bathtub creating an element of surprise and calm. \n\n\nOn the exterior, the rear of the house is in dialogue with the front. Like the front of the house, the most public and communal floor is connected to the rear yard via its very own stoop. The stoop is accessed via a series of sliding doors that disappear into a pocket for the complete \u2018indoor-outdoor\u2019 experience. \n\nThe monolithic and volumetric quality of the addition is softened with a subtle shift in texture. The brick pattern changes across the height of the building, with bricks projecting outward at the bottom of the facade, and gradually receding towards the top of the facade. The gradual shift is a nod to the classical divisions of base, middle, and capital. To balance aesthetics with building performance, the rear facade is made up of a thermally broken brick rain screen assembly to increase the thermal performance of the wall. Passive house techniques and principles were applied to enhance the energy efficiency of the brownstone with triple glazed units to improve thermal efficiency as well as mitigate outdoor noise.\n\n \n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\nThe gradual shift is a nod \nto the classical divisions of \nbase, middle, and capital.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\tPhotography by Nicole Franzen\n\t\n\t\n\n"},{"title":"ROCKEFELLER APARTMENT","link":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/ROCKEFELLER-APARTMENT","pubDate":"Tue, 10 Feb 2026 19:30:18 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/ROCKEFELLER-APARTMENT","description":"\n\t\n\t\n \n\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\nBENDING TIME THROUGH WARM MODERNIST DESIGN\n\n Rockefeller Apartment\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\tTYPE\nApartment renovation\n\nLOCATION \nManhattan, NY\n\nSCALE\n2,700 sf\n\nDATE\n2025\n\nSTATUS\nCompleted\n\nCOLLABORATORSNicholas Potts, Design Architect\nArmando Aguirre, Interior Designer\n\nPUBLICATION\nArchitectural Digest\n\t\nCommissioned by John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Nelson Rockefeller and completed in 1937, the Rockefeller Apartments stands as a landmark of the International Style - arguably the city\u2019s first. Architect Wallace Harrison, a key figure behind Rockefeller Center, designed the complex shortly after embracing Bauhaus principles, originally intending it as a middle-class residence with modest, functional units.\n\nThis 2025 renovation sought to elevate the space to its \"International\" namesake, honoring its modernist spirit and architectural heritage. Every design intervention was grounded in rigorous historical research and period-appropriate sourcing, ensuring the apartment felt revitalized rather than frozen in time.\n\n\nThe client - a dedicated collector of modern art and furniture who relocated from a Stanford White-designed home in Murray Hill -approached the acquisition as one would a fine work of art. To reflect this, majority of the interior is furnished with vintage pieces, featuring iconic designs such as Jens Risom Playboy chairs, a George Nelson shelving system, and an original Ellsworth Kelly painting. \n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe design approach intentionally introduces warm, organic materials, specifically wood and cork, that were absent from the building\u2019s original minimalist interiors.  Expressed with bold intensity, these elements establish a foundation of tactile, sensuous comfort.  At the entry, this transition is immediate: cozy cork meets Nelson Rockefeller-approved marble, creating a sophisticated softening of the threshold.\n\nBy relocating elements to the perimeter, a formal entrance gallery now anchors the home.  Inspired by the grand prewar residences of New York, this layout successfully integrates the combined units, providing a sense of scale and ceremony that exceeds the building\u2019s original, utilitarian floor plan.\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\n\nWarm materials like wood and cork create a base of sensuous comfort\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\nThe result is a space that achieves what modernist manifestations often lack: warmth and approachability. The apartment successfully bends time without announcing the trick, transporting the space simultaneously backward and forward while maintaining elegant, functional design that adheres to modernist values and delivers exceptional livability.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\tPhotography by Adrian Gaut\n\t\n\n"},{"title":"PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE WORKPLACE","link":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/PUSHING-THE-BOUNDARIES-OF-THE-WORKPLACE","pubDate":"Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:45:33 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/PUSHING-THE-BOUNDARIES-OF-THE-WORKPLACE","description":"\n\t\n\t\n \n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\tPUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE WORKPLACEStaging Ground\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\tLOCATION \nManhattan, NYSCALE8,000 sfDATES2024STATUSCompleted\n\tLocated in the Garment District of New York City, Staging Ground represents TAD\u2019s continued growth. Occupying 8,000 square feet of a 1920 Lefcourt loft building, the project continues the tradition of light manufacturing in the city center. With 5 distinct interventions, the project enables TAD to tailor the space to their needs and explore the boundaries of the workplace.\n\nThe Entry Portal features two 900-pound, 2-sided LED clad doors, as well as LED clad walls and ceiling, to create a dynamic and immersive tunnel experience. These doors are essential for managing the flow of traffic and ensuring a controlled entry sequence. Additionally, they offer alternate viewing perspectives, potentially showcasing digital content or artistic displays. When closed, the doors provide security, safeguarding the entrance and deterring unauthorized access\n\n\n\n \n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Stage is an open floor with calibrated floor graphics serving as both a navigational tool and a visual anchor. Referencing the use of \u201cspike tape\u201d in theater, the wayfinding graphics are designed in collaboration with Once-Future Office. These floor graphics serve as both a navigational tool and a visual anchor. The graphics outline five distinct furniture configuration scenarios, define zones for different modes of collaboration, and incorporate intuitive signage and wayfinding elements.\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA navigational tool and a visual anchor.\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\nThe Grid is composed of a suspended pipe grid, commonly used in stagecraft. All lighting, audio, power, and data is provided from The Grid, providing ultimate flexibility on The Stage below. Systems are wirelessly controlled via a bespoke control system developed by the client. Plug-and-play connections to power and data are accessed through a series of retractable cable reels. The Grid is the infrastructure that allows for new possibilities.\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\nInhabiting The Stage is a series of architectural-scale mobile furniture pieces including Worktables, Workbenches, and Omni-directional Clamshells. These Stage Scenery elements are reconfigured to facilitate a series of scenarios that facilitate widely varying use, e.g. symposium, workplace, or research laboratory. Stage Scenery is custom-designed using standard t-slot extrusions. The Grid provides power and data from above, while bespoke UL-approved technology enables daisy-chaining elements without risk of electrical shock. This logic of flexibility and modularity extends to smaller more human scale furnishings; chairs are stackable and stored on rolling trollies, tools and supplies are stored in mobile tool chests. All is choreographed with the rules of operation established by considered yet playful wayfinding graphics.\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA series of curtains hung from The Grid enable users to accommodate more intimate and focused activities. The curtains not only allow for physical and visual separation, but are also designed to provide acoustic attenuation.\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\"Curtain\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\tPhotography by Naho Kubota\n\t\n\t\n\n"},{"title":"A PLACE FOR EVERYDAY KOREAN EATS","link":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/A-PLACE-FOR-EVERYDAY-KOREAN-EATS","pubDate":"Wed, 30 Jun 2021 18:50:07 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/A-PLACE-FOR-EVERYDAY-KOREAN-EATS","description":"\n\t\n\t\n \n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\tA PLACE FOR EVERYDAY KOREAN EATSLifted Lid\n\t\n\n\t\n\n\tLOCATION \nManhattan, NYSCALE900 sfDATES2024STATUSCompleted\n\t\n\nLocated in the Garment District of New York City, Sopo is the first location for a new Korean fast casual restaurant. Occupying 900 square feet on the ground floor of The Arsenal Building\u2014completed in 1924 and designed by architect Ely Jacques Kahn\u2014the space draws inspiration from Dosirak, a traditional Korean compartmentalized platter. A suspended box, featuring separate compartments, mirrors the layout of the space below, with each section serving a unique function. The box\u2019s outer shell is designed to reflect the surrounding urban environment, while its interior is lined with acoustic plaster, softening the texture and reducing the noise from the bustling 7th Avenue beyond.\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\"Ceramic\n\"The\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA suspended compartmentalized box mirrors the program of the space below.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\tA compartmentalized ceiling is made up of a series of compartments and baffles, concealing utilities and providing opportunities for sound absorption and indirect lighting. \n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\nA ceiling that tunes our spatial experience.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\nAn exercise in minimal intervention for maximum impact.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\tPhotography by Naho Kubota\n\t\n\t\n\n"},{"title":"EXPANSIVE VIEWSHED HOME","link":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/EXPANSIVE-VIEWSHED-HOME","pubDate":"Wed, 07 Jul 2021 22:29:10 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/EXPANSIVE-VIEWSHED-HOME","description":"\n\t\n\t\n \n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\tEXPANSIVE VIEWSHED HOMEGoss Lane\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\tCOMING SOON\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t   \n\t\n\n"},{"title":"SIMPLIFIED LIVING FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR","link":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/SIMPLIFIED-LIVING-FOR-A-FAMILY-OF-FOUR","pubDate":"Tue, 06 Jul 2021 22:07:55 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/SIMPLIFIED-LIVING-FOR-A-FAMILY-OF-FOUR","description":"\n\t\n\t\n \n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\tSIMPLIFIED LIVING FOR A FAMILY OF FOURFort Greene Apartment\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\tTYPEApartment renovation\n\nLOCATION \nBrooklyn, NYSCALE1,050 sfDATE2018STATUSCompleted\n\n\n\t\n\nLocated within a mid-century towers-in-the-park cooperative, this project consists of a full renovation of an existing 3 bedroom apartment. The existing plan is well considered and required only a few adjustments to simplify the plan. The design intervention is one of distilling and clarifying by removing and stripping the layers of accumulated materials.\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\nThe kitchen is reconfigured as a pair volumes, one low and one high. The high volume is dedicated to storage, while the low volume is associated with cooking, preparation, and cleaning. The high volume is clad in a deep blue powdercoated aluminum, while the opposite side is raw and unfinished aluminum. Open shelving is included above the low volume to provide easy access to objects that play a part in everyday rituals.\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\"Axon\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\nA dark corridor cuts through the heart of the apartment, connecting the private and public domains. The experience of moving to and from different modes of life is heightened by shifts in floor material and wall color, enhancing the effect of emerging into light filled living spaces. Select wall corners are curved to soften the rigid orthogonal rooms.\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\"Select\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\nBespoke hardware in the form of a series of wall hooks celebrates the rituals of everyday living. These wall hooks are located in two rooms, the bathroom and entrance foyer, to facilitate the donning and disrobing of garments.\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\nSubtle, considered adjustments.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKitchen photography by lapegphoto\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n"},{"title":"A NEW SHAPE FOR AN AFFORDABLE CAPE COD","link":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/A-NEW-SHAPE-FOR-AN-AFFORDABLE-CAPE-COD","pubDate":"Tue, 06 Jul 2021 21:47:54 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/A-NEW-SHAPE-FOR-AN-AFFORDABLE-CAPE-COD","description":"\n\t\n\t\n \n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\nA NEW SHAPE FOR AN AFFORDABLE CAPE COD\nOyster House\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\tTYPEAccessory Dwelling Unit; Communal Housing Cluster\nLOCATION \nWellfleet, MASCALE700 sfDATE2015STATUSCompetition, 1st Place\n\n\n\t\n\nOyster House sets a new standard for entry-level housing in Wellfleet, Cape Cod. Developable land in Cape Cod is at a premium since much of the open space is now protected natural landscape. By building smaller, Oyster House achieves more density with less impact on Cape Cod\u2019s precious landscape. Oyster House uses less; less energy, less building material, less building area. Simultaneously, the house does more. Its pentagonal plan makes for easy siting in multiple orientations, maximizing privacy, permitting views, and responding to the sun\u2019s path through the southern sky. The house is conceived of as a repeatable unit that can be deployed across multiple sites in the town of Wellfleet\u2014as a single unit and as a community of houses.\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\nThe Oyster House\u2019s pentagonal plan is, in essence, a faceted circle. It has less surface area than an equivalent rectangle or square, but with the same floor area. Less surface area means less heating and cooling loads.\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\"The\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t \n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEach side of the house is associated with one of five primary programs. They are arranged from most public to most private. Each room faces outward to maximize borrowed space from the outdoors.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\"1.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t \n\t\n\nThe plan\u2019s shape makes it easy to reconfigure the Oyster House to a variety of sites. Rotate it, mirror it, orient it to views. Solar shading can always be provided to areas exposed to the southern sky. \n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\"Single:\n\n\n\"Cluster:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\nConfigured with a variety of sustainable strategies.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t      \n\t\n\n"},{"title":"POCHE & LINERS","link":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/POCHE-LINERS","pubDate":"Thu, 08 Jul 2021 15:11:46 +0000","guid":"https:\/\/model-practice.com\/POCHE-LINERS","description":"\n\t\n\t\n \n\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\n\tPOCHE & LINERSChelsea Apartment\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\tTYPEApartment renovation\n\nLOCATION \nManhattan, NYSCALE1,800 sfDATE2016STATUSCompleted\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis 3-bedroom apartment in a mid-rise development in Chelsea, New York is a place of quiet and calm for a prominent NY psychologist. We proposed a series of restrained strategic interventions. The first tactic introduced a series of volumes to increase storage and square-off rooms, creating a decluttered environment with a clean and simple footprint. A second operation linked these volumes with a wall liner, connecting the volumes and providing a consistent material to define a threshold between communal and intimate apartment programs.\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe storage volumes are clad with a striated texture consisting of a series of vertical battens. Using standard moulding profiles, the quarter round and the quarter cove, we developed an alphabet to encode words within the cabinet walls. Beyond providing relief and shadow, the battens conceal cabinet door seams and also serve as cabinet pulls.\n\n\nThe textured storage volumes are contrasted with a smooth white oak wood liner. Full height wood panels help to define a singular volume that sits at the heart of the apartment floor plan.\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA series of restrained strategic interventions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\tPhotography by Bilyana Dimitrova\n\t\n\n"}]}}