Wanta-Architect PLLC

Wanta-Architect PLLC Based in New York City, we're an architectural design firm providing commercial architecture, home a

12/18/2025

It’s not just about furniture or style; design that works starts with understanding how you live. Where you sit, what you do, and why you’re there.

12/13/2025

I’ve learned a lot over the years, and I try to pass some of that on, even for projects I won’t take.

12/04/2025

A high rating on Consumer Reports means much more to me than seeing a product saturating the media. Great design is about choosing what actually works and not what has the best marketing.

11/26/2025

In my work, I don’t necessarily follow the current “trends.”

I follow the client, but I also push them somewhere unexpected. The best projects are the ones that surprise both of us, and end up feeling uniquely them.

11/06/2025

Just like a translator leaves traces of their voice in a poem or book, I can’t help but bring my own lens to each project.

11/04/2025

Even the trendiest design choices eventually become dated.

What feels fresh today is already on its way to looking dated — just like Andy’s blue sweater in The Devil Wears Prada.

10/24/2025

Entry - East Midtown Penthouse | 📍New York, NY

A minimal Foyer with a fantastic art piece that leads one into the space. Cantilevered off the same wall are a custom glove table we made from a "leftover" piece of a slab we used for an outdoor dining table we designed and a bench to pull your shoes on and off.

Project Details
- Wall Art Piece: Katy Stone Art
- Seat Cushion: custom, fabricated by Ivryl Interiors, Edelman Leather "Cavallini Bark C47"
- Entry Table: Designed by wanta-architect, Stone "Azul Macaubus" supplied by Stone Source LLC , Fabricated by RGNY

📸Photo Credit: John Bigelow Taylor and Dianne Dubler

05/23/2025

Custom Master Bathroom Vanity | East Midtown Penthouse
⠀
The client had always wanted a mirror like this...We designed the asymmetrical deco-style dressing table (and stool) to support it.

Vanity Designed by wanta-architect
Paint: "Gull Wing Gray" by Benjamin Moore
Seat cushion: upholstered by Ivryl Interiors
Seat cushion fabric: supplied by JANUS et Cie
Mirror w/ lighting: Vanity Girl Hollywood
Drapes: "Olon Silver" supplied by Zoffany, fabricated and installed by Jeremy Skow of Legacy Manufacturing

⠀
📸 Photo Credit: John Bigelow Taylor and Dianne Dubler

05/19/2025

Here I am adding the finishing touches on a fun custom wall treatment in a long hallway.

This functional design allows for coats and even shoes to be hung on the lower sides of the openings.

Project Details:

- Wallpaper: Spoonflower
- White River Hardwoods
- STARK
- Woodmax Inc.
- R&R Construction LLC

03/14/2025

1992!
📍Lower Broadway (Tribeca) Loft

These folding screen-like partitions create an illusion of two-dimensionality, hiding closets and cabinets within their volumes. When opened, the unexpected physical reality of their interior space was revealed, often surprising visitors.

03/07/2025

Tribeca Loft | New York, NY

Another early-90s project! (~10 years later we turned this into a duplex with roof space above.)

These screen-like partitions were developed to do a number of things formally and functionally. Their relatively short height makes the space seem larger and allows it to be read as a whole.

The screens that flank the living room enlarge the space beyond the columns, which seem to disappear into the furniture layout. Finally, their articulation as folding screens creates an illusion of two-dimensionality, hiding the closets and cabinets within their volumes. When opened, the unexpected physical reality of their interior space is revealed, often surprising visitors. In the 1st photo, the gap in the center of the screens is over 2' deep. Both sides of this gap are lined with mirror to reinforce the illusion.

The minimalism of the interior and the strict layout of the furniture are offset by the rich patterns of the screen fabrics. Transformations of the stereotypical floral patterns found on one’s grandmother’s screens were chosen; their design defines the degree of formality each space has.

12/18/2024

The Foyer at my daughter Ivy’s place.
Look carefully and you can see coat/bag hooks! 👀

Thanks again, Donna at JAB ANSTOETZ Group and Don at FliePaper.

Address

66 Crosby Street, Suite 3D
New York, NY
10012

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Wanta-Architect PLLC posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Featured

Share