Alfredo Paredes's Midtown design studio (shown here and above left) is in the former penthouse loft of Isabel and Ruben Toledo.
For many design cognoscenti, their dreams took the shape of the late fashion designer Isabel and artist Ruben Toledo's penthouse apartment, showcased in a 2006 New York magazine article and dubbed by a New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission chairwoman as a "little Parnassus in the sky" - fitting, as Parnassus was the residence of the Greek muses.
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BIOGRAPHY OF A ROOM
BE IT VIA GOSSIP GIRL, SEX AND THE CITY, OR REAR WINDOW, we all have our fantasy versions of New York City.
SNOW in Every WINDOW
IN MONTANA'S EXCLUSIVE YELLOWSTONE CLUB, COMMUNE DELIVERS A WEST COAST GROOVE TO A HOME WITH PRISTINE VIEWS OF BIG SKY COUNTRY.
VIENNA WAITS FOR YOU
DESIGNER BEN PENTREATH RECOUNTS HOW HE BROUGHT A VIBRANT ENGLISH SENSIBILITY TO A QUINTESSENTIAL AUSTRIAN TOWNHOUSE.
IT'S HUMAN NATURE
SHEILA BRIDGES DRAWS FROM VERMONT'S HISTORY AND WILDERNESS TO BRING LIFE AND CHARACTER TO A SPRAWLING NEW HOME.
MIAMI? MINIMAL.
DESIGNER MARTIN BRÛLÉ MAKES FABULOUS UNFUSSY IN A SOUTH FLORIDA PIED-À-TERRE.
ALESSIA in WONDERLAND
IN THE ITALIAN SKI RESORT OF CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, A MILANESE HOMEOWNER TAPS HER ARCHITECT SISTER TO BUILD AN ALPINE CHALET WITH FANTASTICAL FLAIR.
DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER DRAMA?
Cinemas were once dazzling architectural statements. Now, after decades of the pictures literally getting smaller, there's a renewed appetite for Golden Age glamour.
The Life of Bath
The ancients invented them, the Enlightened brought them home, and the Victorians gave them feet. Tubs continue to evolve but are as much a luxury today as they've ever been.
IT'S SO VERY YOU
So what if it's a rental? Swap out the curtains, put up new wallpaper, go crazy. It's your home after all, so own it - even if you really don't.
CIAO, MADISON
A new 12-story building offers a blueprint for how to live like Armani.
