Eisner Design LLC

Jan 2013

An early 1980?s house at 28 Alewive Brook Road was renovated and expanded for full year-round use. The programmatic goals included enlarging a very small kitchen & dining area, adding a new master bedroom on the 2nd floor and a new den on the 1st floor having direct connection to the pool area. New fenestration, along with an inserted mahogany walkway leading from the den out to the pool provide access and a direct visual connection to the pool patio area that had not previously existed. All 4 bedrooms (2 new & 2 old) were provided with sitting areas. A new, cantilevered 2-storey bay window tower with built-in window seats has been added to the original small bedrooms facing the pool. The interior of these bay windows have been clad in wood to emphasize their outward projection to the landscape and material connection to the wood clad exterior.

$500k

East Hampton, NY

Jan 2013

A three bedroom apartment in midtown Manhattan was created through the combination of two smaller units. The owner who has spent a great deal of his career in Asia wanted his New York home to reflect his acquired Asian design sensibilities. The main feature of the space is a sculptural curved wall one encounters upon entry. This wall finished in polished plaster with its walnut niches houses Asian artifacts. The most important of these artifacts are two historically significant samurai swords whose shape was the inspiration for the soft curve of the display wall. The curved wall was also designed to conceal a plethora of building risers and infrastructure. Compositionally the display niches are composed with an asymmetrical horizontal rhythm along the length of the curved wall. In addition to the compositional movement of the wall niches the curved wall also appears to float through the use of illuminated recessed base and ceiling reveals. The curved wall implies movement guiding circulation either to the public living spaces on the right or to the bedroom areas on the left. Another theme was the use of canopy elements to define smaller shrine-like spaces within larger spaces. The master bedroom surrounded by glass walls on two sides has a central canopy that defines a study on one side and acts as the headboard for a custom metal framed bed on its other side. The slatted canopy over the study is repeated in the flooring pattern to define a ?wood carpet? around the desk area. The slatted reclaimed pine wood of the canopy repeats on the opposite side of the room to frame the recessed TV wall. The L-shaped canopy element is also used to define a small entry foyer with corresponding L-shaped bench where one removes shoes before entering the apartment.

$1.3m

New York, NY

Jan 2009

The light filled basement was created by demolishing and transforming a 38' long concrete foundation wall into a fully glazed wall with new walkout to the backyard. Sliding glass doors open up to allow flow from inside to outside activities. The largest area of the basement renovation is a play area that features an arts and crafts desktop area and a wrap-a-round cubicle custom storage system on an opposite wall. The cubicles were designed to be playful to encourage young children to organize their toys. The colorful yellow, blue and orange tones echo the colors in the games and toys that the built-in houses.

$400k

Ardsley, NY

Jan 2007

Several elements of the plan are designed to facilitate spatial connection between the exterior and interior and spaciousness. All major glazing is directed through the house toward exterior vista corridors. At the entrance, the low stone wall housing Loriope plantings resides at the level of the interior floor, effectively extending the floor plane of the public living wing. Beyond the L-shaped kitchen towards the rear yard, the roof and floor extend out to become a covered outdoor dining deck. Green concerns were a major factor in choosing materials, finishes & plantings throughout the project. The stucco house volumes are protectively wrapped by a long life standing seam metal roof. The reflective nature of the standing seam metal limits interior heat gain thereby reducing cooling loads. All plantings in the landscape program are indigenous to the local environment

$750k

East Hampton, NY

Jan 2004

The space was originally created by joining two buildings together, forming a space with two separate levels with one floor almost a full story higher. Connecting the spaces was quite challenging, but for Eisner the solution, installing floating staircases, was one of the most exciting aspects of this project - resulting in the creation of a dramatic and dynamic space.

$500k

New York, NY