Annabelle Selldorf
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To understand architect Annabelle Selldorf’s aesthetic, a good place to start is the Neue Galerie in New York. Selldorf transformed the interiors of this Beaux Arts mansion, imbuing them with a Modernist touch but with restraint and respect for the original decorative elements, such as the marble and gilt of the second-floor salon. Though she proudly declares her Modernist allegiance, Selldorf is much more than that label implies. “You begin by embracing the so-called austerity” of Modernism, she says, “and not thinking of it as a pejorative.” From there, she continues, “intuition and a sense of humor take a bit of the strictness from the polemic of the minimal.” -AD 100
