{"id":3225,"date":"2025-01-04T17:21:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T09:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/2025\/01\/04\/modern-in-miami-at-home-with-a-worldly-contemporary-furniture-dealer\/"},"modified":"2025-01-04T17:21:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T09:21:30","slug":"modern-in-miami-at-home-with-a-worldly-contemporary-furniture-dealer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/es\/modern-in-miami-at-home-with-a-worldly-contemporary-furniture-dealer\/","title":{"rendered":"Moderno en Miami: En casa con un comerciante de muebles contempor\u00e1neos mundanos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like so many of us, Stephan Weishaupt considers real estate browsing a leisure sport. And so a few years ago, while on vacation in Miami Beach, he took up a friend\u2019s offer to show him a 1932 Art Deco villa the day before it was to go on the market. \u201cI never had any intention of buying a place here,\u201d he told us. \u201cBut a few weeks later, I owned it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Designed by local architect Martin L. Hampton\u2014whose midcentury landmarks include Miami Beach\u2019s city hall and Miami\u2019s Congress Building\u2014the house was \u201cin a rather tired state and in bad need of a major update but had great charm,\u201d according to its new owner. Weishaupt, in turn, has his own charm to bring to the project: A contemporary design aficionado, he owns the furnishings showroom Avenue Road, which has locations in Toronto (Weishaupt\u2019s home base) and New York, and represents a who\u2019s who of international talents\u2014Michael Anastassiades, Ted Muehling, Paola Navone, and Micha\u00ebl Verheyden, to name but a few. And so after tackling the remodel with a series of contractors and crews, Weishaupt had more than a few friends to turn to for help accessorizing.<\/p>\n

Photography by Richard Powers, unless noted.<\/p>\n

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Above: Weishaupt grew up in Munich amid contemporary design in his own home. After earning a degree in economics (with \u201ca focus on logistics and supply-chain management\u201d) at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich, he worked in marketing for BMW before founding Avenue Road.<\/p>\n

Of this project, he says: \u201cThere was the technical challenge of bringing a 1930s home to today\u2019s standards (which included high-efficient, hurricane-proof windows, LED lighting throughout, solar panels, and water-saving toilets). And on the d\u00e9cor side, I restored almost all the original Art Deco detailing, while also simplifying the floor plan to allow for slightly bigger rooms. I did most of the plans myself, but wasn\u2019t shy to ask for help when needed. Toronto architectural firm Mason Studio did the plans for the bathrooms, for example. And my friend George Yabu helped me with the bedroom layouts.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Above: Among the house\u2019s most compelling features are its newly preserved terrazzo floors and baseboards, layered in the living room with Kelly Wearstler\u2019s water-patterned Flaunt rug from the Rug Company. The space is anchored by a Vladimir Kagan Serpentine Sofa in coral velvet, a 1950 design still in production. \u201cI wanted an organic shape floating in the space,\u201d says Weishaupt. \u201cI think it goes nicely with the round window.\u201d Photograph by Max Zambelli.<\/p>\n

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Above: \u201cI carefully restored the Art Deco features as the frame for my contemporary furniture and art,\u201d explains Weishaupt. Shown here, the living room and adjoining entry open to a period stair, fluted column, and scalloped moldings. The game table was custom made by ETEL of Brazil and is patterned after a mid-century mosaic by Brazilian artist Paulo Werneck.<\/p>\n

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Above: \u201cThe pattern on the floor needed to be a focal point of the house,\u201d says Weishaupt, who commissioned a yellow-glazed table from Tuscany-based ceramic artist Christiane Perrochon, and benches in brushed oak from Christophe Delcourt: \u201cThe warm gray tones were to be calming and to lend attention to the table. For this concept, Christophe and I sat together during one of my visits to Paris.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Above: Weishaupt bought this midcentury bar cart on a visit to Sao Paolo. The Jetson-esque chair is the Anel, a Ricardo Fasanello design from 1969, and the satin brass Abstract Wall light is by UK designer Chris Turner.<\/p>\n

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Above: \u201cIt was important to take some risks with color; this is Miami after all,\u201d says Weishaupt of his soft blue kitchen, a Massimo Castagna design from Rossana with bespoke elements (read about it in our spotlight on Italian Kitchen Systems). The island is clad in Caesarstone and the Wire Stools are by Dutch workshop Pastoe. And the glowing yellow Plexiglass display case? \u201cAgain, a daring addition\u2014at night it casts a beautiful light in the space and sets the tone for entertaining.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Above: A ground floor guest room is now the office, done up in a color scheme inspired by a Trevor Paglen Drones series photo (\u201cIt\u2019s taken from a helicopter; the drone is only visible when you get up very close\u201d). Weishaupt works at Christophe Delcourt\u2019s lacquered YBU table, and the lamp is Delcourt\u2019s BUL design of lacquered steel with a neoprene shade. The chair is the Jinbao Street, a Yabu Pushelberg piece for Avenue Road.<\/p>\n

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Above: The ethereal palette continues in the master bedroom, which has an upholstered bed made in Italy by Meridiani and Claudia Moreira Salles\u2019s Cantante Sconce of Brazilian hardwood. Photograph by Max Zambelli.<\/p>\n

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Above: \u201cI requested a sofa that stretches from one corner to the opposite. It\u2019s a spot for reading and resting\u2014perfect for an afternoon nap,\u201d says Weishaupt of the custom Christophe Delcourte design.<\/p>\n

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Above: \u201cMy guests come for a fun Miami experience, and I wanted to give them that environment\u2014playful, not too serious,\u201d explains Weishaupt of the lilac-accented guest room with peacock rattan chair and vintage Pan Am poster. Photograph by Max Zambelli.<\/p>\n

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Above: Splashy marble alert in the master bath: Italian Rocky Mist meets the Agape Vieques Tub. \u201cThe contrast of the plain white against the busy marble makes it stand out like sculpture (and though the tub is a new design, it has an Art Deco reference); the white veining makes the two connect.\u201d<\/p>\n

See more dramatic marble in 10 Favorites: Exotic Marble in Modern Spaces and 15 Top Interiors Trends.<\/p>\n

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Above: \u201cThe exterior needed a lot of repairs due to corrosion.\u201d New trees and plantings screen off the house from the street. Not visible: the solar panels on the roof: \u201cThey feed two batteries and allow the house to be energy self-sufficient.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Above: Rio Manso chairs by Brazilian designer Carlos Motta on a side deck. \u201cI leave them out all year; I love the weathering of the wood.\u201d Photograph by Max Zambelli.<\/p>\n

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Above: The original Deco detailing extends to the pool\u2014now lushly landscaped.<\/p>\n

N.B.: Weishaupt\u2019s Avenue Road showrooms cater largely to design professionals but are open to the public.<\/p>\n

For another masterful revival, take a look at Back to the Future: An Art Deco House in London.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Como muchos de nosotros, Stephan Weishaupt considera la b\u00fasqueda de inmuebles un deporte de ocio. As\u00ed, hace unos a\u00f1os, de vacaciones en Miami Beach, acept\u00f3 la oferta de un amigo de ense\u00f1arle una villa Art D\u00e9co de 1932 un d\u00eda antes de que saliera a la venta. \u201cNunca tuve intenci\u00f3n de comprar una [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interior-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}