Soul: The Interior Design of Orlando Diaz-Azcuy

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San Francisco-based Orlando Diaz-Azcuys mastery of the home interior has made him one of Americas most renowned designers. Regarded by professionals as a 'dean of interior design'and a pioneer of minimalist design since the early 1980s, Diaz-Azcuy has been a major influence in the worlds of interior architecture and design. Bringing soul to modernism is Diaz-Azcuys greatest legacy, as well as the subject of this book. Each residence featured in these pages is essentially simple, functional and beautiful, achieved with exactitude, attention to detail and craftsmanship.

Diaz-Azcuys elegantly composed rooms speak volumes for his spare, intelligent, and disciplined touch. His interiors located in Miami and New York as well as San Francisco combine architecturally clean lines and an urbane sensibility with smart flashes of bold colour or a pedigreed period statement piece to balance a curated look. By orchestrating textural richness, honest materiality, and judiciously deployed global artefacts and art in perfectly calibrated measure, Diaz-Azcuy transforms modernism into something eminently liveable, pioneering a new style that has become ubiquitous today.

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"Each residence featured in these pages is simple, functional, and beautiful, achieved with exactitude, attention to detail and craftsmanship by the minimalist Cuban-born designer."SOCIETY TEXAS
"Each residence featured in these pages is simple, functional, and beautiful, achieved with exactitude, attention to detail and craftsmanship by the minimalist Cuban-born designer."SOCIETY TEXAS

"A pioneer of minimalist design, Diaz-Azcuy is a master of creating clean, livable spaces that incorporate distinctive elements, such as vintage pieces, global artifacts and unexpected splashes of color."LUXE MAGAZINE

"...The book records Diaz-Azcuys dynamic interiors and architecture since 2009..."NOB HILL GAZETTE

Author Bio

Orlando Diaz-Azcuyhas been a designer for fifty years and founded Orlando Diaz-Azcuy Design Associates in 1987. He is a member ofInterior DesignmagazinesHall of Fame.

Jorge S. Arangois a design writer, editor, and producer whose work has appeared inMetropolitan Home,Robb Report,Art & Antiques, andCountry Living.