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Geoffrey Bradfield

Geoffrey Bradfield

Bradfield specializes in creating daring, elegant, and luxurious residences and offices for an international clientele and Fortune 500 clients.

Bradfield has received on four successive occasions the coveted recognition by Architectural Digest magazine in their "AD 100" in January 2000, January 2002, January 2004 and January 2007 as one of the top designers in the world.  And most recently, he was honoured in the Architectural Digest January 2005 issue as 'Dean of American Design.'

As well as Architectural Digest's mammoth "The Twentieth Century Issue" (April 1999) chronicling the cultural adventure of the past 100 years, recognized Bradfield's work in the  "1990's with an eye toward the new millennium".

Bradfield is recognized in the book "America's Elite 1000 - The Ultimate List", Millennium Issue, "the Inside Story Behind America's Top 1000 Names"; published by Codogan Publications.

"Functional opulence" is the key to his designs, which draw inspiration from the Orient, African Primitivism, and Art Deco. The work incorporates fine art and antiques with high tech, attaching the same sculptural value to utility objects as to important pieces of art. The look, drawn from the twentieth century, results in intensely comfortable and superbly elegant environments that delight eye, mind and body alike.

The company has designed palatial residences, private jets and yachts, and unique office environments for clients throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe and the Orient. "Silent celebrities" is a term coined by the firm that fervently guards the privacy of its clients who include some of the most prominent families in the world.

Initially working with McMillen, Inc. and later long time partner of the late Jay Spectre, the work of Bradfield's company appears, in addition, in the pages of leading design magazines including Architectural Digest, Interior Design, Elle Décor, Veranda, Classic Home, House Beautiful, Metropolitan Home, and the New York Times. Bradfield has won numerous design awards, and has lectured at the Smithsonian. In addition to the Kips Bay Decorator's Show House, he is a frequent guest on television shows which include CNN and HGTV.

Geoffrey Bradfield has homes in New York City and Palm Beach. He is co-author of POINT OF VIEW: DESIGN BY JAY SPECTRE (1991), author of CELEBRATION: CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK (1993) and a book showcasing his work of the last decade, GEOFFREY BRADFIELD - DEFINING MILLENNIUM MODERN was published in 2003.  In 2005 Geoffrey Bradfield International LLC established companies in Dubai and Qatar.