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Vegas - 2017 - Issue 1 - Spring - Olivia Culpo

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66 VEGASMAGAZINE.COM Las Vegas is a city built on reinvention, so it makes perfect sense to join the classic, mid- century modern aesthetic of Palm Springs and Las Vegas with designs from an influential, contemporary Brooklyn-based brother duo. In fact, the unlikely marriage works perfectly in the Downtown penthouse of James Weidner, managing partner of Lucky Dragon Las Vegas and founding partner of Nicaragua furniture manufacturing facility Maderas Collective. Located in the Soho Lofts, what began as a skeleton space lacking most standard living necessities beyond a roof is now puts a new spin on the desert modern aesthetic in the city. "I always loved Palm Springs; I love the Frank Sinatra house," Weidner says. With that mid-mod aesthetic serving as inspiration for the design, he recruited Evan and Oliver Haslegrave of Home Studios in Greenpoint, Brooklyn (homestudios.nyc), who he'd originally met when considering their ideas for a local bar. The Haslegraves, well known for mastering the BK vibe of many of their neighborhood watering holes, first met Weidner at Elsa—their first commercial project. Located in Manhattan's East Village, it was modeled after a fashion designer's workroom, warmly industrial with its Edison lightbulbs and a quirky beer tap built into a sewing machine. That was 2009, around the time Weidner had begun looking for a permanent residence—he spends the bulk of his year traveling. A NEW YORK RESTAURANT DESIGNER DUO TAKES ON ITS FIRST RESIDENCE AND PUTS A NEW SPIN ON "DESERT MODERN." BY JESSI C. ACUÑA BROOKLYN BRIDGE LEFT: Oliver and Evan Haslegrave of New York's Home Studios took on James Weidner's gray shell penthouse as their first residential project. ABOVE: Custom furniture designs by Home Studios in this Soho Lofts penthouse were fabricated by Nicaragua's Maderas Collective. PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF HOME STUDIOS (PORTRAIT) SPACE SURREAL ESTATE

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