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Juan Montoya is one of the most famous interior designers, having created numerous distinguished interiors, be it residential, contract, or hospitality, using different and unique styles in each project, ranging from minimalist to eclectic styles.
The Life and Work of Juan Montoya
Juan Montoya is a Colombian-born architect and interior designer who established his firm in the United States, mainly New York City, in the 1970s. Since then, Juan Montoya has developed several projects, differing from lodges to luxury resorts, art galleries, offices, residential, commercial among others.
The Beginning
Juan Montoya‘s journey to sucess begin when the designer started studying architecture in the University of Bogota and later moving to New York, where he graduated from Parsons School of Design. In 1978, Juan Montoya founded his own design studio and was on the fast-track of becoming one of the most sought-after firms in both industries of interior design and architecture.
The Life and Work of Juan Montoya – The Projects and Styles
1.Upper East Side Apartment, New York, USA
INSPIRED BY THE LOOK – YOHO STOOL
2.Pied-à-terre, Paris, France
Juan Montoya does not have a specific style thus blending various designs in a single space. Nevertheless, all the spaces created by Juan Montoya Design are characterised as bold and relaxing, sophisticated and comfortable, elegant and practical.
4.Bay Road, Miami, USA
Juan Montoya‘s initial projects showcased a more minimalist design, however, with the course of time, the style evolved and changed, starting to incorporate Art Deco elements, eclectic style and bold elements, that reflect the designer’s interest in different cultures, allowing him to create and design spaces filled with personality and a different kind of quality.
INSPIRED BY THE LOOK – NAICCA SUSPENSION LIGHT
5.Southampton, New York, USA
6.Private Residence, Philadelphia, USA
Over the years, Juan Montoya‘s become very distinctive and easily identifiable interiors through the use of exquisite design features like the juxtaposition of textures, colours, and volumes, as well as remarkable use of shadows, scale and space with the end result always being the same: an uncanny sense of refinement and elegant simplicity.
7.Beach & Golf Club, Miromar Lakes, Florida, USA
8.Cap Cana Resort, Dominican Republic
9.Punta Mita Resort, Mexico
10.Universal Studios, California, USA
Juan Montaya has been honored with a surplus of design distinctions, including becoming a member of the Interior Design Hall of Fame, the Legends Award from Pratt Institute and he has also been heavily featured in Architectural Digest’s prestigious AD100 list of exceptional creatives.
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