The Architecture of Living

Cafe Regular (318 11th st 718 768 4170), Cafe Regular Du Nord (158 Berkeley Pl 718 783 0673)  and Rothschilds (411 Atlantic Avenue) are fine examples of Cognoscenti's aesthetic.  Led by Anne O'Zavelo, Cognoscenti is an established lifestyle and design team, known for the development of highly articulate space.

• Tweaking
• Undesigning
• Blending lifestyle & design
• Coaching & Consultancy
 

RESIDENTIAL

"Five Points, a magnificent country home, equidistant between Rhinebeck and Hudson, New York, is the beneficiary of Cognoscenti's subtlety to such an extent that you would utterly fail to appreciate their work unless you saw the pre-cognoscenti pictures. Boring? I know. We all hate those before and after pictures. But the thing is, Five Points looks like it has always been, well, Five Points. You simply can't imagine that only four years ago, this was a house so down on its luck that it had been abandoned by all. Now you assume that this inherited look with an ever so genteel fraying at the edges has been working a slow uninterrupted passage through generations of well traveled family members leaving their stamp in the form of a picture picked up in a Paris flea market, a mid-century chair from Prague, rugs from Istanbul or Slim Aarons style photographs of families with good teeth having a great old time in sun kissed climes." - Good Things

COMMERCIAL

"Cognoscenti practically invented the whole notion of tweaking by which I mean taking a space that has the mandatory stylish look but for some reason, remains mute. They make space talk." - Linda Reardon on Cafe Regular (318 11th street, Brooklyn, NY 11215)

Cafe Regular, 318 11 St, btwn 4th and 5th Aves; tel (718) 768 4170 and Cafe Regular Du Nord, 158 Berkeley Pl, near 7th Ave (718) 783 0673

 PROFESSIONAL

"Cognoscenti's forte is professional space. They manage to seamlessly marry the often conflicting notions that the workplace has to be both accessible, comfortable and yet transparent for maximum efficiency. Our office design feels inspired. We have been here 5 years. It still conveys a vigorous present and an even brighter future." Oliver G