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DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
Architecture is a harmonious composition of five elements: space, light, materials, connections and concept. Architecture is theatre; it is space that evokes emotional response. Architecture is substance with style.
Architecture is all this and more. It is the connection of building to the earth, both physically (through structure) and metaphorically (through shape and form). It is the subtle embodiment of function executed in a dynamic composition of materials.
The art of architecture is the balancing of these qualities with the programmatic needs of the client and the restrictions imposed by the site, the budget and the building code. Quality architecture is always the result of a successful partnership between the owner, the architect and the builder. These are the essential elements of a successful project.
Jaffe2 is a multidimensional reference to services provided (both design and build), work on original Norman Jaffe houses (and training by the master himself), and being the second generation practicing architectural design.
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BIOGRAPH
Miles Jaffe is an industrial designer, artist, author and satirist working out of a studio and prototype shop in Bridgehampton, New York.
Raised in his father's architectural office from an early age, Miles worked both drafting tables and construction sites as a youth. After studying industrial design at Rhode Island School of Design, he returned to Bridgehampton to work with his father,
architect Norman Jaffe. By the mid 1980’s Miles was designing and building his own architectural and furniture projects while continuing to consult with his father, receiving state and national recognition for work on The Gates of the Grove Synagogue in East Hampton.
After his father´s death, Miles spent several years as an apprentice in traditional Japanese construction under Master Builder Jokan Ohama. Today his firm, Complete Fabrications, specializes in the design and execution of a wide range of creative projects ranging from architecture and furniture to new media. His satirical book The Hamptons Dictionary has been featured on BBC World News.
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AWARDS
Award of Merit
Certificate of Excellence in Design Honorable Mention |
SELECTED PROJECT LIST
Arnow Residence, Patterson NY D'Andrea Residence, East Hampton NY Azzurro Restaurant, New York NY Hermann Residence I, Southampton NY Hermann Residence II, Southampton NY Jaffe Residence, Bridgehampton NY Leichter Residence II, Bridgehampton NY Leichter Residence III, Lewisboro NY Leichter Residence IV, Bridgehampton NY Price Residence, Bridgehampton NY Raynes Residence, Southampton NY Reyniak Medical Office, New York NY Reyniak Residence, Sagaponack NY San Miguel Restaurant, New York NY Simple Pleasures Café, Bridgehampton NY Youngerman Studio, Bridgehampton NY Zographos Residence, Bridgehampton NY |
PROJECTS WITH NORMAN JAFFE
565 Fifth Avenue, New York NY
7 Hanover Square, New York NY Edward Cohen Residence, Southampton NY Peter Cohen Residence, East Hampton NY Cross Highway Residence, East Hampton NY Ferraro Residence, Westhampton Beach NY Gates of the Grove Synagogue, East Hampton NY Kroll Residence, Laurel Hollow NY Pedone Residence, Southampton NY The Laundry Restaurant, East Hampton NY Leichter Residence II, Bridgehampton NY Sea Farm North, Bridgehampton NY SPECIAL PROJECTS Technical and Management Consultant 400 Unit Housing Development Mt. Ebo Associates, Brewster NY Research Consultant Industrial Housing Technology Swig, Weiler and Arnow, New York NY |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Lifestyles of the HAMPTONS RICH and (IN)FAMOUS“ BBC World News”, 16 July 2008 “Jitney Can't Take A Joke” Page Six, NY Post, 2 July 2008 “Everything To Be 'Hample' in The Hamptons This Summer” NY Observer, 23 May 2008 “Hangin' In The Hamptons” Newsday, 20 May 2008 “Deeds & Don’ts” Hamptons Cottage and Gardens, 15 July 2007 “Hamptons Redefined” Newsday, 2 August 2007 “Slam Hamptons” New York Post, 1 July 2007 “Explosive” Hamptons Magazine, 29 June 2007 “Do You Speak Hamptonese” Dan’s Papers, 4 July 2007 “New Lexicon Skewers The Hamptons Lifestyle” The Southampton Press, 7 June 2007 “The Hamptons Dictionary” East Hampton Star, 6 June 2007 “A Devil's Dictionary for the Hamptons” Sag Harbor Express, 31 May 2007 “The End of the Hamptons” Corey Dolgon, New York University Press, 2005 “Guilty Pleasures” New York Magazine, 2001 “Bomb the Base” Financial Times (London), 23 June 2001 “Hot Summer” W Magazine, June 2001 “Rebel in Paradise” New York Observer, 28 May 2001 “Heaven for Hamptons Haters” New York Post, 13 May 2001 “Hamptons Destruction, with a Message” The Southampton Press, 3 May 2001 “On the Web: Nuke the Hamptons” East Hampton Star, 3 May 2001 "Hamptons Road Warriors Get a War Game” Newsday, 16 June 2001 |
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