The Office of Thierry W Despont – The Office of Thierry W Despont, Ltd. focuses on luxury residential developments, hotels, shops, as well as museum projects, and historical restorations. The company, which has offices in New York, employs about 40 architects and interior designers and has built a stellar reputation as a premier design firm with a select clientele in North America and Europe. Today, the Modern Chandeliers blog is getting to know more about them and their work. Keep reading!

The Office of Thierry W Despont

Mr. Despont completed the restoration of Clayton, the Frick family estate in Pittsburgh, and served as associate architect on the Statue of Liberty’s Centennial Restoration. The Decorative Arts galleries of the new J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles were planned by Mr. Despont, and the sculpture and painting galleries’ interiors were done in partnership with Richard Meier.

The Edmond J. Safra Synagogue on East 63rd Street in New York was designed by the company. There have been retail developments for Chopard and Harry Winston as well as the Ralph Lauren store on Bond Street in London.

Numerous private mansions have been built by the company in The Bahamas, Italy, Switzerland, Great Britain, and many other countries. Additionally, Mr. Despont and his company have finished a number of extremely luxurious hotel projects.

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The Carlyle Hotel and The Chatwal in New York, Claridge’s, The Dorchester, and 45 Park Lane in London, the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Florida, and the Divan Hotel in Istanbul are a few examples of the renovations that have been done recently. The office is now in charge of the redesign and renovation of the Paris Hotel Ritz, which reopened in 2015.