OFFICE BIO
Dufner Heighes is a full-service interior design and licensed architecture practice established in New York City in 1999. Whether working on residential, corporate or retail projects, our work encompasses architecture, interior and furniture design, and art consultancy in the creation and expression of client identity. While espousing a modern design philosophy, we never forget a projectÕs history, location or function. We create highly personal environments that emphasize natural materials and texture, light, color, proportion and flow. Projects range in scale from the renovation of New York City interiors to ground-up construction on a 14,000 square foot single-family residence outside of Seattle.
Regardless of scale or location, the Dufner Heighes design process always begins with the client, investigating the specifics of the program, but also discovering the more subtle requirements that will personalize the project. By considering the interior and furniture design with the architecture, we are expertly qualified to provide a client with a complete environment attuned to their lifestyle. We are equally comfortable managing the project team on a day-to-day basis for local projects or conveying the design intent across the country via phone, email and periodic site visits.
Daniel Heighes Wismer is a graduate of the University of Michigan College of Architecture and Urban Planning and received a Masters degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. A former Steward O'Keefe Lebrun Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, he began his career as designer and project manager with Gabellini Associates, focusing on the Jil Sander and Ultimo concepts, before joining the firm of S. Russell Groves as senior project architect to lead projects for Coach, Giorgio Armani, and LeSportsac among others. He is a licensed architect.
Gregory Dufner received a Bachelor of Architecture from the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City. Upon graduation, he received the Abraham E Kazan Award for Urban Design Studies and founded Dufner Heighes with Daniel Heighes Wismer.
PROJECTS
Zieher Smith Gallery ⋅ New York, New York ⋅ 3,500 sq. ft. street-level gallery
Kirkham Residence ⋅ New York, New York ⋅ 2,000 sq. ft. apartment
Gramercy Park Residence ⋅ New York, New York ⋅ 1,000 sq. ft. apartment
Jane Street Residence ⋅ New York, New York ⋅ 4,200 sq. ft. townhouse
Radandt Residence Guest House ⋅ Charlevoix, Michigan ⋅ 2,500 sq. ft. guest house and 2-acre master landscape plan
448 West 22nd Street ⋅ New York, New York ⋅ landmark façade restoration
Speranza Corporate Identity ⋅ Logo design and application
Radandt Residence ⋅ Hunts Point, Washington ⋅ 14,000 sq. ft. residence and 2 acre master landscape plan
Mara Hoffman Inc. ⋅ New York, New York ⋅ Flagship Store Concept
SY Living Water ⋅ Cayman Islands ⋅ 183 ft. Perini Navi sailboat
Kovalak/Miller Residence ⋅ Brooklyn, New York ⋅ 1,200 sq. ft. residence
Chan-Norris Residence ⋅ New York, New York ⋅ 1,200 sq. ft. apartment
Radandt Residence ⋅ Hunts Point, Washington ⋅ 14,000 sq. ft. residence
West 12th Street Residence ⋅ New York, New York ⋅ 550 sq. ft. apartment
East 19th Street Townhouse ⋅ New York, New York ⋅ 5,000 sq. ft. multi-family residence
Reber Residence ⋅ Lakeville, Connecticut ⋅ 3,900 sq. ft. residence
de la Fuente / Akersveen Residence ⋅ Scarsdale, New York ⋅ 4,000 sq. ft. residence
55 Central Park West ⋅ New York, New York ⋅ 1,100 sq. ft. apartment
Hen / Sung Residence ⋅ New York, New York ⋅ 2,500 sq. ft. apartment
Paluska/Brown Residence ⋅ Burlington, Vermont ⋅ 7,000 sq. ft. residence
Fox / Dimmock Residence ⋅ New York, New York ⋅ 1,000 sq. ft. apartment
Goldman Residence ⋅ New York, New York ⋅ 6,000 sq. ft. duplex penthouse
Reber Residence ⋅ New York, New York ⋅ 3,800 sq. ft. duplex penthouse
Radandt Residence Lake Michigan ⋅ Charlevoix, Michigan ⋅ 5,500 sq. ft. residence
Wm. Bolthouse Farms Inc. ⋅ Bakersfield, California ⋅ 30,000 sq. ft. office building
Greene Street Loft ⋅ New York, New York ⋅ 2,800 sq. ft. apartment
Paul Taylor Dance Company ⋅ New York, New York ⋅ production of written program for dance studio, administrative offices, and dance school
Johnson Residence ⋅ New York, New York ⋅ 2,500 sq. ft. apartment
Radandt Residence ⋅ Bakersfield, California ⋅ 8,200 sq. ft. residence
Williamsburg Restaurant ⋅ Brooklyn, New York ⋅ 2,500 sq. ft. restaurant and bar
Marco Grassi Studio · Fine Arts Conservation ⋅ New York, New York ⋅ cabinetry for book and painting collection ⋅ exhibition design for The Robert Edsel Collection
PUBLICATIONS
Martha Stewart Living "Lake Michigan Guest House" August 2009
Connecticut Cottages and Gardens "Past Present" vol. 5 no. 1 September 2008
Hamptons Cottages and Gardens "Living in Eternity" vol. 7 no. 8 September 2008
New York Times "Room to Improve" Page F2 "House & Home" 15 November 2007
Interior Design Magazine "Crosslines" vol. 78 no. 11 September 2007
Northern Home and Cottage "Colonial Revived" vol. 12 no. 4 July/August 2007
Interior Design Magazine "The House at the End of the Road" vol. 77 no. 12 "Sustainability: Seeing the Light" October 2006
Metropolitan Home Magazine "Lake Effect" vol. 37 no. 6 "Living the Dream"
July/August 2005
New York Spaces Magazine "Local Colors" vol. 2 no. 2 June/July 2005
Interior Design Magazine "Loft: The Sequel" vol. 76 no. 1 "Full Spectrum" January 2005
New York Times "No Place Like a Gallery Restyled as a Home" Page F3
"House & Home" 1 July 2004
Interior Design Magazine "Ready for Their Close-up" vol. 74 no. 14 "On the Edge" November 2003
In Style Home "Top Designers' Best Finds" Fall / Winter 2003
Surface Magazine "Surveillance" no. 37 Fall 2002
Maru Interior Design "Johnson Residence" no. 1 April 2002
Interior Design Magazine "Clean Slate" vol. 73 no. 3 "In California" March 2002
Interior Design Magazine "Lofty Concept" vol. 72 no. 14 "Designers on the Rise" November 2001
Interior Design Magazine "Bright Futures" vol. 72 no. 14 "Designers on the Rise" November 2001
EXHIBITIONS
Hamptons Cottages and Gardens 2008 Idea House - Sagaponack, New York
⋅ Mudroom and Powder Room
Margaret Thatcher Projects "ArtHouse" 2004 - New York, New York
⋅ Simple chair
⋅ X-base dining table
⋅ Studio bed II
⋅ J side table
⋅ Thatcher media cabinet
⋅ Lake Michigan coffee table
⋅ Book boxes
Felissimo New York Foundation for the Arts
"Commune Design Show" 2002 - New York, New York
⋅ Studio Bed
Chicago Design Show 2001
"Interior Design Magazine's Future Furniture Exhibition" - Chicago, Illinois
⋅ J side table