Pazo
New York, New York
Nancy Mah Design, Inc.

A Mediterranean aesthetic is captured in this palatial den

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Pazo is the Galician word for "noble house" and indeed the setting for this restaurant has the aesthetic of stylized Mediterranean luxury. Soft-gelled light is filtered from the ceiling through custom louvers and the rooms are divided into private spaces by carved wood screens and lattice. The screen patterns are a combination of traditional turned wood panels from Morocco and custom lattice.

Colored in parched tones, the entry is cluttered with large terracotta pots arranged on a dry unglazed Moroccan floor, and a giant olive jar sits at one end, continuously overflowing with water. From there, customers walk through a lounge area with low ceilings, which is lined with soft low couches and large throw pillows in deep blue hues. Turkish-inspired shades hang from the ceiling. Cypress wall screens glow, giving light to the room from the side. The floors are covered with Berber bricks imported from Morocco, in blue, honey, and brown.

A Moroccan wood screen divides the lounge from the main dining room. Central in the dining room is a ripple pond lit from below reflecting light on the Venetian plaster ceiling in calm aquatic blue waves. A rich color palette for the soft tactile fabrics and leathers in the main dining room was chosen and includes a wide-plank custom herringbone floor in American walnut. Banquette seating has been designed like couches with multiple layers of back pillows—deep and soft, but with enough support for comfortable dining.

Formal name of Project:
Pazo

Location:
New York City

Gross square footage:
3,000 sq. ft

Total contruction cost:
$1.2 million

Owner:
Jacques Villeneuve, Craig Pollock, Jean-Pierre Da Costa Li, Martin Poitras

Architect:
Nancy Mah Design, Inc.
31 West 27th Street,
New York, New York, 10001
212 679-9980 tel
212 679-9981 fax
www.nancymahdesign.com