Modern Loft, Full Floor, Westside
• Gut-Renovation 3,500 sq. ft. / Interior Design / Decoration • Custom open, modern kitchen and tall pantry • Entry gallery, featured wall w/ hand carved Japanese wood and leather panels • Custom white leather chaise • Custom abstract, ethereal rug
Modern Loft, Full Floor, Westside
• Gut-Renovation, Interior Design / Decoration • Custom open, modern kitchen and custom bar • Entry gallery, elevator area in custom bleached zebra wood • Custom architectural and decorative lighting throughout • Custom floral arrangements / design • All accessories and styling by GVD
Modern Loft, Full Floor, Westside
• Gut-Renovation 3,500 sq. ft. • Interior Design / Decoration • Custom dining furniture and lighting • Custom bar and custom corner, 2-sided linear fireplace • All accessories and styling by GVD
Modern Loft, Full Floor, Westside
Full floor 3,500 sq. ft. This is a two-phased project:
Gut-Renovation and Interior Design / Decoration seamlessly
and simultaneously integrated and executed. All the work is
custom and uniquely conceived and designed for
this space and clients.
Gut-Renovation (After & Before)
Modern Loft, Full Floor, Westside
• Gut-Renovation / Interior Design / Decoration • Custom aniline, natural leather sofa and arm chairs • Custom pillows and decorative accessories • Custom floating display wall unit with desk in bleached zebra wood, white lacquer & sapphire glass shelves • All accessories and styling by GVD
Modern Loft, Full Floor, Westside
• Gut-Renovation / Interior Design / Decoration • Custom corner, 2-sided linear fireplace • Custom Italian, laser carved limestone panels for FP surround • Custom, floating limestone FP ledge / bench (w/ steel frame) • Custom furniture and geometric rug
Modern Loft, Full Floor, Westside
Full floor 3,500 sq. ft. This is a two-phased project:
Gut-Renovation and Interior Design / Decoration seamlessly and
simultaneously integrated and executed.
All the work is custom and uniquely conceived and designed for
this space and client.
Gut-Renovation (After & Before)
Prewar, Classic-8, UWS
• Interior Design / Decoration • Partial Restoration, Renovation • Custom furniture and lighting, custom featured rug • Custom featured decorative pillows • Custom origami style drapery
Prewar, Classic-8, UWS
• Interior Design / Decoration • Partial Restoration, Renovation 3,200 sq. ft. • Art sourcing and acquisition • Custom featured lighting
Prewar, Classic-8, UWS
• Interior Design / Decoration • Partial Restoration, Renovation 3,200 sq. ft. • Custom wallpaper, design & made in London • Custom furniture and featured lighting • All accessories and styling by GVD
Modern Loft, Full Floor, Westside
• Gut-Renovation, Interior Design / Decoration • Custom fireplace w/ fully integrated, floating millwork cabinet surround • Custom, floating limestone FP ledge and desks • Custom modern abstract, ethereal featured rug • Integrated A/V, HD system & automated solar shade system
Modern Loft, Full Floor, Westside
• Gut-Renovation 3,500 sq. ft. / Interior Design / Decoration • Custom den area w terrace and Grand Piano • Custom featured, floating wall unit w/ desk, display & storage in matte white lacquer, hand carved Japanese wood panel, desk in Corian (GVD originals) • Custom abstract, ethereal featured rug • Custom, fully integrated solar shade system & A/V, HD system
Modern Apt Combination,Lincoln Center
• Gut-Renovation, Interior Design / Decoration • Dining area, custom sideboard in olive green and white lacquer w/ solid zebra wood pulls & base (by GVD) • Art acquisition and sourcing • All accessories and styling by GVD
• Gut-Renovation, Interior Design / Decoration • Master bed room w / vintage, midcentury, Italian cobalt blue glass lamps • Midcentury, white lacquer night tables w / nickel hardware • Custom Brazilian bed w / white, leather head board & oak frame • Custom modern Japanese bedding and accessories • All accessories and styling by GVD
Modern Loft
Prewar, Classic-8, UWS
• Interior Design / Decoration • Partial Restoration 3,200 sq. ft. • Custom Furniture, custom sideboard design • Custom lighting, custom origami style drapery • Art acquisition, accessories and styling by GVD
Prewar Contemporary, Classic-6, 5th Ave
• Gut-Renovation, Interior Design / Decoration • Custom limestone fireplace w/ stainless steel slip, London design / made • Custom sconces, custom millwork (built-ins) in rosewood • Wide plank, Brazilian rosewood solid ¾” floors • Custom Brazilian, root wood coffee table. Made in Rio • All accessories and styling by GVD
Prewar Contemporary, Classic-6, 5th Ave
• Gut-Renovation, Interior Design / Decoration • Opened and expanded living and dining rooms • Custom furniture, custom dining table and chairs • Custom lighting and chandelier • Wide plank, Brazilian rosewood solid ¾” floors • All accessories and styling by GVD
Prewar, Contemporary, Classic-6, 5th Ave
This UES apt. is a two-phased project: Gut-Renovation and Interior
Design / Decoration seamlessly, simultaneously integrated and
executed. All the work is custom and uniquely conceived, designed
for this space and client. This is a harmonious blend of classical
prewar and contemporary design.
Gut-Renovation (After & Before)
Modern Loft, Full Floor, Westside
• Gut-Renovation 3,500sq.ft. / Interior Design / Decoration • Master bed room w/ custom bed, bedding and accessory pillows • Custom designed night tables (GVD originals) • Custom modern, abstract rug, custom lighting • Art selection and acquisition • All accessories and styling by GVD
Modern Loft, Full Floor, Westside
• Master bed room w/ custom bed and beddings • Custom designed dresser and night tables (GVD originals) • Custom modern, abstract rug • Custom lighting, architectural and decorative throughout • Custom, fully integrated Solar shade system & A/V, HD system • All accessories and styling by GVD
Modern Loft, Full Floor, Westside
Full floor 3,500 sq. ft. This is a two-phased project:
Gut-Renovation and Interior Design / Decoration seamlessly and
simultaneously integrated and executed.
All the work is custom and uniquely conceived and designed for
this space and clients.
Gut-Renovation (After & Before)
Prewar Contemporary, Classic-6, Fifth Ave.
• New gutted custom kitchen, custom cabinets in a soft white lacquer, satin finish w/ 2” solid Statuary marble counter tops, honed finish • Backsplash in white, Italian marble tiles 4 x 16 & 3 x16 • Brazilian, Rosewood wide plank solid ¾” wood floors, satin finish
• New kitchen w/ custom bar area w/contrasting wood cabinets (to match rosewood flrs) with two wine coolers and glass display wall cabinet • Brazilian rosewood wide plank, ¾” solid wood floors, satin finish • Fully integrated, built-in refrig with matching white lacquer cabinet panels • Custom recessed down lights (w/ square trim) task and ambient lighting
Prewar, Contemporary, Classic-6, 5th Ave
This UES apt. is a two-phased project: Gut-Renovation and Interior
Design / Decoration seamlessly, simultaneously integrated and
executed. All the work is custom and uniquely conceived, designed
for this space and client. This is a harmonious blend of classical
prewar and contemporary design.
Gut-Renovation (After & Before)
Prewar Contemporary, Classic-6, 5th Ave.
• Living room, custom limestone fireplace w stainless steel slip, London designed / made • Custom designed sconces • Custom millwork (built-ins) in rosewood (to match) • Brazilian rosewood wide plank ¾” solid wood floors, satin finish • All accessories and styling by GVD
• Gutted & expanded master bath w/ custom oak vanity (dark stain & satin finish) w/ custom round nickel pulls and a matching vanity mirror • Limestone 2” counter top w/ under mount sink • Satin nickel lav & shower fixtures with rainfall shower head • Dark chocolate limestone wall tiles (4 x16) w/ contrasting white 12x24 marble flr tiles and shower mosaics
Penthouse, Midtown East
PH apt with large terrace, 2 bed rooms & 2 baths. This is a
two-phased project: Gut-Renovation and Interior Design / Decoration
seamlessly, simultaneously integrated and executed.
All the work is custom and uniquely conceived, designed for this
space and client. It’s a contemporary, open plan design concept
with a warm, rich palette of colors, finishes and materials
in a midcentury ES building.
Penthouse, Midtown East
PH apt with large terrace, 2 bed rooms & 2 baths. This is a two-phased project: Gut-Renovation and Interior Design / Decoration seamlessly, simultaneously integrated and executed. All the work is custom and uniquely conceived, designed for this space and client by GVD. It’s a contemporary, open plan design concept with a warm, rich palette of colors, finishes and materials in a midcentury ES building.
Gut-Renovation (After & Before)
Penthouse, Midtown East
PH apt with large terrace, 2 bed rooms & 2 baths. This is a two-phased
project: Gut-Renovation and Interior Design / Decoration
seamlessly, simultaneously integrated and executed. All the work
is custom and uniquely conceived, designed for this space and
client. It’s a contemporary, open plan design concept with a warm,
rich palette of colors, finishes and materials in a midcentury
ES building.
Private Full Floor, Classic-7, CPW
• Interior Design / Decoration, partial restoration • Master bed room w/ spectacular Park view, Juliet balcony w/ French glass doors • Scandinavian, rare antique sleigh bed and contemporary white leather chaise lounge • Midcentury French floor lamp and vintage leather table/basket • Italian, vintage hand hammered copper urn • All accessories and styling by GVD
Private Full Floor, Classic-7, CPW
• Master bed room w/ rosewood herring bone flooring • Scandinavian, rare antique sleigh bed juxtaposed by contemporary, white leather chaise lounge • Contemporary lamps & end tables (Grecian style) w/ limestone top, iron base • Art acquisition of modern minimal art • All accessories and styling by GVD
Private Full Floor, Classic-7, CPW
• Dining area w/ incredible corner views of Central Park & City featuring vintage furniture and accessories • French, vintage dining chairs, Grecian inspired. Table is midcentury Italian with a uniquely shaped glass top and intricate wood & brass base • Vintage, Italian hammered urn on a tall French display table • Rosewood herring bone flooring • All accessories and styling by GVD
Architectural and interior design for residential clients.
Galo Verdesoto Design
We offer comprehensive design services for high-end, custom residential gut-renovations, space combinations, and interior design / decoration projects.
Architectural Design
- Space Planning
- Design and Preparation of All Drawings (i.e., contract documents) and Specifications
- DOB Approvals and Permit Acquisitions
- Custom Millwork Design (i.e., woodwork and built-ins)
- Architectural Lighting and Electrical Design
- Audio/Video System Design and Integration
- Automated Solar Shades System and Integration
Interior Design / Decoration
- Design, Selection and Specification of all Furniture
- Furnishings and All Decorative Elements (e.g., decorative lighting, rugs, finishes, window treatments, accessories, etc.)
- Custom Furniture Design (specialty offered upon request)
- Art Acquisitions
“Galo is that rare combination of marvelously creative yet very professional and technical. He never seems to run out of original ideas and delivers what he commits to.”
We are most often commissioned to design both the Architectural and Interior Design phases of a project. Ideally, these should be contemplated, designed and executed in a seamless, integrated manner – to optimize a blend of aesthetic and technical considerations, and to minimize construction time, cost and redundancy.
Every client enjoys a customized experience.
From inception, our mission has been to focus on the quality of our projects and client base, rather than the quantity. Galo Verdesoto, the principal, is intimately involved in all critical aspects of every project. Being a boutique firm allows us to provide a bespoke approach to every client. This level of distinctly personalized service, and attention to detail simply cannot be provided by larger firms.
A business grown through referrals.
We aim to nurture and maintain a long-term relationship with our clients over several projects and years, and as a result of our strong professional work ethic, passion, positive client relations and commitment to excellence, we have earned a loyal and enthusiastic referral base and are held in high esteem by the industry.
“Galo focuses on the last inch – what you see, touch and live with every day – as well as the architectural skeleton. The result is a balanced home that feels luxurious but is always livable – a place that has its own unique sense of self without sacrificing comfort or warmth.”
Everyone has a comfort zone. What if we explored its boundaries?
Diverse sources of inspiration.
As a New Yorker, I view design from a multicultural, multi-sensory perspective – where contrast, juxtaposition, asymmetry and tension are elements that can elevate and enrich. Informed by NYC’s swirling eclecticism, its grit, funk and sophistication, I enjoy mixing it up – and working with like-minded clients. To do so, I take inspiration from many different design styles, periods, movements and cultures:
- Early and mid-20th-century modern architecture and interior design
- Japanese architecture, interiors and aesthetics
- Scandinavian interior and furniture design
- The expansive urban lofts of New York City
- The order, grandeur and hierarchy of space found in classical western architecture and design
- My treks around the globe, where the varied countries, cultures, people and their uniqueness have all influenced and added to my global aesthetic vision
A reverence for light, space, and nature.
Another great source of inspiration is nature in all its profound grandeur and beauty. The light, vivid colors, sheer rawness, asymmetry, openness, macro & micro symbiosis and vast diversity yet brilliant simplicity are all elements of nature that connect greatly with us.
We design open, airy, and elegant spaces where light is an essential element, and where rooms and spaces move and breathe into one another (the open-plan concept). We value the honest expression and purity of natural materials. Always with the utmost attention to detail, we believe that the hallmark of good design is that it stands the test of time.
Open and honest collaboration.
More than anything, our practice strives to provide clients with homes, spaces and environments that reflect their individuality and self-expression. We aspire to cocreate fresh spaces that stimulate their day-to-day existence, and ultimately enrich their lives.
“As a New Yorker, I view design from a multicultural, multi-sensory perspective – where contrast, juxtaposition, asymmetry and tension are elements that can elevate and enrich. Informed by NYC’s swirling eclecticism, its grit, funk and sophistication, I enjoy mixing it up.” (Galo).
Interior Design / Decoration
Architectural Gut-Renovations
(After & Before)
(After & Before)
“Galo’s real value was to re-imagine the apartment (from the structural bones) and create a space that perfectly conforms to the way contemporary humans prefer to interact with their environment.”
Galo Verdesoto
Galo Verdesoto was raised and resides in New York City. He started his arts education early in life, majoring in architecture at the High School of Art and Design, and continuing at the prestigious Parsons School of Design, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in architectural and environmental design. He continued his formal advanced architecture education while attending Pratt Institute, as well as the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), and he is an AIA (American Institute of Architects) Associate member.
Upon graduation from Parsons, Galo was recruited by faculty member Tim Gunn (now of Project Runway fame) to teach a summer semester abroad at their satellite school in the Dominican Republic: the prestigious Altos De Chavon School of Design. There, drawing on his bilingual ability as he was born in Quito, Ecuador, Galo co-taught freshman year interior design students in Spanish.
Galo's residential architectural and interior design experience spans more than 20 years and countless satisfied clients. He also has extensive experience in commercial, corporate and retail design, including the recent corporate renovation / interior design of a raw Soho loft for INVNT, a global brand and communications agency. Other noted corporate projects include the state of the art, interactive traveling exhibition sponsored by M&M Mars for the promotion of the U.S. Olympics; and projects for NYNEX/New York Telephone (now Verizon) and Credit Suisse/First Boston (now Credit Suisse Group). In the retail realm, he’s worked with Bloomingdale's – doing store design, industrial/product design and promotional design; and at Polo Ralph Lauren's home division – doing furniture design, and product design and development.
“I’ve worked with Galo on multiple, custom high-end interior design projects. What is really amazing is that you would never guess that the same architect and interior designer worked on all four. Each was unique to the space and completely different. He never seems to run out of original ideas.”
Amanda Pratt
“Galo focuses on the last inch - what you see and touch and live with every day. The result is a balanced home that feels luxurious but is always livable – a place that has its own unique sense of self without sacrificing comfort or warmth.”
Hamptons
Our work in the Hamptons arose organically, by request, as existing clients sought architectural consulting, renovation and interior design/decoration services for their summer dwellings. Galo Verdesoto has also spent many of his summers out east.
In turn, we’ve come to know the nuances and temperament of the Hamptons real estate markets, embraced its beach and nature-centered lifestyles, and appreciate the distinct charms and characters of its diverse towns and hamlets. Along the way, we’ve uncovered sources for one-of-a-kind, premium products and services. We now serve our clients in the east end, where the design inspirations can draw on a casual, beach seaside ambiance, the cosmopolitan edge of New York City — or an artful blend of the two.
