26 michigan design center @home 2017 The results, though, don’t look choppy or abrupt; the living room alone is 40 feet long, Harrison notes. And the high ceilings lend an airy atmosphere. The 24-story building was completed in 2007 and has a striking curved glass exterior. It was built by the renowned architectural film Booth Hansen, with offices in Chicago and San Francisco. But why hire a southeast Michigan design firm for a job nearly 300 miles away? It’s simple. Brown is a Michigan native, and Art | Harrison designed her parents’ home in Bloomfield Hills when she was in college. “I liked them and their work,” she says. “We already had a great relationship,” Sanchez says, “and they did interview Chicago designers for their condo, thinking it might be easier. But then she called us and I said, ‘We can do this very quickly.’” “Our ability to do custom work also intrigued her,” Harrison says. Several Art | Harrison custom furniture pieces are interspersed throughout the home. Brown’s training as an architect aided her in ironing out details with Sanchez and Harrison. “Being an architect helped me to articulate what I wanted,” she says, “and I understand things like detail and scale.” In fact, the three collaborated on designing a cocktail table in the living room. Viewed from above, the top of it resembles the roof lines of a building, a salute to Brown’s profession. “She has a strong sense of spatial relationships, which made things easier during the whole project,” Sanchez says. Art | Harrison warmed up the foyer with a deep, dark palette. Arte wallcovering: Rozmallin, Suite 60 Custom carved chair by Art | Harrison: Tennant & Associates, Suite 61 Console table: Edward Ferrell + Lewis Mittman, Tennant & Associates, Suite 61
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