Specialties
"Exquisite Luxury Details "
The D'Alessio design team thoroughly researches every project for inspired period details in precise proportion and scale that enhance a dwelling with distinctive personality, reflecting a client's individual lifestyle and unique taste. The firm is renowned for award-winning customized, exquisite interior and facade architectural details that create a unique quality, one-of-a kind crafted luxury — "The D'Alessio Difference".Architectural Specialties
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The company has a special expertise in Gothic and Romanesque European handcrafted architectural details. Experienced in using sustainable-authentic materials especially masonry and building granite and the adoption of new and re-use of antique building materials imported from Europe, Asia and the USA.
Specialties Include:
- Hand-chiseled hammered quarry stone — Ashlar and Medley patterned mixed fieldstone facades with raised or flush pointing-marble, granite, limestone, stucco, slate masonry and brick details;
- Custom hand-carved cast-limestone reliefs, keystones & rosettes, window surrounds and balustrades;
- Corinthian, Greek, Roman, Ionic capitals and cast limestone fluted and Tuscan columns;
- Customized marble surrounds and circular staircases with marble steps and risers.
Custom Design Millwork For:
- Hand carved beams, doors, corbels, 8", 12", & 15" base board and crown molding with 'egg & darts,' hand crafted cabinets and staircases;
- Hand carved, ornamentally embellished hardwood moldings, crowns, friezes, panel moldings of carved wood floral baskets, leafy, rope, casing, scrolls and more;
- Ceilings: coffered with applied molding, polished Venetian Groin Vault, Tray with clipped corner, Barrel Vaulted and Birdcage Cornices. Embellishments include: gold leaf accents and radius-clipped floral Acanthus scroll corners. Mon Real Acanthus crown hardwood moldings and hand carved wood architectural Palmette scroll frieze moldings to name a few.
Signature European Styled:
- One-of-a-kind chimneys-some as tall as 60' with circular brick & bluestone stacks with 6' cast pots;
- Rooflines adorned with copper decorative ridge 'Fleur-de-lis', 5' copper finials and copper barrel dormers with cast limestone surrounds;
- Hand-forged wrought-iron doors, railings and gates as well as spiral handcrafted brass handrails.
Construction Specialties
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- Site selection: building and architectural design plans for construction of a 21st century castle, luxury mansion, luxury estate, European chateau, renovation or an outside living space.
- Restoration: Restore or reproduce a historic building design, or build your next commercial, public or monumental project.
- The firm has a special expertise and understanding of local and national historic landmark organizations.
- Management and construction skills for large budget projects, coordination of licensed crews and workflow from concept to final build.
“Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art”
- Leonardo da Vinci