- Tommaso Ziffer
Tommaso Ziffer is an Italian architect and
interior design er. Ziffer designed The Accademia Valentino and in 2000 [Citation
publication-date = 01-OCT-2000
title = Rocco's Return
periodical = W
publication-place = New York
publisher = Fairchild Publications
issn = 0162-9115 "... Tommaso Ziffer, the interior designer who worked with Polizzi Shawcross on the de Russie, says that during the $20-million renovation of the property, he lost 18 pounds ... Ziffer says his mother recalls attending dances at the de Russie when she was a teenager in the mid-Thirties ... Ziffer--who had designed the grand interiors of valentino's Palazzo Mignanelli in Rome but had never worked on a hotel before--managed to strike a harmonious balance ... Ziffer himself designed the oversize, high-backed velvet couches in the lobby, as well as the chests coated in silvery lead leaf and the Forties-style side tables covered in black leather ..."] as well as Rome's most successful Hotel,Rocco Forte 's Hotel de Russie. [Citation
date = Jan 1, 2007
title = Rocco's new kid on the block and other smart hotels THE SUITE
periodical = Financial Times
publication-place = London
publisher = MacRae, Curtice & Co.
issn = 0307-1766"The interior is the first hotel designed by architect Tommaso Ziffer, with help from Forte's sister, Olga Pol izzi. He has gone for an "eclectic" modernism ..."] Ziffer has also designed several private residential projects. [Citation
publication-date =
date = 29-MAR-07
title = Economic Polizzi
periodical = Caterer & Hotelkeeper
series = Features
publisher = Reed Business Information Ltd.
volume = 197
issue = 13
issn = 0008-7777"Her design team is surprisingly small - "one-and-a-half designers", two project managers, two assistants, and herself. A designer she uses regularly is Tommaso Ziffer, who specialises in homes, rather than hotels - which says a lot. "I rather like that approach," Polizzi says."]He has recently designed the interior of Casa Howard, a well-known guest house in Rome and in 2006 the new Hotel de Rome in Berlin, Germany again for Rocco Forte Hotel chain.
References
External links
* [http://www.tommasoziffer.it/ Tommaso Ziffer website]
* [http://www.hotelderussie.it/ Hotel de Russie]
* [http://www.casahoward.com/ Casa Howard]
* [http://www.hotelderome.com/ Hotel de Rome]
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