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Axis Mundi : New York Architecture Studio

Contemporary Manhattan Architects Practice founded by Eric J. Siegel. USA Design Studio Information.

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Axis Mundi – Latest Design

Apr 13, 2012
Cloud House, Lizard Head Pass, Colorado Plateau, USA
Date built: 2012-

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Cloud House Colorado – recent architectural design
This building is a planned weekend retreat, which is situated on a promontory high along a ridge of the Colorado Plateau. The site offers panoramic views from numerous vantage points. The house is nestled in a grove of dramatic Aspen trees.

Axis Mundi Architects – Key Designs

Key designs by Axis Mundi Architects, chronological:

Whitney Downtown Museum, New York, USA
Date built: 2011-

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Whitney Downtown Museum
New York architects Axis Mundi have re-imagined the Whitney Downtown Museum with a self-initiated proposal that is raw and provocative, and as bold in spirit as the original Breuer building on Madison Avenue. In the early 1960s, when Marcel Breuer received the commission for the Whitney, he asked “What should a museum look like, a museum in Manhattan? Surely it should work, it should fulfill its requirements, but what is its relationship to the New York landscape?

MoMA Tower Alternative, New York, USA
Date built: 2009-

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MoMA Tower Alternative
The New York City architects office proposes a conceptual alternative to business-as-usual, choosing the site of the proposed 53W53rd, among the city’s largest skyscraper proposals in one of the most overbuilt parts of Midtown to test their ideas. Their design suggests new expressive possibilities for an urbanism of difference rather than of homogeneity. Architect John Beckmann sees this as the time to rethink the tall buildings that have become synonymous with New York City’s identity.

Polyhedra, Palisades House, New Jersey, USA
Date built: 2010-

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Polyhedra
A crystalline polyhedron shaped residence is cantilevered over the edge of a 200 million year old cliff in New Jersey. The Palisades, are a line of steep cliffs along the west side of the lower Hudson River in northeastern New Jersey and southern New York in the United States. The cliffs stretch north from Jersey City to near Nyack, New York.

Strasbourg Cathedral Building, France
Date built: 2011-

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Strasbourg Cathedral Building
Axis Mundi was invited to submit a proposal for a new cathedral for the city of Strasbourg, France. The design is composed of a series of unfolded arches which rest on a submerged “Latin Cross” floor plan. A bas-relief of an abstracted Gothic cathedral will emerge on the eastern facade when the sun rises, and will gradually disappear during the course of the day.

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Location: 315 West 39th Street, NY 10018, New York City, USA.

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Manhattan Architects Practice Information

Architects Studio based in New York City, USA

Axis Mundi is an interdisciplinary design firm in New York.

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Axis Mundi is a New York–based architecture and interior design practice known for its refined, detail-oriented approach to residential, hospitality, and cultural projects.

Founded by Eric J. Siegel, the studio is recognized for creating spaces that combine conceptual clarity with a strong sense of material richness and craftsmanship. Axis Mundi’s work often focuses on the relationship between architecture and interior experience, treating both as a continuous, integrated design field rather than separate disciplines.

The practice is particularly noted for its atmospheric interiors and carefully composed architectural forms, which tend to balance restraint with texture and depth. Projects frequently draw on historical references, but reinterpret them through a contemporary lens, resulting in spaces that feel both timeless and current.

Across its portfolio, Axis Mundi places emphasis on proportion, light, and tactile material selection, producing environments that are intimate in scale yet highly considered in detail. This approach has made the studio a consistent presence in discussions around contemporary luxury residential and boutique hospitality design in New York.

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