Secret to working together GP: In design, we learn that one will back down to a point of disagreement GY: At the end of the day, you trust the other person’s strong opinion
Wish we had designed
An art gallery or museum
Favorite thing to do together GP: Adding on personal weekends after a few days of business to explore the area GY: Before we bought our residence in New York, we came weekly for a few years and tried a different hotel each time for the experience and to fulfill our curiosity
Most important thing in our office Our employees
Why hospitality? The public spaces become fascinating because it’s a challenge to make them all work together as one
Projects on the boards The Room at Hudson Bay Company, Vancouver; W Guangzhou, China; Park Hyatt New York; Miami Edition; London Edition; Public, Chicago; and the Grand Hyatt, Rio de Janeiro
Recently completed projects The Waikiki Edition, Waikiki, Hawaii (pictured); Printemps, Paris; and Db Bistro Moderne, Miami
Outside of the office, you will find us
Traveling
Book on our nightstands Patti Smith’s autobiography-next we want to read Robert Mapplethorpe’s biography and compare the two
Destinations we are curious about The Middle East, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Israel, and Africa
Dream project
Our own hotel-it would go back to the essence of inn keeping; there would be no lobby and no paper
