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"CLEAN SWEEP" (House and Garden, November, 2003)

In the tony enclaves of Manhattan's Upper East Side, some old prejudices die harder than others. Consider the plight of modern design. For more than 100 years, tradition had held dominion over upper-crusty Park Avenue taste. Twentieth-century modernism may have revolutionized the architecture of commerce along Park, but the movement's assault on traditional decorating failed miserably.

Steven Gambrel, an interior designer whose signature style defies convenient categories, understands the politics of taste and the power of entrenched stereotypes. He describes himself as "extremely lucky" to have found sympathetic Park Avenue clients with rare confidence and imagination to question accepted wisdom. The spectacular 12,000-square-foot duplex he designed for the young family is undeniably modern. There are no elaborate moldings or separate columns, no fields of marble, and no suites of gilded antique furniture with aristocratic pedigrees.

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