Publications & Interviews
Southampton Summer Home
“The project also reflects the strength of an experienced creative partnership. Lloyd had previously collaborated with Daddio, whose craftsmanship and attention to detail established an exceptional architectural canvas before the interiors took shape. “Mike is a seasoned luxury home builder and truly thought of everything,” Lloyd says.”
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Midtown Penthouse
“You can look out at the city and enjoy the city, but you still feel like you’re in your own little world… We live hard in this apartment—and it still looks great.”
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Cobble Hill Carriage House
“[This project] required some creative workarounds, especially when it came to the dark, low-ceilinged ground floor that holds the combined kitchen-dining-living room. The timber ceiling made it near impossible to conceal pipes and mechanicals, and soffits were out of the question—they’d kill the mood. So the Zuninos designed a multitasking addition, bumping the kitchen wall out seven feet to provide more square footage, a much-needed wall of windows, and a separate walk-in pantry with a drop ceiling where ductwork could be tucked out of sight.”
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Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse
“They crowned the room with a sculpted canopy of preserved moss, made in collaboration with horticulturalist Kelly Costello of Mosswoman, and installed a collage by artist Rick Midler on the sliding doors that open to a TV.”
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Kitchen Design Collective Feature
“In partnership with master builder Michael Daddio of M. Daddio Builders, the Collective helped shape a refined family retreat in East Hampton. Rooted in classic Hamptons architecture and inspired by the home’s original Alfred Scheffer heritage, the kitchen balances timeless design with modern performance—
proving that true luxury lies in both beauty
and function.”
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How to Triumph Over Renovation Surprises
“By the time Mike Daddio arrived on the scene, Scott had worked with a series of project managers and contractors. For Scott, Daddio’s role in the project continues to be heroic. “He completed everything for me. And he still is there if things go wrong or need repair,” she says. “He actually rescued me from people who—their mindset was really not so much to do the right job, but just to get through it.””
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Kips Bay Showhouse
“Reimagining the home’s wine room into an artist’s studio, Neal Beckstedt “envisioned the glass-enclosed room as an architect’s private drawing room—a space for solitude and relaxation through creativity,” shares the designer. A custom stone patterned floor designed with Artistic Tile grounds the room’s hewed, timeworn demeanor.”
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Brooklyn Heights Brownstown
“The period perfect 19th century home makes no sense for 21st century life. This house contains a washer and dryer, an elevator, and both a main staircase and the interstitial one added when the third and fourth floors were their own little unit, all impossible for the building’s original architect to have conjured.”
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Park Ave Pied-à-Terre
“The kitchen is outfitted with cabinetry of cerused white oak. Although anchored by a substantial marble-topped dining table, the hardware-less cabinets endow the room with a sophisticated architectural aspect, like bookcases in a fine library. “There’s an element of art in those,” suggests builder Mike Daddio, whose company handled all the painting, plastering and millwork in the apartment. “We took the architect’s specifications and then hand-selected the right veneers to create a seamless, matched integration.”
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Interview With Mike Daddio
“In the same way that we thought about collaboration when it comes to client, architect, and contractor, there’s a huge amount of collaboration with our own team."
"We’re here to be experts in engineering the building process to bring means and methods... in order to efficiently and effectively execute a project to the highest standards possible."
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Interview With Mike Daddio
Teams representing four of Manhattan’s design and architectural firms collaborated on the exemplary transformations of two extraordinary Manhattan apartments. Architect/designer Benjamin Andres collaborated with builder/contractor Michael Daddio of M. Daddio Artisan Builders on the re-design of a Fifth Avenue pied-a-terre from stark traditional to endlessly inventive contemporary.
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Interview With Mike Daddio
Understanding our client’s priorities is the most important thing I do. Not just at the start of a project, but throughout the entire process. We want our clients to love the result, but we also want them to look back on the entire experience and feel good about how we got there. It starts with listening. We take the time to understand each client, their vision, and how they live.”
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