WHO WE ARE
Robert Bernstein, licensed architect with a degree in engineering,
collaborating with highly skilled fabricators and contractors to push the boundaries of structure and design.
We have worked in Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Canada, and throughout the United States. We are located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Our goal is inspired and unique design – within any project budget.
PRESS
“Mr. Bernstein’s designs easily pass the stability test… Throw your weight against the glass bar and [a glass of water] will not move at all…
New York Times
Designing what hasn’t been seen before is what Bernstein is about…Ideas and emotions are the basis of his design, not style or ornament, and absolutely nothing is used that is not necessary.”
DISH magazine
“’Climbing Lights’…relies on physics [so that] parts float in mid-air.”
Residential Lighting Magazine
“Architect Robert Bernstein has just added…a stainless steel [stair] that hangs from the ceiling by cables – and literally looks as if it’s floating in air.”
Wall Street Journal
“Blurring the line between contemporary furniture and modern art is this collection of suspended furniture from Bernstein Architecture…
“map” Magazine, Brisbane, Australia
“‘What differentiates this suspended stair from other cable-supported stairs is that there are no rigid supports or bracing used anywhere in the structure of the stair.’”
The Architectect’s Journal, Great Britain
“’Steel is incredibly strong in tension. You can use very little material to hold up tremendous weights’ says Bernstein, who in addition to being an architect also holds a confidence-boosting engineering degree from Cornell.”
Forbes
“Do we have to step on the ground all the time?” (A Turkish idiom…Do we have to be overly realiisic all the time?).
Maison Francais. Istanbul Turkey
“”The residence’s show-stopper is the home office, which is suspended from the ceiling via a series of cables. so the space appears to ‘float.’
Chicago Sun Times
The centerpiece of this weekend’s event [the Chicago Design Show] is a structure called ‘Cloud Nine.’ Designed by Robert Bernstein, the structure, which he calls an ‘environment of suspended spaces,’ the structure seems to be floating in mid-air.”
Daily Northwestern
AWARDS & EXHIBITIONS
Art Institute of Chicago Contemporary Decorative Arts Exhibit
Climbing Light Fixture
Architectural Record Product of the Month
Suspended Spaces
Interior Design Magazine “Future Furniture” Juried Exhibition
Chair Without Legs
Gold Medal, National Home Book Design Award
Suspended Stair
Trend House Marshall Fields
Suspended Office
“Cloud Nine” sponsored by Red Bull Special Exhibition
Chicago Design Show
Outstanding Merit – National Assoc. Of Store Fixture Manufacturers
Retail Store, Gainesville, Florida