{"id":144217,"date":"2026-02-24T22:06:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/144217\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T22:06:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:06:22","slug":"this-interior-design-firm-is-taking-over-new-yorks-fine-dining-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/144217\/","title":{"rendered":"This interior design firm is taking over New York’s fine-dining scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New York City is considered a cultural giant in the fine-dining scene, and the greater New York area boasts a number of up-and-coming restaurants that more than hold their own.\u00a0 Across the state, in towns like Albany and Troy, new restaurants are popping up regularly, featuring bold layouts, stunning visuals, and impeccable design that offer guests a memorable night out.<\/p>\n

One design firm is building a notable footprint in the New York restaurant scene with its unique design strategy.\u00a0 Dunne Kozlowski<\/a> is an architecture, interior design, branding, and project delivery firm that operates around a single core belief: that meaningful experiences are built on more than design alone.\u00a0 Led by founders Corey Dunne and Paul Kozlowski<\/a>, the firm designs around how people actually live, not how spaces are traditionally categorized or how they are supposed to function.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany restaurants are designed to look good, but fail operationally,\u201d says Corey Dunne, co-founder. \u201cWe start in a different place.\u00a0 We listen first, spending time understanding how our clients move through the day.\u00a0 Design decisions come after that, not before.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The team at Dunne Kozlowski considers the brand\u2019s initial vision, how the space will actually be used, and the experience they want to create for their guests.\u00a0 Then they work with them to design a restaurant that serves its guests not just visually, but practically.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t design for ego or for a pretty picture in a magazine,\u201d says Paul Kozlowski, co-founder.\u00a0 \u201cHospitality is about more than just getting a meal.\u00a0 It takes into account many things, from how the customer feels to the quality of their experience and the seamless flow of operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The other part of the equation that helps define Dunne Kozlowski is its holistic approach to restaurant design. Whereas traditional architectural firms draw up architectural plans before handing them off to outside vendors, Dunne Kozlowski handles every part of the process from concept through completion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The firm offers services including architecture, interior design, concepting, branding, project management, procurement, and construction administration.\u00a0 Its strategy of consolidating everything under one roof came as a natural evolution of years spent watching clients deal with friction, costly delays, and vendor miscommunications.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe brought interior design services in-house to reduce friction for our clients,\u201d says Dunne.\u00a0 \u201cFrom there, we\u2019ve continued to evolve by identifying the services in a project that can cause the most problems for our clients and integrating them into our business\u2014allowing operators to stay focused on running theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Post newsroom and editorial staff were not involved in the creation of this content.\u00a0 New York…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5462,60041,9,11,10],"class_list":{"0":"post-144217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-architecture","9":"tag-contributor-content","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}