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Bonetti/Kozerski Crafts Sophisticated Outdoor Furniture for Sutherland

The architecture firm's Plateau collection features teak chairs, sofas, and tables that meld simple lines with rigorous architectural details

By Jacqueline Terrebonne
Modern outdoor patio with minimalist furniture and desert mountain view.
A sectional sofa and cocktail table from Bonetti/Kozerski’s Plateau collection for Sutherland. Photo: Courtesy of Sutherland

There’s outdoor furniture, and then there are outdoor statements. The new additions to Sutherland’s Plateau collection, designed by architecture firm Bonetti/Kozerski, are definitely the latter—powerful in scale but detailed in execution.

“We created the pieces with the thinking that they would fit into any of the spaces we create,” says Enrico Bonetti, whose firm has designed the Pace Gallery headquarters in New York and the West Hollywood Edition hotel. “The details slowly reveal themselves,” explains partner Dominic Kozerski. “We look for that in our work—the slow burn. So someone discovers the detail a little down the line.”

But company founder David Sutherland understands what sets the firm and the collection apart the most: “Simplicity is hard to achieve,” he says, “and they make it look easy.”

A version of this article first appeared in print in our 2020 Winter issue. Subscribe to the magazine.

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Bonetti/Kozerski Crafts a Sophisticated Outdoor Furniture Collection for Sutherland

Plateau dining side chairs and rectangular dining table from Bonetti/Kozerskiu2019s collection for Sutherland.

Photograph by Courtesy of Sutherland

A sectional sofa and cocktail table from Bonetti/Kozerskiu2019s Plateau collection for Sutherland.

Photograph by Courtesy of Sutherland

Plateau dining side chair.

Photograph by Courtesy of Sutherland

Plateau daybed/sofa.

Photograph by Courtesy of Sutherland

Plateau 120-inch rectangular dining table.

Photograph by Courtesy of Sutherland

Plateau armless sofa.

Photograph by Courtesy of Sutherland

Enrico Bonetti and Dominic Kozerski.

Photograph by Courtesy of Sutherland

The waterfront terrace view at Donna Karanu2019s Parrot Cay estate, designed by Bonetti/Kozerski Architecture in collaboration with Singaporean architect, Cheong Yew Kuan.

Photograph by Luca Pioltelli

Bonetti/Kozerski Architecture has crafted a number of spaces for Todu2019s, including this store in Miamiu2019s Design District.

Photograph by Luca Pioltelli

The architects covered a 70-foot-long wall in Todu2019s signature natural tanned Vacchetta leather, providing a striking contrast to the polished concrete floors and silver travertine display tables.

Photograph by Luca Pioltelli

The eight-story, 75,000-square-foot New York headquarters of Pace gallery, designed by Bonetti/Kozerski Architecture, features a black volcanic stone fau00e7ade.

Photograph by Thomas Loof

Pace galleryu2019s headquarters in New Yorku2019s Chelsea neighborhood is adjacent to the High Line and boasts 10,000 square feet of outdoor exhibition spaces.

Photograph by Thomas Loof
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