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<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\nIn many ways, Clodagh is a pioneer of wellness-focused design. The Irish-born interior designer has been using sustainable materials and biophilic design and feng shui principles in her work since she started her eponymous firm in 1983.<\/p>\n
Clodagh\u00a0(who grew up in Oscar Wilde\u2019s summer house in County Mayo, Ireland) started her career in the fashion industry, moving to Spain, and then finally New York in 1985.<\/p>\n
While her interior design studio is based in New York City, its work spans over 24 countries\u2014and projects from residential buildings (including The Caledonia and Abington House in Manhattan) to hotels (like the Six Senses Hotel and Spa in Douro Valley, Portugal, and the Miraval Resort and Spa in Tucson, Arizona).<\/p>\n
She frequently collaborates with an energy healer on her projects.<\/p>\n
Among her most recent projects is Citizen360, an 84-unit luxury residential building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.<\/p>\n
The lobby has a green living wall made of a variety of live plants with a self-watering system.<\/p>\n
We caught up with Clodagh to discuss how wellness has extended from hotels to residential buildings, why it\u2019s important to have a luxurious bathroom and more.<\/p>\n
Mansion Global: Describe your dream property.<\/b><\/p>\n
Clodagh:<\/b>\u00a0I\u2019m torn between my poetic quiet side\u2014my desire to have a small retreat by a river somewhere in Ireland, or to have a condo in a building where all the amenities are available and I don\u2019t have to do any maintenance at all.<\/p>\n
As much as I like to potter around a garden, it\u2019s much nicer to have a wine in hand while lounging by a fragrant rose bed that has been maintained by someone else.<\/p>\n
This, of course, would have to be in downtown Manhattan, with all the fun pubs and mini restaurants, galleries and a building that has a dog spa so I don\u2019t have to hose down my pet after he\u2019s rolled in something terrible.<\/p>\n
MG: What does luxury mean to you?<\/b><\/p>\n
C:<\/b>\u00a0I\u2019m all about low-maintenance luxurious comfort; embracing authentic materials that are sustainable, stand the test of time and make you feel good.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s luxury.<\/p>\n
Everything should have a place with meticulously-planned storage.<\/p>\n
For me, total design is true luxury\u2014where all the senses are addressed and celebrated, and all the elements are incorporated.<\/p>\n
Everywhere you walk, everywhere you look, you should see something beautiful.<\/p>\n
Luxury is having the time to share experiences with my friends and family\u2014to stroll and read and write bad poetry.<\/p>\n
Luxury for me is not about stuff, it\u2019s about experiences and the creation of a home\u00a0that\u00a0is not demanding in terms of maintenance.<\/p>\n
Luxury is having a gym in your own building, a sauna in your own building\u2014that it\u2019s all there for you and that daily wellness opportunities are made possible by simply living there.<\/p>\n
If\u00a0you\u00a0live\u00a0in a building that has extraordinary amenities, you can have spontaneous moments of wellness too.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s what brings me most joy about Citizen 360\u2014knowing that we\u2019ve created those luxurious wellness opportunities for those residents.<\/p>\n