About Benjamin
Benjamin trained in England and, after ten years working at a London based Boutique Architectural firm, he founded his own design studio in New York. For over 40 years Benjamin has fully renovated a great variety of properties for his clients; Hamptons houses, a 15 bedroom ski chateau, several brownstones, numerous Manhattan apartments, an art gallery and several country houses, including a large Victorian school house in Scotland.
During the last 30 years in New York Benjamin has constantly volunteered for the interior design community in a wide variety of roles, including ASID NY Metro President, IDLNY (Interior Designers for Legislation in NY) President and ASID National Committee chair of Government and Public affairs committee.
Benjamin has trained in a variety of Feng Shui styles: Pyramid, Black Hat, Nine Star Ki and Contemporary school and has more than thirty five years of experience in the art of Feng Shui. He has worked closely with several Feng Shui Masters. Benjamin has trained and taught many varieties of Feng Shui, developing and practicing his own unique style of Feng Shui. He has made several appearances on national and local television, presented at many national and international Feng Shui conferences and has been widely published in a variety of local, national and international magazines and newspapers. He teaches Feng Shui at all levels, from basic level to advanced courses for established Feng Shui practitioners.
APPELLATIONS, HONORS & CURRENT VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
President of ASID NY Metro
ASID National Ethics Committee member
CIDQ Ambassador
ASID Fellow & Professional Member
ASID Medalist
NCIDQ Certified
NY State Licensed Interior Designer
Certified FSIA Feng Shui Master
MEDIA / APPEARANCES
Presented multiple lectures at design centers; D&D, A&D and NYDC. Presented many times to REBNY members (Real Estate Board of New York). Guest Juror and lecturer for many design colleges including; FIT, Parsons, New School and SCAD. Featured speaker at many national and International Feng Shui Conferences. Feng Shui Master & Professor of Feng Shui, teaching all levels from basic to advanced courses. Featured on ABC news presenting Feng Shui. Featured repeat guest on Talk America radio “within these walls”. Featured presenter multiple times at the Dallas, San Francisco & New York Home Shows. Master Presenter multiple times for the bi-annual Business of Luxury Design Conference.