A NEUE HOUSE

VIENNA SECESSION MEETS CONTEMPORARY ART IN THIS RENOVATION OF THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR’S RESIDENCE IN AUSTRIA. KEN FULK SHARES THE INSIDE STORY.

AS TOLD TO VANESSA LAWRENCE

I HAVE KNOWN TREVOR AND AL E XIS Traina for at least a decade. We were friends before I ever did any work for them. I’ve designed their house in San Francisco and a place in Napa, and we’re working on a fun project in Mexico. They have become family to me, which made it even more special when they asked me to decorate the American ambassador’s residence in Vienna. We have different outlooks on the world sometimes, but we have a real love and understanding. Another thing that was such a fairy tale is that Trevor’s grandfather was assigned to this very same post under President Gerald Ford. And Alexis’s uncle was an ambassador to the U.K., so this is in their blood. When you close your eyes and think…

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