DesignNJ-OctNov2023_Digital issue
From a casual coastal home in Sea Girt to a chic Hoboken loft, from a Midcentury-style home to a vineyard-inspired residence that mixes Old World charm and modern design, the October-November issue of Design NJ is filled with inspiration for you to enjoy. The print issue is now arriving in mailboxes.
From a casual coastal home in Sea Girt to a chic Hoboken loft, from a Midcentury-style home to a vineyard-inspired residence that mixes Old World charm and modern design, the October-November issue of Design NJ is filled with inspiration for you to enjoy. The print issue is now arriving in mailboxes.
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INTERVIEW BY MARIROSE KRALL | PHOTOS BY CARA FITZPATRICK POLIZZI<br />
ARCHITECTURE BY MICHAEL SCRO, AIA, LEED AP | INTERIOR DESIGN BY MARY FITZPATRICK SCRO, AIA, LEED AP, AND IOANA CUROVIC, NCDIQ<br />
MICHAEL SCRO AIA, LEED AP<br />
PRINCIPAL AND ARCHITECT<br />
Z+ Architects<br />
Allendale | 201-785-8855<br />
ZPlusArchitects.com<br />
MARY FITZPATRICK SCRO<br />
AIA, LEED AP<br />
PRINCIPAL AND INTERIOR<br />
DESIGNER<br />
Z+ Architects<br />
Z+ Interiors<br />
Allendale | 201-785-8855<br />
ZPlusArchitects.com<br />
IOANA CUROVIC, NCDIQ<br />
SENIOR INTERIOR DESIGNER<br />
Z+ Interiors<br />
Allendale | 201-785-8855<br />
ZPlusArchitects.com<br />
“The new home pulls from the owners’ Italian<br />
heritage and love of Napa Valley, incorporating<br />
natural materials such as stucco and stone on<br />
the exterior mixed with modern, expansive<br />
windows and standing-seam metal roofing,”<br />
architect Michael Scro says.<br />
This 7,000-square-foot home has a decidedly Old World<br />
look, though it’s newly built. Clad in natural stone and<br />
stucco, it has a rustic simplicity that belies its more<br />
modern aspects — such as expansive windows and an<br />
open layout. “The homeowners wanted spaces filled with natural<br />
light and seamless integration between indoor and outdoor living/<br />
entertaining,” says Michael Scro, AIA, LEED AP, principal of Z+<br />
Architects in Allendale. He and Mary FitzPatrick Scro, AIA, LEED<br />
AP, also a principal and interior designer at Z+ Interiors, and Ioana<br />
Curovic, NCDIQ and senior interior designer at Z+, created a<br />
home that, quite literally, centers on its owners’ love of wine.<br />
DESIGN NJ: What architectural styles does this residence draw from?<br />
MICHAEL SCRO: It’s a hybrid, drawing inspiration from the wine<br />
regions of Napa Valley and Sicily and incorporating an abstract,<br />
modern play on traditional forms of gable rooflines. It features<br />
natural materials — such as the 6-inch stone veneer on portions<br />
of the façade and on the fireplace, and mahogany beadboard on<br />
the patio ceiling — that lend warmth to the project. Rather than<br />
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