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Modern commercial interior with exposed brick accent wall, polished wood flooring, green-framed glass doors, wooden ceiling, and minimalist furnishings by Stefanie Brechbuehler.
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Stefanie Brechbuehler

Interior DesignerResidentialHospitality

Co-founder & Principal at Workstead

Swiss-born co-founder, with husband Robert Highsmith, of Brooklyn design studio Workstead, established in 2009. A Rhode Island School of Design architecture graduate, she previously worked as head of interiors for architect Michael Graves in Princeton and held a design role at Gensler. Now based in Charleston, South Carolina, she serves as Workstead's Brand Director, overseeing the studio's Buildings & Interiors division in Brooklyn and its Lighting division in Charleston.

Experience

  1. Co-founder & Principal

    Workstead

    2009 – present

    Current

Past projects

  1. Germantown Residence

    Residential

  2. Soho Residence

    Residential

  3. Casi Cielo

    Hospitality

  4. The Dewberry

    Hospitality

  5. The Citrus Club

    Hospitality

  6. Frenchette Bakery

    Hospitality

  7. Canoe Place Inn

    Hospitality

  8. Bergen Residencies

    Residential

Education

  • Rhode Island School of Design

Selected work