334 Chillean Ave

Joe McGuire Designs is a nationally recognized interior design practice based in Aspen, Colorado, known for a distinctive approach that balances classical structure with contemporary material sensibility. For this ground-up Palm Beach residence on a $7 million lot, McGuire brought that vocabulary fully to bear — a home defined by monumental stonework, custom millwork, and a level of finish detail that demands documentation equal to the work itself.

Philippe Lasry Photography was commissioned to document the completed interiors prior to client delivery. The brief was straightforward: capture the full breadth of the design at its most pristine, before occupancy.

Pre-delivery documentation operates under a different set of pressures than a standard listing shoot. The property is at its most perfect — every surface immaculate, every detail in its intended position — but the window is narrow. There is no second visit once handover begins.

334 Chillean presented an unusually high density of design moments across multiple floors: the black and white marble entry with its custom brass stair rail, the dramatic barrel-vaulted corridor, a full-slab bar in Calacatta marble, a chef's kitchen with stone surround and reeded island, and a series of bathrooms with distinct material identities. Capturing all of it with the care each space deserved — within a single compressed production day — required precise sequencing and no margin for error.