While renovating an existing building, visionary architect Rohit Misra explored the ornamental possibilities of gold leaf to increase the building's presence on a crowded streetscape. American Burnish relished the opportunity to tip-gild a neoclassical facade on one of the most fashionable avenues in the world.

Tip-gilding architectural details to accentuate 3- dimensional form is a process akin to drawing.

Selecting the style and number of ornaments to gild required a pleasurable collaboration with Rohit, working first from blueprints and photos, and then from the building itself, with add- ons as our gilding progressed.

On the east side of Madison Avenue, the facade now glows in ambient daylight. When twilight arrives, specially designed lighting creates the glitter of an opening night on Broadway!