--- title: "Axis Mundi | New York — Interior Designers & Decorators | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/axis-mundi-new-york-pfvwus-pf~279319819 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~279319819.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "Axis Mundi | New York" category: ["Interior Designers & Decorators"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/02f3339709231fcc_4128-w400-h400-b0-p0--.jpg address: "New York, New York, United States" latitude: 40.7143 longitude: -74.006 phone: "(347) 387-1569" website: http://axismundi.com rating: 0 review_count: 0 followers: 17 last_updated: 2026-09-05 --- # Axis Mundi \| New York Original Houzz profile: [Axis Mundi \| New York](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/axis-mundi-new-york-pfvwus-pf~279319819) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Interior Designers & Decorators - **Location:** New York, NY - **Serves:** New York City, New York - **Houzz rating:** 0.0 out of 5 (0 reviews) ## About ### Houzz Badges - 1,000 Ideabook Saves SMART. FRESH. CURATED. Axis Mundi is a leading architecture and design firm specializing in high-end residential, commercial and cultural projects. Our completed projects in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and New York, embody glamour, urbanity and sophistication, while simultaneously functioning practically and offering a highly crafted sense of place. Our work embraces the time that we live in. Axis Mundi was founded by John Beckmann in 2004, who received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Environmental Design from Parsons School of Design. During his studies, he apprenticed with master minimalist Joseph P. D’Urso and, after graduating, collaborated with other design luminaries. Throughout his career he has honed an astute understanding of the intersections between architecture, design and contemporary art. Beckmann’s honors include a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts (1998) and a McDowell Colony Fellowship (2010). He both edited and contributed to The Virtual Dimension: Architecture, Representation and Crash Culture (Princeton Architectural Press, 1998), one of the first books to grasp the implications of digital technologies on the fields of architecture and design. Beckmann has also been a visiting critic at Yale School of Architecture, Pratt Institute and Parsons the New School for Design, and he has been a featured guest on Bloomberg TV and NBC's Open House. ### Services Provided - Interior Design - Bathroom Design - Custom Cabinets - Home Office Design & Construction - Custom Built-ins - Custom Furniture - Custom Bathroom Vanities - 3D Rendering - Historic Building Conservation ### Areas Served - New York City - New York ### Typical Job Cost $50,000 - 3.5 million ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | Axis Mundi \| New York | | Address | New York, New York, United States | | Phone | (347) 387-1569 | | Website | http://axismundi.com | | License Number | New York + Chicago | | Followers on Houzz | 17 | **Social profiles:** - Blog — www.axismundi.com ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [Axis Mundi \| New York](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/axis-mundi-new-york-pfvwus-pf~279319819) - **Website:** http://axismundi.com - **Phone:** (347) 387-1569 ## Credentials **Certifications & Awards** - 2015: HGTV's Fresh Faces of Design (nominee) - 2014: Best of Houzz Design - 2014: Best of Houzz - 2010: MacDowell Colony Fellowship - 1998: Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts **Affiliations** - [Architecture For Humanity](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/professionals/schools-and-organizations/architecture-for-humanity-pfvwus-pf~344158813) ## Selected projects - [NoHo Loft](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/noho-loft-pj-vj~2508840) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 18 - Description: This NoHo apartment, in a landmarked circa 1870 building designed by Stephen Decatur Hatch and converted to lofts in 1987, had been interestingly renovated by a rock musician before being purchased by a young hedge fund manager and his gallery director girlfriend. Naturally, the couple brought to the project their collection of painting, photography and sculpture, mostly by young emerging artists. Axis Mundi accommodated these pieces within a neutral palette accented with occasional flashes of b… - [Cottage in Sagaponack](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/cottage-in-sagaponack-pj-vj~2508865) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 14 - Description: The exterior of what looks like a vernacular Hamptons shingle cottage, designed by architect Blaze Makoid, is intentionally deceiving. For the interiors, Axis Mundi typically decided not to play by the rules. Instead of de rigeur nautical artifacts, floppy sofas and wicker furniture, the firm responded to Makoid’s all-white interior envelope by injecting rooms with comfortable modern elegance that’s more contemporary Cap Ferrat than Eastern Long Island. Clean furniture silhouettes—from Cassina,… - [Penthouse for Miss X](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/penthouse-for-miss-x-pj-vj~2509042) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 4 - [Greenwich Village Townhouse for an Art Collector](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/greenwich-village-townhouse-for-an-art-collector-pj-vj~2508927) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 23 - Description: "Revival” implies a retread of an old idea—not our interests at Axis Mundi. So when renovating an 1840s Greek Revival brownstone, subversion was on our minds. The landmarked exterior remains unchanged, as does the residence’s unalterable 19-foot width. Inside, however, a pristine white space forms a backdrop for art by Warhol, Basquiat and Haring, as well as intriguing furnishings drawn from the continuum of modern design—pieces by Dalí and Gaudí, Patrick Naggar and Poltrona Frau, Armani and Ver… - [Grand Army Plaza](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/grand-army-plaza-pj-vj~2509439) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 10 - Description: It wasn’t necessary to overthink things when Axis Mundi designed interiors for an apartment at Brooklyn’s glass-sheathed 1 Grand Army Plaza, the luxury building by Richard Meier already endowed with all the “starchitect” bells and whistles, as well as drop-dead stunning views of Brooklyn, the harbor and Prospect Park. What did require considerable aptitude was to strike the right balance between respect for these assets, particularly the panoramas, and livability. The all-white scheme doesn’t ju… - [Duplex near the Standard](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/duplex-near-the-standard-pj-vj~2508904) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 12 - Description: Packing a lot of function into a small space requires ingenuity and skill, exactly what was needed for this one-bedroom gut in the Meatpacking District. When Axis Mundi was done, all that remained was the expansive arched window. Now one enters onto a pristine white-walled loft warmed by new zebrano plank floors. A new powder room and kitchen are at right. On the left, the lean profile of a folded steel stair cantilevered off the wall allows access to the bedroom above without eating up valuable… - [Sky High Penthouse](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/sky-high-penthouse-pj-vj~2649026) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 6 - [Family Affair](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/family-affair-pj-vj~2511105) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 10 - Description: Good design must reflect the personality of the client. So when siblings purchased studios in Downtown by Philippe Starck, one of the first buildings to herald the revitalization of Manhattan’s Financial District, the aim was to create environments that were truly bespoke. The brother’s tastes jibed synchronously with the insouciant idea of France’s most popular prankster converting a building that once housed the buttoned-up offices of JP Morgan Chase. His collection of Takashi Murakami works,… - [10 Madison Square West - In Progress](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/10-madison-square-west-in-progress-pj-vj~2510906) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 12 - [Westside Combination](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/westside-combination-pj-vj~2511197) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 6 - [Apartment Duplex](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/apartment-duplex-pj-vj~2511154) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 10 - [Client Presentation Boards](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/client-presentation-boards-pj-vj~2510880) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 22 - [Westside Duplex](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/westside-duplex-pj-vj~2511205) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 9 - Description: When marrying two Upper West Side apartments to accommodate a growing family’s needs, the team at Axis Mundi was faced with a conundrum: how to distinctly delineate public and private spaces without sacrificing the greater openness conferred by the expansion. So they limned that line with a six-foot square sliding glass door, which enables parents to block out the sounds of rambunctious youth emanating from private quarters, while also shielding sleeping children from the later night activities… - [Recursive House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/recursive-house-pj-vj~2511127) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 11 - Description: Where can a line lead you? The Surrealists believed automatically drawing one continuous line could take you into your subconscious. Many artists also use one unbroken lijavascript:;ne to create two-dimensional portraits or to limn recognizable forms. For Axis Mundi, one uninterrupted line leads to home. Or, more intriguingly, to the rhythmic underlying structure of this concept house for a successful digital entrepreneur in the Palm Springs desert. An homage to Austrian architect Frederick Kies… - [Downtown Duplex](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/downtown-duplex-pj-vj~2511242) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 9 - [Cloud House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/cloud-house-pj-vj~2511888) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 12 - [Omnia Vanitas](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/omnia-vanitas-pj-vj~2511898) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 1 - Description: What started as a humorous riff on a podiatrist client’s plastic anatomical foot model becomes a contemporary contemplation on the theme of vanity, which has occupied artists from the Netherlandish painters of the 16th and 17th centuries right through to Marilyn Minter, whose work revels in the seamy, dirty underbelly of the fashion world. The flayed rawness of bones exposes the transience and vulnerability of human existence, which is emphasized by the fact that it is also a cheap plastic simul… - [Chatham House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/chatham-house-pj-vj~2511843) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 5 - [CitySpire Duplex](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/cityspire-duplex-pj-vj~2670057) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 18 - Description: A project by Axis Mundi Design - [Vertical House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/vertical-house-pj-vj~2511841) - Location: New York, NY - Photos: 3 [See all 39 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/interior-designers-and-decorators/axis-mundi-new-york-pfvwus-pf~279319819) ## Ideabooks - [Bathrooms](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/93286004/list/bathrooms) — 81 ideas - [Furniture](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/93285786/list/furniture) — 44 ideas - [Lighting](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/86276373/list/lighting) — 18 ideas - [Spaces](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/86276372/list/spaces) — 16 ideas [See all 4 ideabooks](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/users/johnbeckmann) ## Community Q&A **Q: Chandelier?** *(in Photo Questions)* Whose lovely light? 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