Erik Maran, Principal, received his Master's in Architecture from the School of Art and Architecture, Yale University, and holds a B.A. from Columbia College, Columbia University. He is a Co-Founder and Principal of Smith Maran Architecture + Interiors llc. Erik has served a wide variety of corporate, commercial, institutional, and residential clients.
He is known for the patience and care he brings to every project, from site analysis and budget planning to programming and spatial design. Material specification, color selection and finish detailing are particular strengths. This thoroughness has translated into numerous public and private projects where the financial investment has translated directly into superior utility and enduring beauty.
He is known for the patience and care he brings to every project, from site analysis and budget planning to programming and spatial design. Material specification, color selection and finish detailing are particular strengths. This thoroughness has translated into numerous public and private projects where the financial investment has translated directly into superior utility and enduring beauty.
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Smith Maran Architecture + Interiors llc is an award-winning architecture and interior design firm founded in 1997 by Erik Maran and Ira Smith. We create outstanding public and private destinations for a wide range of clients, from Fortune 500 companies to homeowners. Smith Maran specializes in developing solutions for businesses and institutions seeking to reinforce their mission while adding value to existing and newly acquired assets.
Smith Maran Architecture + Interiors llc originated in a Columbia University classroom when architecture was defined, paradoxically, by both a nostalgia for historic forms and the emergence of computer modeling.
Respectful of the past and stirred by the needs of the present, classmates Erik Maran and Ira Smith discovered their mutual drive to create authentic places designed for the human experience, to enrich the lives of those who work, venture and dwell there.Three decades later, Smith Maran deploys an encyclopedic knowledge of art and architecture in order to create fitting and enduring destinations for a wide range of clients.
Respectful of the past and stirred by the needs of the present, classmates Erik Maran and Ira Smith discovered their mutual drive to create authentic places designed for the human experience, to enrich the lives of those who work, venture and dwell there.Three decades later, Smith Maran deploys an encyclopedic knowledge of art and architecture in order to create fitting and enduring destinations for a wide range of clients.
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Stephanie W.
Jan 27, 2019
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The taxpayers of Montclair pissed away over a million dollars for their
horrible million plus dollar redesign of Park Street, which eliminated
dozens of parking spaces. Now we have tons of traffic and nowhere to park. These people are complete idiots and our leaders were fools to hire them. It isn't any prettier, and certainly isn't pretty having lots more traffic when people can't find parking. All the parking has basically been
moved from public areas to residential areas, turning our neighborhoods into hellholes. Run, don't walk away from these people who suckered our
horrible million plus dollar redesign of Park Street, which eliminated
dozens of parking spaces. Now we have tons of traffic and nowhere to park. These people are complete idiots and our leaders were fools to hire them. It isn't any prettier, and certainly isn't pretty having lots more traffic when people can't find parking. All the parking has basically been
moved from public areas to residential areas, turning our neighborhoods into hellholes. Run, don't walk away from these people who suckered our
