About Barry Goralnick
Barry Goralnick received a Master of Architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. After apprenticing in Boston and Chicago, he worked for Wayne Berg Architect and Robert A.M. Stern Architects in New York, where he designed and executed many award-winning projects. Barry Goralnick Architects was founded in 1985. From its inception, BGA has specialized in both architecture and interior design. Commissions include a long roster of residential and commercial projects. Projects range from apartments, houses, executive offices, brokerage firms, to building lobbies and a synagogue. They have been located from all over the Tri-State area and New England to West Palm Beach and France.
Barry is a member of the New York Chapter of ASID, NCARB, Design Leadership Network, Designer’s Collaborative. He has also served on architectural juries and lectured at Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, the New School, New York University, and NEOCON in Chicago.
He is a Registered Architect in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Along with his architectural degree, Barry minored in Fine Arts and received a BA in English Literature at Brandeis University and studied literature and Baroque architecture at the University of Reading, England.
Goralnick Architecture Design Studio designs product for a variety of premiere home and hospitality companies, including Villeroy & Boch, Currey & Company, Vanguard Furniture, Visual Comfort, and Stark Carpet among others. He has been awarded the “Innovation In Design Award” from Cottages & Gardens (5-time nominee) and is a “Best of Year” Winner for Product Design from Interior Design.
Barry is a featured designer in Rizzoli’s new best-selling book Interior Design Master Class – 100 Lessons from America’s Finest Designers on the Art of Decoration, as well as Stark’s 75th Anniversary coffee table book, Decorating with Carpets.
His work has been showcased in Architectural Digest, Elle Décor, Interior Design, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Vanity Fair, as well as in international publications including Residence (Shanghai), Vogue (Italy), Schöner Wohnen (Germany), Pronto (Japan), Modern Living (Japan), Glamour (Italy). Other publications that have published his work are W, New England Home, Cottages & Gardens, Aspire Design and Home, House Beautiful, Traditional Home, Southern Accents, HG, Progressive Architecture, Country Living, Better Homes and Gardens, Metropolitan Home, Designer’s West, Haute Decor, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Examiner, The Toronto Sun, The Albany Republican, The Berkshire Eagle, The Showcase of Interior Design and Furniture by Carol Soucek King, Designing for Small Spaces by Dylan Landis, the Waverly Home Book, Timeless Rooms by Bo Niles, and Design with Color by Terri Truco. Goralnick designed the living room for the prestigious Edith Wharton Designer Showhouse in Lenox, Massachusetts, and the library for the Showhouse of the Millennium in Manhattan.