New England Design Hall of Fame 2011

Gorgeous centerpieces by Winston Flowers

The 5th annual New England Design Hall of Fame dinner was last night and as usual, it was a fantastic evening of celebrating the New England design communities including interior design, architecture, landscaping and craftsmanship. The HOF is sponsored by New England Home Magazine and each year for the past five, a small group of professionals who have made significant contributions to the NE design community both through professional accomplishment and social/charitable commitments are inducted.

This year's class of HOF inductees included (l-r): Bernard Wharton, architect; Matthew & Elizabeth Elliot, architects; Nancy Serafini, interior designer; Kris Horiuchi, landscape designer; Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez, presedient of the No. Bennet Street School; and Daniel Solien, landscape designer (partnered with Kris Horiuchi).

Bernard Wharton, of Shope Reno Wharton, is based in Connecticut and is on the AD100 list.

image via Pointed Leaf Press

images via Architectural Digest, photographed by Durston Saylor

Matthew & Elizabeth Elliot, Elliot + Elliot Architecture, are based out of Maine.

photography by Brian Vanden Brink

Nancy Serafini, Homeworks Interior Design, is based in Massachusetts and her work has appeared in Architectural Digest, Traditional Home and many regional publications.

photo by Dave Henderson

photo by Sam Gray

Kris Horiuchi and Daniel Solien, Horiuchi Solien Inc., landscape designers, is based in Massachusetts.

photo via Coastal Living, photo by Brian Vanden Brink

North Bennet Street School, Specialty Award. Located in Boston's North End, the North Bennet Street School was founded 125 years ago to teach new immigrants skills that would enable to assimilate and move into gainful employment. Over the last century, the school has evolved into a place where one learns at the highest levels of craftmanship. Cabinet and furniture making, violin making, bookbinding and jewelry design are just a few of their offerings.