Inside designer Andrew Torrey's art-filled midtown apartment

Andrew Torrey usually designs modern, pared-back interiors, so the midtown apartment he shares with his fiancé James Canner, founder of the haircare line Aquediem, is a pleasant surprise. It is layered with family heirlooms, stacks of books, cowboy boots and a wide-ranging art collection. Torrey traces the habit to his grandparents, keen travellers whose study in Dodge City, Kansas, was full of art he thought was the coolest room going.

Little needed doing before the move. He tidied the floors, added motorised shades to protect the art, redid the powder room and changed the lighting and hardware. He designed the leather-upholstered bed and a teddy mohair sectional himself, and every room has a custom rug by Stark.

The fun is in the mix. A cardboard chair by Max Lamb faces a cowhide-covered Le Corbusier LC4 chaise. Deflated disco ball sculptures by Rotganzen sit on a vintage coffee table, and works by the late Robert Loughlin cover a living room wall. Torrey admits he has hung and rehung so often that he learned to patch walls early on. A Senufo bird sculpture he saw at the Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Morocco started a collection of birds.

A good read for anyone who likes a collector's home that refuses to sit still.

Our summary of a story from Architectural Digest, published 19 October 2026. Read the original

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