A Striking Pied-A-Terre

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When Omar Maden decided to buy a pied-à-terre in Washington, DC, he immediately called fellow Cuban Nestor Santa-Cruz, an interior designer with whom he’d previously collaborated on two other projects. Santa-Cruz had designed his office in Arlington, VA, in 1991 – Maden is chief executive officer of Maden Technologies, and more recently his main residence – Maden lives at The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove in Miami, FL. Maden wanted the same modern/art deco/mid-century comfortable mix Santa-Cruz had created for him in Florida, except instead of a 3,200-square-foot condominium with terraces overlooking Biscayne Bay, this is a 1,000-square-foot space in the West End. Naturally, he wanted it pronto.