Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorProduction designer Curt Beech was tasked with building the Arconia for Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” a luxurious apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side with each residence an envious luxurious design reflecting its owners.Oliver Putnam (Martin Short), Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin), and Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez) are crime-obsessed neighbors who put that obsession to the test when a real death happens inside their building.Beech breaks down the key sets below and how each interior came together.“The palette was built around the Paul Smith fabric we sourced for the sofa.

This one swatch had everything we needed: masculinity, sophistication, playfulness and a wealth of color options for the team to work with. “We popped the orange in the kitchen, the blue in the bookshelves, the green in the chairs and the gold in the geometric wallpaper in the foyer.“Once we had this key element figured out, we were able to contrast it with the choices in Mabel’s and Oliver’s spaces to create a foundation for the look of the show.“The key piece of art on the bookshelf wall is by Alex Katz.

It is meant to express the mystery and constant reminder of the women who once may have been a part of Charles’ life.”“Mabel’s apartment is a work in progress, and that progress has been interrupted.

This is a visual metaphor for the character, and makes us all wonder with Charles, ‘Who are you?’“By the end of the series, Mabel finally makes her mark on the apartment by painting an intricate mural by artist Laura Pérez on one of the blank walls.“Mabel’s place is the purest expression of the classic architecture of the Arconia.

Reconstructing the Arconia for ‘Only Murders in the Building’

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