FIRM PROFILE 
ORIGINALLY FROM ISTANBUL, A. DEFNE VERAL WORKED WITH A WELL KNOWN 
CLASSICAL ARCHITECT FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE STARTING HER 
INTERIOR DESIGN FIRM IN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT IN 1992. HER DEEP 
ROOTED UNDERSTANDING OF ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTS AND DRAWINGS 
HAS MADE HER A SOUGHT AFTER INTERIOR DESIGNER BY ARCHITECTS, HOME 
OWNERS AND CONTRACTORS ALIKE. AS A VERSATILE AND ACCOMPLISHED 
DESIGNER, MS. VERAL HAS CREATED SPACES VARYING WIDELY IN SCOPE, 
PERIOD AND BUDGET; PROVIDING BOTH INTIMATE AND GRAND MOMENTS FOR 
THE OCCUPANT. THE ABILITY TO TRANSLATE THE REQUIREMENTS OF HER 
CLIENTS INTO FUNCTIONAL, YET AESTHETICALLY PLEASING ENVIRONMENTS 
CAN BE CONFIRMED BY EXTREMELY SATISFIED CLIENTS. WINNER OF FOUR 
ASID AWARDS, INCLUDING 2008 PINNACLE AWARD, MS. VERAL ALSO 
COLLABORATES IN THE VERAL-HARLAN FURNISHINGS COLLECTION. HER 
RECENT WORK INCLUDES THE INTERIORS OF A PRIVATE STONE AND SHINGLE 
CLUB HOUSE IN NY, THE REFURBISHING OF A MODERN MARCEL BREUER 
HOUSE IN WESTPORT AND THE ONGOING DECORATION OF A TRADITIONAL 
MANOR HOUSE IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY. 
 
Accomplishments 
Awards 
2012 
“2012 Alice Washburn Award” for Cottage at Extown Farm. New Canaan, CT. Awarded by AIA Connecticut to David D. Harlan Architects. Interior Design by A. Defne Veral Interiors. 
2011 
“2011 Innovation in Design” for Carriage House, Greenwich, CT. Connecticut Cottages & Gardens, July/August 2011. Awarded to David D. Harlan Architects. Interior Design by A. Defne Veral Interiors. 
 
2009 
 
“Editor’s Picks: 10 Coolest Houses of 2009”, Builder Magazine, Cottage at Extown Farm, New Canaan, CT, December 
 
“Grand Award’ 2009 Builder’s Design and Planning”, Builder Magazine and The National Association of Home Builders, “Cottage at Extown Farm”, New Canaan, CT 
 
“People’s Choice 2009 Award”, A.I.A. Connecticut, Cottage at Extown Farm, New Canaan, CT 
 
2008 
 
ASID Connecticut Chapter, “The 2008 Design Awards of Excellence”,
The Historic Preservation Award for Carriage House, Greenwich, CT
The Contract Design Award for Purchase Golf Club, Rye, NY
The Residential Design Award for Extown Farm Cottage, New Canaan, CT
The Pinnacle Award for Excellence for Extown Farm Cottage, New Canaan, CT
“HOBI Connecticut 2008 Award, ‘Best Not So Big House’”, Connecticut Home Builders Association, Cottage at Extown Farm, New Canaan, CT

Visiting Critic, School of Architecture

University of Notre Dame

South Bend, IN

2009 to 2009

Furniture Design

EXHIBITION

Southport, CT

November 1997 to November 1997

Allison Table", "The Institute of Classical Architecture Tenth Anniversary 
Exhibition", The Downtown Association, New York, New York, October 2002 
 
"Sarah Table", "Accent on Design 2000" Exhibition, , AIA Connecticut Annual 
Convention & Design Exposition, Connecticut Expo Center, Hartford, CT, October 2000