For Radio Host Tom Joyner's Disco Era, 1970s-Milan-Inspired Apartment, Its Designers Took a Larger Than Life Approach — To Match His Personality

Club room with custom rust-coloured curved sofas, mirrored panels on the walls, mirrored bar cabinet, light sconce and red marble side tables.

As an admirer of the work of Donald Judd, Louis Kahn, and Yves Saint Laurent, interior architect and furniture designer Rodrigo Albir, founder of Miami-based Studio RODA, had to go far beyond his usual design references for this modern home.

The reason? His client. Tom Joyner is a man with a larger-than-life personality who, after a successful music career, is now dedicated to philanthropy — and who still dreams big. Rodrigo vividly remembers his first encounter with Tom. He understood immediately that he would have to make something truly special for such a character.