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SelgasCano
principal: José Selgas. principal: Lucía Cano. firm site: Madrid. firm size: Eight architects and designers. current projects: A museum and a hotel in Rizhao, China. honors: European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture–Mies van der Rohe Award finalist. breakfast: Selgas and Cano keep hens and have fresh eggs every day. dessert: They search for the finest chocolate everywhere they go. selgascano.net
Huntsman Architectural Group
“Mapping the Future of Work,” page 98 associate principal: Nicole Everett. associate principal: Alison Woolf. firm sites: New York; Chicago; San Francisco. firm size: 61 architects and designers. current projects: Tolleson and Horsley Bridge Partners in San Francisco. honors: Interior DesignBest of Year Award; IIDA Illinois Red Award; Starnet Design Awards. painting: Woolf uses watercolor, gouache, and oil to depict her local urban scenery. partner: Everett and her 78-year-old father are climbing California’s Mount Shasta next year. huntsmanag.com
RMW
“Mapping the Future of Work,” page 98 design principal: Hakee Chang, AIA. senior designer: Jenna Szczech, IIDA. firm sites: San Francisco, San Jose, and Sacramento, California. firm size: 93 architects and designers. current projects: Tech- and transportation-client headquarters in Northern California; Prologis America in Seattle. honors: AIA Silicon Valley Award; WoodWorks Award. nature: Chang’s next adventure is to experience the Northern Lights. nurture: Szczech has done ballet and contemporary dance since age 3. rmw.com
Meyer Davis
“The Art of Placement,” page 130 principal: Will Meyer. principal: Gray Davis. senior project manager: Sonya Cheng. firm sites: New York; Los Angeles; Miami. firm size: 59 architects and designers. current projects: Etereo Auberge Resorts in Riviera Maya, Mexico; W Rome;
Four Seasons Resort, Shurayrah Island, Saudi Arabia. honors: Interior Design Best of Year Awards; AHEAD Award;
Boutique Design Product Award. road: Meyer, a vintage car buff, has a 1957 Austin Healey he received as payment for his first design project. water: Davis, also a vintage vehicle fan, has a 1947 Chris-Craft motorboat, a housewarming gift from architect Bill Ingram. maps: If Cheng wasn’t an interior designer, she would love to be a cartographer. meyerdavis.com
OMA
“The Art of Placement,” page 130 partner: Shohei Shigematsu. firm sites: New York; Rotterdam, Netherlands; Hong Kong. firm size: 120 architects and designers. current projects: New Museum expansion in New York; Albright Knox Gallery extension in Buffalo; Reefline underwater sculpture park in Miami Beach. honors: AIA Honor Award. art: Shigematsu led the design of the Faena Forum in Miami and the Sotheby’s headquarters renovation in New York. talk: He gave a TED lecture in 2011. oma.com
NC Design & Architecture
“Cabin Fever,” page 148 principal: Nelson Chow. firm site: Hong Kong. firm size: 10 architects and designers. current projects: Wellwellwell Restaurant and Vitae Beauty Spa in Hong Kong; K11 Atelier office building in Hangzhou, China. honors: Interior Design Best of Year Awards. at home: Chow built a pine sleeping loft inspired by tree houses in his Hong Kong apartment. on screen: Shirley: Visions of Reality is a favorite movie because the sets reproduce several Edward Hopper paintings. ncda.biz
Markzeff
“California Dreaming,” page 140 principal: Mark Zeff. director of hospitality: Stacie Meador. firm site: Brooklyn, New York firm size: 15 designers. current projects: Kimpton Fontenot Hotel in New Orleans; Point Thompson Hotel in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; NAYA residential development in Punta Mita, Mexico. honors: Interior DesignBest of Year Awards. at sea: Zeff is an avid fisherman. amid the trees: Nature is a constant inspiration for Meador’s work. markzeff.com
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