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HEADLINERS
Studio Plow
“Savoir Faire,” page 61
founder, chief creative officer: Brit Epperson. firm sites: San Francisco and Sonoma, California. firm size: Two designers. current projects: A tech company office in San Francisco; homes in Park City, Utah, and Colorado Springs, Colorado. inspiring: Epperson is on the board of directors of Creativity Explored, a nonprofit art studio for the developmentally disabled. inspiration: A certified scuba diver, she travels to new destinations every year to explore the wonders of the sea. studioplow.com
“Trading Spaces,” page 136 design principal: Mark Hirons, FAIA, IIDA. project principal: Meg Osman. firm sites: Chicago; New York; Los Angeles. firm size: 800 architects and designers. current projects: Stepan Company headquarters in Northbrook, Illinois; Cigna headquarters in Bloomfield, Connecticut; Cboe in Amsterdam. honors: Interior Design Best of Year Awards. sound: Hirons provides piano accompaniment for his cello- and harp-playing daughter. taste: Osman loves cooking with her two children. cannondesign.com
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Paulo Merlini Architects
“Forward Momentum,” page 116 founder: Paulo Merlini. firm site: Porto, Portugal. firm size: 12 architects. current projects: Boavista 339 residential building in Porto; Bubble restaurant and Parque Urbano in
Gondomar, Portugal. honors: LOOP Design Award; Luxury Lifestyle Award. dream: As a child, Merlini loved to draw and thought he’d grow up to be an illustrator. actuality: At university, during which he lived a year in Florence, Italy, he fell for the complexity of architecture. paulomerlini.com
Rapt Studio
“Climb Every Mountain,” page 144 ceo, chief creative officer: David Galullo. design director: Mike Dubitsky. firm sites: San Francisco; Los Angeles. firm size: 47 architects and designers. current projects: Roblox headquarters in San Mateo, California; WarnerMedia and CNN newsrooms in Atlanta. honors: Interior Design Best of Year Award
Finalist; NYCxDesign Award; World Interiors News Award; IIDA NorCal Honor Award. high to low: Galullo flew 430,000 miles in 2019, but just 5,000 in 2021. low is high: Dubitsky is a 9.5 handicap golfer. raptstudio.com
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JKMM Architects
“Healing Environment,” page 152 founding partner: Teemu Kurkela. project architect: Juho Pietarila. firm site: Helsinki. firm size: 90 architects and designers. current projects: National Museum of Finland addition, a new building for the University of the Arts, and Dance House, all in Helsinki. honors: IIDA Interior Design Competition award; AIT Award. namaste: Kurkela’s passion is ashtanga yoga. nature lover: Pietarila has a “deep respect for Finnish forests and all the seasons.” jkmm.fi
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