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Iron drum ceiling fixtures representing oversize water droplets illuminate the pool at the members-only, parent child–focused Loong Swim Club in Suzhou, China, by X+Living. Photography: Shao Feng.
FEATURES 106 TEAM BUILDING by Rebecca Dalzell
Professional athletes and soccer moms work out side-by-side at the St. James, a training and wellness center in Northern Virginia by HKS. 114 A QUIET PLACE by Jeff Book
A sense of calm reigns at a country retreat in Napa Valley, California, by Pfau Long Architecture. 122 STEEPED IN HISTORY by Neal Pollack
Puro Łódź hotel by ASW Architekci and Superfutures honors the Polish city’s rich artistic past—and present.
130 MONEY TALKS by Edie Cohen
For Western Union’s Denver headquarters, Gensler listened. 138 PARADISE IN PUGLIA by Edie Cohen
Ludovica+Roberto Palomba transforms a 19th-century home into the exquisite Palazzo Daniele, a boutique Italian hotel. 148 SUMMER FUN by Georgina McWhirter
Kids are the client for imaginative spaces, installations, and creations from New York to China.
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walk-through 39 THE CAT’S PAJAMAS by Georgina McWhirter 45 SOAK IT IN by Colleen Curry 67 KITCHEN/BATH PRODUCTS by Rebecca Thienes, Mark McMenamin, and Wilson Barlow
interior design rising giants 73 TRENDS AND RISERS by Mike Zimmerman
departments 17 HEADLINERS 21 DESIGNWIRE by Annie Block 24 BLIPS by Annie Block
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27 CROSSLINES by Edie Cohen Indoor, Outdoor, and Beyond
Paola Lenti celebrates 25 years of design—and looks to the future. 32 PINUPS/MATERIAL BANK by Wilson Barlow
87 MARKET by Rebecca Thienes, Mark McMenamin, Colleen Curry, and Wilson Barlow 101 CENTERFOLD by Colleen Curry Nature Inspired
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founder, principal: Roberto Palomba. founder, principal: Ludovica Serafini. firm site: Milan. firm size: Eight architects and designers. current projects: Residences in Milan and Rome; a resort in Sardinia; company headquarters in Morocco. honors: Compasso d’Oro; Good Design Award. role model: Achille Castiglioni for the rigor and clarity of his designs. english: The couple have two whippet dogs. african: They also have a collection of colorful stools and vases from visits to Cape Town. palombaserafini.com
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vice president, director of commercial interiors: Emily Macht, IIDA. office site: Washington. office size: 68 architects and designers. current projects: National LGBT Chamber of Commerce in Washington; Bell Textron Advanced Vertical Lift Business Center in Arlington, Virginia; iHeartMedia nationwide. honors: IIDA Mid-Atlantic Pinnacle Award; NAIOP Northern Virginia Award of Excellence. role model: Interior Design Hall of Fame member Patricia Urquiola for the scale and variety of her projects—and the excitement infused into all of them. near: Macht earned her master’s in architecture from the Catholic University of America in Washington. distant: She has run the New York and Chicago marathons. hksinc.com
founder: Andy Martin. firm site: London. firm size: 10 architects and designers. current projects: Fotografisca Museum in London; Chotto Matte restaurant in Toronto; El Blok Hotel in Vieques, Puerto Rico. honors: Restaurant & Bar Design Awards. role model: Oscar Niemeyer for his fierce determination and individuality. down under: Martin is originally from Sydney, Australia. on the water: He started his design career making surfboards. superfutures.co.uk
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“Money Talks,” page 130 design principal, studio director: Michelle Liebling, IIDA. office site: Denver. office size: 85 architects and designers. current projects: Newmont Goldcorp in Denver; IHS Markit in Englewood, Colorado; Workday in Boulder, Colorado. role model: Urquiola, who blends irreverence and sophistication in creating products and spaces that are thoughtful and joyful. plains: Liebling previously worked in Chicago. mountains: Both she and her 6-yearold daughter are black-diamond skiers. gensler.com
partner: Michał Ankiersztajn. partner: Dariusz Stan ́kiewicz. partner: Jarosław Wronś́ ki. firm site: Poznan, Poland. firm size: Seven architects. current projects: Qubus Hotel in Poznan ́. honors: Quadro Award. role model: Le Corbusier for his intellectual contribution to the development of architecture. wind: Ankiersztajn’s favorite mode of transport is sailing. wheels: For Stankiewicz it’s cycling. wings: Wroński sticks to flying. asw-architekci.pl
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Pfau Long Architecture principal: Peter Pfau, FAIA. director of residential design: Melanie Turner. firm site: San Francisco. firm size: 25 architects and designers. current projects: Houses in Camp Meeker, San Rafael, and Stinson Beach, California. honors: Interior Design Best of Year Award; AIA San Francisco Design Award; IIDA Honor Award Finalist. west: Pfau is a cycling enthusiast and rides every Saturday with a group of designers and developers. east: Turner lived in Japan as a child and loves helping friends and colleagues plan trips there. pfaulong.com
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somewhere over the rainbow From top: At Lighthouse Park on New York’s Roosevelt Island until August 23, Salvage Swings by Somewhere Studio is the winner of the City of Dreams Pavilion competition. Its panels of scrap three-ply cross-laminated spruce, with CNC-cut apertures and hand-painted stripes.
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Batay-Csorba Architects project Milky’s. standout Thousands of diamond-shape pieces of natural and stained oak with Carrara marble inserts form paneling that transitions seamlessly from floor to wall to ceiling, wrapping visitors in a soothing yet energizing enclosure.
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“Textiles and color have formed the basis of our work since the very beginning.” So states Paola Lenti of her namesake company, which she founded in 1994 in Meda, Italy, and, today, produces fabrics, rugs, architectural structures, and furniture for indoor and outdoor use, employing a staff of 100. Born in Piedmont in 1958, Lenti studied graphic design at the Scuola Politecnica di Design in Milan, and then went on to work as an art director for various fashion companies, where she would create displays and environments, designing rugs and such herself. Eventually, she went out on her own, making small glass and porcelain objects but switching to felt rugs, which she says represented the true start of her self-named brand. Materials research and sustainability have been guiding forces since day one. In 1997, she began working with designer Francesco Rota, a collaboration that has produced some 70 collections and is still going strong. It was 2000 when they turned their focus to outdoor, aiming to create furnishings that are as attractive and comfortable as those for interiors. That same year was when her younger sister Anna came on as managing director, overseeing administrative and marketing aspects. Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, the company they’ve forged is synonymous with innovation but also the handmade, global but also local (except for a few items, Paola Lenti products are all made in Italy). Here, Lenti the older expounds on inspirations, recent projects, and upcoming endeavors.
From top: Paola Lenti seated on Island, a 2003 design by Francesco Rota. Bambou, a par tition of handmade majolica cylinders by Nicoló Morales for Paola Lenti, the company, that premiered at this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan.
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beauty. My passion for color was born with me. Another childhood memory is receiving a book of colored collage paper and cutting up and combining the dark orange and dark turquoise pieces. Each time I start selecting colors for a collection, I recall cutting those pieces.
How does color play through your collec tions? PL: We focus on it not only for individual fibers but also in the fabrics we weave from those fibers, and for the collections and the ways they work together. Even our solid fabrics often have more than one color of thread woven in. What are other constants? PL: Research and development, finding increasingly better materials in terms of both ecological sustainability and durability. We have propriety materials that do both, such as Rope and Twiggy. Which designers have you collaborated with? PL: At first, it was only Francesco. But now we work with a handful, such
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as Francesco Bettoni, Victor Carrasco, Claesson Koivisto Rune, Vincent Van Duysen, Marella Ferrera, Marco Merendi, Nicolò Morales, and Lina Obregón. I prefer to concentrate on just a few people for a closer collaboration. Marella and Nicolò had pieces debut at this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. How long have you participated in that? PL: From 1995 to 2002, we were at Salone. From 2003 on, we’ve been part of the Fuorisalone off-site. This year, we returned to Fabbrica Orobia, where, with Bestetti Associati, we created a series of modern environments to contrast with the enormous 1920’s warehouse using partitions made from materials
such as glass, ceramics, lava stone, and fabric pieces, all of which are now part of the collection. We also had indoor and outdoor furniture introductions this year by Bettoni, Van Duysen, Obregón, and Rota. Any projects abroad? PL: Yes, Torno Subito at the W Dubai-The Palm hotel. The chef is Massimo Bottura of the famous Osteria Francescana in Modena. The mood there is completely different, more formal and serious, whereas the Dubai restaurant is playful and colorful, recalling the joyful Italian Riviera of the 1960’s. What was your role? PL: A designer friend of Bottura’s knew our brand and introduced him to our products. Bottura liked them so
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What inspires you? Paola Lenti: Nature, for its simplicity, clarity, and unexpected texture and color combinations. I remember, as a child, my entrepreneur father would take me along when he went to the countryside to paint and teach me to appreciate all the surrounding
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much that he suggested using our pieces to the restaurant’s designer, Paul Bishop. We ended up providing the furniture and choosing the colors. The seating is from our existing collection but we customdesigned the square dining tables with tops of glazed lava stone.
What’s coming up for the company? PL: We are working with Adam Tihany on the MV Esmeralda cruise ship. We just completed work on 3.14 Plage, a restaurant in Cannes, France, by Olivier Sabran and Alexandra Ellena. In Vancouver, we recently finished
designing the interiors and exteriors of Livingspace’s renovated and expanded furniture showroom. And, we’re always working on developing new materials—and improving the ones we already use. —Edie Cohen
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: SERGIO CHIMENTI (5); COURTESY OF THE W DUBAI-THE PALM
Clockwise, from opposite top: The terrace of Torno Subito, a restaurant by Bishop Design with furniture by Paola Lenti at the W DubaiThe Palm hotel in the United Arab Emirates. Mandala outdoor partition, winner of a 2019 NYCxDesign Award in the accessory category, with Float chairs by Rota. The stoneware and glass tops of Bloom, a 2018 outdoor table by Marella Ferrera for Paola Lenti. The company’s rugs at a Milan warehouse during Fuorisalone 2019. Walt, an indoor sectional sofa and lacquered side table by Rota from the same year. Calatini, handpainted ceramic side tables for indoor or outdoor use by Marco Merendi and Nicolò Morales from 2017. Paola Lenti’s custom tables for Torno Subito. Ferrera’s Couture partitions of hand-cut fabric from this year’s Fuorisalone.
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She was trained as a painter… But photography became her life’s work. “Order of Imagination: The Photographs of Olivia Parker,” at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, through November 11, is her retrospective showcasing her mastery of light. Parker switched mediums in her 30’s, after creating assemblages of objects found on nature walks in Manchester and elsewhere, like shells, feathers, and nautical charts. Early on, she experimented with such processes as gelatin silver printing, evident in Interior with Pears from 1979, and dye diffusion, as seen in Child, 1980. Her 2016 ink-jet prints also appear amid the exhibition’s 111 works.
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are now on the top level, with the three bedrooms and bathroom below. Another significant inter vention was removing the stretched ceiling that had been installed during a previous renovation. “When you touched it, it felt like a balloon,” Delaunay remarks. He removed it to expose original concrete, which was then either painted white or clear sealed. After that, there are essentially just two other materials in the palette: Baltic-birch plywood for built-ins and white resin flooring, creating an envelope that’s airy, bright, and, most importantly, humble and easy to maintain amid the frisky occupants. Furnishings
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Considering the needs of a client couple expecting a baby is usual fare for architects embarking on an apartment renovation. But when Alexandre Delaunay was summoned for such for a Paris duplex project, he also had to factor in Sacha. . . the family feline. The Sabo Project principal not only gutted the 1,650-squarefoot residence but also integrated elements to help the young couple navigate life with both a newborn and a pet—and that would keep said pet content. The duplex occupies the eighth and ninth floors of a 1950’s building with views of the Eiffel Tower. Part of the renovation entailed flipping the layout, so that the public spaces
Clockwise from opposite, top: Beneath Mattias Ståhlbom’s pendant fixtures, chairs by Iskos-Berlin surround the dining area’s Studio Bouroullec table. The balustrade’s plywood slats are more densely packed below railing height. They terminate in a gate with a hinged door. Portals for the family cat were sawed into the kitchen’s sliding-door entry and appliance volume. Jean Louis Iratzoki stools line its quartz-composite counter.
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Clockwise from top left: The stairs lead to the three bed rooms and bathroom located on the lower level. Cement tile clads the master bathroom featuring a tub by Sieger Design. The master bedroom is partitioned by a custom headboard that incorporates a projector on one side and a closet on the other. Composed of solid-surfacing, the wall-mounted double sink spans 4 feet.
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avoid his being relegated to the laundry room. “Ironically, I’m allergic to them,” he continues. “But I still gave him my best.” That’s evident in the kitchen, where a small arched portal in the bottom of the sliding door, closing it off from the living area when the couple entertains, is matched by another opening in the volume containing the appliances and cabinetry. That latter portal leads to Sacha’s private bedroom. —Georgina McWhirter
FROM FRONT HABITAT: FLOOR LAMP (ENTRY). MUUTO: PENDANT FIXTURES (ENTRY, DINING AREA), LAMPS (BEDROOM). HAY: TABLE, CHAIRS (DINING AREA). NORMANN COPENHAGEN: PENDANT FIXTURE (KITCHEN). TREKU: TABLE. AHREND: CHAIRS. ALKI: STOOLS. CAESAR STONE: COUNTER SOLID-SURFACING. WHIRLPOOL: HOOD. SAUTER: RANGE. FRANKE: SINK. BRITA: SINK FITTINGS. ZANGRA: CEILING FIXTURE. MOSAIC FACTORY: TILE (BATHROOM). COSMIC: SINK. DURA VIT: TUB. HANSGROHE: SINK FIT TINGS, SHOWER FITTINGS, BATH FITTINGS. FOURSTEEL: TOWEL BAR. EMCO: ROUND MIRROR. THROUGH OUT FARROW & BALL: PAINT. ETC L2S: GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
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by the likes of Iskos-Berlin and Studio Bouroullec are equally minimal yet sturdy. Connecting the two floors is a redesigned spiral staircase that Delaunay enclosed with slats of the plywood, spaced near enough together so no human nor animal can slip through. A hinged gate at the top blocks the cat from the bedrooms while giving him run of the open-plan kitchen, dining, and living areas. “I felt bad for him,” the architect says of Sacha, the gated solution able to
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O’Neill Rose Architects site New York. standout Isamu Noguchi–inspired skylights usher natural light into the brownstone’s heart, where generous panels of Italian marble, its veining coordinated via AutoCAD, preside over the kitchen and its stained white-oak floor planks.
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Richards Stanisich site Sydney, Australia. standout The colors of Rick Amor’s artwork hanging above the built-in banquette and custom table informed firm director Jonathan Richards’s palette for his own kitchen, with painted plaster walls, oak-veneered cabinetry, and a quartzite backsplash.
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Bates Masi + Architects; Annapolis, MD; Photography: Michael Moran.
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Perhaps a client is creating a sprawling outdoor kitchen with seaside or canyon views, or carving out an intimate escape on a rooftop or city lot. The notion of cavorting in the sunshine or under the stars has enchanted homeowners for decades—if not centuries—and more recently has challenged design professionals to create an oasis in a modern context. Exclusive NKBA research reveals what’s driving the phenomenon. Here’s a sampling from the latest report on what homeowners want, where challenges and opportunities exist, top choices in materials, products, features, lifestyle, usage and more.
The most popular style for outdoor kitchens is contemporary (23%)
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(1) Meyer Davis; Springs, NY; Photography: Eric Laignel. (2) Lake Flato and Abode/Fern Santini Design; Austin, TX; Photography: Casey Dunn. (3) Mark Zeff; East Hampton, NY; Photography: Eric Laignel.
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pergola, and 13% have an adjustable/retractable structure. 12% have no overhead structure. BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE Natural stone is the choice of 57% of homeowners for outdoor countertops, followed by quartz at 23%. For borders, 60% choose stone or brick, about 24% choose trees and shrubs; 23% use wood or lattice.
60% of homeowners choose stone or brick for borders
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(1) Workshop/APD; Nantucket, MA; Photography: Donna Dotan. (2) Oculus Architecture & Design; San Mateo, CA; Photography: Art Gray
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standout Dramatic stonework distinguishes the town house, from veined tawny, black, and white Italian and Spanish marble in bathrooms to the kitchen’s Angola granite on the 13-footlong island and around the ceiling boxes housing ventilation and lighting. —Colleen Curry
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An instant classic upon its 2015 debut, Sieger Design’s CL.1 remains a consistently sought-after family of bathroom fittings. Now, Dornbracht goes back to the well— pun intended—to refresh the minimalist series. New handles are made of clear or tricolored Swarovski crystal, which sparks lively reflections and prismatic displays as light spills across the chamfered, asym metric design. The makeover extends to Dark Platinum Matte, a new finish option that adds a warm, lightly brushed tone to the brass components. dornbracht.com
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Muller Van Severen offers a bold update for kitchen cabinets in the form of customizable color-block fronts. Designed for Reform, the Belgian artists (Fien Muller is a photographer, Hannes Van Severen a sculptor) looked to Sol Lewitt murals for inspiration as well as to their own recent projects, in particular their multihued cutting boards. The couple revisited the same HDPE used for the boards to create faces for the sixcolor Match system. “We have always loved polyethylene,” Fien states. “It has the appearance of candle wax, instead of a cold, smooth plastic.” After testing models to get the color combinations just right, they upped the sophistication factor with brass hardware and kickplates and countertops of white or veined Italian marble. reformcph.com
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Maybe it was a case of eyes-bigger-thanstomach. Maybe it was a freak occurrence, or more politely stated, an outlier. Whatever your preference, 2018 looked very different from 2017 for the Interior Design Rising Giants. Total design fees for the group came in at $504 million, passing the $500-million mark for the second consecutive year. The problem? Fees were down $24 million from the record high of $528 million the Rising Giants logged the year before. Some red flags shouldn’t be ignored here— more on that in a moment—but before we analyze the bad, let’s appreciate that business for this cohort has been stellar for a decade now. Total annual fees have nearly doubled since 2009, with solid gains every year except 2015, and now 2018. Was 2017 truly an outlier? Well, it stoked all kinds of confidence. After logging the $528 million, the Rising Giants forecast a whopping $595 million for this past year (eyes, meet stomach). That didn’t happen. So what did? An all-around fine business year.
Just not a growth year. And even though the group forecasts a sublime $541 million next cycle, as you’ll soon see, confidence may not be what it was a year ago. Let’s look at some numbers. In the mixed-bag department, the Rising Giants logged 261 million square feet from 16,600 jobs. The footage was down 6 percent but the jobs were up 8 percent. The biggest sector gains came in retail and healthcare along with steady growth in the stalwarts, corporate and hospitality. Corporate still makes up roughly half the total workload, but next year the Rising Giants expect an $18-million jump in hospitality (which would account for half of all expected growth) and a cool $6-million bump in retail. Furniture-fixtures and construction products showed well at $16.8 billion, up from $14.2 billion last year. The Rising Giants forecast $19 billion next year, but the most interesting number might be the breakdown: Construction products own 79 percent of this total versus 21 percent for furniture-fixtures. Over the years
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that ratio has been closer to 65/35. Another ratio that hasn’t budged: New projects versus renovations, which still come in at 60/40 (and have since 2010), but this year we added a new measurement. “Refreshes” of finished projects, which fall under renovation, make up about 6 percent of all projects. Sustainability continues to be a curious trend in that it seemed to have peaked several years ago and either leveled off or declined for most firms since. This year, however, green design fees rose 6 percent to $139 million, making up
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nearly ⅓ of total fees. A total of 85 percent of firms claim sustainability is an important part of design decisions. That shakes out to 29 percent of projects following LEED guidelines, with 35 percent of all square footage and 40 percent of construction and furniture-fixtures ($6.6 billion) being sustainable. That’s a lotta green. Globalization remains a shrinking, or at least leveling, trend among the Rising Giants. Only 9 percent of firms do work outside the U.S., steady for two years now, but in general decline since 2014. Our data is prone to big swings because of the low international job volume (for example, a big jump in Canadian work last year raised eyebrows, but the number is back to normal levels this year), but work in Asia and the Pacific Rim is down 22 percent over the past three years. Meanwhile, African work has more than tripled in the same time frame. U.S. work is still the big-ticket item here. The Rising Giants expect the South and West to bring the biggest growth, but Canada, the Caribbean, and Europe still show double-digit potential. With the decline in total fees came a decline in head count. The group employed 2,725 design staff last year, down by about 100. Salaries stagnated as well, with designers earning an unchanged $70,000 and principals/partners $148,000. Project managers took the earnings hit, with the average salary dropping 8 percent to $92,000. Still, firms expect to bring on another 400 staffers this year. That is optimistic, of course, and crystallizes what our data tells us this year: Business is not great but it’s good, and the Rising Giants think it could continue to be good. So, the forecasts are bullish, but some other data points poke holes in the happy. Each year we ask the Rising Giants if they agree that the economy will be better for business next year. Since 2011, that number averaged 89 percent. This year, only 74 percent agree. Also worth noting: 20 percent more firms than last year see the future economy as an important business issue. So what’s going on? When asked about business headwinds, one of the most common words the Rising Giants used was “tariffs.” That’s new. And it’s alarming enough to send ripples through the traditionally predictable Rising Giants optimism. As one firm rep put it: “The new import tariffs that start at the end of this year and into next year are going to increase costs of construction materials and furniturefixtures. The extent of these additional costs is currently unknown, but we think the increase could be upward of 20 percent.” So while we raise our glasses to a good year, it’ll be interesting to see what we’re toasting (or roasting) next year. —Mike Zimmerman
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1 FXCOLLABORATIVE New York fxcollaborative.com
$8.750
$120.000
3.500
21
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2 HORD COPLAN MACHT Baltimore hcm2.com
$8.750
$10.000
NR
17
56
3 ALLIANCE ARCHITECTURE Durham, NC alliancearchitecture.com
$8.600
$145.000
2.300
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4 WRIGHT HEEREMA ARCHITECTS Chicago wharchs.com
$8.440
$466.000
NR
23
52
5
$8.300
NR
NR
45
40
6 REVEL ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN San Francisco revelers.com
$8.200
$280.000
1.600
41
30
$8.200
$25.000
14.000
35
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$8.100
$1150.000
5.300
47
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DIALOG Toronto dialogdesign.ca PGAL Houston pgal.com
8 LOONEY AND ASSOCIATES Dallas looney-associates.com 9 TVSDESIGN Atlanta tvsdesign.com
$8.082
NR
NR
32
50
10 KENNETH PARK ARCHITECTS New York kennethpark.com
$8.000
$500.000
.500
11
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11 KZF DESIGN Cincinnati kzf.com
$7.921
$309.000
8.111
24
8
12 ARCHITECTURE, INCORPORATED Reston, VA archinc.com
$7.871
$105.015
1.235
11
28
13 HENDRICK Atlanta hendrickinc.com
$7.853
$260.000
5.400
40
18
14 QUADRANGLE Toronto quadrangle.ca
$7.800
$7.500
3.200
100
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$7.776
$337.000
1.737
37
16 EDG DESIGN Novato, CA edgdesign.com
BRERETON ARCHITECTS San Francisco brereton.com
$7.600
$275.000
.850
64
21
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$7.500
$250.000
7.500
36
46
18 STUDIOSIX5 Austin, TX studiosix5.com
$7.500
$100.000
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49
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19
H. HENDY ASSOCIATES Newport Beach, CA hhendy.com
$7.400
NR
NR
19
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20 ZIEGLER COOPER ARCHITECTS Houston zieglercooper.com
KNA DESIGN Los Angeles knadesign.com
$7.282
$209.100
3.668
35
22
21 CO ARCHITECTS Los Angeles coarchitects.com
$7.100
$1193.000
7.140
62
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22 LOFFREDO BROOKS ARCHITECTS New York lbarch.com
$7.000
$450.000
.300
23
35
23 WHITNEY ARCHITECTS Oak Brook, IL whitney-architects.com
$7.000
$180.000
1.200
36
23
24 OZ ARCHITECTURE Denver ozarch.com
$7.000
NR
NR
25
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25 SIMEONE DEARY DESIGN GROUP Chicago simeonedeary.com
$6.912
NR
NR
44
29
26
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NR
NR
39
31
27 MERRIMAN ANDERSON ARCHITECTS Dallas merriman-maa.com
$6.900
$260.000
.800
14
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28 ICRAVE New York icrave.com
$6.563
NR
NR
33
17
29 MSR DESIGN Minneapolis msrdesign.com
$6.342
$370.851
2.200
12
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30 INTEC Fairfax, VA intecgroup.net
$6.300
$2.300
NR
25
11
31 KITZIG INTERIOR DESIGN Lippstadt, Germany kitzig.com
$6.300
NR
NR
60
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32 MSA ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN Oakland, CA msasf.com
$6.158
NR
1.667
38
72
33 FIGURE3 Toronto figure3.com
$6.100
$219.000
1.300
65
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34 RULE JOY TRAMMELL + RUBIO Atlanta rjtrdesign.com
$6.016
$45.000
1.250
26
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35 KCCT Washington kcct.com
$6.000
$.000
NR
12
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36 SHEA Minneapolis sheadesign.com
$5.890
NR
NR
48
47
37 DAVIS, CARTER, SCOTT Tysons, VA dcsdesign.com
$5.686
$174.964
3.108
22
42
38 E4H ENVIRONMENTS FOR HEALTH ARCHITECTURE Boston e4harchitecture.com
$5.670
$453.600
1.512
15
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39 DESIGNAGENCY Toronto thedesignagency.ca
$5.655
NR
NR
48
89
40 ABEL DESIGN GROUP Houston abeldesigngroup.com
$5.600
NR
NR
39
66
41 MEYER Ardmore, PA meyerdesigninc.com
$5.500
$.100
1.000
58
51
42 J BANKS DESIGN GROUP Hilton Head Island, SC jbanksdesign.com
$5.311
$13.440
3.710
27
48
SMALLWOOD, REYNOLDS, STEWART, STEWART & ASSOCIATES Atlanta srssa.com
43 ARRIS, A DESIGN STUDIO Baltimore arrisdesign.com
$5.189
$75.000
7.235
28
49
44 KAMUS + KELLER INTERIORS | ARCHITECTURE Long Beach, CA kkaia.com
$5.104
NR
2.500
32
33
45 CUNINGHAM GROUP ARCHITECTURE Minneapolis cuningham.com
$5.100
$487.531
3.900
30
37
46 GRAY DESIGN GROUP Saint Louis graydesigngroup.com
$5.006
$399.817
1.817
21
92
47 BAR NAPKIN PRODUCTIONS Phoenix bnp-llc.com
$5.000
$125.000
1.800
24
63
48 SKB ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN Washington skbarch.com
$4.908
$96.000
.800
22
44
49 CLIVE WILKINSON ARCHITECTS Los Angeles clivewilkinson.com
$4.900
$48.000
.150
22
43
50 HYL ARCHITECTURE Washington hylarchitecture.com
$4.800
$55.291
.360
20
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Welcome to the bathroom of tomorrow. The idea: Soft, organic inner forms meet geometric, precise outer contours. A fusion of different materials –ceramics, wood, metal, glass. The purpose: Perfection from every angle, technology for maximum comfort. The result: Viu. Design by sieger design, realized by Duravit. What a Viu! Boston Frank Webb Home 617-933-0666, Chicago Studio 41 773-395-2900, Dallas Expressions Home Gallery 972-432-4972, Los Angeles Snyder Diamond 310-450-1000, Miami Decorator’s Plumbing 305-576-0022, New York Grande Central Showrooms of NY 212-588-1997, San Francisco Excel Plumbing Supply 415-863-8889, Seattle Keller Supply 206-270-4724. www.duravit.us
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51 HBG DESIGN Memphis hbg.design
$4.600
NR
NR
38
57
52
$4.500
$111.000
1.700
25
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53 CARRIER JOHNSON San Diego carrierjohnson.com
$4.485
$147.362
1.281
11
64
54 PHILLIPS ARCHITECTURE Raleigh, NC phillipsarch.com
$4.478
$70.000
2.200
22
67
55
$4.445
$10.847
.468
34
41
$4.266
$216.172
.347
34
65 27
INTERPRISE DESIGN Addison, TX interprisedesign.com
FAULKNER DESIGN GROUP Dallas faulknerdesign.com
56 ROWLAND+BROUGHTON Aspen, CO rowlandbroughton.com 57 ANDERSON MIKOS ARCHITECTS Oak Brook, IL andersonmikos.com
$4.231
$43.863
.399
10
58 IN STUDIO DESIGN Toronto instudiocreative.com
$4.200
$105.000
NR
20
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59 LEGAT ARCHITECTS Chicago legat.com
$4.125
$379.500
9.547
5
62
60 ORSINI DESIGN ASSOCIATES New York orsinidesignassociates.com
$4.013
$40.000
NR
5
74
61 RD JONES & ASSOCIATES Baltimore rdjones.com
$4.000
NR
NR
28
45
62 STUDIO 11 DESIGN Dallas studio11design.com
$3.900
$15.000
NR
40
60
63 API (+) Tampa, FL apiplus.com
$3.900
NR
NR
22
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64 JRS ARCHITECT Mineola, NY jrsarchitect.com
$3.860
$63.000
.115
15
73
65 DAS ARCHITECTS Philadelphia dasarchitects.com
$3.850
NR
1.000
21
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66 MOJO STUMER ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS Greenvale, NY mojostumer.com
$3.800
$36.000
.225
23
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67 DBI ARCHITECTS Reston, VA dbia.com
$3.709
NR
NR
35
32
68 SOSH ARCHITECTS Atlantic City sosharch.com
$3.680
$.838
.580
25
53
69 HATCH DESIGN GROUP Costa Mesa, CA hatchdesign.com
$3.629
$75.408
.232
28
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70 KLAWITER AND ASSOCIATES Los Angeles klawiter.com
$3.510
$4.000
1.000
17
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71 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT CO. Agoura Hills, CA designdevelopment-group.com
$3.500
$12.000
NR
10
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72 PARISI PORTFOLIO San Diego parisiportfolio.com
$3.500
$3.000
5.900
12
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73 PARKER-TORRES DESIGN Sudbury, MA parkertorres.com
$3.500
NR
NR
26
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74 JOI-DESIGN Hamburg, Germany joi-design.com
$3.400
$45.000
NR
34
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75 C+TC DESIGN STUDIO Atlanta ctcdesignstudio.com
$3.308
NR
NR
30
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76 HVS DESIGN Rockville, MD hvsdesign.com
$3.200
$45.000
3.000
17
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77 MCCARTHY NORDBURG Phoenix mccarthynordburg.com
$3.200
NR
1.300
12
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78 KAY LANG + ASSOCIATES Los Angeles kaylangassocs.com
$3.150
$433.000
.428
19
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79 KLAI JUBA WALD ARCHITECTURE + INTERIORS Las Vegas klaijuba.com
$3.110
NR
NR
19
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80 BALLINGER Philadelphia ballinger.com
$3.100
$292.784
1.673
22
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SPACESMITH New York spacesmith.com
82 FLICK MARS Dallas flickmars.com
$3.100
$78.500
.283
20
$3.090
$3000.000
15.000
17
8 3 HAPSTAKDEMETRIOU+ Washington hd-ad.com $3.000 $2.000 .420 39 84 BBGM/MONOGRAM Washington bbgm.com
$2.900
NR
NR
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8 5 PHILPOTTS INTERIORS Honolulu philpotts.net $2.897 $7.245 NR 22
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86 C2 LIMITED DESIGN ASSOCIATES Fairfield, CT c2limited.com
$2.850
$1.275
NR
10
87 IEI GROUP Philadelphia ieigroup.com
$2.800
$150.000
3.000
14
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88 K2M DESIGN Cleveland k2mdesign.com
$2.750
$55.000
6.200
13
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89 INDIDESIGN Los Angeles indidesign.com
$2.600
$500.000
NR
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90 //3877 Washington 3877.design
$2.550
$6.000
1.000
21
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91 GH2 ARCHITECTS Tulsa, OK gh2.com
$2.525
NR
NR
12
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DAWSON DESIGN ASSOCIATES Seattle dawsondesignassociates.com
$2.500
$175.000
NR
16
61
93 HIXSON ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, INTERIORS Cincinnati hixson-inc.com
$2.500
$30.000
NR
11
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94 DESIGN DIRECTIONS INTERNATIONAL Marietta, GA ddi.cc
$2.455
$95.000
3.200
9
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95 CETRARUDDY ARCHITECTURE New York cetraruddy.com
$2.400
$93.000
.750
21
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96 THOMPSON HANCOCK WITTE & ASSOCIATES Atlanta thw.com
$2.400
$15.893
2.391
50
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97 EDI INTERNATIONAL Houston edi-international.com
$2.307
$16.500
.400
10
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98 GALLUN SNOW ASSOCIATES Denver gallunsnow.com
$2.284
$91.999
1.222
16
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99 PUCCINI GROUP San Francisco puccinigroup.com
$2.250
$10.000
.500
21
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100 STUDIO DADO Coral Gables, FL studiodado.com
$2.245
$1100.000
2.950
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firms with most fee growth (in millions)
firm
2018 design fees
Hord Coplan Macht
8.750
5.000
Wright Heerema Architects
8.440
5.200
TVSDesign
8.082
5.227
Dialog
8.300
5.561
OZ Architecture
7.000
4.414
DesignAgency
5.655
3.138
MSA Architecture + Design
6.158
3.720
KNA Design
7.400
5.000
H. Hendy Associates
7.500
5.300
Gray Design Group
5.006
2.961
2017 design fees
designer $125
principal/ partner $237
other design staff $100
project manager/ job captain $175 median hourly rate
designer $70.000 principal/ partner $150.000
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other design staff $51,000
project manager/ job captain $92.000
median annual salary
FROM LEFT: COURTESY OF CETRARUDDY ARCHITECTURE; JAMES EWING; COURTESY OF FXCOLLABORATIVE; HALKIN MASON PHOTOGRAPHY
new business/diversifying 49%
recruiting qualified staff 89%
retaining qualified staff 46%
training staff 37%
marketing capabilities 26%
staff pay and benefits 25%
managing growing need for sustainable design 5%
managing vendors 11%
cutting-edge design solutions 16%
interference from client consultants 22%
uncertain economy 32%
client’s willingness to pay what it’s worth 63%
understanding design value 58%
managing client expectation 47%
finding new clients 43%
willingness to take design risks 33%
handling micromanaging clients 26%
retaining current clients 22%
practice issues
client demands 65%
client issues
earning appropriate fees 71%
tracking profits and expenses 9%
business issues
R I S I N G giants real-estate development 78%
urban dwelling 44%
% of firms working on residential projects
suburban 28%
weekend/ vacation 23%
other 16%
project categories new construction 41%
renovation 59%
domestic 91%
international 9%
From left: The ARO apartment building in New York is by Cetraruddy Architecture [95]. Ballinger [80] designed the A. James Clark Hall at the University of Maryland in College Park. A ground mural at 85 Broad Street in New York is by FXCollaborative [2]. Das Architects [65] designed the Cambria Hotel in Philadelphia.
office 72%
educational 36%
% of firms working on government projects
library 31%
medical 29%
courthouse/ correctional 25%
lab/training 20%
military 13%
other 13%
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fees by project type
actual (2018)
forecast (2019)
$165,345,528
office
$170,714,740
$135,258,914
hospitality
$153,033,495
$50,312,970
healthcare
$54,614,519
$47,985,874
residential
$50,347,389
$27,235,848
educational
$25,595,174
$20,658,492
retail
$26,731,939
$19,151,730
government
$19,386,082
$7,418,692
cultural
$8,454,861
$4,052,228
transportation
$5,575,250
$26,830,543
other
$33,627,240
most admired firms (voted by the 2019 rising giants) *These same three firms have been voted most admired for six straight years
Gensler Rockwell Group Yabu Pushelberg other (private/for profit) 8%
% of firms working on educational projects
k-12 51%
From top: Intec [31] designed the Project Sagamore at the EMD Serono Research Institute in Billerica, Massachusetts. An office for Bates White Economic Consulting in Washington is by HYL Architecture [50].
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college/university 83%
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firm
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PGAL
8
Looney and Associates
10
Kenneth Park Architects
21
CO Architects
27
Merriman Anderson Architects
33
Figure3
34
Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio
35
KCCT
38
E4H Environments for Health Architecture
52
Interprise Design
58
In Studio Design
72
Parisi Portfolio
75
C+TC Design Studio
82
Flick Mars
84
BBGM/Monogram
89
IndiDesign
90
//3877
93
Hixson Architecture, Engineering, Interiors
97
EDI International
98
Gallun Snow Associates
99
Puccini Group
100
Studio DADO
SILENCE ILLUMINATED asia/pacific rim 38% caribbean 33%
europe 36% canada 29%
africa 20% mexico 18%
middle east 11%
central/ south america 18%
international project locations methodology
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subtle and sustainable Ever eager to experiment with new materials, Patricia Urquiola embarked upon a reexamination of felt. The Interior Design Hall of Fame member challenged its traditional manufacture by commingling colors and yarn densities and upcycling castoff fibers, resulting in a terrazzolike appearance. She then began toying with shapes and tonalities, which eventually culminated in Nuances, a series for Gan consisting of three shapely rugs—Curve, Line, and Round— and a coordinating ottoman. Accented with hand-sewn stitching, the wool-viscose felt is fabricated in three colorways, including Naiad, named after the Greek mythological water nymph. gan-rugs.com
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Kelly Wearstler for The Rug Company
Raphael Navot for Roche Bobois
Rodger Stevens for Lindström Rugs
product Wellbeing. standout Free of any bleaches or dyes, the plush rug by the Studioilse founder is hand-knotted of Afghan wool. nanimarquina.com
product Bravado Graphite. standout Inspired by the custom runner in the designer’s own home, the rug’s high-energy bands in dark and light shades are Tibetan wool.
product Merge Dawn. standout Part of the multidisciplinary designer’s Nativ collection, the woolblend rug interprets sunrise with the gestural approach of an abstract painter. roche-bobois.com
product Embrace. standout The Parsons School of Design–trained sculptor switches mediums from wire to hand-knotted Tibetan wool, but retains his artwork’s signature loops and twists. lindstromrugs.com
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Rodolfo Dordoni for Amini
Julia Tonconogy of JT. Pfeiffer
Martino Gamper for CC-Tapis
Matt Berman and Andrew Kotchen for Warp & Weft
product RD Shade. standout Geometric shapes in fiery tones appear to overlap in the prolific Milanese architect’s rug formed from hand-twisted Tibetan wool.
product Amelia. standout Don’t be fooled by the jagged configuration on the company creative director’s rug, as it’s rendered in luxe Tibetan wool and Indian silk. jtpfeiffer.com
product Xequer. standout The classically trained sculptor turned designer corralled hand-knotted Himalayan wool, silk, and linen into an abstracted checkerboard pattern. cc-tapis.com
product Tidal A. standout Part of the Atlantic collection by the Workshop/APD founding principals, the rug’s contours recalling cresting waves are hand-tufted of merino wool. warpandweft.com
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Summer can be a time of renewal, and that’s doubly true for Deborah Osburn. The Clé Tile founder has transformed a warehouse in San Rafael, California, into a soaring 12,000-square-foot headquarters combining a showroom and teaching guild. At the same time, she became the exclusive U.S. distributor of Fornace Brioni, a century-old terra-cotta tile producer. Its new collection, Giardino all’Italiana, by creative director Cristina Celestino, was inspired by the manicured lawns and sculpted hedgerows of formal Italian gardens. Marbled non-vitreous tiles, in dusty shades of clay and mud, mix with solid-color variants, the mainly unglazed shapes striking a balance between linear and curvi linear. Through Clé Tile. cletile.com GIARDINO ALL’ITALIANA DEBORAH OSBURN
growing season
“The idea of designing nature is something I’ve long contemplated” —Cristina Celestino
collection TOP, BOTTOM: MATTIA BALSAMINI/COURTESY OF FORNACE BRIONI (2); CENTER: LAURIE FRANKEL
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“It’s about contrasts—and finding symmetry within asymmetry” WEST OF THE SUN
garden variety Within the pared-back symmetry of Japanese gardens, serenity and elegance coexist. Bohinc Studio founder Lara Bohinc recreates the milieu indoors with From the Sun to the Moon, a multi category line for Kasthall. “The rhythm was inspired by Zen gardens, mixing full areas with empty spaces,” she explains, the patterns pitting rounded and curvy against straight and angular, her characteristic style. The West of the Sun rug is constructed of wool, some ele ments tufted using overspun felting yarn, so the cut-and-loop pile creates a bouclé texture. North Pole is a tufted-wool wall hanging with linen accents and fringe topped with a semicircle of brass. Throw pillows round out the series. kasthall.com
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BOTTOM: EMIL FAGANDE
NORTH POLE
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PUZZLE
DONUTS
For designer Richard Hutten, helming the art direction for the Freedom collection by Carpet Sign meant showcasing the extreme possibilities of robot-assisted rug production. The Droog co-founder was tapped by the manufacturer to enlist his native country’s foremost creative talents, who in turn unveiled their woolbased creations at this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. Among them: Jólan van der Wiel’s tufted Tropical Tapestry, which forewarns of climate change; Wim Bos’s Pagoda, a riff on Chinese architecture; and Hutten’s own Rainbow Mountains, its computer-generated gradient evoking the Peruvian landscape. Rianne Makkink and Jurgen Bey of Studio Makkink & Bey contributed QR, which accesses an online gallery when scanned; Sabine Marcelis baked up Donuts, an aptly titled grid of circles; and MVRDV’s Jacob van Rijs produced Puzzle, which interlocks different scrap material in each iteration. carpetsign.nl
SABINE MARCELIS, JOLÁN VAN DER WIEL, RIANNE MAKKINK, FEICO DIEUDONNÉ, WIM BOS, RICHARD HUTTEN, JACOB VAN RIJS
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“We “ We designed within the boundaries of rug production but also pushed them” M A R K E T collection flooring
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Frank Bowling for Odabashian product Sacha Jason Guyana Dreams. standout Just in time for the painter’s retrospective at Tate Britain comes this limited-edition woolsilk rug, its title and vibrant surface derived from his acrylic on canvas named for his son’s inaugural visit to Guyana, Bowling’s homeland. Through Hales Gallery. halesgallery.com
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for Lucy Tupu product The Double Way. standout Adapted from ink on paper works by the New Zealand painter, the rug’s quatrefoils, a Gimblett signature motif, are hand-knotted in Nepal of Tibetan wool and silk and GoodWeave– certified, guaranteeing no child labor was involved in its production. lucytupu.com
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1. Zoom Reef Shade tile in porcelain by Lea Ceramiche. ceramichelea.it 2. ZYX Amazonia and Tropic tile in ceramic in Emerald by Colorker Group. zyxspace.com 3. NewDecò tile in porcelain in Palladian Light by Ceramica Sant’Agostino. ceramicasantagostino.it 4. Dash tile in matte porcelain by Harmony. harmonyinspire.com. 5. Hex Nouveau tile in ceramic in Blue by Realonda. realonda.com 6. D_Segni Decoro Mix Scaglie tile in cement by Marazzi Group. marazzigroup.com 7. Decor Cotto tile in terra-cotta by Dune. dune.es 3 5
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“A biomimetic approach to architecture enables interdisciplinary thinking” —Achim Menges
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nature inspired Researchers from Universität Stuttgart in Germany look to a sea creature and advanced digital timber-fabrication methods to construct an event pavilion
EIGHTEEN researchers and craftsmen led by Universität Stuttgart professors Jan Knippers, a structural engineer, and Achim Menges, an architect
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1. To create the Buga Wood Pavilion for a horticultural show in nearby Heilbronn, Germany, researchers at Universität Stuttgart’s Institute for Computational Design and Construction and its Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design developed a robotic-manufacturing platform to CNC-cut geometric panels and form a segmented timber shell. 2. Composed of spruce laminate, a rubber waterproofing layer, and a larch plywood exterior, the individual segments were fabricated at Müllerblaustein Holzbauwerke, a local workshop. 3. Working on boom lifts, craftsmen assembled the structure on-site over 10 days. 4. The 376 segments were joined via steel bolts. 5. The pavilion’s form is based on the exoskeleton of the sea urchin. JULY.19
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Professional athletes and soccer moms work out side-by-side at the St. James, a training and wellness center in Northern Virginia by HKS text: rebecca dalzell photography: garrett rowland
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An Olympic swimmer, a quarterback from the NFL, and. . .members of the peewee hockey team. Rarely would you put them altogether. But at the St. James in Springfield, Virginia, they share the same turf—along with professional and recreational soccer players, Zumba participants, and young gymnasts. That broad appeal makes the St. James, which bills itself as a premier sports, wellness, and entertainment center with the motto “Welcome to your best,” unique in the Washington area. It also presented a challenge for Emily Macht, who, as the director of commercial interiors for HKS, spent more than four years designing the threestory, 435,000-square-foot facility. “The idea was that it would attract a diverse group of users,” Macht begins. As a marathon runner with two soccer-playing daughters, she was pretty much the target audience. “Everyone had to feel comfortable, not intimidated,” she says. “To strike the right balance, the center had to be sophisticated but still appealing for casual pickup basketball games, like at a park.” There would be more to it than flexible courts with height-adjustable nets. The developers were ambitious. Locals who met playing football at William & Mary, Kendrick Ashton and Craig Dixon had quit their jobs in finance and law, respectively, to build the St. James, which occupies a 20-acre suburban site. Their vision encompassed a regulation-size indoor soccer field and swimming pool, two ice rinks, squash courts, batting cages, a gymnastics center, and elite training equipment, plus a restaurant by celebrity chef Spike Mendelsohn and a spa. The sheer size of the St. James made the project daunting but Ashton and Dixon also specified an upscale, timeless atmosphere. Macht’s solution: Keep the design simple and let the sports speak for themselves.
Previous spread: Aluminum, concrete, and polycarbonate enclose the pool at the St. James, a fitness center in Springfield, Virginia, by HKS. Opposite top: Mechanical ducts run above the Olympic-size pool. Opposite bottom: Maple floors the regulation basketball court.
Top: Aluminum composite forms a canopy at the main entrance. Bottom: Acoustic ceiling tiles above the reception desk help temper sound in the double-height lobby.
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Top: Molded polyethylene seats overlook the eight squash courts. Center: Tables by Achella Design and modular sofas compose a lounge by the 37-foot-tall climbing wall. Bottom: Philippe Starck’s chair stands on vinyl flooring in the corner of a massage room. Opposite: The rubber-floored main corridor is lined with 26-foot digital vinyl murals of athletes.
She and her team began by organizing the floor plan. The clients envisioned an open, bright space, with abundant windows—exterior and interior—providing glimpses of the activity, “so people would feel engaged in a sport even if they’re not there to play it, creating a sense of excitement,” Macht notes. She centered the interconnected volumes around a main corridor, which has views of the basketball courts, soccer field, and climbing wall. A skylight runs the length of the building, reducing the reliance on LEDs. HKS has experience in athletics design, having built such complexes as the Dallas Cowboys’s AT&T Stadium and the Orlando, Florida, campus of the United States Tennis Association. But the firm had never packed over 30 sports under one roof. The team consulted specialists about the proper flooring for the gymnastics center and on where to hang scoreboards. Given that this was a high-end facility, Macht’s instinct was to bring in a rich mix of finishes, but her clients preferred a more minimal look. She had to work with a muted white-and-navy color palette, limited materials, and exposed ductwork. Says Macht: “We said, Let’s celebrate the structure,” which has a brawny exterior of corrugated metal, concrete, and sky-blue polycarbonate panels. “Inside, every-
“The idea was that the St.James would attract a diverse group of users”
thing was painted, detailed, and coordinated, her team triple-checking that all lighting was hung correctly. “Those are moves that elevate the design.” Gallons of crisp white paint cover walls and ceilings, creating a clean look throughout. Polished-concrete flooring and sleek furnishings signal that this is no YMCA. Macht had some leeway in the restaurant and the spa. “We felt it was important to bring more color and texture into those spaces,” she continues. At the cheekily named Vim & Victor, the all-day eatery, philodendron and agave plants separate the dining room, serving papaya salad and strip steak, from the café, where guests can plug in laptops and drink cardamom chai on sunny yellow-upholstered lounge chairs and sofas. Other furniture is restrained but luxe: blocky gray-upholstered armchairs, beech barstools by Hee Welling, and crisp white Eero Saarinen tables. Courted, the spa, also had to feel luxurious yet professional, since it offers medical treatments like cryotherapy as well as waxing and facials; a mom and a football player might get pedicures at the same time. At its reception, the oak-veneered desk and mirrored glass set a warm, refined tone, and in the 10 treatment rooms, each outfitted with a Philippe Starck Ghost chair, LED-lit coves cast a soft glow. There was also the issue of noise. Macht controlled acoustics in the spa, which sits above the basketball courts, by isolating it in a separate volume, essentially a box within a box. Sound-absorbing ceiling tiles keep shouts from ricocheting down the halls. In fact, despite the hum of activity, the entire building is remarkably 110
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quiet. “There’s a vibrancy, but it’s well-contained,” Macht says. “You can be engulfed in each space and experience it on its own, or you can walk down the main corridor and see it all.” And that “all” could be Major League Soccer team DC United training, the youth basketball league run by NBA star Kevin Durant practicing, or even a kids’ birthday party. Proof that the St. James is a slam dunk. PROJECT TEAM FRED ORTIZ; MIKE DRYE; JEFF VANDERSALL; SERGE PLISHEVSKY; HERB BLAIN; GARY INGLIS; JASON HUBER; NATHAN FERRANCE; INDY LAMBA; JONATHAN CANTWELL; G. JASON HENDRICKS: HKS. GENSLER: CUSTOM GRAPHICS. THORNTON TOMASETTI: STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. SMITH, SECKMAN, REID: MEP. BOHLER ENGINEER ING: CIVIL ENGINEER. L.F. JENNINGS: GENERAL CONTRACTOR. PRODUCT SOURCES FROM FRONT ALCOA ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS: METAL PANELS (FACADE). CPI DAYLIGHTING: POLYC AR BONATE PANELS. AQUATIC DESIGN & ENGINEERING: POOL DESIGN (POOL). MYRTHA POOLS: POOL. DUCTSOX: DUCTS. CONNOR SPORTS: FLOOR (BASKETBALL COURT). ATAS INTERNATIONAL: CUSTOM CANOPY (ENTRY). MASLAND CARPETS: RUG (LOBBY). ENCORE SEATING: CHAIRS, TABLE (LOBBY), TABLES (LOUNGE, HALL), CHAIRS (HALL). SUPER SKY PRODUCTS ENTERPRISES: SKYLIGHTS (LOBBY). DU PONT: DESK SOLID-SURFACING (LOBBY), COUNTERTOP SOLID-SURFACING (MASSAGE ROOM). HUSSEY SEATING COMPANY: SEATING (SQUASH AREA). ENTRE-PRISES: CLIMBING WALL (LOUNGE). STEELCASE: SOFA. FEELUX: MIRROR LIGHTING (MASSAGE ROOM). COBALT SURFACES: FLOOR (MASSAGE ROOM, SPA). FORMICA: CABINETRY (MASSAGE ROOM). KOHLER CO.: PULLS, SINK. DELTA: SINK FITTINGS. OAKWORKS: BED. KNOLLTEXTILES: WALL COVERING (MASSAGE ROOM, SPA). DESIGN WITHIN REACH: CHAIR (MASSAGE ROOM), LOW TABLES (CAFÉ). MANNINGTON COMMERICAL: FLOOR TILE (HALL). ASTROTURF: TURF (INDOOR FIELD). EGGERS INDUSTRIES: DESK MATERIAL (SPA). HERMAN MILLER: TABLES (SPA, CAFÉ). ALLERMUIR: GRAY CHAIRS (CAFÉ). OFS: YELLLOW CHAIRS. STYLEX: SECTIONAL. CB2: PLANTERS. HAY: BARSTOOLS. MUUTO: SIDE CHAIRS. THROUGHOUT UNIVERSAL CONCRETE: EXTERIOR CONCRETE. YKK AP AMERICA: CURTAIN WALL. DUCKPIN DESIGN: CUSTOM SIGNAGE. REGGIANI ILLUMI NAZIONE: RECESSED CEILING FIXTURES. ECOSENSE LIGHTING: COVE LIGHTING. ARMSTRONG: ACOUSTICAL CEILING TREATMENTS. BENJAMIN MOORE & CO.; SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY: PAINT.
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Opposite top: Major League Soccer team DC United practices on the FIFA regulation-size artificial-turf field, which also supports football and lacrosse games. Opposite bottom: Oak veneers the reception desk at Courted, the spa, its custom signage in gold-finished stainless steel.
Top: The facility encompasses 435,000 square feet. Bottom: Vim & Victor, the all-day cafĂŠ, is furnished with chairs by Iskos-Berlin and acoustical ceiling fins.
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a quiet place A sense of calm reigns at a country retreat in Napa Valley, California, by Pfau Long Architecture text: jeff book photography: art gray
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Despite the endless flow of thirsty tourists to its fancy wineries and gentrified towns, California’s Napa Valley remains first and forever an agricultural region. That heritage is aptly honored by a new residential compound planted amid the vineyards and designed by Pfau Long Architecture. (Pfau Long’s recent merger with Perkins + Will brings its residential and other expertise to the latter firm’s San Francisco studio, where Peter Pfau is now design director. For the time being, the combined practice will continue to use both firm names.) As a second home for a client in the hyperkinetic tech industry, “the place needed to be a relief from over-stimulation,” Pfau reports. “So, we aimed to create a relaxing, still environment.” A previous house had been removed, but the flat, 4.2-acre site was not a blank canvas. A quarter of it was wooded, with a mix of oaks, pines, redwoods, walnuts, and palms. The Pfau Long team collaborated with landscape architect Lutsko Associates on site planning. An access road bisecting the property was relocated to one side, creating a driveway that meanders through woods before turning into the motor court and revealing the main house all at once. “The arrival sequence peaks at the front door, with the
Previous spread: Backdropped by the Mayacamas Mountains, an open firepit blazes on the central terrace of a Napa Valley, California, retreat by Pfau Long Architecture. Top: In the living area, Rodolfo Dordoni sectional sofas gather round three sculptural cocktail tables by Belgian craftsman Kaspar Hamacher. Center: Parallel window walls with pivoting doors and barn-door-style sliding louvered screens frame both ends of the double-height entry hall. Bottom: In the open-plan kitchen, living, and dining areas, concrete forms the cus tom countertops, cast-in-situ fireplace, and steel-troweled flooring. Opposite: The dining terrace at the southern end of the house is partly overhung by the master suite, which has a carved-out balcony.
view through the central vaulted entry space to the landscape and mountains beyond,” Pfau says. Strikingly clad in Port Orford cedar, the house and its attendant guest cottage, pool house, pottery studio, and garage echo traditional agrarian structures. “Shapes with pitched roofs and wood siding are very evocative of rural buildings,” residential design director Melanie Turner says. “We treated the volumes as solids that we could carve away to make outdoor spaces and punch through to frame beautiful views.” A ladder was used to determine the ideal height for the house’s concrete plinth, so that even the ground-floor rooms enjoy vistas of the surrounding vineyards. The design gains clarity from the simplicity of its materials palette—wood, dark gray metal, concrete—and archetypal forms. The gable-ended main house is essentially a long, two-story barn intersected by smaller, similarly shaped volumes. Interiors defer to the architecture (and the views) with clean lines and muted hues. “We tried to let textures talk more than color, to express the materials,” Turner explains. “The client didn’t want something precious or polished.” Hence the extensive use of board-formed concrete— in the plinth, lower staircase, and indoor and outdoor fireplaces— and the beams and siding milled to show saw marks. 116
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The result embodies the California flair for indoor-outdoor living, and for blurring boundaries between the two. The lofty entrance hall frames the east-west arrival axis with two-story window walls at each end. Both feature a broad, glass pivot door and louvered wood screens on barn-door tracks that slide completely out of the way or close to deflect sunlight while admitting views. “We got excited by the character of that transparent center,” Pfau says. “The light quality can be quite beautiful with the louvers filtering it and casting patterns.” A long north-south corridor leads from the family room and two bedrooms at one end to living areas at the other; upstairs, a bridge across the entrance atrium links the master suite to a study, an exercise room, and a guest bedroom. Expansive glass sliders on opposite sides of the family room and the living area open to three adjacent terraces, creating an indoor/outdoor enfilade that runs the length of the house. The abundant doors and a number of operable skylights allow for cross-ventilation, one of several eco-friendly elements. “We are in the business of making every building as green as we can,” Pfau notes. The louvered screens cut heat gain while the concrete plinth acts as a thermal mass, both reducing the load on the Top: A custom cast-concrete ping-pong table on the north terrace can also be used for outdoor dining. Bottom: All the compound’s buildings, including the small ceramics studio between the main and pool houses, are clad in Port Orford cedar, a species native to northwestern California. Opposite: The pool house offers see-through views and cross-ventilation.
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hydronic heating and cooling system embedded in the floors. Further, the swimming pool has solar heating and the pool house pergola conceals cooling misters. And the landscape architect emphasized native and low-water plantings, including California live oaks, cork oaks, olive trees, meadow grasses, and a mix of ornamental grasses and hardy perennials that lend color yearround. The latter are planted behind the house in alternating bands that reflect the vineyards’ rhythmic rows. “It’s a low-maintenance, Mediterranean garden,” Lutsko project manager Andrea Kovol says. “But we also put in productive plantings such as fruit trees and a sizable vegetable garden.” While no one will mistake this for a working farm, the scattered outbuildings, which also include a pump house and a shed to store bikes and kayaks, fit the rural pattern. “The distribution of different
Top: Sieger Design’s fittings equip the open shower serving the pool area. Center: An Antonio Citterio armchair occupies a corner of the master bedroom. Bottom: The pool house’s steel-and-wood pergola offers built-in cooling misters. Opposite: Patricia Urquiola sectional sofas flank the board-formed concrete fireplace in the pool house.
structures on the site is space-making,” Pfau says. “They create zones and exist in dialogue with each other.” The result, Turner adds, is “many different spots to come together or find solitude.” In other words, it’s a soothing rural refuge from the hurly-burly of the urban circus to the south. PROJECT TEAM HELEN SCHNEIDER: PFAU LONG ARCHITECTURE. LUTSKO ASSOCIATES: LANDSCAPING CONSULTANT. ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING DESIGN: LIGHTING CONSULTANT. PLEXIS MEDIA: AUDIOVISUAL CONSULTANT. GFDS ENGINEERS: STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. ENGINEERING 350: MEP. DELTA CONSULTING & ENGINEERING: CIVIL ENGINEER. MAIDENSTONE: STONEWORK. GRASSI & ASSOCIATES: GENERAL CONTRACTOR. PRODUCT SOURCES FROM FRONT MINOTTI: SOFA (LIVING AREA). THROUGH ALMOND & COMPANY: COFFEE TABLES. JADA: WINDOW WALL, PIVOT DOOR (ENTRY). BOCCI: CHANDELIER. OCHRE: CHANDELIER (DINING AREA). DORNBRACHT: SINK FITTINGS (KITCHEN), SHOWER FITTINGS (OPEN SHOWER). DANAO LIVING: CHAISE LONGUES (POOL AREA). RODA: DINING CHAIRS. B&B ITALIA: CHAIR (BEDROOM), SOFAS (POOL HOUSE). BIG ASS FANS: CEILING FAN (BEDROOM). THROUGHOUT LOEWEN: CUSTOM WINDOWS. FLEETWOOD: CUSTOM SLIDING DOORS. PHOENIX WOODWORKS: CABINETRY.
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steeped in history Puro Łódź hotel by ASW Architekci and Superfutures honors the Polish city’s rich artistic past—and present
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Previous spread: Glass pendant fixtures and ‘60’s-inspired carpet, all custom, join Verner Panton seating in the cinema bar at Poland’s Puro Łódź hotel by ASW Architekci and Superfutures. Left, from top: A custom concrete screen separates the lobby from the lounge. Vintage movie posters hang in the conference room. Right, from top: The snack bar’s communal table is custom. Cast-in-place concrete forms flooring in reception and treads on the stair, which leads up to the cinema and conference room. Opposite: The coffered ceiling is also cast-in-place concrete.
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Puro Łódz ́ in Poland was far from an easy commission for Superfutures founder Andy Martin and ASW Architekci partners Michał Ankiersztajn, Dariusz Stankiewicz, and Jarosław Wron ́ski. It had taken Martin several years to persuade the owner of Puro Hotels to let him craft the 75,000-square-foot interior of the brand’s sixth property. “We had to convince him that we could offer something different,” Martin begins. Once they finally got the gig, the team found itself struggling with all sorts of spatial challenges in what Martin calls an “awkward site.” Puro Łódz ́ had a few differences of its own to offer. It stands between the neo-baroque Poznan ́ski Palace from 1903 and a renovated late 19th-century red-brick factory now a mixed-use complex. But the hotel is also a ground-up, five-story construction, so it’s both metaphorically and spatially lodged between the city’s industrial past and its future as a hip urban playground. That meant the building took the alinear form of a long, narrow rectangle, which, Martin says, “became one of the project’s unique qualities.” But, “It was extremely challenging from a design perspective. The common areas could be rearranged, but we were basically stuck with the footprint.” It wasn’t what he’d expected, but Superfutures made it work. Martin has been running a London firm called AMA for two decades. He launched Superfutures when companies began submitting requests for pro posals that required him to oversee the art direction of projects, and, as he puts it, “employing the necessary creatives.”
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Top: The bar’s plaster ceiling morphs into light fixtures. Bottom: The cinema’s 26 seats were inspired by the Eames lounge chair. Opposite top: Local illustrators Ilcat and Maciej Polak spray-painted the lobby’s site-specific mural. Opposite bottom: ArrmetLab designed the stools and chairs in the bistro.
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And Puro Łódz ́ is loaded with the work of creatives. Superfutures utilized the local artistic resources to design the hotel. Poland’s third largest city, it boasts several excellent art museums, the Herbst Palace Museum and Muzeum Sztuki among them, plus the renowned National Film School in Łódz ,́ and the interiors reflect that heritage. The firm worked with Puro Hotels art advisor, Zuzanna Zakaryan, who consults on all properties, to help select the modern art. She sought out the best students and graduates from the photography department of the film school as well as area craftspeople and illustrators. “Our collection is based on a young generation of emerging artists that not only fit with the spirit of the interiors and the city but are also a good investment,” she says. The seven suites feature original wall hangings by hometown weaving studio Tartaruga. Some of the 130 guest rooms feature original illustrations inspired by Łódz ’́ s famous interwar pioneers of avant-garde art, Katarzyna Kobro and Władysław Strzemin ́ski. The lobby staircase descends alongside a cinematic mural from local illustrators Ilcat and Maciej Polak. And contemporary painting and photography, as well as vintage film posters, populate the remainder of the project. That includes its crowning glory, Cinema Paradiso, an in-house movie theater that pays homage to Łódz ’́ s filmmaking culture. “We pushed to get a cinema into the scheme somewhere,” Martin says. “We tried the underground garage, an external one in the forecourt, but we finally decided it would get more use inside the hotel.” The second-floor space can also function as a meeting room, with the adjoining bar area great for break-out sessions. (There’s an official conference room on the same floor.) “Hotel guests often sit in their rooms to watch TV,” the architect continues, “so the cinema is an attempt at providing social activity.” Martin, who worked on the furniture selection closely with the owner, settled on a European-centric “dusting of new creative designs,” he says, to combine with his custom pieces throughout, including the chromatic 1960’s-inspired
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Left, from top: A Hans Wegner chair pulls up to a suite’s custom desk. Leather straps secure a guest room’s cushioned headboard. Right, from top: Bathroom tile is ceramic. The spa’s sauna is clad in custom wooden planks. Opposite: The suite’s lounge chair is also by Wegner.
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carpet in the cinema and conference room. Other pieces are what he calls “visual classics” with an eye toward comfort, such as the Verner Panton bar chairs and stools upholstered in plush turquoise or blush velvet. That palette extends to some walls, coated in saturated salmon, indigo, or teal paint. Guest rooms, however, are more restrained, with furnishings by the likes of Hans Wegner and millwork in pale tones; white ceramic tile lines guest bathrooms. And reception, with its desk that morphs into a stair, is outfitted almost entirely in gray concrete. While the hotel may honor classic elements of Polish life, it also features two restaurant concepts of today: a healthy snack bar serving smoothies and wholesome breakfasts at a long communal table and an organic bistro with a Thai vibe. There’s also a state-of-the-art spa with a view of Poznan ́ski Palace that Martin says shouldn’t be missed. In all, it’s an interior born from substantial artistic tension and original ideas. The project’s wealth of creative talent, Martin says, “adds another layer and complexity to the experience. It put us off balance a bit—and the guests benefit.” PROJECT TEAM MARTYNA ANTCZAK-GALANT; MICHAŁ KARYKOWSKI; HANNA SAWICKA; MARIA SWAROWSKA: ASW ARCHITEKCI. NADIA SOUSA; BEN WEBB; MITCH JAMES; KATHRINE H. BØRRESEN; ADRIAN JÖNSSON: SUPERFUTURES. ATRIUM: LIGHTING CONSULTANT. BUD-EKSPERT: STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. ELSA PROJEKT: ELECTRICAL ENGINEER. WISO: PLUMBING ENGINEER. HOTEL INWEST IRENEUSZ DUDEK: GENERAL CONTRACTOR. PRODUCT SOURCES FROM FRONT VERPLAN: CHAIRS, STOOLS (CINEMA BAR). WENART: CUSTOM TABLE (CONFERENCE ROOM), SIDE TABLE (SUITE). VIBIA: PENDANT FIXTURES (RECEPTION). ARRMET: STOOLS (BAR), CHAIRS, STOOLS (BISTRO). CALOI: CUSTOM CHAIRS (CINEMA). GUBI: LAMPS (SUITE). CARL HANSEN & SØN: CHAIRS (SUITE). CHELSOM: CUSTOM SCONCE (GUEST ROOM). HANSGROHE: SHOWER FITTINGS (BATHROOM). KVADRAT: CUR TAIN MATERIAL (SUITE). MUUTO: COCKTAIL TABLE. MOROSO: SOFA. THROUGHOUT EGE CARPETS: CUSTOM CARPET. KASTHALL: CUSTOM RUGS. ITNYS: FLOORING.
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For Western Union’s Denver headquarters, Gensler listened
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Previous spread: In a nook at the Gensler-designed Denver headquarters of Western Union, custom digitally printed photographs tell the company’s 168-year story. Top: Back-painted low-iron glass defines an elevator lobby. Bottom: The same level’s lounge-pantry hub, representing a Paris flea market, features Barbara Barry sofas and custom walnut shelving filled with company memorabilia. Opposite top: In the lounge-pantry hub based on a South American plaza, hand-painted ponderosa pine tables alternate with ottomans by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance. Opposite bottom: Seating by Jang Won Yoon fills a nook facing a world map of custom clocks set to the appropriate time zones.
Yes, they of the singing telegram and the currency transfer. Western Union has an illustrious heritage of innovation starting in 1851 with the intention to build a telegraph line connecting Buffalo to St. Louis and continuing a decade later with the debut of a transcontinental telegraph. Western Union also issued one of the first charge cards in 1914, offered a public facsimile service in 1935, and launched a commercial satellite in 1974. On a sweeter note, let’s not forget the CandyGram, introduced in 1959. Fast-forward to now to discover that the company has developed a robust digital platform and established a headquarters far from upstate New York. “Its roots in the Denver area run deep,” Gensler design principal and studio director Michelle Liebling reveals—24 years, to be exact. “But people don’t know they’re here.” That has changed with a move from suburban Englewood to a high-profile Gensler-designed spec building at the Denver Technological Center, part of a 42-acre campus anchored by light rail in the heart of the
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city’s burgeoning tech corridor. Western Union leased 250,000 square feet on eight of the building’s 16 floors and brought Gensler back for the interiors. Increasing visibility and making a commitment to Denver were the project’s intangibles. Its big driver, Liebling continues, was to help Western Union “recruit and retain” by supporting an about-face for a corporate culture previously siloed by a maze of enclosed offices in spread-out buildings. Needless to say, all this had to happen on a crazy schedule, 14 months from start to finish. “We were issuing drawing packages and designing while the interiors were simultaneously under construction,” she says. Connectivity, of course, is one of today’s buzzwords. It’s particularly pertinent to Western Union’s mantra of “moving money for better.” So Liebling emphasized workplace connections, not just among colleagues on a given level but also for the total population of 1,300 employees occupying the vertical campus. “We had to entice them to experience spaces outside their assigned location,” she explains. Her tactic? By giving different levels unique geographical identities, she created a global grand tour of destination amenities. Subtle and suggestive, absolutely. Literal or super-kitsch, no way. These “community hubs,” as she calls them, are based on regions where Western Union has a significant presence, and she developed thematic references accordingly. From the bottom up: a souk, as found in the Middle East; a Parisian marché aux puces, its furnishings intentionally mismatched; a town plaza typical of South America; a North American coffee bar where
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rows of mugs spell out, “We always connect with people. That is our DNA”; a night market from Singapore; an African home with clusters of basketlike pendant fixtures; and an international pub. Each is a lounge also conceived to be an informal lunch spot, paired with a pantry—there’s no corporate cafeteria. “People do go to various community hubs just to switch it up for something different,” Liebling notes, having observed during post-occupancy visits. “They’re used all day, and each has its own sensibility. Some are quiet, some intense and vibrant.” Proof of concept. The hubs furthermore determine the corresponding level’s signature color, as in emerald green for South America or blue, like jeans, for North America.
Color coding starts with the elevator lobbies’ back-painted glass walls and carries through to the office areas, where a mural interprets the moneymoving logo as pertaining to that level’s theme. “You have to walk past it to get to the community hub,” she explains. Which brings us to the broad strokes of workplace configuration. Slim, low workstations hug the window walls, which provide breathtaking views of the Rocky Mountains, to say nothing of the brilliant sunlight. Private offices and an array of meeting rooms are inboard. Of course, there’s a stadium stair. It rises from a carpeted area with reconfigurable seating, used for presentations, to arrive at the very top level, where the executives work. Here, the CEO occupies his personal 4,800-square-foot domain, and 32 can gather at the boardroom’s horseshoe-shape table. The top two levels are the only ones not to feature what Liebling calls “focus nooks.” These niches—ad hoc meeting venues ablaze with graphics evoking the geographical location in question—add both visual interest and functionality along the typically underused corridors between private offices and the base building core. One particular nook best tells the story of Western Union’s evolution from daring pioneer to global enterprise. Behind a row of green lounge sofas, a black-and-white photomontage shows folks from around the world, through the decades. Mounted in front of the photos are two actual bicycles, one vintage and the other a new racing bike. The former
Top: Blue is the signature color for the North America level. Bottom: Its coffee bar combines butcher block and encaustic cement tile. Opposite top: The oak stadium stair descends from the executive level to the presentation area. Opposite bottom: Carrara marble tops the boardroom’s custom table.
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represents Western Union’s original form of delivery service. The latter looks to the future, alluding to efficiency and speed. Emblazoned on the rear wheel’s solid disk, yellow capital letters proclaim: “Always moving. Always innovating. Always connecting.” PROJECT TEAM ERIN VINEZEANO; CHRISTY HEADLEE; ABIGAIL PARR; LAUREN HUCEK; LENNY CAMARGO; JON GAMBRILL; LINDSAY SALAZAR; ALEX ILAOA: GENSLER. ROCK SKIP: GRAPHICS CONSULTANT. CHARTER SILLS: LIGHTING CONSULTANT. FORTIS STRUCTURAL: STRUCT URAL ENGINEER. WOODCRAFT UNL IMITED: WOODWORK. HOWELL CONSTRUCTION: GENERAL CONTRACTOR. PRODUCT SOURCES FROM FRONT MARTIN BRATTRUD: LOUNGE SOFAS (NOOKS). KVADRAT: LOUNGE SOFA UPHOLSTERY. HBF: SOFAS (PARIS HUB), TABLE, CHAIRS (MEETING ROOM). SANDLER SEATING: CHAIRS (PARIS HUB). RH: RECTANGULAR TABLE. HEKMAN FURNITURE: ROUND TABLE. HERMAN MILLER THROUGH HIVE MODERN: PEDESTAL TABLE. SCOTT GROUP STUDIO: RUG. PFEIFER STUDIO: WHITE SIDE TABLE (PARIS HUB), SIDE TABLES (SOUTH AMERICA HUB), STOOLS (AFRICA HUB). SINA PEARSON: STRIPED OTTOMAN FABRIC (SOUTH AMERICA HUB). KNOLLTEXTILES: SOLID OTTOMAN FABRIC (SOUTH AMERICA HUB), CHAIR FABRIC (MEETING ROOM). JANUS ET CIE: TABLES (SOUTH AMERICA HUB). MAGIS: CHAIRS. XGRASS: TURF. BERNHARDT DESIGN: OTTOMANS (SOUTH AMERICA HUB), BOOTHS, TABLES, BOOTH UPHOLSTERY, CUSHION UPHOLSTERY (NOOK). HIGHTOWER: BENCH, ARM CHAIRS (SOUTH AMERICA HUB), ARMCHAIRS (AFRICA HUB). KENTWOOD FLOORS: PLATFORM (SOUTH AMERICA HUB), STADIUM (STADIUM STAIR). MODE RNUS: SLIDING GLASS DOORS. GRAND RAPIDS CHAIR COMPANY: STOOLS (COFFEE BAR), CUSTOM COMMUNAL TABLE (AFRICA HUB). CLÉ: ISLAND TILE (COFF EE BAR). MARSET: PENDANT FIXTURES. STYLEX: SECTIONAL (STADIUM STAIR). HBF TEXTILES: SECTIONAL UPHOLSTERY. TIGER LEATHER: BENCH UPHOLSTERY. CENTERLIGHT: LINEAR LIGHTING. AKTURA: CEILING PANELS. FLOR: CARPET TILE (STADIUM STAIR, BOARDROOM, AFRICA HUB). TUOHY: CUSTOM TABLE (BOARDROOM). WILKHAN: CHAIRS. NEWMAT: ACOUSTICAL STRETCH CEILING. FILZFELT: WALL COVERING. LOWENSTEIN THROUGH OFS: SECTIONAL (AFRICA HUB). CAMIRA: SECTIONAL FABRIC. MOROSO: COFFEE TABLE. OFFECCT: LOUNGE CHAIRS. PAOLA LENTI: FOLDING CHAIRS. EL TORRENT: PENDANT FIXTURES. VARIANCE SPECIALTY FINISHES: VENETIAN PLASTER. THROUGHOUT BENJAMIN MOORE & CO.; DRYFALL PAINT; SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COM PANY: PAINT. PREMIER PRESS: CUSTOM GRAPHIC FILM, CUSTOM WALL COVERING. MDC: ACOUSTIC CEILING BAFFLES. BIRCHWOOD LIGHTING; FOCAL POINT; LUMINII; 3G LIGHTING; V2 LIGHTING GROUP: LIGHTING. ACME SCENIC: CUSTOM WALL TREATMENTS, CUSTOM CLOCKS.
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Opposite top, from left: Yellow denotes Africa. Printed to resemble telegram stamps, MDF panels line a nook furnished with lounge sofas by Graham Design. Opposite bottom: Todd Bracher Studio chairs gather in a meeting room where wool felt covers a wall. Below: Paola Lenti folding chairs sit near the African lounge-pantry hub’s assemblage of straw and rattan baskets.
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paradise in puglia Ludovica+Roberto Palomba transforms a 19th-century home into the exquisite Palazzo Daniele, a boutique Italian hotel text: edie cohen
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For well-traveled Italophiles having already summered in the usual hot spots—Portofino, Positano, Capri—another, more remote locale beckons of late: Puglia, at the tip of the boot’s heel. It’s there, in the village of Gagliano del Capo, where the Adriatic and Ionian seas collide, that Palazzo Daniele, an ancient ancestral home transformed into a nine-suite hotel, is constituting a major draw. Grazie goes to the team: architects Roberto Palomba and Ludovica Serafini of Ludovica+Roberto PalombaPalomba Serafini Associati, GS Collection founder Gabriele Salini, and Francesco Petrucci. The latter’s family has owned the property for five generations since its construction in 1861, the year of Italy’s unification. Ludovica+Roberto Palomba may seem a stretch for the commission. Although the Milan-based studio is known globally for top-tier product design, it had few hospitality-design credits. But, years ago, a mutual friend introduced the married principals to Petrucci, who, after visiting their poetic, whitewashed summer residence—a renovated oil mill in nearby Sogliano Cavour—hired them for the project. “Francesco asked us to re-invent his home as an artists’ residence,” Palomba describes the initial intent of the client, who is a philanthropist, major art collector, and founder of the Puglia-based nonprofit Capo D’Arte. 140
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Previous spread: At the Palazzo Daniele, a former house turned boutique hotel in Puglia, Italy, by Ludovica+Roberto PalombaPalomba Serafini Associati, frescoes from the early 20th century appear in the Kaffeehaus, where coffee and tea are served. Photography: Serena Eller. Left: One of the three salons, also with original fresco, is furnished with vintage bookshelves and seating designed by Ludovica+Roberto Palomba. Photography: Renée Kemps. Right, from top: The glassfaced kitchen overlooks a black-tiled swim ming pool, both new. Another salon is more intimately scaled, its walls treated with a scialbatura finish and the armoire vintage. Photography: Serena Eller.
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“Instead of him living alone there, it would be another way to use it.” He and Serafini’s initial guiding concept centered on emptiness. Or, as Serafini puts it: “to restore the spaces to their core essentials.” As their work neared completion, enter Salini, who also considers Puglia a second home. “He saw its potential as a hotel,” Palomba notes. Given the project’s new incarnation, the architects’ commission expanded to include furniture selection. Still, Serafini adds, there would be only a “few functional elements.” As for Salini, he envisioned a place “of contemporary nostalgia, one that resembles a private property where visitors feel like intimate guests at a grand palazzo.” If it sounds contradictory in terms of aesthetics, we thought so too. But it turns out that minimalism and the palazzo’s neoclassicism, its ornate wall and ceiling frescoes and intricate mosaic floor tile, are actually highly complementary, the result binding design, history, authenticity, and art. Originally designed by local architect Domenico Malinconico, the 7,500-square-foot, stone-and-plaster structure comprises two wings flanking a courtyard, “the architectural centerpiece,” Salini says. Palomba and Serafini retained many original
elements, celebrating the majestic volumes and their centuries-old frescoes. They stripped away wall coverings, replacing them with gentle washes of blues and celadons inspired by the glorious paintings. “It’s clearly new,” Palomba says, “but in keeping with the sense of the place.” The hotel’s interior public areas are predominently in one wing. They include a trio of salonlike “common” spaces, as the architects call them, two double-height with frescoes, one of which leads to an intimate bar called Holy Spirits. The third, more human-scaled space is the salotto, or living room. All are sparsely furnished with the streamlined Lirico seating the couple designed for Driade along with select vintage pieces. The junior suites, each upwards of 300 square feet, are in this same wing. Though individually unique, they share one element: Each has a wall hosting a black-and-white light-box work by Rome-based artist Simon d’Exéa. In fact, contemporary art
Opposite: Shielded by a custom perforated painted-steel screen, concrete steps lead to the hotel’s kitchen. Photography: Enrico Costantini. Top: There’s a bar off one of the salons. Center: The living room of the suite apart ment, which occupies an entire wing and has its own entrance, features sections of vintage columns as end tables, a custom cocktail table, and artwork by Mohamed Namou. Bottom: Ludovica+Roberto Palomba designed the custom sunbeds around the limestone-tiled pool terrace. Photography: Renée Kemps.
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Opposite: A junior suite’s ceiling fresco dates to the early 1900’s. Photography: Serena Eller. This page: Mosaic floor tile in another junior suite is also original. Photography: Renée Kemps.
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appears throughout the hotel, and it rotates under the curation of Petrucci. Currently on show are pieces by Carla Accardi, Roberto Cuoghi, Eva Jospin, and Christian Frosi. Bold works by Sergio Breviario and Mohamed Namou hang in the suite apartment, formerly Petrucci’s private domain, which occupies the other wing. At 2,200 square feet, it offers comprehensive quarters: three bedrooms and bathrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a dining room as well as private access. At the rear of the property, another original component stands amid a verdant orangerie. Its insides a riot of polychromed surfaces that have held up over the decades, the structure was originally a folly, but is now the Kaffeehaus. It’s where guests can enjoy coffee, tea, or aperitivo as well as commissioned private dinners, all of which are prepared in a kitchen attached to the main wing of the hotel. That brings us to the project’s new elements. Said kitchen is a glass-faced addition reached via concrete steps shielded by a perforated steel screen painted black, all new. (The hotel does not have an official restaurant, but breakfast and lunch are served in the kitchen.) Nearby is the recently installed swimming
pool, its inky black tiles retaining the water’s heat for the six months that Puglia sees summer. The Palazzo Daniele suites aren’t all restoration and renovation either. Their bathrooms have modern interventions in the way of fixtures and fittings, most designed by Palomba and Serafini. One suite even has a bona fide contemporary-art installation: A rain shower takes advantage of the room’s vaulted ceiling, cascading water some 10 feet down onto a guest standing in a large round basin created by Milan artist Andrea Sala. It’s like a luxurious baptism. PROJECT TEAM FRANCESCO BIANCONI; ANITA MARIA CINTIA SALA: LUDOVICA+ROBERTO PALOMBA-PALOMBA SERAFINI ASSOCIATI. PRODUCT SOURCES FROM FRONT DRIADE: SECTIONAL (SALONS), CHAIR (JUNIOR SUITE). MAISONS DU MONDE: UMBRELLA (POOL TERRACE). SYS PISCINE: POOL. LA TESSITURA DI ANTONIA CALABRESE: BED DING (JUNIOR SUITES). IKEA: SCONCE. ZUCCH ETTI: RAIN SHOWER FITTING (BATHROOM). CERAMICA FLAMINIA: DOUBLE SINKS.
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summer fun Kids are the client for imaginative spaces, installations, and creations from New York to China
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X+Living project Loong Swim Club, Suzhou, China. standout Wavy leather-upholstered lounge seating and the pool’s dropletlike iron drums recalling condensation signal an aquatic theme at the parent-child swim center integrating leisure and entertainment. photography Shao Feng.
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Tri-Lox project Nest, Brooklyn, New York. standout Inspired by the baya weaverbird nest, a reclaimed-cedar structure made from New York water towers is paired with plant-based turf to transform the roof of Brooklyn Children’s Museum into a climbable playscape. photography Arion Doerr.
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“We brought the water tower back to the rooftop, in altered form”
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Wutopia Lab project Lolly-Laputan Kids Café, Dailan, China. standout Aiming to mix education with entertainment, the restaurantamusement venue beckons with a painted perforated-aluminum facade, followed by rooms with a carousel and a slide under acrylic “clouds.” photography CreatAR Images.
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Luo Studio project Shared Lady Beetle Library, Beijing. standout A bicycle repurposed into a mini mobile library roams the city sharing its contents, the tomes sheltered by operable insect-reminiscent wings made of sheet metal salvaged from old cars. photography Jin Weiqi.
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“Living in an urban area, I’ve been thinking about how to reuse abandoned bicycles”
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B O O K s edited by Stanley Abercrombie Summer Houses by the Sea: The Shingle Style by Bret Morgan New York: Rizzoli International Publications, $65 272 pages, 180 color illustrations
As this book acknowledges, the “shingle style” was named and defined by historian Vincent Scully in his 1955 book The Shingle Style and the Stick Style: Architectural Theory and Design from Downing to the Origins of Wright. Scully told us where “In the best Shingle Style arthis very American style came chitecture, gentle principles from and how it developed, but and humane purposes endure” its illustrations were small and only in black-and-white. Now we have a sequel that, with big, handsome color images, lets us feel what being around and inside these houses must have been like. The 22 examples shown here begin with the Casino, an 1881 social club in Newport, Rhode Island, by McKim, Mead & White (also shown by Scully). As we progress more or less chronologically toward the present, some designs seem fully in the spirit of their shingle-style forbears, such as Robert A. M. Stern Architect’s 1983 house on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, while others, such as Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown’s 1985 house on Long Island’s East Island, seem freer from their precedents and more idiosyncratic. (Both Robert A.M. Stern and Robert Venturi, interestingly, knew and admired Scully when he was teaching at Yale.) But the glory of this book is not its scholarship but its photography by author Bret Morgan, well presented in Marco Gallerizzo’s pitch-perfect book design, which, like these houses, has a comfortable sense of luxury without pretense.
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What They’re Reading... Brent Capron Design director of interiors at Perkins + Will
Nobody’s Fool by Richard Russo New York: Vintage Books, $16 549 pages
“I’m a huge Richard Russo fan, this is the 11th book of his I’ve read. Set in a bluecollar community in upstate New York, it appealed to me as a character study of everyday people. I love following them through their day finding nuggets of human connection and insight into the small victories of daily life. The book is a fresh reminder of how complex personal experiences are dictated by proximity. As interior designers, we are charged with shaping the experience of those occupying our spaces and having an acute awareness of how proximity affects lives. Collaboration and social spaces are not just supporting productive work and a healthy and balanced lifestyle but are also setting the stage for the formation of social bonds that have a lasting effect on the lives of those that experience them. Understanding the intimacy of that experience and its connection to culture is essential to the success of the work we do.”
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DESIGNERS IN SPECIAL FEATURE Luo Studio (“Summer Fun,” page 148), luostudio.cn. Tri-Lox (“Summer Fun,” page 148), tri-lox.com.
Garrett Rowland (“Team Building,” page 106), garrettrowland.com. Anna Stathaki (“Steeped in History,” page 122), annastathaki.com.
Wutopia Lab (“Summer Fun,” page 148), wutopialab.com.
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X+Living (“Summer Fun,” page 148), xl-muse.com.
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PHOTOGRAPHERS IN FEATURES
DESIGNER IN WALK-THROUGH
Serena Eller (“Paradise in Puglia,” page 138), serenaeller.com.
Sabo Project (“The Cat’s Pajamas,” page 39), sabo-project.com.
Art Gray (“A Quiet Place,” page 114), artgrayphotography.com. Renée Kemps (“Paradise in Puglia,” page 138), reneekemps.com. ALEXANDRE DELAUNAY
Eric Laignel Photography (“Money Talks,” page 130), ericlaignel.com.
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One grew up in Karachi, Pakistan, the other in Boston. But their paths merged in Brooklyn, New York. That’s where Amna Ali and Jackie Brown met 10 years ago as graduate interior design students at Pratt Institute, learned they both had a background in art, and discovered their affinity for Scandinavian design. Cut to 2015, after each worked on their own exhibition-design projects, when the two women embarked on the journey that resulted in Gather Greene, their recently opened vacation retreat and event venue in the Hudson Valley. Located in Coxsackie, between the Berkshire and Catskill Mountains about two hours from the city, Gather Greene offers 17 guest cabins interspersed among the hills of a 100-acre former dairy farm. “It’s like you’re in a Thomas Cole painting” Ali says, referring to the founder of the Hudson River School movement. Each of the Scandi-simple cedar-clad cabins takes full advantage of the verdant setting by having an end wall consisting of a single pane of glass, bringing the outdoors way in. Their 160-square-foot pine-lined interiors don’t try to compete with the views, containing no more than a kingsize bed. “The idea of scale and how the built space could amplify the experience were themes we kept considering,” Brown adds. Since part of the experience is glamping, rooms also offer air-conditioning, outlets, and a bathroom. As for the site’s name, it derives from gezellig, which is Dutch for convivial and cozy. —Wilson Barlow KELSEY ANN ROSE
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