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ON THE COVER Zannier Hotels Sonop features 10 luxury canvas tents amid an outcropping of boulders across 1⅓ acres of the Namib in southern Africa. Photography: Patricia Parinejad.

FEATURES 118 THE EMPTY QUARTER by William L. Hamilton

The vast nothingness of the African desert casts a hypnotic spell at Zannier Hotels Sonop, a luxury encampment in Namibia. 128 TRY NOT TO STARE by Edie Cohen

Showtime’s eye-catching Los Angeles office is a CannonDesign production. 136 FEMALE FIBER ARTISTS x4 by Rebecca Dalzell

These women form a tapestry of talent. 146 GRADUAL CHANGE by Mairi Beautyman

Department of Architecture Co. melds past and present at Little Shelter, a northern Thailand inn.

154 JOINT VENTURE by Joseph Giovannini

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Shantell Martin draws new life into an abandoned chapel on Governors Island in New York. 168 ROOM WITH A VIEW by Colleen Curry

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Sure enough, my current lifestyle serves well to highlight the caution inherent in that good ole saying! Being irrepressible when design is the topic at hand, I’ve often said that I’d be a happy camper if I could make an issue of Interior Design every week. A sort of wall-towall “permanent revolution” of design coverage was my idea of nirvana. Well, we haven’t quite reached a monthlyin-a-week pace yet, but with 12 regular issues, four Homes,

“be careful what you wish for” two product tabloids, and two newsstand special interest publications (called SIPs) annually, that’s 20 total—and an issue roughly every 2.5 weeks! We are really, really rocking here! (And my free time is spent in a semi-catatonic state watching The West Wing reruns.) Here’s the thing: In spite of our government’s best efforts to tick off the entire planet, design studios across the globe want to display their talent in our American window, and so our inventory of projects just keeps getting bigger. It also seems that the Millennials, who consider magazines something Gutenberg used to dabble in, change their tune after wrapping up a project, when they want to show off their craft to the “grown-ups,” aka the print publishing industry. The main impetus behind our colossal inventory and frenetic pace, however, is simply that design is everywhere, in everything, and matters to everyone. Architecture and interior design growth is nothing less than astonishing and our venues continue multiplying. No longer limited by the constraints of physical space, design today matters to, contributes to, and is discussed—from gender to identity—in all neighborhoods of social and cultural life. And the projects...they just keepon-a-coming! So, here’s—and cheers—to design! I and my amazing team (and they are the greatest!) will keep going ’til the wheels come off! xoxo,

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co-principal: Amata Luphaiboon. co-principal: Twitee Vajrabhaya Teparkum. firm site: Bangkok. firm size: 28 architects and designers. current projects: Commons Saladaeng building in Bangkok; Sala Bang-Pa-In Hotel in Ayuttaya, Thailand; Jianye Exhibition Center and Forest Hotel in Zhengzhou, China. honors: ARCASIA Award for Architecture; Design for Asia Grand Award; Excellence in Architectural Design Awards from Association of Siamese Architects. role model: Peter Zumthor for his poetic projects that blur the boundary between architecture and art. movies: Luphaiboon is a cinephile whose favorite genre is drama. moving: Teparkum runs marathons. departmentofarchitecture. co.th

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“Joint Venture,” page 154 principal: Sommer Schauer. current project: Malin+Goetz in Brooklyn, New York. senior associate: Tim Aarsen. current project: Hines headquarters in Houston. senior associate: Vivien Chin. current project: Peloton headquarters in New York. firm site: New York. firm size: 80 architects and designers.

“Sacred Script,” page 162 studio site: Jersey City. current projects: A solo exhibition opening May 2020 at the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut; Shantell Martin: Lines book being released in March 2020 by Heni Publishing. role model: “I’m trying to learn from everyone.”

sky: Sommer has traveled to all 48 contiguous states in the U.S. studies: Aarsen earned his architecture degree from Eindhoven University of Technology. soldering: Chin designs and sells cast-metal jewelry through nummynims.com. aplusi.com

teacher: Martin is an adjunct professor in the graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU. collaborator: She’d love to work with an architect on a building or a furniture brand on a chair or lamp collection. shantellmartin.art

Zannier Hotels Interiors “The Empty Quarter,” page 118 group director of interior design: Geraldine Dohogne. site: London. current projects: Zannier Hotels Bai San Hô in Qui Nhon,

Vietnam, and Zannier Hotels La Nopalera in Santa Maria de Xala, Mexico. honors: Asia Design Hotel Awards; AHEAD Award. role model: Designer Axel Vervoordt for his use of natural and raw materials. checking in: Dohogne imagines herself living in the hotels she designs. checking out: She incorporates colors and materials from the surrounding environment. zannierhotels.com

CannonDesign “Try Not To Stare,” page 128 principal: Chari Jalali, IIDA. office site: Los Angeles. office size: 92 architects and designers. current projects: Offices for Meyer, Olson, Lowy & Meyers in L.A.; AAA Amenities Automobile Club of Southern California in Costa Mesa; Atlassian in Mountain View, California. honors: IIDA Calibre awards. design principal: Robert Benson. office site: Chicago. office size: 200 architects and designers. current projects: DePaul University School of Cinematic Arts in Chicago; Republic Airways corporate campus in Indianapolis; Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland. honors: IIDA RED Award; AIA Chicago Divine Detail Award. role model: Artist Cindy Sherman for being a master of transformation. land: Jalali is training to run the Los Angeles Marathon. water: Benson swims laps every day. cannondesign.com

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Stop into the FLAG Art Foundation in New York this fall, and it may feel like you’ve walked into the past. As in three centuries ago past. It’s the effect of “Nicolas Party: Pastel,” featuring four enormous murals by the young artist along with a dozen other works by the likes of Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Loie Hollowell, and Chris Ofili, all either from or inspired by the Rococo period—and all in soft pastel. Conceived as a complete artwork, the environment spreads over two floors of the nonprofit contemporary-art institution, with built-in arches transforming the spaces and every room awash in Party’s signature saturated hues. In order for his pastels to remain intact, Party created and hand-applied a special wall primer that rendered the expanses tacky and rough, like sandpaper. Among his murals, one the largest he’s ever done in this medium, is his vibrant fruit drawing layered with JeanBaptiste Perronneau’s 18th-century portrait of a woman.

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Clockwise from top left: At the Liberty, Missouri, headquarters of accessories company Nickel & Suede, designed by Hufft, samples of leather used in the jewelry back the stained-oak stair. Custom restroom mirrors in the shape of the brand’s signature teardrop earrings (below). The conference room’s custom table and Meg Biram mural.

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It’s the usual success story: A Missouri mom/ fashion blogger needs statement earrings, so she crafts a pair from scrap leather in a simple teardrop shape. That was 2013. Today, the resulting Nickel & Suede, founded by Kilee Nickels and her husband Soren, is a multimillion-dollar company with 30 employees— plus part-time help from their five toddler sons. No longer able to work out of their basement, the Nickels turned to fellow Missourian, architect Matthew Hufft, to design their 12,500-square-foot headquarters in Liberty. Hufft and co-principal Jeff Kloch responded with elements inspired by N&S packaging and product. The charcoal-stained stair nods to the dark, minimal ribbon wrapping each gift box. The conference table was fabricated by Hufft’s in-house shop in the form of the brand’s Gem earrings, and it’s backed by a mural abstracting the letters in the company name. In restrooms, mirrors mimic the jewelry that started it all.

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Clockwise from top left: Among the Charles Simon line of handmade luggage, all wrapped in French leather, is the Mackenzie briefcase. The Rupert carry-on. Canadian wood, anodized aluminum, and retractable wheels and handles on the Bonaventure rolling suitcase.

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It was the early 2000’s when Charles Tremblay and Simon Maltais met in the mechanical engineering department at the École de Technologie Supérieure in Montreal. They knew they worked well together after winning a global student competition for designing, building, and driving a Formula SAE car. After graduating, Tremblay went on to a career in aeronautics, and Maltais in aerospace engineering. But they joined forces again in 2014 to found Charles Simon, a company that handmakes luxury travel pieces in Canada. Streamlined, precise, and handsome enough to be considered design objects, the collection is composed of the Rupert carry-on, the Bonaventure rolling suitcase, and the recently released Mackenzie briefcase. Aptly inspired by aerospace and aeronautics engineering, each skeleton is crafted of carbon panels and anodized aluminum for strength, durability, and lightness, and then clad in French leather and wood sourced from century-old logs submerged in Quebec’s lakes.

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: HONG QIANG; WANG NING (2)

Clockwise from top left: Half of the basement’s walls and ceiling is clad in the same panels but embedded with four-color LED strips. Its rear wall contains built-in aluminum shelving for shoe and accessory display. Formerly a residence, its 2004 neoclassical brick facade was painted to blend in with the surrounding centuries-old buildings. The central atrium’s steel staircase is adjacent to a 20-foot-tall green wall with live ferns. Flooring throughout is terrazzo.

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Playing with illusion for the Mirror Garden boutique in Beijing, Archstudio made the most of its site located in a traditional urban hutong. The narrow alleys were once populated by courtyard architecture dating to the Yuan Dynasty. Though many have been bulldozed, Archstudio founder Wenqiang Han has made a career of sensitively modernizing the ancestral buildings. After he merged five of these historic abodes into a teahouse, its husband-and-wife owners asked Han to help them with another project: converting a recently built residence nearby into a shop for the wife and a dining-event space for the husband, and adjusting the exterior of the building to blend with its centuries-old neighbors. Encompassing only 3,000 square feet across three levels, Han employed a series of mirrored

panels on walls and ceilings to not only seemingly enlarge the space but also add an element of playful disorientation. Furthermore, the panels amplify the natural light coming in from the former house’s existing courtyard; embedded LEDs along their edges allow moods to be changed at will. The ground floor is accessed through a small atrium, essentially a foyer that opens to the antiques section. Farther in is the central atrium, where a new staircase is bordered by a 20-foot plant wall that ties into the tall smoke tree growing outdoors in the courtyard. “The central atrium combines the stairs and the house’s original structural frame,” Han explains, “while the vertical greenery provides vitality and vigor.” Avantgarde women’s and men’s clothing are sold on the lower floor, OCT.19

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Clockwise from top left: Treads on the basement staircase are painted steel. A terrace adjoins the private dining room on the second floor. Garments in the basement are hung from steel wires.

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when WMG purchased the site, commissioned to conceive not a mere workplace but “social, transformable spaces, where artists could hang out,” Rockwell partner Greg Keffer recounts, “the project’s complexity was unique for us.” He’s referring to WMG West Coast having seven businesses, Atlantic Records, which has Cardi B on its roster, and Elektra, with Brandi Carlile, among them. The businesses were split up in three locations scattered around L.A. “Now, they would all be under one roof,” Keffer continues. “How to make everyone feel part of a big company was what WMG pushed us to solve—all our work is driven by creating a narrative of why people should be in the same space together.”

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Combine an august site, a prominent entertainment company, and top-notch architecture firms, and you’re likely to have a hit. Such is the case for the West Coast headquarters of Warner Music Group in Los Angeles, which occupies the former Ford Model T factory and showroom, designed in 1914 by Parkinson and Bergstrom and recently re-imagined by Rockwell Group and Rockefeller Kempel Architects. It was 2014 when the 240,000-squarefoot property, composed of a derelict fivestory tower plus a two-story annex, was spec renovated by RKA. The firm handled core and shell work, infrastructure, parking, and developing outdoor spaces. Rockwell signed on

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Clockwise from top left: At the office’s center stage, a hybrid all-hands-lounge space off reception, there’s an actual bandshell where musical performances take place. New bleached oak stairs connect the building’s top two floors, occupied by Warner Chappell Music. The same wood forms the Rhino label’s custom record wall. In recep tion, seating by Harri Korhonen stands beneath a custom acrylic chandelier neon-lit with all of WMG’s businesses. A Busk+Hertzog chair furnishes an artist lounge.

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This being the music world, a stage seemed fitting. Here, one lies off reception, and it’s the plan’s keystone, part all-hands and part concert area—there’s even a bandshell that nods to the Hollywood Bowl. To accommodate audiences—so far, Lizzo and Shea Diamond have performed there—Rockwell carved out a portion of the second floor to yield a 24-foot-high volume. The resulting stadium stair provides seating for some of the 600-count population; there’re also tiered lounges on the surrounding mezzanine. When the stage’s empty, the zones function as meeting and alternative work spaces. Speaking of which, office areas unfold on all five floors: Mostly music labels on the first three floors, and Warner Chappell Music, the publishing arm, on the top two, newly conjoined by a mini stadium stair. Rockwell was careful to celebrate each company’s identity in its workplace. Rhino, one of the oldest brands, has a retro vibe; the entry displays vinyl album covers. Warner Records, with such artists as Jason Derulo and Dua Lipa, is more street, with murals from

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Tristan Eaton, Shepherd Faiery, and KMNDZ commissioned by Norman Wonderly, Warner Records’s executive vice president of creative services. But all have access to artist lounges, sightlines to factory windows, and proximity to original mushroom-capped columns. They also all share the site’s commissary, which, with Keffer’s hospitality prowess, could easily be mistaken for a restaurant: Pale slatted millwork juxtaposes with handsome seating by the likes of Patricia Urquiola and Neri & Hu upholstered in striking blues. A similar blue appears on the rooftop water tower, newly branded with WMG’s logo. —Edie Cohen From top: Custom ottomans rest on original poured concrete flooring. A mural is by local artist Tristan Eaton. Custom logo-branded stools and Patricia Urquiola chairs join more bleached oak millwork in the 110-seat commissary. 58

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But his Popeye did inspire Jab, the 7-foottall fiberglass sculpture at Rumble, a New York fitness center specializing in boxing-inspired classes designed by Bright Architecture. “It was us rethinking the Instagram moment and branding opportunities,” Nathan Bright explains of the artwork and the entire 14,000-square-foot, five-story project, which includes concrete bleacher seating, two fitness studios, luxury women’s and men’s locker rooms, and a full-floor office for staff, in an environment that feels more gallery than gym. Also “gramable” are the 72 pairs of gloves backing the streamlined reception desk.

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We take it for granted, but lighting may be the most important characteristic of a building. When it goes wrong, so do our moods. Think about the lighting issues that affect built spaces: dimly or unevenly lit rooms and work areas. Uncomfortable glare. Hidden, unlabeled, or distant light switches. Flickering and buzzing overhead lamps. Incompatible technology. Good lighting design can help support the most important asset of a space: its people. Yet its benefits are often overlooked. The Lutron HXL approach is a multi-pronged solution that combines four elements of lighting design – quality light, natural light, connection to the outdoors, and adaptive and personalized control – to help make spaces more beautiful, create workplaces and residences that are more inviting, and most importantly, support occupant well-being and engagement.

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Konstantin Grcic, Jasper Morrison… With names like those designing your products, the shop in which they’re sold needs to be equally impactful. Jins Ginza Loft, a 900-square-foot Tokyo eyewear store, turned to Schemata Architects to do just that. But instead of flashy and luxe, Schemata president Jo Nagasaka went humble and unexpected, selecting hundreds of the everyday Scotch-Brite sponge to display goods. “It holds eyeglasses in the most gentle and stable way,” he says. Continuing the unpre tentiousness, the sponges and specs are lined up in prefabricated painted steel racks. interiordesign.net/schemata19 for more images of Jins

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In the newest evolution of Marea, Karim Rashid’s washbasin for Glass Design, the Interior Design Hall of Fame member trades metallics for chromatics. When first introduced in 2017, the amoebic pattern embedded in the mouth-blown glass surface was handsilkscreened in combinations of black, bronze, and gold. But this year, Rashid indulged his flair for flamboyance by adding five pastel colors to the range. Measuring nearly 16 inches in diameter and 6 high, the sink can now be specified in Lavender, Sage Green, Sky Blue, Yellow, and, perhaps most characteristic of the designer, his signature Powder Pink. glassdesign.it

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Already offering its custom wares in 24 shades, color isn’t unfamiliar territory for British cabinetry maker Plain English. But that doesn’t mean it can’t expand its offerings. Co-founder and creative director Katie Fontana, in collaboration with interior designer Rita Konig, unveils Colour, a new spectrum of water-based paints in eggshell, gloss, and emulsion finishes. Showcased in a Georgian farmhouse in Suffolk, the 12-shade line was, Konig says, “conceived to work in groups of three: a different color for under the counter, the wall, and the cabinet,” the idea exemplified in cheeky scrub-brush samples. Consider pairing the pastel Silver Polish and Cotton Pinny with the moodier gray-blue Bib and Braces. Or swap out one for a jolt of the saturated yellow Nicotine or zesty-orange Medlar Jelly. plainenglishdesign.co.uk

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materials study It started with a research project between David Binns and Alasdair Bremner at the University of Central Lancashire: investigating new ways to use waste for large-scale surfacing. Now, after co-founding Alusid, the ceramics professor and the PhD in refractory concrete, respectively, are launching their first commercial tile range based on the innovative recycled material they invented. Dubbed Sequel, it’s offered in three sizes and colors in a material made from 98 percent recycled glass, ceramic, and mineral waste, all combined by sintering, a process that utilizes heat and compression. Suitable for indoor and outdoor use, the tile is also completely recyclable itself. The line is available directly to the trade for the first time through architectural tile specialist Parkside. parkside.co.uk

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product Elements by Tecno. standout Sporting a palette of powder-coats in inky hues, the outdoor stainless-steel units by the new company creative director blur the line between kitchen cabinetry and furniture.

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scandinavian palate Clean lines with warmth. That’s the philosophy behind Note Design Studio, a collective of architects, designers, and strategists, headed by partners Kristoffer Fagerström and Daniel Heckscher, who bring the best of each discipline to the Swedish firm’s varied portfolio. Reform, meanwhile, is a Danish manufacturer with a unique approach: creating products that co ordinate with and upgrade IKEA’s simple, selfassembled furniture systems. Their collabora tion, Frame, offers cabinet fronts of quartersawn European oak veneer that fit IKEA Sektion bases. They come painted light blue or white or in natural dark oak, and with an optional solidsurfacing countertop. reformcph.com

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range in stainless steel powder-coated Sky Blue by BlueStar. 4. Maxima 2.2 kitchen in stainless steel and Fenix laminate in Fango by Cesar. 5. Hans Thyge & Co’s Ottavo faucet in steel by Quadro Design. 6. Elia Mangia’s Critter outdoor mobile kitchen station in aluminum and stainless steel powder-coated Orange by Stip. 7. Harley lavatory faucet in solid brass in Onyx PVD finish by Graff.

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developing diverse public spaces that encourage community and allow people to express themselves, whether it’s for work or play.” Meanwhile, the baby boomers are in the midst of retiring and traveling the world—and for the first time we’ve seen a real pop in the cruise ship design business. This sector has traditionally been a steady-yet-minor segment—when compared to, say, hotels; it accounts for less than 4 percent of overall fees— worth about $11 million in fees annually since 2016. This year, however, the fees leaped to $38 million and are forecasted to stay there. Firms are bullish: 18 percent say they’re doing more work in this space than two years ago (half that amount said so last year) and 27 percent expect more work in 2020, double from previous years. With the upswings, though, come some downward figures. Furniture & fixtures and construction products fell back this year. Last year’s $23.7 billion total was unusually wonderful, so it makes but this year’s $19.2 billion feel worse than it perhaps really is. But it is the first dip below the $20 billion mark in three years. Looking deeper into the numbers, construction products held steady, but the $7.1 billion in F&F is the lowest total since 2013. The overall 2020 forecast remains flat. In a similar vein: hospitality Giants totaled 4,900 projects last year, down from 5,400, and forecast 4,700 jobs for 2020. Square footage was

down, too, to 230 million from 299 million but, on the bright side, average fees per staffer leaped to $176,000, up from $162,000, the highest number ever recorded in our survey. Hospitality Giants shed more than 700 staff last year to come in right around 11,000, yet the number of interior designers rose by 800. The difference? Low-level personnel took a real hit here, but this roller coaster expects to climb again with 1,000 staff additions in 2020. The decreasing numbers are likely part of a larger story. Total fees across all segments came in at $2.3 billion for the hospitality Giants, a bump from $2 billion in 2018 that beat forecasts by $150 million, which looks good. However, looking ahead to 2020, the hospitality Giants predict the first overall revenue drop since we’ve begun keeping data. Not only do they foresee a $200 million drop to $2.1 billion next year, they see drops coming in corporate, government, healthcare, and educational areas. The only segment expected to grow? You guessed it: hospitality. As a result, the hospitality Giants see those fees jumping from 36 percent of their total pie to 41 percent (it should be noted that 31 of our 75 listed firms earn 100 percent of their fees from hospitality design). And even with the somewhat mixed 2020 forecast, 60 firms still believe they’ll hit positive territory next year. —Mike Zimmerman

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Everyone loves to tell stories about a good hospitality experience. Luckily for us, in the interior design business, the work itself is providing a good hospitality experience. As in, business is robust and growing within the sector. Interior Design’s top 200 Giants relied on the segment for 25 percent of their total fees last year. Meanwhile, our 75 hospitality Giants, the subject of this report, get a powerful 36 percent of all fees from this specialty. This year that number came in at $829 million, a 15-percent bump from last year’s $721 million, beating forecasts by $37 million. The hospitality Giants expect another $853 million in 2020. A total of 74 percent of firms saw positive growth (only 66 percent did the year before). The 10 highest-growing firms averaged a $6.1 million gain each, 38 percent higher than last year and the highest since 2014. We spotted two major trends in our data, and each seems to be attached to a demographic. First, we asked firms to tell us about things within their businesses that have been changing over time. The biggest, by far, is how much AI, 3-D, and VR have taken over the design, proposal, and walk-through processes. But actual design impact on finished product also bears a distinct millennial touch: “Experience has become the new social currency for millennials,” an ICrave rep says. “There’s been a shift from private to shared and multiuse spaces across hospitality projects. More and more, we’re

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$31.950

234

6 NELSON WORLDWIDE Minneapolis, nelsonworldwide.com

$30.678

758

13 10

2 GENSLER San Francisco, gensler.com

7 FORRESTPERKINS/PERKINS EASTMAN New York, forrestperkins.com/perkinseastman.com

$29.041

309

8 LEO A DALY Omaha, leoadaly.com

$28.299

$120.00

157

9 DALTON STEELMAN ARIAS & ANDERSON (DSAA) Las Vegas, dsaainteriors.com

$22.800

$986.31

2.23

10 HOK St. Louis, hok.com

$21.600

$700.00

7.00

342

11 PIERRE-YVES ROCHON Chicago, pyr-design.com

$20.813

$398.48

12 WIMBERLY INTERIORS New York, wimberlyinteriors.com

$15.700

13 BASKERVILL Richmond, VA, baskervill.com

$15.682

$338.19

14.91

14 JCJ ARCHITECTURE Hartford, jcj.com

$15.183

15 HKS Dallas, hksinc.com

$14.350

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16 BLVD INTERNATIONAL Shenzhen, China, blvd.com.cn

$13.675

5.99

106

17 POPULOUS Kansas City, MO, populous.com

$12.990

18 STONEHILL TAYLOR New York, stonehilltaylor.com

$12.942

$574.00

3.36

19 GETTYS GROUP Chicago, gettys.com

$12.672

$160.00

20 DLR GROUP Minneapolis, dlrgroup.com

$11.700

$178.00

3.38

142

21 MEYER DAVIS STUDIO New York, meyerdavis.com

$11.565

22 ROTTET STUDIO Houston, rottetstudio.com

$11.055

23 DAROFF DESIGN + DDI ARCHITECTS Philadelphia, daroffdesign.com

$10.604

$340.00

2.60

24 YABU PUSHELBERG Toronto, yabupushelberg.com

$10.400

25 DILEONARDO INTERNATIONAL Warwick, RI, dileonardo.com

$10.305

26 AVROKO New York, avroko.com

$9.645

$1.82

0.92

110

27 SIMEONE DEARY DESIGN GROUP Chicago, simeonedeary.com

$9.025

28 HFS CONCEPTS 4 Long Beach, CA, hfsc4.com

$8.625

$130.00

29 CHAMBERS Baltimore, chambersusa.com

$8.439

$73.00

3.10

30 RESORT INTERIORS Myrtle Beach, SC, resortinteriors.net

$7.881

31 CHAMPALIMAUD DESIGN New York, champalimauddesign.com

$7.800

32 ARIA GROUP ARCHITECTS Oak Park, IL, ariainc.com

$7.490

$172.00

1.70

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33 LOONEY AND ASSOCIATES Dallas, looney-associates.com

$7.152

$1,200.00

2.70

34 EDG DESIGN Novato, CA, edgdesign.com

$7.069

$310.00

0.92

35 PREMIER PROJECT MANAGEMENT Dallas, premierpm.com

$6.305

$80.00

25.00

36 JEFFREY BEERS INTERNATIONAL New York, jeffreybeers.com

$6.000

37 ICRAVE New York, icrave.com

$5.744

0.50

38 CBT Boston, cbtarchitects.com

$5.160

39 BAR NAPKIN PRODUCTIONS Phoenix, bnp-llc.com

$5.100

$65.00

1.00

40 SHEA Minneapolis, sheadesign.com

$4.817

$80.00

0.27

41 GREYMATTERS Singapore, grey-matters.com

$4.777

$275.00

2.50

42 KLAI JUBA WALD Las Vegas, klaijuba.com

$4.657

43 CHIL INTERIOR DESIGN Vancouver, CA, childesign.com

$4.452

$25.00

44 C+TC DESIGN STUDIO Atlanta, ctcdesignstudio.com

$4.034

45 STUDIO 11 DESIGN Dallas, studio11design.com

$4.032

46 JOI-DESIGN Hamburg, Germany, joi-design.com

$3.706

$52.00

47 KNA DESIGN Los Angeles, knadesign.com

$3.655

48 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT CO. Agoura Hills, CA, designdevelopment-group.com

$3.500

$20.00

0.20

49 C2 LIMITED DESIGN ASSOCIATES Fairfield, CT, c2limited.com

$3.500

$4.60

50 PARKER-TORRES DESIGN Sudbury, MA, parkertorres.com

$3.455

51 KAY LANG + ASSOCIATES Los Angeles, kaylangassocs.com

$3.401

$30.00

26.50

52 STUDIO DADO INC. Coral Gables, FL, studiodado.com

$3.343

$1,100.00

3.20

53 FLICK MARS Dallas, flickmars.com

$3.257

$45.00

3.00

54 HATCH DESIGN GROUP/IKONIK SUPPLY CO. Costa Mesa, CA, hatchdesign.com/ikoniksupply.com

$3.136

$91.51

0.26

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RANK 2018

55 INDIDESIGN Los Angeles, indidesign.com

$3.000

$30.00

56 NICOLEHOLLIS San Francisco, nicolehollis.com

$2.958

$15.80

0.27

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57 J. BANKS DESIGN GROUP Hilton Head Island, SC, jbanksdesign.com

$2.891

$8.64

1.18

58 BRAYTONHUGHES DESIGN STUDIOS San Francisco, bhdstudios.com

$2.850

59 DESIGN DIRECTIONS INTERNATIONAL Marietta, GA, designdirectionsinc.com

$2.832

$38.50

3.30

60 SMALLWOOD Atlanta, smallwood-us.com

$2.825

61 MERRIMAN ANDERSON/ARCHITECTS Dallas, merriman-maa.com

$2.704

$262.00

0.70

62 LAWRENCE GROUP St. Louis, thelawrencegroup.com

$2.646

$33.00

0.15

63 J/BRICE DESIGN INTERNATIONAL Boston, jbricedesign.com

$2.624

$405.00

1.05

64 DAWSON DESIGN ASSOCIATES Seattle, dawsondesignassociates.com

$2.500

$175.00

65 BBGM | MONOGRAM Washington, bbgm.com

$2.436

66 RULE JOY TRAMMELL + RUBIO Atlanta, rjtrdesign.com

$2.406

$2.86

1.30

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67 HVS DESIGN Rockville, MD, hvsdesign.com

$2.380

$45.00

3.15

68 //3877 Washington, 3877.design

$2.335

$80.00

1.40

69 HAPSTAKDEMETRIOU+ Washington, hd-ad.com

$2.100

$5.00

0.45

70 ARCHITECTURE, INCORPORATED Reston, VA, archinc.com

$2.055

$15.42

0.47

71 DAS ARCHITECTS Philadelphia, dasarchitects.com

$2.040

0.80

72 WALDROP+NICHOLS STUDIO Dallas, waldropnichols.com

$1.896

$101.65

0.94

73 BG STUDIO INTERNATIONAL New York, bgstudio.com

$1.840

$3.00

0.80

74 AECOM Los Angeles, aecom.com

$1.827

$73.09

0.61

428

75 API(+) Tampa, FL, apiplus.com

$1.755

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H O S P I T A L I T Y giants

new to the list firm (rank)

*fees in millions fees

JCJ Architecture (14)

$15.183

Meyer Davis Studio (21)

$11.565

Premier Project Management (35)

$6.305

Waldrop+Nichols Studio (72)

$1.896

API(+) (75)

$1.755

Canopy by Hilton in Minneapolis is by DLR Group [20].

other $39.148

ROCKWELL

transportation $69.087 residential $74.517 educational $88.281 cultural $91.058 retail $91.077 government $110.160 healthcare $202.398 corporate $689.118 hospitality $771.608

fees by project type hospitality $794.682

actual 2019

*in millions forecast 2020

corporate $624.950 healthcare $152.899

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multiuse

57%

restaurants/bars/lounges/nightclubs

38%

gaming

34%

mid/economy hotels

27%

cruise ships

25%

micro hotels

17%

condos/time-shares

luxury hotels $202.761

restaurants $122.338

$38.601 $32.319

2019

boutique hotels $104.845 resorts $93.486 condos/time-shares $37.712 cruise ships $32.601 country clubs $27.830

$24.430

bars/lounges/nightclubs $22.264

$24.430

gaming $20.560

$19.341

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resorts/spas/country clubs

59%

$126.986

$32.319

H O S P I T A L I T Y giants

luxury hotels

62%

mid/economy hotels $135.174

$96.066

*in millions

66%

$120.115

$117.188

fees by hospitality project type

boutique hotels

multiuse $13.517

$5.212

spas $6.702

$6.744

other $9.428

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*in millions 2018

$30.678

Nelson Worldwide

$16.820

$29.041

ForrestPerkins/Perkins Eastman

$19.999

$11.700

DLR Group

$3.920

$13.675

BLVD International

$6.126

$32.879

Rockwell Group

$28.235

$28.299

Leo A Daly

$23.732

$9.025

Simeone Deary Design Group

$5.296

$15.682

Baskervill

$12.045

$20.813

Pierre-Yves Rochon

$17.500

$45.736

Gensler

$43.053

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91%

south

68%

west coast

67%

northeast

51%

midwest

32%

asia

44%

caribbean

36%

middle east

33%

europe

27%

mexico

23%

central/south america

20%

canada

17%

africa

total international 77%

h o s p i t a l i t y giants

hospitality project types worked on last year

domestic projects 76%

new construction 47%

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1. An Autocad drawing depicts Coshocton Ray Trace, a tempo rary installation by Behin Ha Design Studio of scrap PVCcovered polyester ribbons at ArtPark in Coshocton, Ohio. 2. To affix the ribbons to the ground, D rings were anchored into both the walkway and newly poured concrete grade beam. 3. Ribbons were stapled to the wooden railing topping the site’s existing steel bal cony. 4. Through each D ring, a rubber shock cord and plastic piping created connection points for the ribbons. 5. Over two days, volunteers attached

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1. The ribbon strips were leftovers from Snyder Manufacturing, a nearby mesh-fabric maker, where they were returned at the end of the installation’s summer run to be reused again. The digital sign, also re-used, came from an office-supply store and belongs to ArtPark. 2. Encompassing 650 square feet, the commission, which called for the use of recycled materials, was named after the term for tracing the path of light, the color chosen for its sunraylike quality. 3. Located on the site of a 1946 hotel that burned down in 2005, ArtPark is part of the Pomerene Center for the Arts, which promotes community involvement, and Coshocton Ray Trace hosted city council meetings and musical performances throughout its season.

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The vast nothingness of the African desert casts a hypnotic spell at Zannier Hotels Sonop, a luxury encampment in Namibia

Previous spread: Zannier Hotels Sonop comprises canvas tents on stilted platforms set amid huge boulders in the Namibian desert. Top: Like all the tents, reception has a double-layer canvas roof to help insulate against the large differences between day and nighttime temperatures. Bottom: Berber-style ottomans, upholstered in fleamarket–found fabric and sewn by local craftspeople, outfit the pool bar made of kraal, an indigenous wood. Opposite top: At the base of the rock outcropping, the heated infinity pool sits oasislike next to the desert sands. Opposite top: The tents and other structures are connected by boardwalks that snake among the boulders offering ever-changing perspectives on the landscape.

From the land of barking geckos and bespoke Land Cruisers, ancient deserts and private airstrips, greetings! Zannier Hotels Sonop, an exclusive luxury encampment in the Republic of Namibia, in southwestern Africa, is the latest edge-of-the-map hospitality project from the boutique group based in Ghent, Belgium. Sonop, which means sunrise in Afrikaans, comprises 10 meticulously outfitted residential tents and ancilliary canvas structures. Built on stilts, they sit among an outcropping of boulders at the edge of the Namib, widely considered the oldest desert in the world. Almost no one lives there. Angelina Jolie tipped off founder and CEO Arnaud Zannier to the place. From the cigar lounge at Sonop, it’s like looking at the world before we got here. “Would it be, infinity?” asks Geraldine Dohogne, Zannier’s group director of interior design, trying to describe the experience of staying at Sonop. “You have landscapes that don’t end,” she continues, a phenomenon the designer complements by supplying the kind of textures and details “you need to feel at home, that give a sense of place.” Quentin Guiraud, Zannier’s head of communications, shares his first impression: “You feel like you’re on Mars.” But that’s before you get to the spa. It’s hard to compete with Africa for “sense of place”— without any hotelier’s help, it’s a diamond as big as the Ritz—but Sonop gives it a good shot. In addition to a desertside heated infinity pool and bar that’s also an outdoor cinema (The Lion King among its repertory—did you need to ask?), there are wellness treatment rooms, a fitness center, stables, and a gastronomically ambitious restaurant with 120

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black-tie service (jackets and dresses recommended, though it’s doubtful they’d refuse to feed you in yoga pants). Offsite, there are hot-air balloon safaris, electric fat-bike trails, and dune-top breakfasts and Champagne dinners with starched linen tablecloths and a personal chef. Dohogne’s task was a tough one. How to put “there” there, where there isn’t any “there”—and that’s the point. How to install highly amenable lodging for guests without disturbing what they’ve come to enjoy: the vast nothingness, populated only by stars, skies, and the hypnotic rever berations of emptiness. On the exterior, Sonop is effectively invisible. The guest tents, which have solid wood frames and sit on sturdy acaciastilt platforms, are large: from 400 to 800 square feet. But set at different levels among the massive boulders, the earth-color canvas cabins disslolve into the outcrop. Larger communal tents for reception, lounges, restaurant, and the like are perched along the crest of the formation, while at its base, the spa is housed in a traditional compacted-sand structure coated in pigmented mud the same rusty-gold as the surrounding desert. Boardwalks meander through the rocks, not only connecting the various parts of the property but also providing continually reoriented vistas or winding up at discreet destinations like the pool, which seems to appear as magically as an oasis where the boulders meet the sand—strategies that open up the 1⅓-acre encampment and dispel any sense of tight quarters. As Dohogne says, “Every moment is a different view, even if you’re looking at the same area.” 122

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Opposite top, from left: Hand-braided wicker pendant fixtures hang over a live-edge wood table in the spa. The stilted platforms were built using traditional Namibian construction techniques. Opposite bottom: The exterior of the spa, a compacted-sand structure, is coated with pigmented mud the same color as the surrounding desert. Top: A spa treatment room features Namibian art in the form of painted wood panels. Bottom: Each guest tent is outfitted with aÂ claw-foot bathtub overlooking a private terrace.

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Largely drab on the outside, Sonop has a rich interior life, which is a conscious contrast. Dohogne took her cues from what she feels is the most superb historical example of roughing it in style: British colonial expeditions of the 1920’s. “While ‘under canvas,’ as life in camp was called, an officer and a gentleman assured himself a high degree of comfort,” Nicholas A. Brawer writes in British Campaign Furniture. The designer followed suit, adding a touch of Aladdin’s cave to the aesthetic. Dohogne furnished the camp with antiques and vintage pieces, including mahogany chairs, leather trunks, and nicely worn, wine-red rugs—many hand-picked at flea markets and dealers in England—mixed with locally sourced fabrics and art. There are deep claw-foot tubs in the bathrooms, for a proper end-of-day soak; craft notepaper and pen on the desks, for keeping a travel diary; and floorstanding telescopes in the tents, for celestial navigation: part function, part romantic fantasy. “I’ve never seen the Milky Way like that,” Guiraud reports with awe. “Or the Moon so close.” (I’m sure he wrote that down.) Dohogne also had to contend with issues unique to the location. Aside from having to construct the compound on a 100-foot-tall heap of boulders—sure-footed local crews took care of that—trade-offs on energy consumption had

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“Set at different levels,the earth-color cabins dissolve into the outcrop”

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Previous spread: Set at different heights along the rock formation, the guest tents and communal structures almost appear to be a natural part of the desert environment. Top: Located on the crest of the outcropping, the lounge tent has unimpeded views of the Namib, one of the oldest deserts in the world. Bottom: In the cigar and cocktail lounge, a vintage English billiards table evokes 1920’s colonial camp life. Opposite top: At dusk, the reception tent takes on an intentional Aladdin’s cave atmosphere. Opposite bottom: The main reception area is rich with antiques, vintage pieces, and period curios, many of them sourced in English flea markets.

to be made, since Sonop uses nothing but solar power. Mini-bars, for example, are actual iceboxes, which fits into the thematic conceit nicely. To help lessen reliance on air conditioning and heating (temperatures can reach up to 100 degrees during the day and drop to freezing at night), tents have double-layer roofs. Canvas walls, which roll up for maximum exposure to terraces and the landscape beyond, roll down for climate control. All mechanical systems had to be dead quiet: The silence in the desert is as intense as its visual impact, and one of its most crystalline qualities. Barking geckos, yes; throbbing generators, no. Communal buildings are arranged in a U-shape, to shelter the decks from strong winds that come up periodically. And then there’s the light, or the remarkable absence of it. “We didn’t want to make a big sparkle in the desert,” says Dohogne (the stars have that covered), so there are no statement light fixtures. Minimum electric sources—pinspots in public spaces, soft and sparse incandescents in the guest tents—and pleasing candlelight in the lounges and restaurant, make Sonop glimmer like a distant galaxy, not glare like a Land Cruiser’s headlamps. “I remember one day going out onto the platforms, before the tents went up,” the designer recalls, “and thinking, This is the feeling of being on top of the world.” And in the evening, as the curtain of night descends and parts, being beneath the universe. PROJECT TEAM SIGN: GRAPHICS CONSULTANT. PEPE BUSH CAMP BUILDERS: WOODWORK. EMCON CONSULTING GROUP: GENERAL CONTRACTOR.

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Some of the edgiest programs to hit the airwaves come from Showtime. No doubt about it. Dexter, Homeland, Ray Donovan, Billions. The list goes on. You’d never have guessed, however, from visiting the Los Angeles office. Considering that this is the West Coast headquarters for New York–based Showtime Networks, a subsidiary of the mighty CBS Corporation, the space was unremarkable at best. “We’d been there for over a decade, and it hadn’t been updated in terms of decor or functionality,” Showtime Networks president of entertainment Jana Winograde admits. Relocation offered the opportunity to create “an environment that was warm and welcoming, cool without being trendy,” she continues. For that, kudos go to CannonDesign. Principal Chari Jalali led

the project from L.A., while design principal Robert Benson commuted in from Chicago. Any previous disconnect between brand and environs disappeared with a move to the Lot, the redevelopment of a property legendary since actors Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks established Pickford-Fairbanks Studio there in 1922. Showtime leased 46,000 square feet of raw space on two levels of a new glass building. It’s one of a pair keeping company with the Lot’s historical structures, including sound stages, a postproduction facility, offices, and writers’ bungalows. Walking around—being on set, so to speak—we got the distinct vibe of old-school Hollywood filmmaking. The place was bustling with folks manipulating lights, cameras, and assorted paraphernalia. Views of the Hollywood sign don’t hurt either. 130

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As for expressing Showtime’s own history, Jalali and Benson took their cues from the company’s award-winning dramas. “Perception versus reality” became the governing design concept, which plays out from the start. Stepping out of the elevator, visitors encounter. . .themselves. That’s thanks to the opposite wall of reflective glass, back-painted gold. Benson takes up the narrative: “There is you and then the image of you.” From here, you have two choices. Turn left, toward the light, and you arrive in the reception area. Showtime’s white logo of capital letters angles out from a white wall, imparting a subtle all-business attitude, while the curves of a serpentine sectional read comfy-chic. Employees, however, might bypass reception, instead turning right toward a dark, undulating volume. A few more steps reveal this

Previous spread, left: Homeland’s Carrie Mathison, aka Claire Danes, appears on vinyl wall covering in the café at Showtime Networks’s Los Angeles office by CannonDesign. Previous spread, right: Lettering in painted high-density fiberboard angles out from the wall behind the reception desk. Opposite top: A run of private offices terminates with Dexter wall covering. Opposite bottom: In reception, an armchair by Eoos Design faces a sectional by the team of AB Bernstrand & Co. and Borselius Design. Top: In an elevator lobby, the logo takes the form of a brass inset in the concrete floor. Bottom: By the café, both the staircase and suspended louvers are walnut-veneered.

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enigma to be the exterior of the screening room, wrapped in a wall covering reminiscent of shou sugi ban, the Japanese charred-wood treatment. The interior of the screening room is likewise not what one would expect. In lieu of theater-style ganged seating, which by its nature cannot be reconfigured, upholstered swivel chairs are easy to move, offering increased flexibility for events ranging from premieres to training sessions. After all, as Benson notes, “Programming is about choice.” As for the big move, architecturally speaking, it’s back on the reception side: a vertical connector, of course. “There’s nothing I like better than knocking a giant hole in the middle of a beautiful concrete slab,” he says with a laugh. In this case, though, the connector is simply that, a switchback staircase, not a stadium stair cum all-hands venue.

“They don’t meet in that way,” Jalali notes. Programming is an endeavor that entails pitches and screenings. Neither occurs out in the open. To fa cilitate confidential conversations, Winograde chimes in, “The pitch rooms feel like living rooms.” Ditto for the healthy proportion of enclosed offices, 40 percent, despite the predominance of open plans in current workplace design. “They struggled with the choice between private spaces, the focus they provide, as opposed to a collaborative environment,” Jalali says. In the end, the compromise was to maximize transparency wherever possible. Executive suites have clear glass fronts, without the frosted film initially considered—and even ordered. Anyone can see into the individually

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Opposite top: Guest chairs by Hans Wegner pull up to the custom marble-topped desk of Jana Winograde, one of two presidents of entertainment. Opposite center: In a conference room, chairs by Kane Design Studio surround a table by FP Design. Opposite bottom: A chandelier by Jonathan Browning Studios hangs above the café counter. This page: Dexter’s title character was played by Michael C. Hall.

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furnished, often quirky quarters. A rosy pink velvetupholstered sofa, for example, gives Winograde’s a homey atmosphere to ease the formality of highstakes development meetings. The perception game also comes into play with the screen of louvers descending through the center of the staircase, suggesting a division between reception and the contiguous social hub, a café. Here, barstools and high round tables beckon, with coffee and kombucha emitting another siren call. Keeping watch over everything are the immense eyes of Claire Danes, aka Homeland’s CIA agent Carrie Mathison. Call the photomural spooky, or call it cool—it introduces us to the art program, derived from Showtime’s archival photography. Elsewhere appear images of Michael C. Hall, the eponymous serial killer from Dexter, and Damian Lewis as Billions’s hedge-fund titan Bobby Axelrod. Again, Jalali circles back to the designers’ theme: “Usually, we’re watching the actor. In this case, it’s the actor who’s looking at you.” The portrait series has attracted attention, not to mention sparking professional rivalry. Talent comes in

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and asks, “Where’s mine?” So stay tuned for additional versions. CannonDesign has already signed on to expand Showtime’s office to the level below. PROJECT TEAM MICHAEL KMAK; AGNÈS FREEMAN; CRAIG HAMILTON; JAY WHISENANT; WILLIAM RAMOS; ELIZABETH FOX: CANNONDESIGN. STUDIO LUX: LIGHTING CONSULTANT. NABIH YOUSSEF ASSOCIATES: STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. AMA CONSULTING ENGINEERS: MEP. TABER COMPANY: WOOD WORK. HOWARD BUILDING CORPORATION: GENERAL CONTRACTOR. PRODUCT SOURCES FROM FRONT BLUDOT: BARSTOOLS, TABLES (CAFÉ). FLUXWERX: PENDANT FIXTURES (OFFICE AREA). HERMAN MILLER: WORKSTATIONS (OFFICE AREA), GUEST CHAIRS (PRODUCER OFFICE). BLÅ STATION: SECTIONAL (RECEPTION). GEIGER: LOUNGE CHAIR. JANE HAMLEY WELLS: TABLE. VICCARBE: SIDE TABLES. HANDMADE RUG COMPANY: RUG. PULP STUDIO: FEATURE WALL (ELEVATOR LOBBY). CA SIGNS: CUSTOM LOGO. ARK: CUS TOM DESK, CUSTOM CREDENZA (PRESIDENT OFFICE). CARL HANSEN & SON: GUEST CHAIRS. ROOM & BOARD: SOFA, BOOKCASES. COALESSE: TABLE, CHAIRS (CONFERENCE ROOM), CHAIRS (SCREENING ROOM). DESIGNTEX: WALL COVERING (CONFERENCE ROOM). ALW: PENDANT FIXTURE. WOLFGORDON: EXTERIOR WALL COVERING (SCREENING ROOM). TURF: ACOU STICAL BAFFLES. NOVA WALL: WALL SYSTEM. GUILFORD OF MAINE: WALL SYSTEM FABRIC. THROUGHOUT METROPOLITAN WEST: CUSTOM GRAPHIC WALL COVERING. MODULYSS: CARPET TILE. SHERWINWILLIAMS COMPANY: PAINT. SHERIDAN GROUP: FURNITURE DEALER.

Opposite: Damian Lewis, as Bobby Axelrod of Billions, observes the screening room’s exterior clad in vinyl wall covering. Top, from left: The screening room’s swivel chairs are by PearsonLloyd. Posters of Showtime hits line a wall in the office of Gary Levine, the other president of entertainment. Bottom: A producer’s own photographic triptych of Michael Caine joins guest chairs by Charles and Ray Eames.

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female fiber artists These women form a tapestry of talent ENZO CAPACCIO

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Mary Little studio: Los Angeles

Heavyweight artist canvas becomes sculpture in the hands of Mary Little. Giving shape to memories from her childhood in Northern Ireland, she cuts and sews it into meditative wall hang ings with titles derived from Irish words. A 2015 series Drumlin, from droimnin, or little ridge, evokes the rolling countryside; 2016’s Aran recalls the sweaters her mother used to knit. The work is a creative departure for Little, who spent 25 years conceiving one-off furniture com missions for private clients before she began experimenting with canvas five years ago. The link between her careers, she says, is “how something makes you feel.” Her offbeat chairs, which are in such public collections as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, were rooted in comfort, while her canvas pieces are calming. Little works with thick unbleached cotton because it’s neutral and stable—and a bit unpredictable when hung, as seen in Caughie and Neagh, both from 2018. “Gravity always has some effect on the work,” she says. Little hopes to tackle a large installation next, where the weight of the cloth would stretch her patterns into alluring new forms. marylittle.com DONAGADEE

“My goal is to create pieces that are quiet, peaceful, and gentle. If I come to a corner, I prefer to soften it off”

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Ptolemy Mann studio: Sussex, England

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Ptolemy Mann started weaving because she couldn’t paint. Or so said one of her teachers at London’s Central Saint Martins, who directed a young Mann to textiles. Yet she still thinks of herself as a painter, even after 25 years of threading cotton yarn through a dobby loom. “To me, a ‘painting’ is woven cotton stretched over a frame,” Mann states. “I apply the paint—in this case, the dye—before the cloth is woven.” As witnessed in her 2018 Chlorophyllia series, Mann uses the ancient ikat technique to modern effect: dip-dying threads into multiple colors, and then weaving them into abstract wall-based artworks reminiscent of Mark Rothko paintings. Influenced by the Bauhaus weavers, Mann finds that the loom’s limitations channel her creativity into color. “I go into the dye lab and let the color come,” she says. “It’s a loose, expressive process.” In 2014, Mann established her own rug line in collaboration with Rugmaker for residential and commercial projects, including the soon-to-open Virgin Hotel Nashville. She’s also had an architectural color consulting service for nearly 15 years. For all, Mann communicates emotion through chroma and value, which will be visible in Circadian Rhythm, her long-term installation commissioned by Tate Modern, debuting at its Level 9 Restaurant in November. ptolemymann.com

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“My work flirts with the dynamic of restriction, control, and spontaneity”

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: KATYA DE GRUNWALD; COURTESY OF PTOLEMY MANN; DARAK FORTUS; COURTESY OF PTOLEMY MANN

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Windy Chien studio: San Francisco

“I’m most interested in the line—and the journey it takes through a piece” DIAMOND RING TEN SPINAL COLUMNS

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“Knots are like a language,” Windy Chien proclaims. They’re the centuries-old vernacular of sailors the world over, but Chien learned the tongue only recently. Now on what she calls her “third life,” Chien previously owned San Francisco’s Aquarius Records before going to work at Apple as iTunes product manager. She eventually left to explore her creative side. Although Chien states that her “passion is firmly focused at the intersection of art, design, and tech,” she’d never thought of herself as artistic. A macramé class, however, got her, err, hooked on knots. “They’re functional, historical, and mathematical, but no one really looks at them as aesthetic objects,” she notes. In 2016, she taught herself one knot a day, a project described in her just released book, The Year of Knots, and discovered their expressive potential. Her permanent installations can be seen at Facebook’s Menlo Park office in California, the Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo, and Fogo de Chao, a Las Vegas restaurant. Each of her artworks—in cotton, polypropylene, or manila rope—is based on a single type of knot, like the clove hitches forming her 2016 Circuit Board series, which is ongoing. They also suggest a journey, encouraging the eye to follow a strand of rope as it wends through a piece. “I’m inspired by the Massimo Vignelli subway map, how lines travel together and apart,” adds Chien, who rounds out her third life rescuing greyhounds and, fittingly, taking “epic” sailing trips.

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CALOR AT “A SPACE FOR BEING”

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At this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan, Reddymade commissioned Claudy Jongstra to wrap an entire room in one of her distinctive wool-felt wall pieces. The idea of the installation, initiated by Google and called “A Space for Being,” was for the tech company to be able to measure how visitors respond to different interiors. The result of the room with Jongstra’s 52-foot-wide tapestry, the tactile, cream-colored Calor, was that it evoked comfort. “Wool humanizes spaces,” Jongstra states. Founded in 1995, Studio Claudy Jongstra has brought expansive textile wall coverings to projects big and small—from Mokum restaurant and Lincoln Center in New York to the U.S. Embassy in the Hague and the University of Pennsylvania, where, at 19 by 60 feet, her 2017 Fields of Transformation is her largest installation to date. Two of her artworks are being installed this month at the Wallace Foundation, a national philanthropy based in New York. Originally trained in fashion design, Jongstra makes work intertwined with her study of and concern with the planet. “If you’re serious about a material, you need to understand its connection to the environment,” she says. She keeps her own flock of rare Drenthe Heath sheep, whose curly wool she dyes with woad, madder, and chamomile grown in her biodynamic garden, and then felts into gestural artworks. Her atelier is also a botanical lab and classroom. Students come to absorb the tacit knowledge that comes only with experience, like the ability to feel the quality of wool between their fingers. claudyjongstra.com

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“My work fosters an emotional connection to indigenous craft, cultural heritage, and the landscape”

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gradual change Department of Architecture Co. melds past and present at Little Shelter, a Northern Thailand inn

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What makes a shingle a shingle? That was the question Amata Luphaiboon and Twitee Vajrabhaya Teparkum, Department of Architecture Co. principals, asked themselves for Little Shelter, an inn in Chiang Mai, Thailand, that the firm designed and which Luphaiboon co-owns. Wanting to be sensitive to the region’s centuries-old architecture, they decided to take a fresh look at the venerable building material. But first, some locale background. Despite meaning new city, Chiang Mai’s history dates to 1296. Now the largest city in Northern Thailand, with a metropolitan population of nearly

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Previous spread: Positioned for a gradient effect, shingles of repurpsed teng wood and translucent polycar bonate cascade down the facade of Little Shelter, an inn in Chiang Mai, Thailand, designed by Department of Architecture Co. Opposite top: A polycarbonate canopy provides shade over the entrance. Opposite bottom, from left: The facade shingles are arranged within a steel armature. Bamboo parasol frames are ceiling-mounted and backlit by LED spotlights in the restaurant. Above: Shingles of more transparent polycarbonate are used for the inn's elevation facing the Ping River.

2 million, it was founded on the Ping River in the 13th century as the capital of the Lanna Kingdom. What is new is a tourism boom and the accompanying construction, due in part to its short-listing for UNESCO World Heritage status in 2015. A new hotel would help cater to Chiang Mai’s 10 million visitors a year. Luphaiboon realized the opportunity could make for a savvy personal investment as well as an engaging design project. After scouting approximately 40 locations, the coowners came upon an idyllic spot on a tree-lined stretch of the Ping. The plot was small, not even an acre, but the Old Town, where the city’s famed night market and some 300 Buddhist temples are, was minutes away. Then came the catch: “While the city doesn’t specifically require the same language, officials strongly prefer that any new architecture this close to the Old Town blend in,” Luphaiboon

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explains. With their distinctive wood-shingled sloped roofs, some of the historic structures date to the city’s founding. And some are made entirely of a rare hardwood, now either very difficult to find or prohibitively expensive. “Plus, we don’t do traditional,” Teparkum adds. So the architects settled on toasting the past while remaining unabashedly contemporary. Rising four stories, Little Shelter encompasses 8,900 square feet, with 14 guest rooms, a café, and a restaurant. An expansive terrace features a swimming pool and riverfront views. The nod to the past materializes on the peaked roof, which is topped with 4-by-14-inch shingles made of scrap teng, a Thai hardwood DAC repurposed from local timber factories. “We were able to incorporate wood— as well as tradition—at virtually no cost,” Teparkum observes.

Top: Bamboo parasol frames hang ing in the lobby are painted white as they approach the ground. Center: Shingles re-appear as tile in guest rooms, where clothing can be hung from custom powdercoated steel bars lit by LEDs. Bot tom: All 14 rooms have enclosed balconies overlooking the river front terrace and pool. Opposite top: A parasol pattern is printed on custom vinyl for the ceiling, its dominate color spraypainted on PVC tile. Opposite bottom: The café features custom powder-coated steel furniture.

The contemporary twist is visible on the front facade. Here are more shingles, but in a different yet equally cost-effective material. Starting from the roofline, teng shingles morph into semitransparent polycarbonate ones, the latter creating a dramatic gradient effect as well as catching and playing with natural light. “When the sun’s out or the sky changes color, it influences the whole atmosphere inside,” Luphaiboon says. Given that only one side of the site came with a view, he and his owner partners purchased the inexpensive polycarbonate in large-scale sheets in varied opacities. They’re mixed together on the front elevation, but, for the riverfront side, it’s only the clearer polycarbonate shingles. Specially sourced studs and screws in the same material maintain continuity. “The wonderfully translucent result is still water-tight,” Luphaiboon notes. If the exterior motif is shingles, the interior’s is parasols. Guests pass through a canopied entry into the bright, 40-foothigh lobby and café hung with dozens of upside-down bamboo parasol frames, some kept natural, others painted white. “Chiang Mai is known for its beautiful parasols,” Teparkum says, “but, to make them modern, we removed the paper shades.” The adjustment makes the accessory almost sculp-

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tural—and shines a new light on local craftsmanship. The frames also decorate the ceiling of the adjoining, moodier restaurant, where furnishings boast simple, rounded silhouettes of white powder-coated steel and local teak. Upstairs, in one of the twin guest rooms, bright yellow parasols with shades make an appearance. But this time they’re in the form of a photograph printed on vinyl and applied to the ceiling. It’s a device Luphaiboon and Teparkum used in all the rooms, which, except for the 540-square-foot suite, range from a tidy 250 to 270 square feet. Space was saved by forgoing closets. Instead, guests can hang their clothes from a slim, white hang-bar system. A similar bar runs behind the bed, headboardlike, and hosts petite clip-on reading lamps. Some bars also conceal LED strips. “There are no ceiling fixtures at all,” Teparkum notes, so as not to interrupt the ceiling imagery. (During the day, ample light comes into the rooms from generous windows cut out of the polycarbonate facade.) Of course, there’s shinglelike tile in the rooms and bathrooms, too. To give the illusion of more

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space, a scattering of reflective acrylic tile is mixed in with spray-painted PVC versions. Aside from the twin room, parasols don’t show up again. Instead, images are of more natural scenes: fluffy white clouds intersected by birds in flight, glowing lanterns floating in a night sky during the Loi Krathong lantern festival, mist surrounding boughs in a pine forest. The architects took most of the photos themselves, lying flat on the ground—a top-down strategy that seems to work well for them.

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PROJECT TEAM ADHITHEP LEEWANANTHAWET; PITCHAYA POONSIN; TANADETH MAHAPOLSIRIKUN; SUPAVIT JUNSOMPITSIRI; YADA PIANPANIT; APISARA LERTRATTANAKIT: DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE CO. ACCENT STUDIO BY NOPPORN SAKULWIGIT SINTHU: LIGHTING CONSULTANT. NEXT ENGINEERING DESIGN CO.: STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, MEP, CIVIL ENGINEER. K PATARA LUMBER: WOODWORK. CHATGEN CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN CO.: GENERAL CONTRACTOR.

Opposite top: This ceiling’s vinyl was printed with an intentionally blurry photograph of a local pine forest. Opposite bottom, from left: Bathroom floor tile is ceramic. Balcony windows are 5 feet square.

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joint venture Architecture + Information creates a combined office for two divisions of a New York financial-services firm

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Mergers are a driving principle in American business. In 2016, the owner of a financial-services firm with separate divisions in two different New York buildings wanted to make them feel like a single company. Each group had outgrown its offices, so he hired Architecture + Information, the firm founded by Interior Design Hall of Fame members Brad Zizmor and Dag Folger, to consolidate them under one roof. But the owner also wanted to improve on the existing workplace environments, which were conventional: Portfolio managers occupied perimeter offices encircling windowless trading floors. Walls were white; carpets, neutral. “The owner strongly believes in collaboration and wanted to get managers out on the floor with the analysts,” A+I senior associate Tim Aarsen says. “He felt a more engaging and inspiring environment would encourage people to take a break from their screens—to talk to each other, read the news board, look at the art on the walls, and share thoughts and ideas.” In short, getting employees to wander away from their desks could quite probably stimulate new investment strategies. The ideal space in which a combined workforce of 850 could comfortably roam would comprise at least 270,000 square feet on a single level—a vast warehouse, in other words, which doesn’t really exist in Midtown Manhattan. So although the firm rented space at 55 Hudson Yards, a new KPF–designed high-rise with unusually large floor plates, it still needed eight working floors— four through 12 in the 51-story building—and a strategy to make them less like a stack of pancakes and more like a level playing field. A+I proposed treating the new digs like a vertical campus, using internal staircases to link the floors, which would be served by a single entrance opening onto a signature reception space—a common ground and pivot point whose location in the stack was easily determined: the 10th floor, where the high-rise steps back, creating an inviting wraparound terrace that would not only extend the reception area outdoors but also allow people to walk laps around the entire building. 156

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Previous spread: A custom powder-coated aluminum counter runs along the perimeter of the reception area of a financial-services firm’s New York office by Architecture + Information. Left, from top: In the same area, a free-floating custom white-oak and powder-coated aluminum stair makes a light and airy sculptural statement. A custom terrazzo-topped island joins oak flooring, ceiling slats, and cabinetry in a pantry. Right: An interactive touch-screen table fronts the reception lounge, with sectional sofas by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance.

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“We created places to meander—they don’t feel like massive floors for crunching data”

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The sense of dynamism and openness starts in the elevator lobby, where backlit perforated-metal wall panels emitting a thousand points of light surround arriving visitors. Through the glass entry doors, a curving wall, finished in white hand-troweled concrete and hung with colorful art, leads to a sprawling, Texas-size lounge furnished with low, boomerang-shape sofas and bucket armchairs. And through the floor-to-ceiling windows, the lushly planted and comfortably outfitted terrace beckons. This floor sets the tone and ethos for the office. “It’s where employees can get away from their desks, re-energize themselves, and even spend time before and after the bell,” A+I senior associate Vivien Chin says. The designer notes that workers in fintech industries, especially millennials, are expecting more from the office environment, and these firms are competing with com panies like Google and Facebook for the best and brightest. “Staying focused on people and their needs is a way to attract them, and also a way to encourage productivity,” she adds. To promote the health and well-being of occupants, A+I adhered to the Well Building Standard, following the program’s established guidelines for such issues as noise levels, air quality, access to daylight, and environmental comfort. The firm chose a calming materials palette that includes an abundance of white oak and expanses of white or black hand-troweled concrete. And the reception lounge’s porcelain stone floor tiles continue seamlessly out through the plate-glass facade onto the landscaped terrace. Comfort levels are complemented by amenities that might be expected in a top-rated hotel’s public areas. The lounge offers barista service and a wall of healthful snacks and drinks on tap. On the far side of the presentation pavilion— a glazed multifunctional lecture room wrapped by an enormous interactive data screen—a light and airy canteen continues the hospitality ambience. Contemporary art decorates the walls. And on all floors, white-oak paths circle the building’s service core, linking offices, work areas, lounges, pantries, and coffee spots into a continuous loop. The designers extend the campus up and down from the 10th floor via a continuous promenade of stairs. A sculptural, freestanding powder-coated aluminum and white-oak staircase in reception leads to the 11th floor. On the widest part of the terrace, they installed a cubic all-glass bulkhead housing an elevator and a staircase that descend to the lower trading floors. The vertical pathway ties into the horizontal circulation belt on each floor, creating a continuous thoroughfare linking all levels into an unusually peripatetic “walk and talk” environment that catalyzes a sense of community across floors. “We wanted to reset expectations for the environment of a financial-services firm,” says Sommer Schauer, A+I’s principal in charge of the project. “We combined a hospitality-leaning environment with collaborative learning spaces

Top left: Omer Arbel pendant fixtures hang above custom oak tables and benches in the canteen. Top right: The presentation pavilion’s stepped ceiling is treated with soundabsorbent plaster. Bottom: The exterior of the same space is wrapped with an interactive display of world news and financial-markets information. OCT.19

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that include data walls and tables. A fundamental part of the mission was to bring learning in and get people out in the world.” In work areas, the designers created a landscape of workstations housed in U-shape pods of various sizes adjacent to windows. The plan helps socialize the business place into a more interactive, less hierarchical environment where managers sit with analysts, everyone pitching ideas back and forth. Glass-enclosed team rooms and offices wrap the interior core, so that anyone can jump in for private discussions. Pantries, coffee points, and paintings help spread the 10th floor’s relaxed character throughout. “We created places to meander—they don’t feel like massive floors for crunching data,” Aarsen says. “The plan has changed the way people work, and it has changed attitudes about what a workplace can look like.”

PROJECT TEAM BRAD ZIZMOR; JULIE HONG; PATTY HARRIS; ANDREW MC BRIDE; VANÉ BROUSSARD; ANJALI PATEL; SAM TITONE; CARMEN POTTER: ARCHITECTURE + INFORMATION. HOLLANDER DESIGN: LANDSCAPING CONSULTANT. LIGHTING WORKSHOP: LIGHTING CONSULTANT. TAD ASSOCIATES: AUDIOVISUAL CONSUL TANT. LONGMAN LINDSEY: ACOUSTICAL CONSULTANT. GILSANZ MURRAY STEFICEK: STRUCTURAL ENGI NEER. WB ENGINEERS + CONSULTANTS: MEP. MIDHATTAN WOODWORKING CORP.; MILLER BLAKER: WOODWORK. AMUNEAL; BURGESS STEEL PRODUCTS: METALWORK. DFB: PLASTERWORK. CROSS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: GENERAL CONTRACTOR. PRODUCT SOURCES FROM FRONT MUUTO: STOOLS (RECEPTION), CHAIRS (CANTEEN, CONFERENCE ROOM). SØRENSEN LEATHER: STOOL UPHOLSTERY (RECEPTION). JOHANSON: BARSTOOLS, TABLES (PANTRY), SQUARE TABLES (CANTEEN). HANSGROHE: SINK FITTINGS (PANTRY). ELKAY: SINK. BERNHARDT DESIGN: SECTIONALS, OTTOMANS, PILLOWS (LOUNGE), LOUNGE CHAIRS (SMALL CORNER LOUNGE). COR: CHAIRS (LOUNGE). EDWARD FIELDS: CUSTOM RUG. FOGIA: COFFEE TABLES. E15: SIDE TABLE. WILKHAHN: CHAIRS (PRESENTATION PAVILION). NEWMAT STRETCH CEILING & WALL SYSTEMS: STRETCH CEILING. PYROK: ACOUSTIC CEILING (PRESEN TATION PAVILION, CONFERENCE ROOM). KVADRAT: BANQUETTE FABRIC (CANTEEN). BOCCI: PENDANT FIXTURES. VITRA: TASK CHAIRS (OFFICE AREA). SBFI: CUSTOM WORKSTATIONS. FORUM LIGHTING: LOOP FIXTURE. FLUXWERX: LINEAR FIXTURES. KNOLL: TABLE (CONFERENCE ROOM). FONTANA ARTE: PENDANT FIXTURES. MITAB: LAPTOP TABLES. SITU STUDIO: CUSTOM PANELS (ELEVATOR LOBBY). THROUGHOUT HEATH CERAMICS: BACKSPLASH. BENJAMIN MOORE & CO.: CEILING PAINT. MADERA TRADE: WOOD FLOORING. MIRAGE GRANITO CERAMICO: PAVERS. MOHAWK GROUP: CUSTOM CARPET. TECNO: OFFICE FRONTS. DECOUSTICS: WOOD SLATS. JM LIFESTYLES: CUSTOM TERRAZZO. DETAILED: CUSTOM LED DISPLAYS.

Top: Custom bleacher and banquette seating lines the pit, or corner conference room, featuring a trio of pendant fixtures by Charles Williams. Center: Glass-fronted team rooms flank workstations arranged in pods amid oak-plank pathways. Bottom: The building set back on the 10th floor allows for a landscaped terrace with porcelain pavers. Opposite: Panels of perforated bead-blasted aluminum, backlit by LED paper, surround the elevator lobby.

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sacred script Shantell Martin draws new life into an abandoned chapel on Governors Island in New York

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Protect. Fly. Grow. Think. What do these verbs have in common? Shantell Martin spray-painted them on Church, her exterior building installation on Governors Island, the 172-acre, former military base a ½-mile ferry ride from downtown Manhattan. Since 2017, the Trust for Governors Island has been commissioning temporary public-art installations for the summer season and was who invited Martin out last winter to choose her site. “To keep our program agile, we look for artists of all backgrounds and stages whose work will respond to the island,” the trust’s vice president of arts and culture Meredith Johnson says of such facade words as “Lenni Lenape” and “Pagganuck” that nod to the island’s past. But she’s also referring to the structure’s interior, which, having been built during World War II as Our Lady Star of the Sea, a

artist, who’s done collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Puma, and Momentum Textiles. “And that it had been abandoned for over 20 years, and was damaged by Hurricane Sandy, it was a chance to give it a second life.” When the U.S. Coast Guard ceased operations on the island in 1996, the building was deconsecrated and closed to the public. Although marred inside and out, its original stained-glass windows were intact, and it’s one of the site’s few non-landmarked buildings, both of which made the chapel further appealing to Martin. She began on the interior in her signature black-and-white graffitilike fashion, drawing letters, lines, and faces on walls, but leaving the rear one blank. She mapped out the floor as a sort of path, peppering it with the words “may,” “you,” “find,” “self,” and “way,” and surrounded it by benches CNC-cut in the

Roman Catholic chapel serving the U.S. Army members staying on the base then, was originally a place of reflection, meditation, and community—and is again today, courtesy of The May Room, Martin’s inside artwork. “I picked the chapel because it was like the perfect blank, white canvas,” Martin recalls from her initial visit. “But also, I’d been wanting to create a contemplative space for a long time,” continues the

shape of individual letters. Then, one night she dreamt that the back wall would be full of wishes—dozens of them: May you hear laughter. May you find clarity and guidance. May you see beauty. “May is not an order or a direction. It’s a positive intention, a wish for the visitors that’s reflected into them the longer they stay,” Martin explains of perhaps her most thoughtful work to date, adding that, “May is also my middle name.”

Previous spread, left: Shantell Martin wrote phrases with a Krink paint marker for The May Room, her temporary installation inside a former chapel on Governors Island in New York. Photography: Steven Simione. Previous spread, right: Walls also feature faces that “make sure we’re on the right path,” Martin says. Photography: Steven Simione. Left, from top: For the exterior installation, Church, Martin used spray paint; photography: Timothy Schenck. All Martin’s drawings are done free-form; she never erases or redoes them; photography: Steven Simione. Right, from top: The chapel’s walls rise 21 feet; photography: Steven Simione. The building, which dates to 1942, had to be repaired and repainted after being abandoned for over 20 years and Hurricane Sandy; photography: Timothy Schenck. Opposite top: The structure was originally built as Our Lady Star of the Sea, a Roman Catholic chapel. Photography: Roy Rochlin. Opposite bottom: Martin created the vinyl floor path using Adobe Illustrator and CNC-cut the letter benches out of MDF, some re-used from her New York City Ballet Art Series installation last winter; the stained-glass windows were existing. Photography: Timothy Schenck.

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To prep the 3,400-square-foot interior for The May Room, which held public poetry readings throughout its two-month run, the stage and carpet were removed, the wood floor refinished and painted, as were the walls; ceiling beams are original. The back wall features Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s May phrases. Photography: Timothy Schenck.

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room with a view Sea or forest, Jersey Shore or Aegean Island, these hospitality projects reflect the beauty of their natural surroundings text: colleen curry See page 174 for Yule Mountain Boutique Hotel in Hangzhou, China, by Continuation Studio. Photography: Yi-Long Zhao.

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project Asbury Ocean Club Surfside Resort & Residences. site Asbury Park, New Jersey. standout Most of the team behind the Asbury Hotel—as well as the revival of the shore town that originally put Bruce Springsteen on the map—is back at it again with a luxury building composed of a 17-story residential tower and a 54-room boutique hotel, all overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. photography Nikolas Koenig.

“The pristine building has all the comforts—light, air, sun, chic materials—without ever being pretentious” —Anda Andrei

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DAMASE: CUSTOM BED (SUITE). MENU: COFFEE TABLE, SIDE TABLE (SUITE); DINING TABLE (APART MENT). ATELIER VIERKANT: COFFEE TABLES (LOBBY). &TRADITION: SOFA (LOBBY), ARMCHAIRS (LOUNGE), PENDANT FIXTURES (APARTMENT). FLOS: TABLE LAMP (LOUNGE). SCOOTER LA FORGE: VASES. THROUGH DESIGN WITHIN REACH: BLACK SIDE TABLES (LOUNGE), DINING CHAIRS (APARTMENT). LIVING DIVANI: CUSTOM SECTIONAL (APARTMENT). RH: COCKTAIL TABLE. FRIENDS AND FOUNDERS: WHITE SIDE TABLE. CB2: BARSTOOLS. SELETTI: DINING CHAIRS (DECK). ARTICLE: STOOLS. DDC NYC: SOFAS.

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Martin Brudnizki Design Studio and Arquitectonica project Mr. C Coconut Grove. site Miami. standout A nautical meets Italian 1950’s aesthetic permeates the 100key Florida debut of the Cipriani brothers’ boutique-hotel chain, from the yachtlike glossy afrormosia millwork and smaller-scaled furnishings to the palm-patterned carpet and leather-upholstered headboards in a Biscayne Bay–inspired palette. photography James McDonald. LUSIVE: CUSTOM CHANDELIER (LOBBY). LEXMARK HOSPITALITY: CUSTOM CARPET (GUEST ROOMS). KONI HOSPITALITY: DRAPERY. TUUCI: CUSTOM CABANAS (DECK). FRONTGATE: SIDE TABLES. BOVER: PENDANT FIXTURES. TEDESCHI: WOODWORK, UPHOLSTERY WORKSHOP. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY: PAINT.

“The carefully layered style of mid-century Italy is evident throughout” —Martin Brudnizki

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Continuation Studio project Yule Mountain Boutique Hotel. site Hangzhou, China. standout To give each guest room a forest view, the architects cut the number of them in the existing hotel structure from 30 to 15, and then outfitted the expanded interiors in lauan, the Southeast Asian wood that also forms the slatted screens obscuring the third- and fourth-floor bathrooms. photography clockwise from top left: Yi-Long Zhao; Hong-Fei Zhao (2); Yi-Long Zhao; Hong-Fei Zhao. VINTAGE TIMBER CRAFT CO.: WOOD FLOORING. NIPPON PAINT: PAINT.

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“The design is influenced by the island’s traditional houses and fortresslike monasteries”

Interior Design Laboratorium project Parilio. site Kolympithres, Greece. standout With a name derived from parhelion, a sunlike optical illusion in the form of a luminous ring, and architecture inspired by the Aegean archipelago’s famous white-block dwellings, the resort’s six plaster buildings contain 33 suites featuring textiles and ceramics by artisans from Morocco and Crete. photography Giorgos Sfakianakis. NITSOLAS: CUSTOM HEADBOARD (SUITE). LRNCE: BLANKET. INOMO: CUSTOM SIDE TABLE. JIM LAWRENCE: SCONCE. VARDALOS FILIPPOS: CUSTOM PERGOLAS. KRITIKOS WOOD: CUSTOM DOORS, CUSTOM WINDOWS. SUITE

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B O O K s edited by Stanley Abercrombie Finn Juhl: Life, Work, World

Living with Charlotte Perriand: The Art of Living

by Christian Bundegaard New York: Phaidon Press, $95 264 pages, 240 illustrations (82 color)

edited by François Laffanour; text by Cynthia Fleury Paris: Skira, distributed by Art Book D.P.A., New York, $50 366 pages, 435 illustrations (366 color)

Danish designer Finn Juhl (1912-1989) was, along with his compatriots Arne Jacobsen, Hans Wegner, and Poul Kjærholm, one of the leaders of the golden age of “Danish Modern” and of Scandinavian design in general. He designed several houses, a restaurant, and tabletop items of wood, porcelain, and aluminum. But he is best known for his furniture, particularly his chairs. This text lauds his FJ45 armchair of 1945 for its “elegant separation.” And it calls his highly articulated 1949 Chieftain armchair “a sculpture.” Juhl’s talent was introduced to America in a 1948 Interiors magazine article by Edgar Kaufmann Jr., the design department director at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, who in 1951 chose the Dane to create the second in his influential series of “Good Design” exhibitions at both the museum and Chicago’s Merchandise Mart. (The first had been designed by Charles and Ray Eames.) The next year Juhl was commissioned to design the 11,000-squarefoot Trusteeship Council Chamber at the United Nations, including its furniture, lighting, and “playful and witty” multicolored ceiling. Juhl also designed stores for Georg Jensen in New York, Toronto, and London. For Scandinavian Airlines he was responsible for numerous ticket offices and plane interiors, “one of the most beautiful machines in the air in those days.” Beginning in 1951, Baker Furniture of Grand Rapids, Michigan, added his modern designs to their more traditional lines. The art direction of this good-looking book, “Finn Juhl often which incorporates many of Juhl’s watercolor went his own way” presentations, is credited to Henrik Nygren. It is the most complete record we have of this important designer’s work, and it is very welcome.

This is an impressively handsome presentation (largely captionless, full-page color images) of impressively handsome furniture and interiors. Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) is best known, of course, for her work in the firm of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, where she “Perriand steeped developed designs of armchairs, herself in Le Corbusier’s approach” chaises longues, and tables. But she also made photomontages with Fernand Léger, worked on housing design with Sonia Delaunay, and on furniture and building designs with Jean Prouvé. Among her independent output she produced tables, desks, armoires, three-legged stools, and freely composed bookcases in infinite variety. She designed kitchens (including the one in Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye) and entire houses. She designed Air France offices in Paris, Tokyo, and Rio de Janiero. Professionally, she broke with the established Salon des Artistes Décorateurs to join the Union des Artistes Modernes. Her awards included the Silver Medal of the Academie d’Architecture, and she was named a Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur. The end matter of this fine book includes a chronological display by graphic designer Marie Pellaton, illustrated in color, of almost 200 furniture designs, a biographical timeline, and a bibliography— almost everything one could want except an index. The text is in both French and English; the design is both French and universal.

What They’re Reading... The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, $25 224 pages, 280 illustrations (135 color)

“My mother read this to me in French as a small boy. I was probably 10 when I read it in English in grade school in Toronto. By the Lionel O’Hayon time I was at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, Founder and CEO this book started to play a central role in my thinking about how of ICrave we see the world. When I first visited Burning Man, in 2005, I was struck by how much the setting reminded me of the story of the Little Prince and his little planet. It was then that I read it again and realized the author had crashed his plane in the Sahara and wrote the book based on his experience surviving that desert. The book made perfect sense to me in a completely new way. One of our studio principles is to approach everything with childlike eyes. All our work is imbued with a sense of curiosity and cinematic storytelling that can easily be attributed to this book.” 178

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c o n ta c t s DESIGNERS IN SPECIAL FEATURE Anda Andrei Design (“Room With a View,” page 168), anda.com. Arquitectonica (“Room With a View,” page 168), arquitectonica.com. Bonetti/Kozerski Architecture (“Room With a View,” page 168), bonettikozerski.com. Martin Brudnizki Design Studio (“Room With a View,” page 168), mbds.com. Continuation Studio (“Room With a View,” page 168), continuation-studio.com.

Smart Design. Exemplary Craftsmanship.

Handel Architects (“Room With a View,” page 168), handelarchitects.com.

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Interior Design Laboratorium (“Ripple Effect,” page 168), idlaboratorium.gr.

PHOTOGRAPHERS IN FEATURES Magda Biernat Photography (“Joint Venture,” page 154), magdabiernat.com. Eric Laignel Photography (“Try Not To Stare,” page 128), ericlaignel.com. Patricia Parinejad (“The Empty Quarter,” page 118), patriciaparinejad.com.

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Timothy Schenck (“Sacred Script,” page 162), timothyschenck.com. Steven Simione (“Sacred Script,” page 162), stevensimione.com.

DESIGNERS IN WALK-THROUGH Archstudio (“Double Vision,” page 47), archstudio.cn. Rockefeller Kempel Architects (“On a High Note,” page 55), rockefellerkempel.com. Rockwell Group (“On a High Note,” page 55), rockwellgroup.com.

PHOTOGRAPHERS IN WALK-THROUGH Qiang Hong (“Double Vision,” page 47), 1027722029@qq.com. Christopher Payne (“On a High Note,” page 55), Esto, esto.com.

DESIGNER IN CENTERFOLD Behin Ha Design Studio (“Banding Together,” page 113), behinha.com. Interior Design (USPS#520-210, ISSN 0020-5508) is published 18 times a year, monthly except semimonthly in March, May, June, and August, and thrice-monthly in October by Interior Design Media Group. Interior Design Media Group, 101 Park Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10178, is a division of Sandow, 3651 NW 8th Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33431. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY, and additional mailing offices. Subscriptions: U.S., 1 Year: $69.95; Canada and Mexico, 1 year: $99.99; all other countries: $199.99 U.S. funds. Single copies (prepaid in U.S. funds): $8.95 shipped within U.S. ADDRESS ALL SUBSCRIPTION REQUESTS AND CORRESPONDENCE TO: Interior Design, P.O. Box 16479, North Hollywood, CA 91615-6479. TELEPHONE TOLL-FREE: 800-900-0804 (continental U.S. only), 818-487-2014 (all others), or email: subscriptions@interiordesign.net. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to INTERIOR DESIGN, P.O. Box 16479, North Hollywood, CA 91615-6479. Publications Mail Agreement No. 40624074.

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A contemporary take on the industrial ethos, the Descanso Series features textured knurling on the handles and distinctive hex nut accents. Available in 28 artisan finishes, optional carbon fiber handle accents, and matching accessories to harmonize the look. Handcrafted in Huntington Beach, CA. californiafaucets.com

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Match has no rules or limits to what it can be and how it can be utilized. Made with the seamless welding of solid aluminum panels, Match becomes the missing piece to any design puzzle. Top open or side access options available. 336-889-2009 davisfurniture.com

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Integrate recycling into your environment with our modular recycling bins. Slide-in panels coordinate with any design. Shown: OPUS Trash/Recycler in Recycled Plastic Lumber w/ Zephyr banding. Coordinating screen wall, planters, benches, custom fixtures. Lifetime Structural Warranty. t. 305.857.0466 DeepStreamDesign.com

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designannex STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION (required by Act of August 12, 1970: Section 3685, Title 39, United States Code).

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1. Interior Design 2. (ISSN 520-210) 3. Filing date: 10/1/2019. 4. Issue frequency: Published 18 times a year, monthly except semimonthly in March, May, June, and August, and thrice-monthly in October. 5 Number of issues published annually: 18. 6. The annual subscription price is $69.95. 7. Complete mailing address of known office of publication: 101 Park Avenue; 4th Floor, New York, NY 10178. Contact person: Kolin Rankin. Telephone: 305-859-0063 8. Complete mailing address of headquarters or general business office of publisher: 101 Park Avenue; 4th Floor, New York, NY 10178. 9. Full names and complete mailing addresses of publisher, editor, and managing editor. Publisher...............................................................................Carol Cisco 101 Park Avenue; 4th Floor, New York, NY 10178. Editor.....................................................................................Cindy Allen 101 Park Avenue; 4th Floor, New York, NY 10178. Managing Editor.................................................................Helene E. Oberman 101 Park Avenue; 4th Floor, New York, NY 10178 10. Owner: SANDOW 3651 NW 8th Ave, Boca Raton, FL 33431 11. Known bondholders, mortgages, and other security holders owning or holding 1 percent of more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or other securities: NONE. 12. Tax status: Has Not Changed During Preceding 12 Months. 13. Publisher title: Interior Design. 14. Issue date for circulation data below: September 2019.

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15. The extent and nature of circulation a.Total number of copies printed (Net Press Run)...................................................................................................................61,709.............................57,623 b. Paid/requested circulation 1. Mailed outside-county paid subscriptions/requested............................................46,032.............................46,105 2. Mailed in-county paid subscriptions/requested................................................................0 ......................................0 3. Sales through dealers and carriers, street vendors and counter sales........................................................................................ 2,997............................... 2,090 4. Requested copies distribution through other classes mailed through the USPS........................................................................... 1,037...................................968 c. Total paid/requested distribution................................................................................50,066.............................49,163 d. Nonrequested distribution (By Mail and Outside Mail) 1. Outside-County Nonrequested copies........................................................................ 3,704............................... 2,364 2. In-county nonrequested copies.............................................................................................0.......................................0 3. Nonrequested copies mailed at other Classes through the USPS...........................................................................................0.......................................0 4. Nonrequested copies distributed outside the mail........................................................646...................................481 e.Total Nonrequested distribution.................................................................................... 4,350............................... 2,845 f. Total distribution (Sum of 15c and e).........................................................................54,416.............................52,008 g. Copies not Distributed.................................................................................................... 7,292............................... 5,615 h. Total (Sum of 15f and g)...............................................................................................61,709.............................57,623 i. Percent Paid and/or Requested Circulation (15c divided by f times 100)...........................................................................................92.01%.............................94.53% Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months

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16. Electronic Copy Circulation a. Paid Electronic Copies...................................................................................................11,461.............................14,033 b. Total Paid Print Copies (Line 15c) + Paid Electronic Copies (Line 16a)...................................................................................61,527.............................63,196 c. Total Print Distribution (Line 15f) + Paid Electronic Copies (Line 16a)...................................................................................65,877.............................66,041 d. Percent Paid (Both print and Electronic Copies) (16b divided by 16c x 100)...............................................................................................93.40%............................95.69% I certify that 50% of all distributed copies (electronic and print) are paid above nominal price: YES. 17. Publication of statement of ownership for a Requester publication will be printed in the October 2019 issue of the publication. 18. Signature and title of editor, publisher, business manager, or owner: Carol Cisco, Publisher. I certify that all information furnished on this form is true and complete. I understand that anyone who furnishes false or misleading information on this form or who omits material or information requested on the form may be subject to criminal sanction and civil actions.

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For centuries, the indoor-outdoor garden pavilion has been a traditional venue for Chinese plays. The concept gets a contemporary interpretation at Premiere Cinema, an eight-screen movie theater in Wuxi, China, by 4N Design Architects. The city’s Taihu Lake is a popular destination for residents and tourists alike, so principals Danny Ng and Sinner Sin designed the 70,000square-foot project to channel its natural setting. In the lobby, polished concrete flooring recalls still water at night, and even captures the reflection of an enormous “moon” overhead. The 16-foot-diameter form was rendered in fiberglass, craters and all, using a mold generated from a 3-D model based on the actual moon. “We built it in slices,” Sin says, describing the process of fabricating small sections one at a time at a studio off-site. After artisans used pigments to touch up the color and texture, the pieces were then trucked to the cinema and mounted onto a steel frame. Light cast upon it from LEDs adds a celestial glow. Elsewhere, materials were selected for their acoustic properties as well as their ties to nature. Granite panels backdrop a series of digital movie posters, which are in turn set within a frame of warm pine slats. “It’s like a romantic drive-in theater,” Ng adds. “There’s a full moon all day long.” —Wilson Barlow

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