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Canadian real estate development practice Westbank defies categorization. Part patron and part pioneer, as well as one of North America’s leading private property developers, the organization—which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year—is also a multi-platformed champion of net-zero carbon initiatives, culture, technology, and the arts. By deploying bold thinking and design, they create singular experiences, eco-driven solutions, and enduring communities in the places where their projects reside. In the words of Bjarke Ingels, the renowned Danish architect who has collaborated with Westbank on numerous projects, “[Westbank] is summoning some of the most talented and visionary architects from the east and the west to join [them] in raising the bar in contemporary cities.”

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Their portfolio of brands and additional initiatives include the premier Canadian dance school, Goh Ballet Academy; one of the country’s most expansive private collections of 20th- and 21st-century couture fashion; a bevy of thoughtfully crafted live-music venues; and a trio of top-tier hotels—the Shangri-La Toronto, the Shangri-La Vancouver, and Vancouver’s Fairmont Pacific Rim. All of these pursuits are fueled by a passion for excellence and innovation and a commitment to artistry, integrity, and sustainability. “It seems to me that while we have many goals to achieve, Westbank has two main roles,” says founder Ian Gillespie. “First, to create as much beauty as we possibly can, and second, to help people appreciate beauty, so that they in turn will demand more of it and accept nothing less.”

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In our annual September Style issue, we aim to deliver a feast of creative types, and indeed the energy in these pages is palpable. With such great expectations, I must confess, it is a challenge to make sure we outdo ourselves each year.

“If you’re a creative person,there are certain spacesthat just feel right to you—you just kind of feel the energy.” —Stacey Bendet

1. STACEY BENDET AND ONE OF HER THREE DAUGHTERS IN THEIR NYC APARTMENT. 2. SIENNA MILLER STRIKES A POSE OUTSIDE HER ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE. 3. ELAINE WELTEROTH AND HER HUSBAND, SONWITHJONATHANMUSICIANSINGLETARY,THEIRNEWBORNATHOMEINL.A.

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So, when AD’s global entertainment director, Dana Mathews, informed me that actor Sienna Miller owns a 16th-century cottage in Buckinghamshire, England, I could not have imagined a more utterly charming house. After leaving the storybook structure pretty much untouched for more than a decade, Miller embarked upon a COVID-era restoration and decoration project with her close friend, director Gaby Dellal. The resulting interiors— warm, cozy, romantic—look and feel completely natural, as if they have always been that way. Says Miller of Dellal’s sensitive handiwork: “I could not believe the transformation… arriving to see this meadow in front of the house planted with wildflowers, I started to cry.”

4. DEE AND TOMMY HILFIGER IN PALM BEACH. LAURE HERIARD DUBREUIL, OF THE WEBSTER, IN HER L.A. HOME OFFICE. 6. FASHION DESIGNER ALTUZARRAJOSEPH(RIGHT) AND HIS HUSBAND, SETH WEISSMAN, WITH THEIR DAUGHTER AND DOG AT THEIR HAMPTONS HOUSE. GlobalASTLEYEditorial and Editor in Chief, AD U.S. @amyastley 4 2 5 3 6

Emotions run high for other homeowners featured this month, too: Best-selling author and Project Runway judge Elaine Welteroth writes with humor and wisdom about the highs and lows of relocating from the East Coast to the West, undertaking extensive renovation on her dream home, and giving birth—all at the same time, during a pandemic. And while fashion designer Stacey Bendet, founder of Alice + Olivia, lives with her husband and three daughters in palatial grandeur in New York City’s legendary Dakota building, there is nothing stuffy about her ultra-colorful, family-friendly style. “I didn’t want a big apartment that was made for adults and where you couldn’t jump on the sofa,” says Bendet. “My kids do cartwheels and flips in here. I wanted it to feel lived in.” And it does—complete with Venetian chandeliers, heroically scaled artworks by Julian Schnabel and Francesco Clemente, and three distinctly different children’s rooms, each a tour de force of fiercely individual decorating and full of positive Challengeenergy.met.

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t was 1949 and Danish designer Hans Wegner was at the beach, digging himself into the sand with a shovel. When he found the perfect lean-back position for seaside repose, he set out to make it in something more sturdy. Enter: the Flag Halyard chair, a steel frame wrapped in rope commonly used for flagpoles. The ergonomic, spaceship-like form, later cozied up with sheepskin, provided a comfortable lounge that allowed the sitter to assume a range of positions. Wegner’s own included two side pillows, in addition to the hallmark neck rest. Unveiled in Copenhagen in 1950 at an exhibition at the Designmuseum Danmark, the design received mixed reviews. Kaare Klint famously likened it to something from a gynecologist’s office. But from the jump, fashion people fawned. It was splashed across magazines, models posing on its tightly wound string seat. The chair was difficult to make. For several decades it was manufactured by Danish brand Getama in small quantities. In the late ’80s it went out of production altogether. “It was ahead of its time,” says Kasper Holst Pedersen, the third-generation owner of Danish furniture maker PP Møbler, which picked up production of the chair (now retailing from $16,048) in 2000. “But for 10 or 15 years, it’s been one of our top products in almost every market.”

Interior designer Fawn Galli says she often places them in screening rooms. As Jennifer Bunsa puts it (the designer lives with one in Miami), “It’s a chair for ultimate relaxation.” pp.dk

Today lounge-ability is the major selling point. “It’s not super comfortable for socializing,” says stylist Kate Young, who lives with one in Woodstock, New York. “Better for lolling or reading.”

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1 ART As with many other collectibles, sunlight is the enemy of art pieces. Avoid direct UV exposure; to illuminate your works, use LED lighting with adjustable fixtures that can change the direction of the beam if pieces are moved. Today’s collectors are moving away from assigning a dedicated room to display their art collection; instead, architects are ensuring that most walls in the house are capable of displaying pieces, giving homeowners the ultimate freedom in deciding where best to place their prized possessions. Learn more at www.bhhs.com/luxury-collection and stay updated on all things luxury at @bhhsluxury.

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3 WINE With temperature being the most important factor in maintaining the quality of a wine collection, aficionados should consider storing their bottles in a temperaturecontrolled setting. Modern systems connect to your smartphone and detect/correct fluctuations that can be potentially harmful to your vintage collection. It is also essential to protect your wares from sunlight and vibration; if possible, choose a room without windows and avoid keeping appliances like washing machines nearby.

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And what she wanted—most especially during such a trying time—was something full of delight, like her work. For more than 20 years, Bidermann has designed jewelry that is witty and whimsical; during a recent visit, she showed some favorite pieces, including pomegranate earrings decorated with tiny rubies and pale pink diamonds, clover earrings with soft pink sapphires, and scarab earrings with vibrant green tsavorite garnets. Her clients have included Gwyneth Paltrow, Sofia Coppola, and Beyoncé, and she has created runway commissions for the likes of New York fashion designer Jason Wu. Now Bidermann is moving into tableware. For the French style platform Holiday Paris, she has decorated Paul Arnhold glassware with small splashes of pink, like cherry blossom petals. And for the French decor start-up Waww La Table, she has designed linens hand-embroidered with her signature insouciant motifs, such as apple-laden trees, golden wheat with buzzing bumblebees, and clovers with ladybugs.

Parisian by birth and a member of an eminent French fashion family—her grandfather and uncle manufactured menswear for, among others, Yves Saint Laurent, Courrèges,

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hree weeks before French president Emmanuel Macron ordered COVID-19 confinement in 2020, French jewelry designer Aurélie Bidermann moved into an 18th-century flat on the Left Bank with her young daughter. Having all those months at home gave Bidermann time to meditate on the 3,200-square-foot south-facing space—to understand the light, the flow, and the energy. Confinement, she said, “allowed me to do the apartment as I wanted.”

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Bidermann studied art history in London and Paris, and worked for Sotheby’s in New York and Paris. “I saw marvels come and go,” she said. She went back to school, to study gemology in Anvers and jewelry design at the prestigious Haute École de Joaillerie in Paris. In the early 2000s, she traveled to Jaipur, where, with the encouragement of fellow French jewelry designer Marie-Héléne de Taillac, Bidermann created her first collection, at the Gem Palace. She quickly made a name for herself, with two boutiques in Paris and, for a time, two in New York City. In 2015, she sold a minority stake to private investors; she has since stepped away from the brand after it was wholly acquired. Her decor captures all of those eras and moods. Her mahogany four-poster bed is from her childhood. Next to her dining table is a jaunty floor lamp by midcentury designer Georges Jouve, with colorful ceramic cactus pots and tiki-barlike straw lampshades. “It’s very tropical and fun,” she said. In her vanilla salon, she has dusty-pink velvet sofas, a trio of glass urns by Gio Ponti, loads of cheerful paintings, and a mirrored cabinet by French modernist Jacques Adnet to reflect it all. Her office features a large coral-pink lacquer desk that she “found ages ago in New York,” topped with scarlet lamps by David Hicks. A hallway, meanwhile, is lined with candid black-and-white family portraits by Bidermann’s friend photographer Pamela Hanson. “The goal is to feel good, and comfortable,” she explained, taking it all in. “It is very happy, isn’t it?” aureliebidermann.com

Calvin Klein, and Ralph Lauren—Bidermann grew up across the Seine, in the posh 16th arrondissement. The Bidermann seat was filled with Art Nouveau and Art Deco furniture and Symbolist paintings. Her parents were “great collectors,” she said, who spent hours scouring galleries, auctions, and the Paris flea markets. “On weekends, we’d be at the flea market by 8 a.m., when vendors were still unloading the trucks and station wagons, to see what they had,” she recalled. On Sunday afternoons, the Bidermanns opened their home to friends—“mostly gallerists and dealers,” she said. “I bathed in this milieu.”

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In France, Louis Vuitton’s new Oratoire atelier signals sustainable ambitions for the storied luxury brand

34 ARCHDIGEST.COM S ustainability in fashion doesn’t only mean sourcing green materials or embracing circularity. Factories and workshops can—and should be—eco-friendly too. Which is why Louis Vuitton is reconceiving the design of its leather ateliers with environmental impact in mind. The first in this initiative is Oratoire, a 65,000-squarefoot single-story bioclimatic building in the Loir-et-Cher region of central France. of eco-design: recycled metal for the structure; recycled wood for the walls (to absorb machine noise); solar panels on the roof, which generate enough energy to power the temperature-activated louvers that allow wind to circulate through the space without blowing papers off desks. The and reservoirs that also nurture local biodiversity. As in villas of ancient Rome, the subflooring has pipes that circulate water to heat the building in the winter and cool it in the summer. A bank of 20-foot-tall windows faces north, bathing the workshop with diffused natural light; the southern (and therefore warmer) façade has fewer and smaller windows, and is shaded by trees. The goal of the company’s in-house architecture team was DISCOVERIES

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“Modular and agile,the atelier Oratoire is the image of our newgeneration of workshops.”

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to maintain a comfortable temperature throughout the building—not easy, since sewing machines generate heat—by using natural cooling methods rather than air-conditioning, which is environmentally problematic on a host of levels, including energy consumption and fluorocarbon emissions. As a result, Oratoire’s energy usage is half that of existing Louis Vuitton ateliers. “Modular and agile, the atelier Oratoire is the image of our new generation of workshops,” Louis Vuitton chairman and CEO Michael Burke said at the ribbon-cutting. It is also a cornerstone for Our Committed Journey, Louis Vuitton’s program to improve its environmental performance and reduce its carbon footprint by embracing circular creativity on every front. In the 168 years since it was founded, Louis Vuitton has produced quality leather goods that last for generations. Now the company is applying that same ethos to everything from fashion shows to boutique design. At the Met Gala in New York City in May, Louis Vuitton dressed several guests in vintage archival pieces, thereby encouraging re-wear (an easy circular practice) on the red carpet. For years, the company has incorporated certified eco-practices, such as renewable energy and LED lighting, in its store designs. By 2025, Louis Vuitton has pledged to reuse or recycle all CHARLIE SNEAKER BOOT AND THE NEW LV TRAINER, BOTH MADE FROM 90 PERCENT RECYCLED AND BIO-SOURCED MATERIALS.

38 ARCHDIGEST.COM DISCOVERIES event and store-window materials, and rely solely on renewable energy in its production and logistics sites. Following Oratoire’s lead, two more Louis Vuitton bioclimatic workshops are due to open in France this year— one of them in the Drôme, a southern region known for toasty summers, where the design team must harness and tame the fierce mistral wind. Should Oratoire’s natural air-cooling systems prove themselves to be efficient, Louis Vuitton will re-create them here and in the brand’s other future workshops. Atelier Oratoire, LVMH chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault told the crowd at the inauguration, reflects the commitment “we are making for the development of our activities in a sustainable manner” and “our respect for our environment.” louisvuitton.com —DANA THOMAS CRUISE 2016 MODELS STRUT THEIR STUFF AT BOB HOPE’S LEGENDARY PALM SPRINGS ESTATE, DESIGNED BY JOHN LAUTNER IN 1973. CRUISE 2017 A SCARLET RAMP SERVES AS THE PERFECT CATWALK AT OSCAR NIEMEYER’S 1996 NITERÓI MUSEUM IN RIO DE JANEIRO—NO NEED TO ROLL OUT A RED CARPET. CRUISE 2020 FASHION INSIDERS ARE TREATED TO A FIRST LOOK OF THE REVAMPED TWA FLIGHT CENTER, EERO SAARINEN’S ICONIC 1962 TERMINAL AT NEW YORK CITY’S JFK AIRPORT. CRUISE 2023 IN LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA, THE TRAVERTINE PLAZA OF LOUIS KAHN’S 1965 SALK INSTITUTE WELCOMES GUESTS OF THE FASHION HOUSE AS THE SUN SETS OVER THE PACIFIC. —SAM COCHRAN A BRIEF HISTORY POWER OF PLACE At Louis Vuitton’s blockbuster cruise shows, architecture has long been the backdrop to innovation 1 2

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Included in The Boca Raton’s revamp was a top-to-bottom restoration of the Cloister—its most iconic building—to its original splendor. Even the façade was repainted to the original coastal white from its former flamingo pink hue. Despite the attention to preserving the buildings’ historical integrity, contemporary Rockwell-inflected touches can be spotted throughout, like limestone floors, cast-iron light fixtures, and dark gray lacquer. It could be said that the resort actually comprises five upscale hotels, each with its own distinct vibe and character. But with a slew of new draws, from a lavish destination spa to a growing collection of restaurant concepts, a singular experience at The Boca Raton has been born. Here’s how to enjoy the best of it.

1 The resort’s grounds seamlessly strike a balance between posh and inviting. 2 The new Harborside Pool Club boasts three pools, a lazy river, water slides, and more. 3 MB Supper Club aims to recreate the ambiance of the golden age of supper clubs.

ENTER DESTINATION WELLNESS Indulge in a nourishing ritual at the Spa Palmera, the resort’s extravagant wellness center. Modeled after Spain’s grandiose Alhambra Palace, the 50,000-square-foot spa was styled by celebrity designer Colin Cowie with impeccable attention to detail. Arrive early to relax in the Great Hall or new Himalayan salt room, then emerge from your therapy into the garden to soak in the pleasant aromas of jasmine and wisteria poolside.

South Florida hosts an excess of glamorous resorts, but few are as storied as The Boca Raton. After a recent $200 million facelift, this fabled architectural gem has been dramatically polished to shine brighter than ever in its new Golden Era.

GET IN THE GAME Lounging on the private beach sure is tempting, but you’ll want to take advantage of all the opportunities for outdoor recreation on the water and on the green. From the 18-hole golf course to the Racquet Club’s 16 tennis courts and four pickleball courts—plus numerous watersport offerings—raising your pulse is the name of the game.

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The Boca Raton is set on 200 waterfront acres between an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary and a private half-mile stretch of beach—an ideal setting to bask in the natural wonders of the Sunshine State. Resting at the heart of the resort is the Cloister, a magnificent Mediterranean Revival building designed in 1926 by famed Florida architect Addison Mizner. While the property opened its doors as the Ritz Carlton Cloister Inn, the following decades would see new restaurants, rooms, and hotels added to the prestigious compound, leading it to be renamed the Boca Raton Resort & Club. Thanks to an extensive renovation spearheaded by celebrated architect David Rockwell, the resort’s recent metamorphosis into The Boca Raton might be its glitziest iteration yet.

READY, SET, EAT With over a dozen dining outlets, including a quartet of signature restaurants from the acclaimed Major Food Group, The Boca Raton is already a smash hit with gourmands. Guests can stay for a week and never have the same meal. Enjoy a brunch bacchanalia at Sadelle’s, an Italian feast at Principessa Ristorante, or go for a retro chophouse dinner at The Flamingo Grill. The Boca Raton has it all.

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In the department,complexity-and-contradictionFrancesMerrillofReath Design has joined forces with Michaele Simmering and Johannes Pauwen of Kalon Studios on a capsule collection that marries the AD100 designer’s signature aesthetic of giddy color and pattern with Kalon’s exquisitely distilled furniture forms. Finding harmony in tension, Merrill has reimagined three pieces from Kalon’s planar Rugosa line with collaged upholstery treatments utilizing, among other fabrics, a 1960s Alexander Girard stripe, a 1930s Rose Cumming chintz, and a late-19th-century floral print from Claremont’s Warner Textile Archive collection. “The original inspiration for Rugosa was my family’s summer house in Rhode Island, a place that evolved organically over years, with lots of seemingly discordant styles, colors, and ideas,” explains Simmering. “Frances’s fabric treatments dovetail neatly with that story and underscore our belief that our work can flex into different kinds of spaces and appeal to different tastes.” Adds Merrill: “We wanted to evoke the feeling of generational accumulation, the way a great family home accumulates over time. Just because you have modern furniture doesn’t mean you can’t throw chintz into the mix. Why choose when you can have both?” kalonstudios.com

FINISHING TOUCHES FUN HANG Nathalie du Pasquier, the French-born, Milan-based painter (you know her as a founder of the irreverent ��s design movement the Memphis Group), has now taken her superb sense of color and composition to a surprising staple: coat hooks! In a new collaboration with the Danish brand Raawii, she tapped European artisans to realize wooden wall-mounted racks in three sizes and color combos. Jackets everywhere rejoice. raawii.eu

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First up: The Fisher Building. “It’s also known as Detroit’s largest art object,” Shepherd says. Every pillar is a different stone, she notes, showcasing 52 different types of marble from all over the world. Another of their go-to icons is The Guardian Building, a landmark skyscraper that features “one of the boldest examples of Art Deco,” claims Dubay. For a bit of inspiration found both inside and out, the pair frequent Eldorado General Store, a curated collection of locally-made curio, vintage clothing, and accessories—all housed in an 1870s flat-iron building.

“People don’t know that Detroit has such a great architectural history,” Dubay says. “Detroit has the best collection of 20thcentury skyscrapers in the country. As people come here, they realize how beautiful it is.”

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A city long steeped in the history and culture that helped build the nation, Detroit is among this country’s most important metropolises. Situated in the southeastern region of Michigan along the banks of the Detroit River, it was founded at the turn of the 18th century by a French trader who dubbed it “Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit” (détroit is the French word for “straight”). Perhaps best known as the birthplace of both the modern automobile and Motown Records, the sights and sounds of the past shape modern-day life here at every turn. What may be lesser known about this vibrant hub—but no less impressive—is its deep architectural roots. Getting to know the city’s tallest treasures means turning to those in the know for a guided tour. Detroit natives Bo Shepherd and Kyle Dubay, co-founders of Woodward Throwbacks—an interior design and furniture studio that focuses on reclaimed materials— are just the insiders to ask to reveal the city’s best-kept gems: the buildings that should be on every visitor’s (and resident’s) must-see list.

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While Shepherd and Dubay have a profound appreciation for Detroit’s long architectural legacy, they’re also working toward building a part of its future while preserving its past. Using salvaged pieces is a key part of their approach. The pair added their signature touch to Ladder 4, a wine bar housed in a former firehouse, by repurposing marble from an elementary school bathroom for a 40-foot-long bar and café tables. In another example of adaptive reuse, the two saved marble from the recently renovated Book Tower, a historic Italian Renaissance building completed in 1926, to use for their new furniture line. “Our furniture has soul. It has a story, and the story and history of this rich city are really important to share,” Shepherd says. Explore all the reasons why this diverse destination should be your next stop at michigan.org

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talian Renaissance gardens swagger: bold architectonic hedges, cypress trees that tower like exclamation points, sparkling stone fountains that jet, spray, and splash. The jewelry fashioned by Bulgari possesses similarly dynamic qualities, which explains why the luxury brand’s colorful baubles have become badges of honor among women with an attitude, such as superstars Elizabeth Taylor, Gina Lollobrigida, and Sharon Stone. So it only makes sense that the legendary Rome-based firm, launched in 1884 by Greek-born master silversmith Sotirio Bulgari, would step outdoors for inspiration. Cultivated by Lucia Silvestri,

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Bulgari looks to an iconicItalian estate for its latest high jewelry triumphs the company’s award-winning creative director for high jewelry, Bulgari Eden: The Garden of Wonders is a dolce vita collection that fuses those aesthetic codes into a lapidary salute to Madre Natura, with artful evocations of everything from fruits to foliage to serpents. One of the prizes of the 140-piece trove is the Emerald Archway necklace, a tour de force ornament that expertly channels the grandeur of the gardens of Villa Farnese—an iconic estate near Rome that was created in the early 16th century for the future Pope Paul III—into a river of glittering gems. “The Farnese Gardens are an extraordinary demonstration of humankind’s ability to beautify nature through creativity and mastery,” says Silvestri. “We wanted to re-create the harmonious bond between the gardens and architecture.” The necklace’s centerpiece is an 11.01-carat cushion-cut Colombian emerald nestled between cascades of L-shape elements, all studded with myriad diamonds that echo the expertly scissored greenery in the villa’s geometric parterre garden. Drape it in place, close the clasp, and—presto!— you’re a modern-day Eve. bulgari.com 1 4 2 5 3

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H ow does the ultimate all-American brand cause a sensation in Italy? The answer is impeccably in the case of Ralph Lauren, which celebrated its Milan Design Week debut this past June. Over the course of Salone del Mobile, the company welcomed industry insiders and assorted VIPs into its local headquarters, a 1941 rationalist palazzo designed by noted architect Mino Fiocchi. Guests stepped beyond the edifice’s marble façade to discover a fully realized world: rooms outfitted with Ralph Lauren Home’s fall 2022 offerings, the courtyard transformed into a temporary Ralph’s dining space. Cappuccinos gave way to aperitivos as admirers immersed themselves morning to night. The starting point of the new collection—named Palazzo after the company’s digs—was Milan itself,BRASS.

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“I have long been inspired by the romance and timeless beauty of Milan—its winding cobblestone streets, the patina of its ancient façades, and its rich heritage of artisanal craftsmanship,” says the fashion legend. “When we discovered our palazzo in the late ’90s, I knew I had found our home in Milan.”

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Starck Difference Design legend Philippe Starck puts his own spin on Dior’s Medallion chair I t’s 5:15 p.m. in London and Philippe Starck is schooling me on square roots over Zoom. “You make a sign like this,” he says, gesturing from his office chair. “You put a number beneath and you divide, divide, divide until there is nothing left to divide because you’ve reached the prime number, le chiffre premier. This is my way of working. I try to go to the bone, to the minimum of the thing.”

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Over the course of his prolific career, the French design star has applied that reductive approach (he describes it as “precise and cruel”) to domestic mainstays ranging from tables to toilets. Staunch minimalism, he argues, ensures timelessness. His latest subject: Dior’s Medallion chair, the Louis XVI–style seats that Christian Dior lined up for fashion shows at his famous 30 Avenue Montaigne headquarters and sprinkled about his homes in Paris and outside Milly-la-Forêt (AD, December 2004). Starck’s reinvention, titled Miss Dior, marks the latest in the brand’s present-day revivals, commissioned from the likes of Pierre Charpin, Atang Tshikare, and AD100 Hall of Famer India Mahdavi.

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Starck has revisited the Louis XVI silhouette before in his now famous Louis Ghost chair, made for Kartell using see-through plastic. But for Dior, he insists, “this is the ultimate—we cannot have less.” By reducing the original Medallion (which Dior once described as “sober, simple, and above all classic and Parisian”) to a skeletal form so thin that only one metal-injection atelier would agree to the job, Starck has created what he dubs “an icon of an icon of an icon.” His aluminum version can be gussied up in three finishes— black chromium, pink copper, or gold—and ordered matte or polished. Each got its moment in the spotlight during the brand’s cinematic presentation at Palazzo Citterio, unveiled during Milan’s Salone del Mobile design week in June. The stackable chairs, their backs stamped with a Dior logo, come with arms, without, or, perhaps most poetically, with a single rest, meant to nudge the sitter into an elegant leaning pose à la Marlene Dietrich, whose portrait inspired the idea. “Don’t forget, we are in Christian Dior,” says Starck with a laugh. “We are in haute couture.” dior.com

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With its subtly tapered legs and oval back— the couturier liked to upholster it in toile de Jouy— the Dior Medallion is, to Starck, the Platonic ideal of a chair, living in what he refers to as “the collective subconsciousness of Occident.” Similar seats graced his grandmother’s home, where he recalls spending days as a child sequestered beneath their slipcovers. “It was a small house for me,” he says. “I lived in the icon.”

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Cheval Blanc Paris PARIS Designed by AD100 master Peter Marino as a temple to French luxury and craft, this LVMH flagship is a tour de force of bespoke details, contemporary artworks, and crème de la crème materials. From $1,200; chevalblanc.com Downtown L.A.

Proper Hotel LOS ANGELES Nimbly layering tilework, murals, stained glass, and references from around the world, AD100 titan Kelly Wearstler has lent her Midas maximalist touch to a 1926 landmark by architects Curlett & Beelman, what was once a YWCA. From $349; properhotel.com Has there ever been a more exciting time to travel? Aroundthe world, pent-up wanderlustand newfound pride of place havegiven way to the next wave of greathotels. We’ve scoped out the best. SYDNEY

SANTE FE Reimagined by Auberge Resorts Collection, this beloved landmark remains true to its roots, with contemporary Southwest-style interiors, adobe buildings, and intimate connections to the 317-acre grounds. From $750; aubergeresorts.com

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PARIS The Italian jewelry house reunited with the architecture firm Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel on this Right Bank hot spot, whose spa, restaurant, bar, and suites—chief among them a penthouse duplex— all sparkle like gems. From $1,500; bulgari.com

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For the brand’s first location on the Australian continent, Atelier Ace teamed up with national treasure (and AD100 firm) Flack Studio to transform a former factory into a quintessentially Down Under destination, with materials and colors that celebrate the region. From $290; acehotel.com

Casa Cipriani NEW YORK CITY Adapted by Marvel architects, with interiors by AD100 legend Thierry Despont, a 1909 Beaux Arts ferry terminal now holds court at the southernmost tip of Manhattan, combining a private-club model with luxe rooms and suites. From $800; casacipriani.com

Kisawa Sanctuary BENGUERRA ISLAND, MOZAMBIQUE Masterminded by Nina Flohr, this far-flung island paradise incorporates 3D-printing technology and immediate materials to realize its jaw-dropping buildings. Interiors pay homage to African craft, mixing Senegalese and Ghanaian antiques and artworks with finds from Tanzania and Nigeria. From $5,277; kisawasanctuary.com

An 18th-century villa has been reborn as a sister property to the iconic Grand Hotel Tremezzo, with terraced gardens, Muranoglass light fixtures by Barovier & Toso, Rubelli fabrics, and more than 20 types of Italian marble. From $1,055; passalacqua.it

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Habitas Bacalar BACALAR, MEXICO Impeccably furnished and responsibly built, this remote retreat defers to its extraordinary lagoon setting with simple A-frame cabanas that delight the senses while minimally impacting the fragile ecosystem. From $400; ourhabitas.com

Etéreo RIVIERA MAYA, MEXICO A love letter to Mexico courtesy of Auberge Resorts Collection, this bliss-inducing resort (a collaboration between Migdal Arquitectos and Meyer Davis) brims with artisanal furnishings, local materials, and enough mezcal to slake any thirst. From $1,299; aubergeresorts.com

Hotel Chelsea NEW YORK CITY The team that brought us The Bowery and The Jane have turned their expert attention to this storied 1884 landmark, a historic haven for artistic legends like Robert Mapplethorpe, Nico, and Dylan Thomas. Contemporary creatives will settle happily into the refined rooms and timeworn watering holes. From $300; hotelchelsea.com

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Inness ACCORD, NEW YORK Taavo Somer and Post Company looked to local Dutch Colonial architecture and New England traditions when designing the cabins and farmhouse at this pastoral escape, set on 225 acres with gardens by AD100 green thumb Miranda Brooks. From $285; inness.co

Hotel Saint Vincent NEW ORLEANS In the Lower Garden District, an 1861 redbrick landmark (originally an infant asylum) now brims with marbleized Voutsa wallpaper, 1970s chandeliers, and a pitch-perfect color palette thanks to Lambert McGuire Design. From $359; saintvincentnola.com

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The veterans behind Claridge’s have branched out to the Côte d’Azur, tapping a design dream team (Bryan O’Sullivan, André Fu, AD100 visionary Pierre Yovanovitch, and more) to realize this glistening Mediterranean fantasy. From $830; maybourneriviera.com

EDINBURGH Tucked inside a heritage bank building on St. Andrew’s Square, this urban counterpart to the historic country retreat cossets guests and members with classically appointed rooms, a breathtaking glass-paned dome, and period details galore. From $605; gleneagles.com

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ESMÉ Esmé MIAMI BEACH Outfitted by rising design star Jessica Schuster, this luxe oasis (and its sister property, Casa Matanza) spans eight Mediterranean Revival buildings on Española Way, a pedestrian plaza at the heart of South Beach. Originally built as an artists’ colony in 1927, the property stays true to that spirit, with its kaleidoscopic palette of color, texture, and pattern. From $300; esmehotel.com

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RAJASTHAN, INDIA Dating back to the 14th century, this walled complex—complete with two original palaces and temples— has reemerged after more than a decade of conservation work. It now stands as a contemporary triumph of traditional Indian craft and wellness treatments. From $850; sixsenses.com

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The undulating glass façade of this Skidmore, Owings & Merrill tower gives way to tailored spaces by the AD100 firm Gachot, among them a soigné evening bar and glamorously understated guest suites. From $725; pendry.com

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The Twenty Two LONDON Drawing on Napoleonic architecture and French decorative arts, designer Natalia Miyar whipped up seven distinct, joyfully maximalist moods for the rooms at this hotel and members club, set inside an Edwardian edifice overlooking Grosvenor Square. From $569; the22.london Villa Igiea PALERMO, ITALY Revived by Rocco Forte Hotels design director Olga Polizzi with Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen, this circa-1900 Art Nouveau palazzo is now a wall-to-wall ode to contemporary Sicilian glamour. From $645; roccofortehotels.com L.A.

The Ian Schrager Company teamed up with T.ark architects and AD100 hitmakers Roman and Williams on this shou sugi ban–treated edifice, whose showstopping interiors reveal floors of volcanic basalt, expanses of white oak, and bespoke furniture in the styles of Pierre Jeanneret and Jean-Michel Frank. From $430; editionhotels.com

The Rooster ANTIPAROS, GREECE Time slows down at this windswept Cycladic sanctuary, whose thoughtfully furnished masonry houses blend seamlessly with the land while affording sweeping views of the azure Aegean. From $740; theroosterantiparos.com

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Piaule CATSKILL, NEW YORK Dotted with modernist cabins conceived in partnership with Garrison Architects, this 50-acre getaway has helped usher in a hospitality renaissance on the west side of the Hudson River, luring design lovers and wellness seekers alike. From $399; piaule.com

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Transformed by the global hotel group, this storied stretch of sand dazzles anew, with updated accommodations, a top-notch dining program, and a divine spa. Island life never looked so good. From $1,130; rosewoodhotels.com

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whenEngland,inthatched-roof16th-centurycottageBuckinghamshire,shefellforithard.“Itwasatimetherewasalotofpressattentiononme, and I wanted somewhere to escape. I bought the house on a whim—it offers a sanctuary. I also wanted somewhere where family and friends could gather. It has a nurturing feeling; it is a home with a heart,” she says. When she isn’t starring in films and television series or onstage (including a role in the Apple TV+ series Extrapolations, set to debut next year), Miller, her daughter, friends, and family spend glorious times at the house. And for more than a decade she left the faded chintz-filled interior with its engineered flooring pretty much untouched. During the pandemic, however,

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when the urge struck to restore the house, she knew just who to call. “I wanted a Gaby house!” says Miller, referring to her great friend Gaby Dellal’s houses in London and Cornwall, with their wonderful eclectic interiors where vintage fabrics and kilims, industrial fittings, and other homey elements commingle in unexpected unions that exude warmth, impeccable taste, and heartfeltDellal,character.afilmand theater director by profession, was happy to undertake the project and set about the work with gusto, shuttling back and forth between London and the site while Miller, who was born in the U.S. and raised in the U.K., was grounded in New York during lockdown. “What was beautiful is that she just trusted me, and we had a deal whereby she was not allowed there for six months until I completed the project,” saysTheDellal.restoration process is as much a story about friendship as it is about the design vision. “I gave Sienna her first job right here at my kitchen table. She had never acted before, and I IN THE SNUG, THE ROSE UNIACKE SOFA WEARS A FUCHSIA DONEGAL TWEED BY SEQUANA. WALL LIGHTS, INCLUDING AN ANTIQUE SCISSOR LAMP AND VICTORIAN SCONCE, WERE USED BECAUSE THE CEILINGS ARE LOW. BENI OURAIN RUG FROM FRANCOIS GILLES CARPETS.

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ARCHDIGEST.COM 89 “The house offers a sanctuary,”Sienna Miller says.“It has a homefeeling;nurturingitisawithaheart.” BELOW AN APRON SINK FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL FORUM WITH HOLLOWAYS OF LUDLOW FITTINGS OVERLOOKS THE WILDFLOWER MEADOW. MADELEINES PAINT BY FRANCESCA’S PAINTS.

“There are alwayslots of friends with muddy bootsand dogs, crowded,”miraculously,yet,thehouseneverfeelsdesignerGaby Dellal declares. ABOVE 1957 ROSEWOOD HANS BRATTRUD CHAIRS PULL UP TO THE CUSTOM DINING TABLE BY PINTOR. THE OTHER SEATING IS FROM HOWE LONDON. LEFT A TUB FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL FORUM STANDS BEHIND A VICTORIAN FABRIC-COVERED SCREEN IN A CORNER OF MILLER’S BEDROOM. JONESFREYA

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Twenty reclaimed Crittall windows were found on eBay; dark brown Georgian- and Victorian-era floorboards were discovered at Norfolk Antique & Reclamation and other specialists; and the perfect fennel green kitchen tiles were turned up at Bert & May. The black and white Carrara for the kitchen work tops was purchased from Retrouvius and Verona Marble, respectively, and a pretty pair of French doors that filters the light in a magical way came from the French House in York. “All the beams were black, which I can’t bear. So we burnt the black off—it’s so much softer,” says Dellal, who envisioned much lighter, more open spaces with colors and textures that gently segue from room to room.

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“When I took on the project, I did tell Sienna that I would want to change everything—floors, windows, doors included,” says Dellal, who set about the multipronged sourcing work of locating suppliers, craftsmen, and dealers across the U.K., the U.S., and Turkey. “I found that people in the interior business are just so lovely,” says Dellal, whose own black book of dealers and suppliers has grown through all her years of making and producing films that are rich in detail and ambience.

THIS, HOWEVER, WAS NO simple makeover. Dellal, who had visited the house on many occasions, knew its bones and could see its true potential. First, she set about emptying the house from top to bottom—wardrobes, boxes, clothing, cupboards, furniture, and mattresses included. After that mammoth clearout, Dellal contracted builders who began work on replacing all the lattice windows, ripping up the floors, and opening the eaves of Miller’s low-ceilinged bedroom. Outside, a gravel driveway and parking area were scrapped to make way for a poetic wildflower meadow with a simple track running at the perimeter for cars. An old garage was also transformed into a guest bedroom for family and friends who are invited to stay even when Miller is in New York (she recently purchased a West Village town house) or away filming.

ARCHDIGEST.COM 93 remember our meeting so clearly—she had a cold and was wearing a cagoule and big old sweater and I fell in love with her. I made her first film, called The Ride, with Paul Nicholls, about kids on motorcycles, and her career catapulted after that,” says Dellal, who obviously has an eye for talent.

DELLAL’S VISION WAS A HOUSE for “good living” rather than a showpiece, a home that would embrace Miller’s joie de vivre, generosity, and spontaneity. “There are always lots of friends with muddy boots and dogs, yet, miraculously, the house never feels crowded—you can spill into all the different rooms and find space,” she adds. Dellal developed the complex jigsaw puzzle in her mind, working fastidiously on all the different aspects, spending hours choosing the colored cathedral-glass panels for the doors at Lead & Light in Camden, visiting Francesca’s Paints to find just that right shade of bubble-gum pink for the kitchen (Madeleines), and talking with makers in Turkey who vegetable-dyed the vintage Anatolian kilims for the bedrooms and staircase. There’s creativity to be admired at every turn, from the Hungarian striped linen kitchen curtains to the striking silhouette of the 1957 Hans Brattrud dining chairs (one of the pricier investments). “I worked on the project over a period of months and looked at every tiny aspect—right down to every doorknob and hinge—because it is Sienna and I love her,” says Dellal, who transformed a big sitting room into a dining room, as Miller enjoys cooking. Marlowe, Miller’s 10-year-old daughter (with actor Tom Sturridge), was treated to headboards of Welsh blanket fabric adorned with sheepskin, blush and olive gingham bedding, and a tent-flap-style window shade, while Miller herself got a proper big bathtub in her bedroom, Maison C wallpaper, a Murano-glass light, and a rich purple vintage Gabbeh rug. “It is heaven sleeping in my room and waking with the morning light filtering through the curtains,” says Miller of the space, which opens onto a balcony. “I had the confidence to think if I love it, she will too, and if she doesn’t, that’s also cool,” says Dellal.

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When Miller came to visit after the project was completed, Dellal was at the property at dawn to check that everything was as it should be. Before the actor entered the house, she was immediately struck by the sight of the meadow and the romantic pergola. “I could not believe the transformation—I knew it had massive potential, but arriving to see this meadow in front of the house planted with wildflowers, I started to cry,” she recalls. “And it was all achieved in such a short space of time. Gaby is a true artist. Everything has a story, like the kitchen cabinets that were made from old school desks, and there is a real sense of place—it is an artistic retreat but not in any sense precious. Every time I stay here, I discover new aspects.”

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“And mine was a black barn; I’m a minimalist,” the husband, real estate developer and financier Seth Weissman, says with a laugh. “These poor architects.” What could have led to marital discord ended in architectural harmony. “This is the love child of the two,” Weissman says, pointing to the eight-bedroom house the pair and their daughters, two-year old Emma and just-born Charlotte, retreat to from NYC on weekends and during the summer. With the help of Matthias Hollwich, founding principal of HWKN Architecture, Altuzarra got his beloved cedar shingles on a stark five-point roofline, which, at Weissman’s request, doesn’t feature trim, shutters, or gutters. “We both had very specific visions of the house, and now when I look at it I think some of it feels more like me and some feels more like Seth,” Altuzarra says. “But overall, it really feels likeAltuzarraus.”

and Weissman first met at a New York nightclub called Duvet in 2005. “Pre bedbugs,” Weissman deadpans. (As its name suggests, the now defunct lounge’s gimmick was patrons sitting on beds instead of at tables.) It was the year they both graduated from college, Altuzarra from Swarthmore and Weissman from the University of Pennsylvania. They spent early summers together in the Pines on Fire Island, where Weissman was a co-owner of the commercial district. In 2014, they started coming to the Hamptons.

98 ARCHDIGEST.COM all it the Battle of the Pinterest boards. “After we got this land, we went off and made our own Pinterest boards and then showed them to each other,” says Joseph Altuzarra, the acclaimed Paris-born, New York–based fashion designer. The project: building a dream getaway with his husband in the middle of protected farmland and at the end of a winding road in the heart of the hamlet of Water Mill in the Hamptons. “Mine was very Diane Keaton in Something’s Gotta Give. Gambrel rooflines! An ultimate kitchen! Hydrangeas!”

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AFTER WORKING FOR Marc Jacobs and Riccardo Tisci at Givenchy, Altuzarra started his namesake brand in 2008. Julianne Moore and Rihanna were some of his earliest clients, and the label quickly became known for its blend of European polish and classic Americana, with a pinch of French-girl cool. For this year’s Met Gala, he dressed Hillary Clinton, supermodel Precious Lee, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Rachel Brosnahan. A methodical designer who’s known for a specific, organized creative process, Altuzarra prides himself on being fashionably early. Typically, New York designers must work through the second half of summer to prepare for September Fashion Week, but Altuzarra’s studio works several seasons in advance, which allows him to enjoy European hours in the Hamptons for the full summer. He’s got a real knack for timing. The couple moved into this house in July 2019, long before many New Yorkers flocked out of town during COVID-19’s lockdown. (Weissman says it became a satellite Altuzarra studio in the summer of 2020.)

Thanks to interior designer Josh Greene, the pizza boxes are now gone and the furniture is in, with the result that this is Altuzarra’s favorite room. “I had a vision for a pink-hued living room from the very beginning,” Altuzarra says, referring to the modernist Dmitriy & Co. sofa in a blush pink Schumacher fabric sitting like a jewel within the space. “I love all the different tones of pink, the roundness of the furniture, all of the different textures. And I love the fireplace. I lie in front of the fireplace every night with a book, whether it’s summer or winter.”Altuzarra’s second-floor office becomes headquarters when he’s sketching future collections, often with other members of his all-female design team. Weissman’s office is a floor below. “I like to sit at the kitchen table,” he explains. “I like to be near food at all times.” (They admit that the formal dining room is the least used room in the house.)

“The first time we stayed in the house was on the Fourth of July weekend. All of our furniture hadn’t arrived, and I remember ordering pizza and pasta and having a picnic in the living room,” Altuzarra says. “Seth and I were pinching ourselves all weekend and couldn’t believe this was really our house.”

Karen Altuzarra, Joseph’s mother, is a frequent houseguest. She is the chairperson of the Altuzarra company board and likes to stay close to her granddaughters. Her largest contribution to the property was a planting garden. It includes blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, peppers, and kale. The rest of the garden was designed by Summerhill Landscapes with consulting by Studio Lily Kwong. (Kwong is Altuzarra’s cousin and a sometimes muse for the brand.)

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THE FAMILY SPENDS a lot of time in a Belgian-linen-wrapped den that is flush with neutral colors, which they admit isn’t ideal for a two-year-old. “All of our friends ask, ‘Are you insane?’” Weissman says, pointing out the long cream-colored sectional sofa from RH and the plush white Moroccan rug. Altuzarra points out two chairs covered in a bulbous shearling that he sourced from textile mills he often collaborates with for his fashion brand. Was there any creative crossover between his career in fashion and the house’s interiors? “For either design process, you need to have a clear vision of what you want and be able to express that vision,” he says. “Both practices are about expressing a mood or feeling through design, whether it’s designing a dress that makes you feel confident and powerful, or designing a room that makes you feel serene and calm.” He credits the decor in this house to a lot of the insights he’s gleaned from creating Altuzarra retailEvenoutposts.asthefamily grows, the couple won’t be asking anyone to make mood boards on Pinterest again. To get Emma excited about moving into a bigger bedroom, they told her she could decorate it. “We said she could pick the wallpaper,” Weissman says with a smile, “but then Joseph gave her three preapproved choices to pick from.”

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“If you’re a creative person, there are certain spaces that just feel right to you—you just kind of feel the energy,” Bendet says, describing her obsession with this storied location. It is a desire shared by many New Yorkers who have longed to inhabit the fabled edifice, home over the decades to everyone from Leonard Bernstein to John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

first thing you see upon entering Stacey Bendet’s home is a stupendous portrait of her three daughters, painted by family friend Julian Schnabel. But look down and you will notice baskets on the floor in front of this magnificent work of art. Each is labeled with the name of a family member—there are even receptacles for Blue the dog and Princess the cat—and meant to hold those things (Crocs, socks, etc.) that are the fabric of everyday life. Such is the delightful paradox of Bendet’s apartment—stunning and palatial, for sure, but also a living, breathing family refuge. Bendet, a fashion designer and the founder of the clothing company Alice + Olivia, and her husband, film producer and investor Eric Eisner, along with daughters Eloise Breckenridge, 13, Scarlet Haven, 11, and Athena Belle, 6 (and of course the aforementioned Blue and Princess), moved into this grand 6,800-squarefoot space in the legendary Dakota on Manhattan’s Upper West Side just a few months ago. But that was after a massive three-and-a-half-year renovation, a labor of love—though, as with any project of this scale, it had its unique challenges.

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A favorite room is meant to evoke a circus tent, and its blue-and-white-striped motif has multiple meanings: Eisner and his family own the Portsmouth Football Club in England, and these are the soccer team’s colors; Bendet’s first big hit as a fashion

THE KITCHEN FLOOR IS COMPOSED OF MOSAIC HOUSE TILES LAID OUT IN A COLORFUL PATCHWORK PATTERN. PENDANTS FROM CIRCA LIGHTING; LACANCHE RANGE; WHITEHAUS COLLECTION SINK WITH CALIFORNIA FAUCETS FITTINGS.

THIS WAS TWO RESIDENCES, crying out to be combined: One had an ’80s disco vibe; the other had what Bendet swears was “practically a dirt floor.” As much as possible, she has tried to recapture the original ambience of the place. “The fireplaces all had to be restored, and I wanted to re-create the beautiful mahogany woodwork.”

Bendet worked with her friend, the interior designer Louise Kugelberg, to bring the space back to life. “I guess it’s my own version of an international style,” Kugelberg says, explaining the home’s eclecticism. “There are Venetian chandeliers, Spanish carpets from the ’30s that came from the Ritz Hotel in Madrid, contemporary paintings by Francesco Clemente and Jorge Galindo—and some by my husband, Julian Schnabel—and a 12-foot-long dining table made out of hand-painted tiles by Lola Schnabel.”

That bronze table is stunning, but your eye can’t help traveling to other works of art: On a corner wall is a series of 12 color lithographs by Claes Oldenburg; the living room plays host to a monumental fresco by Francesco Clemente. Bendet laughs that unsuspecting friends sometimes mistake Princess’s scratching post for another work of art: “‘Is it by the Haas Brothers, maybe?’ they ask me. Nope, I tell them, it’s for the cat.”

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The Gothic glory of the Dakota might be a tad intimidating, but there is nothing frightening about Bendet’s living room. “I wanted a place that felt grown-up and maintained all the elegance of the building but also was fun for friends and family,” Bendet says. “I didn’t want a big apartment that was made for adults and where you couldn’t jump on the sofa. My kids do cartwheels and flips in here. I wanted it to feel lived in.” Indeed, a glance at the sage green velvet sofa reveals a bold Blue traipsing along its back.

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THE FAMILY ROOM IS PAINTED IN BLUE AND WHITE STRIPES TO EVOKE A CIRCUS TENT. RH SOFA; BESPOKE CHAIRS COVERED IN A DESIGNERS GUILD VELVET. ARTWORK BY CARROLL DUNHAM.

“I wanted a place that felt grown-up and maintained all the elegance of the buildingbut also was fun for friends and family.” —Stacey Bendet

OPPOSITE BENDET (WEARING ALICE + OLIVIA) CLIMBS A BESPOKE PAINTED LADDER TO DUST OFF THE 1950s VENETIAN CHANDELIER IN THE PRIMARY BEDROOM. JULIAN SCHNABEL CREATED THE PORTRAIT OF ELOISE BRECKENRIDGE AND SCARLET HAVEN OVER THE FIREPLACE.

ABOVE IN ATHENA BELLE’S ROOM, THE ALCOVE BED, DESK, AND CHAIR WERE PAINTED BY JULIAN SCHNABEL. ARTWORK BY GUS VAN SANT. RIGHT BENJAMIN MOORE’S ACADIA GREEN COLORS BENDET’S CLOSET. CABINETRY HARDWARE BY P.E. GUERIN.

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“If you’re a creative person, there are certain spaces that just feel right to you—you just kind of feel the energy.” YORKNEW(ARS),SOCIETYRIGHTSARTISTS/SCHNABELJULIAN2022© LEFT A BATH FEATURES A BRASS-SHEATHED TUB BY THE CAST IRON BATH CO. WITH FITTINGS BY LEFROY BROOKS. ARTWORK BY ROY LICHTENSTEIN. ABOVE A SCHNABELJULIANPORTRAIT OF BENDET’S VENETIANINDAUGHTERSTHREEISDISPLAYEDTHEENTRANCEHALL.FORNASETTICHAIRS;CHANDELIER.

And if those three quirky angels in that glorious Schnabel portrait have more of these adolescent hissy fits? “If someone wants to paint her room black, that will be a discussion…but I want them to love their rooms. My heart is in making this special for each family member.”

designer was bell-bottom striped trousers. This is where her daughters hang out and watch TV, and it is accessible by one door that leads to that sumptuous living room, another to her husband’s study. “This is his man cave,” Bendet says, walking into that space. “We convinced him to have some embossed leather on the walls, and a leather couch, but his aesthetic is a little more austere. It was really important for the rooms not to just reflect what I like—I wanted it to feel like it was all shared by our family.” Her daughters’ bedrooms similarly display their own fierce individualism. Athena Belle hates pink, so her room is blue, with a loft bed and a ladder—to delight any six-year-old—and even a chair covered with teddy bears, a holdover from Nicky Hilton’s baby shower, which took place at the apartment a few weeks ago. “Scarlet wanted a canopy bed,” Bendet explains. “Eloise of course loved her block-printed wallpaper but then told me she wanted her room to be all white—it was a teen moment—and I was like, ‘Too bad! Your duvet matches your wallpaper!’ I trimmed the bed skirt to match the yellow flowers!”

IN THE PRIMARY BEDROOM, THE WALLS ARE PAINTED A CUSTOM JEWEL-TONE BLUE, THE HEADBOARD IS A RESIN CAST OF A SPANISH ANTIQUE, AND THE RUG CAME OUT OF THE RITZ HOTEL IN MADRID.

design notes THE DETAILS THAT MAKE THE LOOK PRODUCED BY MADELINE O’MALLEY I didn’t want there to be dead precious space; everyone hangsout all over.” —Stacey Bendet A BLEND OF REDS, SCARLET HAVEN’S ROOM FEATURES A DRAMATIC CANOPY BED DESIGNED BY LOUISE KUGELBERG. REZZONICO CHANDELIERMURANO-GLASSBYSTRIULLIVETRID’ARTE;$36,295. ARTEMEST.COM TABLE IKB BY YVES KLEIN; $23,000. 1STDIBS.COM CHILI PEPPER PAINT; $90 PER GALLON. BENJAMINMOORE.COM BISHOP MARGAUX TABLE BY INDIA MAHDAVI FOR RALPH PUCCI; $2,820. RALPHPUCCI.COM COMO MODULAR SOFA BY TIMOTHY OULTON FOR RH; $8,885. RH.COM CUSTOM HAND-PAINTED GROW A HEART TABLE BY LOLA MONTES SCHNABEL; $35,000. LOLAMONTESSCHNABEL.COM

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MARCEL AND MARGUERITE YOUNG AT THEIR FAMILY HOME. INDIAN TIGER CHAIRS WITH CUSHIONS OF ÉLITIS FABRIC; RATTAN TABLE BY BONACINA 1889. OPPOSITE A CAPRICORN DINING SET BY VLADIMIR KAGAN STANDS ON A TERRACE.

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“The entire city—from Long Beach to downtown—lights up for us every single night,” adds Young, a California-born artist who emerged in the New York art scene in the early 2000s. Retracing their first steps across the herringbone-patterned redbrick floor, which flows indoors and out, the couple lead an expedition through the house, pausing poolside, still reveling in the breathtaking surroundings. “This move was all my fault!”

fter they moved from New York to Los Angeles in 2019, it took a while for Laure Heriard Dubreuil and Aaron Young to find the sweeping midcentury modern home they now share with their children, Marcel and Marguerite, ages eight and three. The view “sealed the deal,” says Young, explaining how the couple’s three-year search halted on a dark winter night when they first viewed the property, situated on one of the highest verdant peaks above Beverly Hills, and encountered its magnificent vista. With Los Angeles twinkling below through the glass-walled great room, which now incorporates their dining, living, and lounge areas, they knew they had found the perfect dwelling for their family.

Young says of the shift from East Coast to West. The idea was to put down roots and create a home base for the family. “I was born in San Francisco and grew up in Monterey and Carmel. After we had our second child, I said to Laure: ‘Let’s go to California and set a foundation for the children there.’ ”

In the works, as the couple made the move, was another one of Heriard Dubreuil’s babies—namely, the Los Angeles flagship of her luxury multi-brand fashion house, The Webster.

Sir David Adjaye designed the 11,000-square-foot L.A. store, the most daring of The Webster’s 10 boutiques, which are located across North America, to be an immersive retail experience within the shop as well as an expansive outdoor public concourse. The flamingo pink concrete-clad structure (the color has been a signature since The Webster South Beach launched in 2009) now animates a formerly dormant corner of the iconic Beverly Center shopping mall it abuts. “Laure was seeking to create a space that transcended its primary purpose

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THE TV ROOM IS FURNISHED WITH A MAISON DE VACANCES BOHO SOFA, VINTAGE MARCO ZANUSO CHAIRS COVERED IN A PIERRE FREY WOOL-ALPACA BOUCLÉ, A MIDCENTURY CERAMIC TABLE BY ROGER CAPRON, AND A CC-TAPIS RUG BY FAYE TOOGOOD.

THE WALNUT DINING ROOM TABLE AND MAPLE CHAIRS ARE BY BDDW. ANTIQUE TUAREG RUG FROM MEHRABAN; PAINTING BY NATE LOWMAN. “The aim was to make the art feel as though it had always lived here,”Laure Heriard Dubreuil explains. YORKNEW(ARS),SOCIETYRIGHTSARTISTS/LOWMANNATE2022©

FOR HER HOME, Heriard Dubreuil’s goal was to configure a space for their own younger generation and also to seamlessly incorporate the contemporary art and midcentury furniture with which she and her husband have lived over the past 14 years, initially in a SoHo loft and then in an East Village town house (AD, September 2016). Their collection combines personal keepsakes with museum-worthy sculptures and paintings by Young and his circle, including Dan Colen and Nate Lowman (Marcel’s godfather). “The aim was to make the art feel as though it had always lived here,” she explains. That mission, however, proved complicated, as it all came out of shipping containers and basked a little too brightly in the dazzling California sunshine that permeated the family’s new domain. Stéphane Parmentier—the Paris interior designer, who is also creative director of The Webster’s home collection and recently conceived its Montecito and Toronto boutiques— weighed in with some curatorial guidance. Working as “an extra set of eyes,” Parmentier strategically introduced distance between statement-making pieces to create a pace as you walk through the rooms and to introduce more serenity into the floor plan. In the main bathroom went a vibrant Gaetano Pesce chair. Handmade wooden tiger-shaped thrones, purchased by Heriard Dubreuil and Young in Udaipur in 2018, were moved onto the cedar-lined backyard terrace, where they now conjure a playful jungle theme, which is enhanced by a lush bamboo grove as well as bird-of-paradise and Song of India plants. To further relax the ambience and help focus attention on the art, chairs and sofas were reupholstered in calm whites, neutrals, and earthy hues. Exotic potted evergreens are part of a sculptural plantscape arranged by interior plant horticulturist Zilah Drahn. The domestic nature walk was conceived by interior designer Katrina Caso to deliberately interact with the family’s art and furniture in order to ground the pieces in the indoor-outdoor California lifestyle. The greenery also helps unite the many ARTWORKS BY YOUNG ARE DISPLAYED IN THE LIVING ROOM LOUNGE AREA. THE WHITE SOFA WEARS A NOBILIS FABRIC AND THE PIERRE JEANNERET CHAIRS ARE COVERED IN TEXTILES BY C&C MILANO. AN ETTORE SOTTSASS VASE AND CERAMIC SCULPTURE BY TIM ORR FOR VALLAURIS STAND ON THE KARL SPRINGER COCKTAIL TABLE. MAX LAMB CHAIR; WILLY GUHL PLANTERS; CUSTOM ROSEMARY HALLGARTEN RUG.

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Heriard Dubreuil observes of the lush flora. Caso, who was raised in the Bahamas and Switzerland and now divides her time between L.A. and Paris, also enhanced her client’s furniture collection with thoughtfully selected French designs that would evoke her homeland. Pieces include a circular cocktail table in an amber hue evoking Heriard Dubreuil’s heritage. (Rémy Martin, one of the “big four” Cognac houses, is owned by her family.) Egg Woman, a sculpture by Roger Capron, the artist who helped establish Vallauris as an artisanal ceramics center, rests atop a chic Caso-sourced black Pierre Cardin dining table that now serves as Heriard Dubreuil’sDesigneddesk.for Roche Bobois, the sleek ’70s piece stands upon a dazzling expanse of terrazzo. When Heriard Dubreuil converted an erstwhile gym into her home office, she installed the floor to recall the one she discovered and restored in the 1930s Art Deco hotel that became The Webster South Beach. Why? “It’s always nice to have a touch of The Webster at home,” the savvy entrepreneur declares. “It’s our own

quarters of this sprawling abode, from its four bedrooms, located within opposite wings, to the surrounding terraces and a discreet pathway outside the home office from which Heriard Dubreuil commands The Webster’s expanding empire and her resortwear line, LHD. “It’s our own tropical bird’s nest!”

SOANE BRITAIN’S DIANTHUS CHINTZ ENVELOPS MARGUERITE’S ROOM, AND THE SILK CARPET IS FROM ABC CARPET & HOME. ON THE TERRACE, A WILLY GUHL CONCRETE FOUNTAIN.

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referencing the west side of Palm Beach overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway, Lake Worth Lagoon. “We definitely wanted to experience something different.” Adds Tommy, “We always liked being on the water, but this was a pleasant surprise because it’s not quite as windy, and it’s beautiful to look at morning, noon, and night.”

The couple’s chief Palm Beach residence—how many people can say that?—is a 5,000-square-foot three-bedroom Mediterranean-style house built in 2006. There are columns and arched ceilings everywhere you look, along with plenty of courtyard nooks and verdant gardens. “We have a much more active lifestyle here,” says Tommy, who sold the Connecticut ANDY WARHOL A CORNER OF THE LIVING ROOM. VINTAGE BRONZEAND-PLASTER CHANDELIER FROM 1STDIBS; LACQUERED TABLE AND SWIVEL CHAIRS ALL BY MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD ATELIER; CUSTOM SURFBOARD.

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ommy and Dee Hilfiger are no strangers to waterfront living. For years the designer couple took respite at a Golden Beach, Florida, home with 100 feet of ocean frontage, and they continue to retreat to a vacation home on Mustique, where the estate’s swimming pool laps up against the sands of theStill,Caribbean.whenthe duo decided to decamp from their residence in Greenwich, Connecticut (AD, March 2017), and make a full-time move to Palm Beach, Florida, last year, they pondered a new kind of frontier. “We fell in love with this home and the fact that it was on the lake and on the lake trail,” says Dee,

“We’re still figuring out what we like and don’t like,” explains Dee, who mentions that while they have made this residence their home, the family can also contemplate potentially living at two other nearby houses they also happen to own. “We had never lived in Palm Beach, so this is a fun transition.”

THE LIVING ROOM FEATURES MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD FOR THE SHADE STORE CURTAINS. SOFA AND SLIPPER CHAIRS (IN KRAVET TEXTILES) AND COCKTAIL TABLE ALL BY MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD ATELIER; OTTOMAN FROM MECOX; RUG BY STARK.

“The ﬁrst thingwe wanted to do was lightenandcleanWebrighten....didasweep.” Tommy Hilﬁger ABOVE THE PRIMARY BEDROOM INCLUDES AN IRON BED BY KATHRYN M. IRELAND. CURTAINS AND WINDOW TREATMENTS BY MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD FOR THE SHADE STORE; SYRIAN MOTHER-OF-PEARL NIGHTSTANDS FROM BERBERE IMPORTS. RIGHT A SELECTION OF HANDBAGS BY DEE OCLEPPO HILFIGER FOR JUDITH LEIBER SITS ATOP A DESK TURNED DRESSING TABLE FROM MECOX.

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In fact, the Hilfigers were immediately drawn to the indoor-outdoor architecture of their new home, which, modeled after many of Palm Beach’s older estates, features an interior courtyard. “The first thing we wanted to do, though, was lighten and brighten,” says Tommy. He explains that the previous owners had decorated in heavy and dark tones. “The wood was mahogany and cherry. All the windows had blinds on them, blocking the light. There was a lot of art, patterned drapes, patterned wallpaper, patterned furniture. Paisleys, florals, Oriental carpets. We did a clean sweep.”

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residence in addition to the family’s Miami and New York City places. “Exercising, tennis. In the Northeast, living in Greenwich, we were commuting in and out of the city. And we didn’t have the weather to be able to be outdoors a lot.” Adds Dee, “Palm Beach is so green and so lush year-round. Every time someone gives us an orchid plant, they’re never thrown out; they’re attached to a tree.”

THE COUPLE TURNED TO AD100 designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard to help open up and reenvision the space. “We built the look around the location,” notes Dee. “Something fresh and easy. The palette: coral stone ivory. And it’s a beautiful Spanish/Mediterranean-style home, so Martyn brought in some Moorish accents, and we’ve also got splashes of blue andIronically,white.”

Bullard aimed to bring the outdoors inside “by stripping the house back, bleaching the wood, and adding more patio space,” he says. “We then chose to bring in the

TOMMY AND DEE IN THE HOUSE’S INTERIOR COURTYARD. THE BOOMERANG WICKER SOFA IS FROM DESIGN MIX FURNITURE.

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“TOMMY IN PARTICULAR has very set ideas and parameters, and Martyn knows that,” remarks Dee. “Tommy likes things clean, and he likes hints of pattern. Like, maybe on a pillow. It’s very easy for us to work together. I think we’re different clients, but still, we’re definitely not clients who say, oh, do whatever you want.” They all agreed that while the decor needed a complete refashioning, the bones of the house would suit them and their family’s needs just fine. “We didn’t do much structurally,” says Dee. “There were these unnecessary decorative columns in the bedroom that we took out.” Of the refresh, Bullard simply says that “the house has a wonderful soul. We just had to take away the formality and make it feel a bit younger, sexier,Therelooser.”was,however, one room that got extra attention. “Dee did insist on changing the kitchen because it had heavy caramel-colored countertops and just this heavy marble,” Tommy confides. Good thing, too, because, as it turns out, the kitchen is where the family seems to gravitate most often. Says Dee, who, as mother to three and stepmother to four, is often hosting a crowd of family members, “The kitchen is the soul of all our homes. We do a lot of gathering here.”

foliage—the giant palm trees—to break down the barriers and ease the feeling throughout.” Asked about his uncanny ability to shorthand with his clients, Bullard points out that this is the fourth home the trio have done together, as well as a big hotel project. “So I know them very well,” he declares. “I know the way both of them pick because they’re both fashion designers. Like me, they love continuous evolution. And they love many different facets of design and the ideal of how to live within that. Plus, it’s also helped that I’ve traveled with them, been on vacation with them, been on their yacht. We’ve seen a bunch of things together that have been inspiring, that have become part of our shared vocabulary.”

“The house has a wonderful soul. We just had to take away the formality and make it feel a bit younger, sexier, looser.”—Martyn Lawrence Bullard MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD ATELIER AND VINTAGE FRANCES ELKINS DINING CHAIRS, BAMBOO FROM MECOX.

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Journalist, best-selling author, and Project Runway judge ElaineWelteroth and her husband, musician Jonathan Singletary,trade life in a Brooklyn walk-up fora spacious aerie in the Hollywood hills

L UP IN THE BEAMED LIVING ROOM, A VINTAGE CHANNELED SOFA BY STEVE CHASE AND A PAIR OF OAK CHAIRS, ALL FROM WHATEVER GALLERY, ARE UPHOLSTERED IN A TEXTURAL BOUCLÉ; TRAVERTINE COCKTAIL AND SIDE TABLES FROM MIDCENTURYLA; RUG BY LULU AND GEORGIA.

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In NYC you invest in what you put on to leave your house. In L.A. you invest in the things that make you never want to leave your house. As a first-time home buyer eager to redesign every aspect of our lives with intention, I Marie Kondo’d the hell out of my existence and refused to purchase anything I couldn’t envision sparking joy for years to come. This overzealous plan inevitably backfired when six months later we were still living like college kids in an abandoned frat house,

hey say nothing in life is more stressful than moving, home renovations, and childbirth. Naturally, my husband, Jonathan, and I embarked on them all at the same time—in the middle of a pandemic, no less. Then, after spending my third trimester shuffling back and forth between our temporary rental and the construction zone formerly known as our house, we both tested positive for COVID just days before moving back in with our newborn. We didn’t plan for events to unfold this way, but if 2020 taught us anything, it’s to surrender, buckle up, and enjoy the ride. Our bumpy adventures in nesting began peak pandemic when we abandoned plans for a formal wedding and got married on our Brooklyn stoop. Our pared-down ceremony represented a joyful graduation of sorts—from the unrelenting grind of the city where I cut my teeth in fashion media and became editor in chief of Teen Vogue. On a practical level, it enabled us to reinvest our wedding budget into buying our first house. Ultimately, California—where we both grew up and met in church as preteens—was calling us home. If we landed in NYC as single 20-somethings with tunnel vision eager to build our careers, we were leaving as 30-something newlyweds ready to cultivate the rest of our lives. We’re both writers (he writes songs; I write books, among other things), so our process began with jotting down words that kept our intentions in focus: more space, more sunlight, more serenity. The dream was to go from the top floor of a Bed-Stuy brownstone to a chic hideaway in the Hollywood hills. But we were halfway up a particularly perilous, winding single-lane road when I said aloud to our real estate broker, Ikem Chukumerije: “I don’t care what this next house looks like; there is no way I’m doing this drive every day.” Of course, the moment I walked through the doors I just knew: This was ourThehome.13-foot pitched ceilings, the spacious, sun-drenched patios, the artful views, wood beams, and airy, open spaces— it instantly delivered on wow factor. It also possessed a certain creative soul we both immediately tapped into. Later we learned the contemporary Spanish-style dwelling, built in 1977, was previously owned by the prolific film director and actor Robert Townsend. We loved that there was enough space to grow into the 2.0 versions of ourselves. Little did we know then that less than a year later we would be designing the space with a new member of the family on the way.

“We loved that there was enough space to grow intothe 2.0 versions of ourselves.”

LEFT SINGLETARY (IN AN ISSEY MIYAKE SUIT AND FEAR OF GOD SHOES) AND WELTEROTH (WEARING A TOP AND PANTS BY PETER DO, KAT MACONIE SHOES, AND BONNIE CLYDE SUNGLASSES) IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. LANDSCAPE DESIGN BY STUDIO JOHN SHARP. OPPOSITE IN THE DINING NOOK, TWO VINTAGE ITALIAN CHAIRS ARE PULLED UP TO A 1970s ITALIAN STONE TABLE. THE CUSTOM BANQUETTE IS COVERED IN A MÉTAPHORES FABRIC. TIGMI TRADING PENDANT LIGHT; PAINTING BY COREY PEMBERTON. sleeping on oversized beanbags and eating pizza by the fire on a card table from Home Depot. It was sort of romantic for a while, but the charm quickly wore off and we were ready to feel like actual adults. With a burgeoning TV career requiring me to be bicoastal, we knew it was time to enlist help from professionals ENTER NIGHT PALM’S TIFFANY HOWELL, an in-demand interior designer who brings a moody, cinematic flair to her projects. We met serendipitously over our mutual love affair with a sofa at Pop Up Home, a vintage-furniture store and gallery for underrepresented artists. I eventually pursued her after seeing her work in my dear friend Mara Brock Akil’s stunning office space. Luckily, the stars aligned, as well as our taste in sofas, and she signed on to help us get our act together. I knew it was a match made in design heaven when she scored us an even better version of that sofa at a fraction of the price (saving money is the ultimate joy!). Howell’s love of music and fashion overlapped with our creative backgrounds; we spoke the same language. “I want the house to feel like a Stan Getz song,” she said, noticing we were having a bossa nova moment. We were all drawn to the home’s bones and Spanish soul, so it was important to preserve them at all costs. With the expansive rounded fireplace as our muse, we landed on the idea of creating a zen, modern sanctuary that gives Brazilian tree house vibes. Like everyone else who migrates to L.A., we wanted to indulge in indoor-outdoor living. But with zero experience maintaining a yard, let alone keeping a single plant alive, we commissioned landscape designer John Sharp to elevate our curb appeal and create lush little worlds on our expansive decks that offer privacy while evoking a cool Jurassic-era ambience. Because music is the heartbeat of our home, we made Jonathan’s grand piano the focal point of our great room. We love entertaining but we aren’t traditional people, so instead of a formal dining area, we created plenty of seating outdoors and built a custom banquette into an otherwise overlooked nook that’s become our absolute favorite hangout spot in the house. The walls are punctuated by custom fluted wood

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paneling that speaks to the home’s late-’70s design and bold art pieces that celebrate Black bodies. As creative entrepreneurs we crave inspiring spaces to dream in. We turned a spare bedroom into an unabashedly colorful multipurpose “Zoom room,” glam room, and workspace where I’m currently writing my next book and crafting a weekly advice column for The Washington Post. We built the ultra-glam vanity of my childhood fantasies and blessed the walls with iconic portraits of my muse Grace Jones.

ONCE WE DISCOVERED we were expecting, Jonathan’s music studio was converted into a nursery with a Calico Wallpaper jungle print fit for a gender-neutral baby room but polished enough for an adult to appreciate spending time in. Our primary bathroom became the pièce de résistance of the renovation project. Night Palm designed curved arches in the shower and doorways that transport you to an elevated Moroccan hammam. We discovered a mysterious old fireplace hidden in the walls and repurposed a portion of it to create a tiled altar for my best candles and crystals. Demo began during my third trimester, so our impending due date mandated a strict three-month deadline for the construction team, led by Judd Burton. No one believed they’d bring our design to life in that time frame, but indeed they pulled it off. Three weeks after delivering our son, Silver Isley Singletary, in a home birth at our rental, we moved into our domestic sanctuary where he will take his first steps and make all of his earliest memories. While this journey was not for the faint of heart, just like childbirth, the struggle was worth it in the end.

“In NYC you invest in what you put on to leave your house. In L.A. you invest in the things that make you never want to leave your house.”

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“You can easily change the perception of your own house,” explains Elvira Solana, a Spanish architect and decorative painter based in Santoña, a seaside town near Bilbao. She has recently given her apartment (pictured) what she calls a “virtual extension,” using brushstrokes to add the clever illusion of curtains, a colonnade, a terrace with an ocean view, and another room. “Sometimes you don’t need to walk into it; you just need to know that it exists,” she muses. “Just sit down and watch your new horizon.” Solana was working as an architect when the 2008 financial crisis prompted her to try something new. She doesn’t recall exactly why she began painting on walls, only that paper felt too small. (“I was looking for the scale that I was used to working with—the house, the human being.”) Mural making felt natural. Researching the history of the art form, she began to play with how two-dimensional images could alter one’s understanding of threedimensional interiors. Over the years, commissions have rolled in: a pastoral tableau for a French country house; a tropical vista for a villa in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; ceilings inspired by children’s stories for an apartment in Lisbon. In her own residence, where imagined objects adorn trompe l’oeil shelves and makebelieve architecture appears on walls, she has realized her most conceptual work—dramatically rethinking space through surface intervention alone. “In a world that has so many problems, we need to think about ways of transforming architecture without breaking walls,” she explains. “That’s what I want to do—create something new without creating something new.” elvirasolana.com —HANNAH MARTIN

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