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THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AUTHORITY MARCH 2019

KYLIE JENNER

LIVING PRETTY IN L.A. + KRIS JENNER’S PRIVATE GETAWAY

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18 Editor’s Letter 20 Object Lesson How the Campana Brothers turned stuffed animals into plush seating.

25 Discoveries Rebecca de Ravenel marries carefree island style with worldly panache . . . Designer David Wiseman forges his own path . . . Ellen DeGeneres lights and carpets the way . . . Tory Burch expands her home line with hand-painted designs and peachy hues . . . Lebanese designer Najla El Zein tells her story with a sculptural line of furnishings . . . and more!

40 Good Works Today’s most innovative projects prove design can make a difference.

58 Mother Superior Kris Jenner’s personal refuge was designed speciﬁcally for peaceful repose, not television drama. BY MAYER RUS

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KRIS JENNER, WEARING A GON DRESS AND GIANVITO ROSSI HEELS, IN HER HIDDEN HILLS, CALIFORNIA, HOME.

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KYLIE JENNER, WEARING A MARC JACOBS DRESS, CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN HEELS, AND BRUMANI EARRINGS, IN HER LIVING ROOM. “ALL THAT GLITTERS,” PAGE 72. PHOTOGRAPHY BY DOUGLAS FRIEDMAN. STYLED BY LAWREN HOWELL. FASHION STYLING BY JILL JACOBS.

72 All That Glitters Makeup tycoon Kylie Jenner savors the sweet smell of success in a dazzling home animated with pop brio. BY MAYER RUS

86 Glass Houses A modernized Victorian retreat gets an updated landscape to match. BY MITCHELL OWENS

90 Home Boy Globe-trotting writer Derek Blasberg conjures a sophisticated setting for his next chapter. BY DEREK BLASBERG

98 Grand Finale As this project—his last—proves, late design legend Mario Buatta retained his masterly vision to very end. BY EMILY EVANS EERDMANS

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106 All in the Family Ariel Ashe and Reinaldo Leandro craft a welcoming home for Alexi and Seth Meyers. BY MARK ROZZO

114 Resources The designers, architects, and products featured this month.

116 Last Word Architectural photographer Candida Höfer brings her captivating new works to Sean Kelly Gallery.

KRIS JENNER, WEARING A JUAN CARLOS OBANDO DRESS AND PANTS, IN HER LIVING ROOM. “MOTHER SUPERIOR,” PAGE 58. PHOTOGRAPHY BY WILLIAM ABRANOWICZ. STYLED BY LAWREN HOWELL. FASHION STYLING BY CHARLENE ROXBOROUGH KONSKER.

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STAR STYLE: 1. IN THE CLOSET WITH COVER GIRL KYLIE, FROM LEFT: PHOTOGRAPHER DOUGLAS FRIEDMAN; INTERIOR DESIGNER MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD; INTERIORS STYLIST LAWREN HOWELL. 2. DEREK BLASBERG’S NYC BEDROOM. 3. KRIS JENNER’S POOL. 4. A BEDSIDE VIGNETTE IN REBECCA DE RAVENEL’S L.A. HOUSE. 5. SELFIES WITH KYLIE IN NYC. 3

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ove ’em or hate ’em, the Jenner/ Kardashian clan has an indisputable grip on the American imagination. At press time, Kylie Jenner looks well on her way to unseating big sister Kim’s dominance on Instagram, with 124 million followers to Kim’s 125 million, and momager Kris Jenner, often credited as the brains behind the whole lucrative operation, commands a cool 24.4 million herself. Presented with the opportunity to show our readers (and the internet!) their brand-new, freshly decorated California homes, we sent in the cameras for exclusive double cover stories on mother and daughter. Founded in Los Angeles nearly 100 years ago, AD has a long history of charting the tides of domestic taste via celebrity homes. Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford’s Pickfair estate was published in these pages six times over the decades; Cher made seven appearances (including one cover); and more recently Julianne Moore, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Aniston, and Robert Downey Jr. have opened their doors to us. Because the public feels it “knows” the celebrity (versus our private homeowners), there is an extra frisson in peeking into these residences—what will the interiors reveal? Prepare for a jolt of surprise in witnessing how Kris Jenner’s style has evolved. Her sophisticated hideaway, orchestrated by esteemed designers Waldo Fernandez and Kathleen and Tommy Clements, highlights an impressive collection of art and major vintage furniture—Prouvé, Perriand, Royère, Buffa, Niemeyer—proving that reality-star Kris has become a connoisseur. As for Kylie, she hired longtime family friend Martyn Lawrence Bullard to conjure up a colorful castle with a “fresh, fun vibe.” Their followers are ready and waiting.

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rustration is often the mother of invention. That was the case with São Paulo design duo Humberto and Fernando Campana, who found themselves tired of traditional upholstery back in 2002. Then a chance encounter sparked an idea: “Someone on the street was selling stuffed animals, carrying them all in his hands—teddy bears, lions, crocodiles,” says Humberto. “Fernando and I looked at each other and said, ‘This is the chair.’ ” They headed to a nearby market and bought a zoo’s worth of plush toys. At the studio, they stitched the critters together into a cuddly mound and fastened it to a metal framework with skinny stainless-steel legs. The result was “a chair that connects with childhood memories,” Humberto says of a seat—and its endless variations—that has come to epitomize their oeuvre. “It brings a smile to the face.” Commissions rolled in: Disney wanted versions featuring Mickey, Minnie, and Pluto. Fendi wanted a banquette of hairy monsters. American artist Brian Donnelly (a.k.a. KAWS) commissioned one made of his own character BFF. “We started making them for ourselves,” says Donnelly. “But then we wanted to share them with a larger audience.” The results? A limited edition unveiled by Friedman Benda at Design Miami that sold out in days, one piece to Travis Scott, who brought it home to daughter Stormi. The Insta-famous tot is only the newest member of the fan club, which ranges from Kanye West to AD100 talents François Catroux and Francis Sultana, who says of the kid-approved piece: “It’s great design in a language they can relate to.” campanas.com.br

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Rebecca de Ravenel In her airy Los Angeles home, the fashion and accessories designer marries carefree island style with worldly panache P HOTO GR A PHY BY AMY NEUN SI NGER

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ou could say Rebecca de Ravenel’s chic, European-inflected take on island style is the result of osmosis: Born in New York to bon vivant parents, she spent her childhood on Nassau, in the Bahamas, before moving to Paris at age seven. “The first time I went to school in France, I couldn’t understand why I had to put shoes on,” recalls the Los Angeles–based fashion designer, whose wildly popular Les Bonbons earrings and long, flowy dresses have become vacation staples for the jet set. Happily, de Ravenel hasn’t lost her penchant for going barefoot. Her light, bright home in the Hollywood Hills is perfectly suited to indoor-outdoor living. “The doors are always open,” she says, breezily gliding through the freeflowing living and dining areas, filled with peppy floral fabrics,

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1. A TABLE FROM CHARLES JACOBSEN INC. SITS ATOP A MADELINE WEINRIB RUG. 2. ARTWORKS BY ILIA TCHACHNIK, MALICK SIDIBÉ, AND FERNAND LÉGER HANG ABOVE A CUSTOM TABLE; THE PALM BEACH REGENCY STOOLS ARE COVERED IN BRIGITTE SINGH FABRIC.

an antique wicker dining set with heart-backed chairs, and striped Madeline Weinrib rugs. “I originally wanted the house to be very white,” she says. “I tried, but I just seem to be incapable. I keep adding and layering.” Among the myriad cases in point are antique iron peacocks from her family home in the Bahamas, little black vases found in Burma, and a Man Ray photograph of her great-grandmother Baba d’Erlanger. Out in the courtyard, de Ravenel sinks into a banquette with cushions covered in a botanical blue-and-white textile. “It’s a tablecloth from this company Marigold Living that I came across on Instagram,” she explains, adding with a smile, “I ordered a few.” Her textile obsession, she notes, has become a running joke among her family and friends. “I have a cupboard that is solely dedicated to fabrics.” This is, of course, less of an indulgence than it may seem given her line of work. In her hands, the boundaries between home and fashion are intentionally and organically blurred. The antique plaster seashells she chose to ﬂank the living area’s salon-style art arrangement resemble a blown-up version of her signature earrings. A poppy print she created is reimagined on a sofa cushion, lamp shade, table linens, and even china. And yes, she produced the tabletop items, although no, she is not launching a home line—at least, not yet. “It’s something I really want to do,” she says, “but it’s too soon.” De Ravenel relocated her life and business from the Bahamas to Los Angeles four years ago. “I was looking for something that would be a bit of an escape,” she says of her search for this house. “What’s amazing about it is that it’s surrounded by windows. You wake up in the morning and there’s that California light. “It’s a very happy home,” she continues. “There’s always food in the fridge, drinks in the bar, dogs barking.” At that, one of her three rescues, Tulip, joins her on the banquette. “It’s very lived-in, and I think that’s the way it should be. Imperfection really has quite a lot of charm.” rebeccaderavenel.com —JANE KELTNER DE VALLE

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need to be really close to the work right now,” says David Wiseman, who, for the past several months, has been head-down in his Los Angeles studio—ladling molten bronze into molds, welding aluminum sheets, and brazing together tiny bronze twigs. “There’s no sleep ’til Kasmin.” He’s referring to his highly anticipated solo debut, opening March 14 at New York’s blue-chip Kasmin gallery. For the designer, whose metal, porcelain, and glass creations dazzle in boutiques and homes across the country, the exhibition marks a milestone. Two years ago, after sticking to the standard script (artist makes, gallery represents) for more than a decade, Wiseman decided to shake things up, parting ways with his longtime dealers and teaming with his brother Ari, former deputy director of the Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, to found Wiseman Studio. The duo now handle their own commissions and sales, treating shows like this one at Kasmin as special projects. “It’s the biggest thrill to steer our own ship,” explains Wiseman, who is also renovating a new, expansive studio and showroom in L.A.’s Frogtown neighborhood, complete with a “secret garden” to grow the botanical muses that have long informed his work. “It allows me to take chances,” he notes, referring to a forthcoming collection of wallpaper, among other departures. That’s just the sort of organic discovery on which the studio was founded. In the early 2000s, when Wiseman started making furniture as a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, he realized something was missing from contemporary design: ornament. He found his inspiration on long walks through the woods. “I saw patterns that I desperately wanted to bring indoors.” Countless chandeliers, gates, vases, and miniature treasures later, he’ll unveil 25 hyper-reﬁned works at Kasmin, some of which exhibit, for the ﬁrst time, resin inlaid with marble terrazzo. “I have always been inspired by the plant and animal worlds,” he says. “Now I’m engaging with the mineral world. It felt totally natural.” dwiseman.com —HANNAH MARTIN

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Personal History Lebanese designer Najla El Zein tells her story with a sculptural line of furnishings

ight years ago, Najla El Zein decided it was time to get back to her roots. “I felt the need to discover my country,” says the Beirut-born designer, who returned to Lebanon from Paris, where she moved at the age of two and eventually studied at the École Camondo. “I started working right away.” Proliﬁcally, in fact. Today her small studio in downtown Beirut reveals an array of chalky white studies for the sculptural furnishings that will debut in

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her ﬁrst solo show, opening February 28 at New York’s Friedman Benda gallery. Among the 20-some pieces to be exhibited are a concrete bench that bulges like a pregnant belly and a seat of sumptuous sandstone blocks that seem to embrace. “It talks about a connection with the other.” El Zein has long been interested in telling stories through objects and materials. One early sculpture transformed 6,302 spoons into what looks like glistening reptile skin, while the doorway of paper windmills that she mounted at

London’s V&A museum in 2013 made visible the invisible: wind. Relocating to Lebanon, where she and her husband are raising their first child, has helped her hone her own narrative. “There are three parts—distortion, fragmented pillar, and seduction,” she explains of the collection, which has been realized in fine concrete, slick travertine, and porous sandstone. She chose each for its tactile quality and elementary nature. “The first thing people want to do is touch,” she reflects. “Though the material is important, I didn’t want it to take over the narrative.” More significant is the form and function of each work, which she calls “a tool of expression.” When two people sit on a bench, separated by a hump, they experience distortion. When you slump onto a bench, your body is seduced by its curves. The show’s title—“Transition”— is fitting. As El Zein notes, “It’s about motherhood, professional-hood, the seduction with your lover. It’s my story. And it has a happy ending.” najlaelzein .com —HANNAH MARTIN

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On 11 acres in Long Island City, Queens, design firms SWA/Balsley, Weiss/Manfredi, and Arup have realized something groundbreaking: a waterfront scheme (part architecture, part infrastructure, part landscape) to please crowds and withstand the worst. Completed in two phases over the last decade, Hunterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Point South Park comprises a network of pathways, lawns, play spaces, and more, much of it on landfill. But embedded within the design are innovations that protect the site from natural disaster. In the event of storm surges, tidal marshes absorb and gently release rising waters, while porous gabion barriers filter storm water from upland streets. It all worked like a charm in 2013, when the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;then nearing completion on phase oneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;survived Hurricane Sandy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We knew what was coming,â&#x20AC;? landscape architect Tom Balsley of SWA/Balsley reflects on the project, the final phase of which was finished this past June. A cantilevered overlook now provides 360-degree vistas, while a peninsula of native plants transforms into an island at high tide. The site is â&#x20AC;&#x153;a 100 percent invented form of nature,â&#x20AC;? notes architect Marion Weiss of Weiss/Manfredi, adding that the design nonetheless â&#x20AC;&#x153;restores the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legacy of exchange, as both an aquatic wetland and a place of industrial invention.â&#x20AC;? nycgovparks.org â&#x20AC;&#x201D;E.F.

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ABOVE A CUSTOM BRONZE FIREPLACE SURROUND CENTERS KRIS JENNER’S HIDDEN HILLS, CALIFORNIA, LIVING ROOM. OPPOSITE SCULPTURES BY FRANÇOIS-XAVIER LALANNE IN THE GARDEN. JENNER WEARS A SAINT LAURENT SHIRT, CÉLINE PANTS AND BELT, AND MANOLO BLAHNIK SHOES. FASHION STYLING BY CHARLENE ROXBOROUGH KONSKER. FOR DETAILS SEE RESOURCES.

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on’t believe everything you see on television. Like the time Kris Jenner hilariously referred to Le Corbusier as Le Courvoisier on an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, the Zeitgeistdeﬁning television show she has produced since 2007. It turns out that the queen of momagers (a term Jenner herself trademarked) knows perfectly well who Corbu is. A chair he designed—in partnership with Pierre Jeanneret, for the High Court in Chandigarh, India—sits front and center in her plush, sprawling closet, the perfect perch for selecting the right handbag and shoes from the kaleidoscopic assortment on display. The iconic chair isn’t the only surprise Jenner’s millions of fans and followers will discover in her

chic new home in the Los Angeles suburb of Hidden Hills. A collaboration between AD100 designer Waldo Fernandez and the mother-and-son team of Kathleen and Tommy Clements, the serene, understated house is awash in classic pieces by titans of 20th-century decorative arts on the order of Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouvé, Jean Royère, Pierre Guariche, Aldo Tura, Paolo Buffa, and Oscar Niemeyer. It’s a dramatic departure from the dynamo’s previous home, which she still uses to tape KUWTK. “I’ve been collecting furniture and making houses for a lifetime. I’ve had so many different types of homes in so many different styles,” Jenner recalls, laughing at the memory of some of her earlier efforts. “In the ’80s, my bedroom looked like a lavenderchintz supplier threw up all over it. Robert Kardashian was such a good sport,” she adds, referring to her then-husband and father of Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Rob.

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These days, after many years under the spotlight of rabid paparazzi, Jenner craves an off-ramp from the fast lane. “I don’t enjoy going out as much as I used to. My job is so hectic and chaotic. I’m always running a million miles an hour. I wanted my home to feel like a sanctuary, perfectly calm and peaceful,” she explains. To the amazement of her designers, Jenner outlined her vision for a Zenlike refuge and then left the interpretation of that mandate in the hands of her team. “She said that it’s not necessarily in her nature, but that she’d trust us completely to do what we think is right,” Kathleen recalls. Tommy puts a ﬁner point on the subject: “Kris is a total boss. That’s what makes her so successful. She doesn’t ponder and worry. She makes a decision and moves on,” he says. With comfort and coziness as their guiding stars, the designers orchestrated a series of tranquil, largely monochromatic rooms outﬁtted with pedigreed furnishings upholstered in silk, suede, alpaca, sheepskin, and other luxurious coverings. Consider the so-called great room. Rather than being a forlorn,

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“Kris is a total boss," says designer Tommy Clements. “She doesn't ponder and worry. She makes a decision and moves on."

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Hollywood decorator avows: “We all trust and respect each other’s taste, so it’s not like anyone was going to bring something hideous to the table. Working together allowed us to approach the project from a fresh perspective.” Considering the array of fabulous homes crafted by her offspring—including her youngest daughters, Kendall and Kylie Jenner—one might reasonably wonder if decorating is a competitive sport in the Jenner/Kardashian clan. “There’s zero rivalry when it comes to houses,” the matriarch insists. “We’re very fortunate to live in close proximity, and we all enjoy each other’s homes. I’m incredibly proud that the kids have discovered their own identities and passions.” As for her own divine hideaway, Jenner’s primary response is gratitude. “I had complete faith in the designers. When it was time for the big reveal, I walked into the house and cried. Every single space gives me pleasure. Every time you turn a corner, you ﬁnd something beautiful, something delicious,” she says. “I truly can’t wait to come home every day.”

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outsize show space sequestered from the daily life of the home, Jenner’s great room is all light and ease, open to the pool through massive sliding glass doors on one side and the kitchen and breakfast area on another. Even the name of the Kerry Joyce fabric on the generously scaled custom sofa and chair—Fuzzy Wuzzy—conjures images of delightful repose. Pops of color are introduced in the contemporary artworks that adorn the walls, including a Yoshitomo Nara painting that presides over the dining room, an Yves Klein Blue Venus standing near the great room, and a Tracey Emin neon sculpture that glows softly at the end of a hallway on the ground ﬂoor. “The art was waiting for this house to happen,” Jenner says of the happy embrace between her quietly conﬁdent decor and the artworks in her collection. “Kris has genuinely sophisticated taste. The Prouvé daybed, the Jeanneret chairs, the Lalannes— these are all things she came with. This house was a great opportunity for her to express her love of art and design,” observes Fernandez. As for the nature of his collaboration with the Clementses, the legendary

ABOVE LIMESTONE WRAPS THE MASTER BATHROOM; VINTAGE PERRIAND STOOLS. BELOW IN THE MASTER BEDROOM, THE BED, BENCH, AND SIDE TABLES ARE ALL CUSTOM. ARTWORK (LEFT) BY YOSHITOMO NARA. LEFT THE MASTER CLOSET IS BY CLEMENTS DESIGN AND WALDOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DESIGNS. VINTAGE LE CORBUSIER AND PIERRE JEANNERET ARMCHAIR.

THAT MAKE THE LOOK KRIS JENNER, WEARING A JUAN CARLOS OBANDO OUTFIT, LOUNGES IN AN OTTO SCHULZ CHAIR IN HER LIVING ROOM.

PEZZO THROW; $75. MATOUK.COM

BARCELONA COUCH BY LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE BY KNOLL; $10,467. DWR.COM

Every piece of furniture evokes a feeling. The house is a symphony of feelings." —Kris Jenner

SERPENTIN THREE-LIGHT WALL LAMP BY JEAN ROYÈRE; $16,500. 1STDIBS.COM

VANILLA NOIR 5100 QUARTZ; PRICE UPON REQUEST. CAESARSTONEUS.COM

TRINSIC PRO KITCHEN FAUCET; $434. DELTAFAUCET.COM

THOMAS HAYES STUDIO STOOLS SIT AT THE CUSTOMDESIGNED MARBLE BAR. PAINTING BY WES LANG.

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CLOUD PLATFORM SLIPCOVERED BED; FROM $2,825. RH.COM

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HUTCH WALLPAPER BY HUNT SLONEM FOR GROUNDWORKS; TO THE TRADE. LEEJOFA.COM

STUDIO GREEN PAINT; $110 PER GALLON. FARROW-BALL.COM

SANDOZ STOOL BY CHARLOTTE PERRIAND; $12,000 FOR A SET OF TWO. 1STDIBS.COM FOOTED KRATER BY CHRIS BROCK POTTERY; PRICE UPON REQUEST. BROCK POTTERY.COM

JACQUES OTTOMAN BY RODOLFO DORDONI FOR MINOTTI; $3,235. MINOTTINY.COM

PULLMAN ARMCHAIR BY JIM ZIVIC FOR RALPH PUCCI; $4,320. RALPHPUCCI.NET

ORIENTAL SULTANABAD ANTIQUE RUG; TO THE TRADE. STARKCARPET.COM

STYLI FREESTANDING OVAL BATHTUB; $5,700. WATER WORKS.COM

PLAID VICUÃ&#x2018;A BLANKET; $12,000. LOROPIANA.COM

IN THE BREAKFAST AREA, A SET OF JIM ZIVIC STEEL-ANDLEATHER CHAIRS FROM RALPH PUCCI SURROUND A CUSTOM DINING TABLE.

The mood is peace and calm. There's nothing crazy going on."

PIECES FROM DAMIEN HIRST’S “I LOVE YOU” SERIES ANCHOR THE DINING ROOM. BRASS CHANDELIER BY COUP D’ETAT; CUSTOM TABLE AND CHAIRS BY MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD; SHAG RUG BY WOVEN. FOR DETAILS SEE RESOURCES.

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Makeup tycoon Kylie Jenner savors the sweet smell of success in a dazzling home animated with pop brio and youthful energy TEXT BY MAYER RUS PHOTOGRAPHY BY STYLED BY LAWREN HOWELL

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“I told Martyn color was essential," Jenner notes. “I love pink, and I wanted a lot of it!"

ABOVE MIRRORS BY WÜD FURNITURE DESIGN FRAME A JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT SCREEN PRINT IN THE LIVING ROOM. ON YVES KLEIN COCKTAIL TABLE, TOM DIXON GOLD VASE; INDIA MAHDAVI SOFAS IN SCHUMACHER BOUCLÉ; CUSTOM SUEDE POUFS. OPPOSITE JENNER—WEARING A FRAME SWEATER, A STAUD SKIRT, FENDI SHOES, BRUMANI EARRINGS, AND A SHAY FINE JEWELRY BRACELET—IN HER GLAM ROOM. FASHION STYLING BY JILL JACOBS. NEON ARTWORK BY BEAU DUNN.

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ABOVE ANDY WARHOL SCREEN PRINTS ASCEND WITH THE STAIRWELL IN THE HOME’S ENTRY. FENDI STROLLER BY INGLESINA. OPPOSITE IN THE BAR LOUNGE, A NEON INSTALLATION BY TRACEY EMIN AND A TRIO OF ANDY WARHOL LITHOGRAPHS HANG ABOVE A VINTAGE MILO BAUGHMAN SOFA. VINTAGE KARL SPRINGER COCKTAIL TABLES; VICTORIA MORRIS POTTERY VASE; ON WALLS, BENJAMIN MOORE PAINT.

hat were you doing when you were 21 years old? Looking for a job? Settling for an unpaid internship? Shopping for a foldout futon? Kylie Jenner hasn’t got time for all that. The wildly popular entrepreneur, reality-television star, and youngest member of the Jenner/Kardashian clan is busy presiding over a cosmetics empire worth roughly $800 million. Forbes magazine speculated that she is on track to become the youngest self-made billionaire in history. She also has more than 124 million followers on Instagram—a single 2018 post introducing her daughter, Stormi Webster, garnered more than 18 million likes. To borrow a hackneyed phrase, when Kylie talks, people listen. “Kylie is the ultimate celebrity, the ultimate inﬂuencer. For someone her age to have achieved

so much is frankly astonishing,” says Martyn Lawrence Bullard, the Los Angeles AD100 designer tasked with conjuring a dream home worthy of a vivacious almostbillionaire superstar. The residence is located in the Los Angeles suburb of Hidden Hills, close to the homes of Kylie’s high-profile siblings and their mother, Kris Jenner. “When we started this project, she wasn’t even old enough to drink legally. This was her first really grown-up house,” he adds. “I told Martyn I wanted a fresh, fun vibe to match the way I was feeling. Color was essential. I love pink, and I wanted a lot of it!” Jenner recalls of her earliest conversations with the decorator. Functional requirements were also at the top of her agenda. “My closets and glam room are very personal to me, even down to the size of each drawer, so they fit my specific products and clothes. I spend a lot of time in those rooms, so we had to make sure they were perfect.” Bullard obliged with a design scheme that is equal parts sparkle and sumptuousness. On the more glittery end of the spectrum are the white lacquer-

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“Kylie is the ultimate celebrity, the ultimate inﬂuencer," says Bullard. ABOVE THE ART-FILLED BAR FEATURES A PAINTING BY ALEC MONOPOLY (LEFT), CONDOM ART BY BEAU DUNN, AND A SAINT LAURENT SURFBOARD. VINTAGE MILO BAUGHMAN BARSTOOLS IN A SCALAMANDRÉ PRINT; KALLISTA SINK FITTINGS. OPPOSITE EIGHT DAMIEN HIRST PRINTS HANG ABOVE A CUSTOM MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD DAYBED IN THE MASTER BEDROOM’S SITTING AREA. LUCITE CHAIRS BY BULLARD; RUG BY ANTHONY MONACO CARPET & TEXTILE DESIGN; ON VINTAGE COCKTAIL TABLE, DINOSAUR DESIGNS VASE.

and-acrylic grand piano in Jenner’s monochromatic, Old/New Hollywood living room; the gold-leafed ceiling of the dining room; vintage Lucite furniture by Charles Hollis Jones; and reﬂective wall coverings galore. On the plush side of the equation, Bullard deployed carpets of Patagonian shearling, alpaca, and silk; snow leopard–patterned velvet on the vintage Milo Baughman barstools in the lounge; and fur bedcovers. “The look is glamorous but totally inviting. Kylie loves to have people over, and there’s nothing so precious that you can’t stand, jump, or dance on it,” Bullard explains of the decorative mix. Sly nods to Kylie Cosmetics, Jenner’s blockbuster business, abound. In the dining room, for example, the leather upholstery on the chairs was custom-dyed to match colors from Kylie’s lipstick collection,

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ranging from ceruse to pale pink to deep garnet. In the living room, seemingly liquescent brass consoles riff on the drip patterns of the makeup line’s signature packaging. “I have a lot of Kylie Cosmetics, awards, and my magazine covers around the house that inspire me on a daily basis. I am very proud of what I’ve accomplished,” Jenner notes. Halfway through the project, Jenner learned that she was going to have a baby with rapper Travis Scott (given name Jacques Bermon Webster II), which necessitated a retroﬁt for a nursery and playroom. “Stormi has deﬁnitely taken over the house with her toys,” Jenner says, laughing. And not just any old binkies and baubles. Chez Kylie, it’s all about the bling—a Fendi baby stroller and a Lamborghini child’s car are among the many high-end playthings. Of course, the fun is not reserved exclusively for Stormi. In the lavish family room, Jenner and her guests can take a swing on a Jim Zivic hammock suspended from the ceiling while enjoying treats from custom cocktail tables with cutouts for ice, champagne, and caviar. The entertainment

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continues in the bar/lounge, which is tricked out with a billiard table, arcade games, a Saint Laurent limited-edition surfboard, and, for a little added cheekiness, a group of giant condom sculptures from artist Beau Dunn’s “Size Does Matter” series. Andy Warhol dollar-sign lithographs and a dramatic portrait of the homeowner round out the art on display in the lounge. “Kylie feels a deep connection to Marilyn Monroe, so we placed a series of Warhol screen prints of Marilyn along the main stairway. In general, we selected artworks that felt appropriate for a young collector with feminine tastes. Everything reﬂects Kylie’s personality,” Bullard says, referring to the Damien Hirst “I Love You” butterﬂy silk screens that adorn the dining room, the Jean-Michel Basquiat screen print that presides over the living room, and black-and-white photographs of Brigitte Bardot, Audrey Hepburn, and Twiggy. The Tracey Emin neon sculpture that hangs in the bar perhaps best sums up the saucy vibe of the dynamo’s dazzling home. It reads, “I Can’t Believe How Much You Love Me.”

ABOVE JENNER—WEARING A VINTAGE ROBE, AN LPA BODYSUIT, AND SHAY FINE JEWELRY—IN HER KITCHEN. BLOWN-GLASS CHANDELIER BY GABRIEL SCOTT; CUSTOM CABINETRY BY MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD. OPPOSITE JENNER’S HANDBAG CLOSET FEATURES WHITE LACQUER SHELVING.

ABOVE A VINTAGE CHROME CHANDELIER ILLUMINATES THE DRESSING ROOM. CUSTOM LUCITE SHELVING BY MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD; GOYARD TRUNK. OPPOSITE A JIM ZIVIC HAMMOCK FROM RALPH PUCCI HANGS IN THE FAMILY ROOM. BOWER MIRRORS; TOM DIXON BRASS VASES; KELLY WEARSTLER MARBLE SIDE TABLES. â&#x2DC;&#x2026; EXCLUSIVE VIDEO KYLIE JENNER AT HOME, ARCHDIGEST.COM.

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THE DETAILS THAT MAKE THE LOOK

KYLIE JENNER, IN A MARC JACOBS DRESS AND CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN HEELS, STANDS IN FRONT OF A JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT ARTWORK IN HER LIVING ROOM.

INDOOR HAMMOCK BY JIM ZIVIC FOR RALPH PUCCI; FROM $48,600. RALPHPUCCI.NET

VÉGA FLUTISSIMO; $570 AS SHOWN FOR A SET OF TWO. BACCARAT.COM

MEREWORTH MANTELPIECE; $11,800. JAMB.CO.UK CYLINDER MIRROR BY BOWER; $1,425. THEFUTURE PERFECT.COM

RIVE GAUCHE DINING CHAIR BY MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD; $3,070. 1STDIBS.COM

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A VINTAGE MILO BAUGHMAN FOURPOSTER ADDS GLAM TO THE GUEST BEDROOM.

fun vibe to match the way I was feeling.” —Kylie Jenner PORTICA CANOPY BED; FROM $1,499. ROOMANDBOARD.COM

HOPPER SCONCE BY MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD FOR CORBETT LIGHTING; $620. CORBETTLIGHTING .HVLGROUP.COM

MELROSE BOOKCASE BY MITCHELL GOLD + BOB WILLIAMS; $2,960. MGBWHOME.COM

STAR EYE PRINT METAL FOLDING TABLE BY GUCCI DÉCOR; $1,250. GUCCI.COM

LUSH FABRIC; TO THE TRADE. FABRICUT.COM

A BE@RBRICK TOY IS GAME-TIME READY. ON WALLS, BENJAMIN MOORE PAINT.

SNOW LEOPARD VELVET; TO THE TRADE. SCALAMANDRE.COM

BLACK-EYED SUSANS, MONCH FRIKARTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ASTERS, HEIDEBRAUT PURPLE MOOR GRASS, AND LADY EMMA HAMILTON ROSES FLOURISH IN A GARDEN BY ACRES WILD. FOR DETAILS SEE RESOURCES.

A modernized Victorian retreat gets an updated landscape to match TEXT BY MITCHELL OWENS PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARIANNE MAJERUS

dding windows always invites more light into a room, but what if the suddenly expansive view isn’t up to par? In the case of a charming English country house—a renovated 19th-century stable not far from London—there was little garden to see once the empty-nest owners decided to add a sunny new kitchen and dining area at the rear of the redbrick building. “The greenhouse was insurmountable,” the husband says of the sprawling antique conservatory that stood dismayingly close to the planned extension. Still, he adds, he and his wife “couldn’t bring ourselves to destroy something so beautiful.” Debbie Roberts and Ian Smith of Acres Wild, an award-winning landscape design ﬁrm in West Sussex, had a solution. First, reduce the size of the greenhouse to a more manageable footprint; have it restored by the original manufacturer (Foster and Pearson is still in business after more than 150 years); and move it to a distant spot on the property, where its peaked roof would act as an eye-catcher. Second was to transform the outlying woodland and somewhat unrelated outdoor rooms—a few containing plants that had been collected by a long-ago owner

on expeditions around the world—into an enticing stroll that also incorporated an existing swimming pool. That last feature, along with its poolhouse, had been installed crookedly to conform to a kink in the property line; Acres Wild suggested camouﬂaging the slant with planting beds and stone paving. Finally, once the greenhouse had been relocated, a series of tailored terraces of grass, sandstone, and Yorkshire walling—raised destinations linked with steps and as modern in appearance as the crisp new interiors

ABOVE AN EXISTING PERGOLA WAS MOVED TO A HAPPIER SPOT IN THE REVISED GARDEN, AMONG TIBETAN CHERRY TREES AND JAPANESE ANEMONES. OPPOSITE THE VICTORIAN GREENHOUSE WAS RELOCATED BEHIND THE SWIMMING POOL.

overlooking them—would extend from the foundation of the residence, offering the kind of entertaining options that the couple had largely deferred as they raised their children. “There weren’t a lot of areas to socialize in,” allows the husband. That being said, he and his wife were fond of the garden and were willing, somewhat nervously, to overcome the dilemmas that had been identiﬁed. “We host the village tennis tournament once a year, and friends and family will come, too.

One of the nice things about the garden now is that we can share it with other people.” As for the back-of-the-house view that the couple had hoped for and that Acres Wild ultimately provided? It has now been immortalized in a fetching impressionistic oil painting that takes in the scene from a new outdoor dining area—steps, terraces, ornamental grasses, lavender in bloom, and that antique greenhouse, glittering, as everyone anticipated, like a folly in the distance.

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Globe-trotting writer and fashion-world insider Derek Blasberg conjures the perfect setting for his next chapterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a sophisticated Upper East Side apartment

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A CUSTOM VELVET SOFA CURVES TOWARD TWO OLIVIER MOURGUE CHAIRS IN THE SUNKEN LIVING ROOM. ON WILLY RIZZO COCKTAIL TABLE, MODEL OF BLASBERG’S DACHSHUND BY MIUCCIA PRADA. ARTWORKS BY FRANCESCO VEZZOLI (LEFT WALL) AND DAN COLEN (RIGHT). FOR DETAILS SEE RESOURCES.

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ABOVE BLASBERG AND HIS DOG, MONSTER. OPPOSITE A HIDDEN DOOR IN THE FOYER OPENS INTO BLASBERG’S OFFICE AND CLOSET. A WILLY RIZZO CHAIR WEARS A PINK VELVET BY PIERRE FREY; ANDRÉ ARBUS GLASS SCONCES; CAST-BRONZE CAT BY URS FISCHER.

and a Gossip Room, a cozy nest I devised in which to sit with friends and share secrets. The apartment had languished on the market for a few years, and when our offer was accepted in late 2016 I was equally excited and terriﬁed. Nothing feels realer than a mortgage. Contracts signed, we assembled our dream team: architectural designers Yaiza Armbruster and Marina Dayton and decorator Virginia Tupker. Things moved swiftly because our design directive was clear: a classic New York co-op (the building, a few steps from Central Park, was built in the 1920s) layered in youthful modernism. The heavy lifts included combining two small maids’ quarters to create the Gossip Room and shifting a hallway to better organize the layout of the master bedroom, guest bedroom, and aforementioned clofﬁce. My request for a secret passage behind a mirror in the foyer to my desk required some clever engineering, and I love that it turned out resembling a glamorous submarine hatch. I know it sounds hokey, but much of the design came to me in dreams. Once I woke up in the middle of the night and emailed Virginia about a vision of looking down at a Vladimir Kagan–style sofa centered in the living room. By the time I woke up she had it sketched out. I also dreamed of a guest bedroom in pastel pink, a gilded French desk, and an island in the closet to be used as base of operations for packing and

moved from St. Louis to New York in 2000, the year I turned 18 and graduated from high school. That means that last year, 2018, was the moment I had lived here for exactly as long as I had lived there. I didn’t realize it at the time, but buying this apartment (my first real apartment!) on the Upper East Side was the ultimate inflection point in morphing from an overachieving Midwestern teenager into a New York City professional. Consistency is the word I’d use to describe my first 18 years: I lived in the same bedroom in the same house in the same suburban neighborhood my whole life. (Boring is another word, but it’s not as polite.) By the time I left, I had wallpapered the room— including the ceiling—with intricate collages made with cutouts from fashion magazines, filled the bookshelves with biographies of old Hollywood stars and Jackie Kennedy, and scribbled “New York or bust!” on my white cotton bedsheets with a black Sharpie. In New York, my experiences in real estate were scattered. Literally. My first-ever address was an NYU dorm room on the west side of Washington Square Park. From there I moved to a walkup in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; a hovel in SoHo; a Tribeca high-rise; and, just before I moved into this place, a charming prewar building in Chelsea that featured the ultimate metropolitan extravagance: a doorman. To each apartment I’d drag all my earthly possessions, which consisted of clothes, clothes, and more clothes, and a burgeoning collection of embroidered pillows. The thrill—if you want to call it that—of living in the city is that you never know what you’re going to get. Sometimes you’re lucky, like I was with the Chelsea pad, which had hardwood floors, a walk-in closet, and an insanely low rent. (In fact, that place was so cheap that when I finished renovations on this apartment I was tempted to renew my old lease just because I can never say no to a good deal.) Other times you’re not so lucky, like the time my ex suddenly moved out in the middle of our shared lease, meaning I had to come up with twice as much money every month. He took all the pots and pans and my Eames lounge chair, but left the framed photos of us together. You have to roll with the punches in New York. Could I have ever predicted my dream house would be on the Upper East Side? No way. I ended up here because two things changed in my early 30s: First, I met Nick Brown, my longtime boyfriend, who grew up in the ’hood. After we decided to buy a place together, he opened my eyes to local charms, like strolls in Central Park; coffees at quaint, overpriced cafés; and quiet night sounds that didn’t feature bar fights and sirens. And second, on the UES this kind of apartment was, quite simply, less expensively priced per square foot than similar ones in Chelsea, the West Village, and parts of Brooklyn. A real-estate agent didn’t show us the place—we heard about it by eavesdropping. When I walked in I immediately had a good feeling: I had fantasized about a sunken living room ever since I saw Bette Davis’s apartment in All About Eve. Also, there was enough space to build an elaborate “cloffice,” a cute word Realtors invented for a closet that doubles as an office,

THE WALLS OF THE “CLOFFICE” ARE PAINTED IN FARROW & BALL’S COOK’S BLUE. VINTAGE STILNOVO CHANDELIER; ON ANTIQUE DESK, CRYING HORSE BY URS FISCHER. OPPOSITE A BANQUETTE IN THE DRESSING AREA DISPLAYS SOME OF BLASBERG’S EMBROIDEREDPILLOW COLLECTION.

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unpacking luggage, which I do often as the head of fashion and beauty at YouTube. It’s always Fashion Week somewhere! A small-town boy moving to the big city is the classic American Dream. That’s why when I was coordinating interiors the first designer I thought of was Ralph Lauren. The label’s greatest contribution was textiles, specifically the graphic tattersall used on the walls, chaise longue, and curtains on the four-poster in the master bedroom. Ralph Lauren was also the source of the geometric print on the walls, sofa, and cushions in the Gossip Room—which I loved because it felt like a WASPy version of a hookah bar—and the luxe green velvet on that curvaceous sofa in the living room. I had an incredible art mentor: mega dealer Larry Gagosian, whom I’ve worked with for half a decade. I asked my friend Dan Colen to create an installation of his stud paintings for the living room. Why studs? I thought the neighborhood needed something a little punk, and I loved how it looked like a giant wall of crushed-up disco balls. I sleep under a small Fernand Léger painting while my favorite fashion picture of all time, Richard Avedon’s Dovima with Elephants, is hung by the front door so I can admire it whenever I’m coming or going. Much to my boyfriend’s chagrin, his mother added to my embroidered-pillow collection when she gave me a pouf for the Gossip Room that reads: “If you can’t say something nice about someone come sit by me.” The housewarming took place on my 36th birthday, and it turned out to be the perfect christening for a home to host my next 18 years. One friend spilled red wine on the white carpet. Another sent over a beer keg, which leaked all over the kitchen floor. People were smoking everywhere. Surprisingly, I was fine with every bit of it. After all, I had dreamed up this apartment (literally), and the stains made me realize I was actually living in it.

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RIGHT TWO RICHARD PRINCE INSTAGRAM PRINTS HANG IN THE DINING ROOM. PAINTING ON LEFT WALL BY NATE LOWMAN; ON RIGHT WALL BY JOHN CURRIN. BELOW THE GOSSIP ROOM IS COVERED IN A RALPH LAUREN HOME PRINT. OPPOSITE A CUSTOMCOLORED TATTERSALL BY RALPH LAUREN HOME COVERS THE MASTER BEDROOM WALLS, BED CANOPY, AND HEADBOARD. ABOVE BED, PAINTING BY FERNAND LÉGER.

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As this project—his last— proves, late design legend Mario Buatta retained his masterly vision to the very end

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MIEKE TEN HAVE AUBERGINE GLAZED WALLS WRAP THE LIVING ROOM AT A NEW YORK APARTMENT BY MARIO BUATTA. CUSTOM SEATING BY DE ANGELIS IN A QUADRILLE PRINT. THE OWNERS’ EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF ARTWORKS BY RENÉ MAGRITTE IS DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT THE APARTMENT. FOR DETAILS SEE RESOURCES.

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panning more than ﬁve decades, the love affair between Architectural Digest and Mario Buatta was legendary. Ever since his ﬁrst AD feature appeared in the May/ June 1974 issue, there was no place he would rather be published. And the relationship extended right up to today, with the careful shepherding of this story into print. Mario died a few months ago, and this project—an absolute plum—was his last: a glamorous duplex in one of Manhattan’s most iconic prewar buildings overlooking the East River. Not that he would ever admit to favorites, but this client couple was especially beloved. They had worked together umpteen times and could speak together in decorating shorthand. They occasionally disagreed about this or that choice, but “Mario would always win,” the wife says with a laugh, “and he would be right.” Working closely with her to dream up these rooms (or backdrops for living, as Mario thought of them) gave him untold pleasure.

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While we were writing Mario Buatta: Fifty Years of American Interior Decoration, Mario and I looked at hundreds of photographs of his work, so I can confidently attest that the end result is quintessential Buatta. It features capaciously plump seating, sumptuous drapery with dressmaker details, a glorious rainbow of color, touches of chinoiserie fantasy, and, yes, occasional bursts of flowered chintz. But there are surprises, too. A mod planetary chandelier centers the blush-pink dining room, which is further loosened up with blue-and-white Indian batik–slipcovered chairs and paisley-embroidered curtains. The entrance hall’s silvered grass cloth and an African motif–inspired printed burlap in a dressing room both also lie outside the expected Buatta canon. The heart of the apartment is the pulse-quickening aubergine living room. During the day, the deep hue, built up by applying several coats of tinted glaze on a shockingpink ground, absorbs the dazzling light reflected off the water. By night, it glows in lamplight. The sailboat-print fabric— Quadrille’s Les Indiennes, custom-colored in peony pink, grass green, and pale blue—charmingly nods to the river activity outside. For more intimate gatherings, the owners can retreat to the nut-brown paneled library, where some

ABOVE THE ENTRY FEATURES THREE MAGRITTE PAINTINGS OVER A PAIR OF ANTIQUE CONSOLES THAT BUATTA JOINED WITH A NEW STONE TOP. OPPOSITE A SELF-PORTRAIT BY MAGRITTE HANGS IN THE LIBRARY. CURTAINS OF A ROSE CUMMING FABRIC.

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ABOVE THE CEILING IN THE MARBLE-CLAD MASTER BATH IS COVERED IN AN OSBORNE & LITTLE WALLPAPER. OPPOSITE THREE DIFFERENT SILKS, TWO BY KRAVET AND ONE BY BRUNSCHWIG & FILS, MAKE UP THE LIVING ROOM CURTAINS.

ABOVE BUATTA IN HIS OWN NEW YORK CITY APARTMENT (1984). RIGHT THE MASTER BEDROOM IS SWATHED IN A GRACIE WALLPAPER; BUATTA DESIGNED THE BED.

of their many artworks by René Magritte hang. (Mario loved the room’s self-portrait above all the other pieces in the collection.) The curtains are a signature Buatta design. Their festive pennant valances riff on ones made for the Prince Regent at Carlton House in the 1790s. It might surprise many to hear how frugal Mario could be on his clients’ behalf. If he could reuse existing furnishings, he did so with relish. When this couple moved into their previous residence, only two new pieces had to be purchased for the sprawling living room. That apartment was sold a few years ago—along with nearly all its contents—and Mario was not pleased. “When Mario found out he had to start over almost from scratch, he was beside himself!” the wife recalls. “Most designers would have found this a dream scenario.”

Judging by these rooms, you would never know Mario was not at his full powers physically. Even during a stint in the hospital, he turned his room into command central, surrounded by mini-mountains of alluring wallpaper and fabric swatches. When not able to access his own library, he would dispatch me to the New York School of Interior Design to bring back books on the Art Deco style for him to study. He reveled in bringing the apartment, which had become mousy and lackluster, back to the jazzy siren it had been when ﬁrst built in 1931. His focus on the original style culminated in the marble-clad master bathroom, a decorative tour de force with faux marble–painted doors, and the neo-Baroque arch repeated throughout the apartment as doorway openings.

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Mario also drew inspiration from his own impressive body of work. Kayel De Angelis of the venerated New York upholstery firm recounts the decorator hauling in his nearly seven-pound monograph to consult while choosing sofas and chairs for the apartment. “While paging through the book with him, I asked who his most difficult client was,” recounts De Angelis. “Without hesitation, he replied ‘Why, me, of course!’ ” This humorous deflection was classic Mario, who never told tales about clients. It was also an acknowledgment of his own demanding nature. Not compromising—whether on his vision or on level of execution— is one of the reasons he was a great. “Mario was the embodiment of a maximalist; my eye was trained through the lens of Bauhaus minimalism,” recalls

photographer Scott Frances, whose relationship with Buatta extends back decades. “We were an unlikely pairing! But our collaboration succeeded because the simplicity of my compositions brought order to Mario’s kaleidoscope of colors and materials, and his deep knowledge of the decorative arts brought romance to my images.” Mario was absolutely thrilled when AD approached him about featuring this apartment. However, he insisted—vigorously—that it could not be photographed until two child’s chairs returned from the upholsterer. How could they possibly make a difference? I wondered. Days before the shoot, they arrived. When I ﬁnally saw them placed in the master bedroom, I said to myself—not for the ﬁrst time nor, I imagine, for the last—he was right. He was always right.

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Designers Ariel Ashe and Reinaldo Leandro craft a welcoming home for Asheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister and brother-in-law, Alexi and Seth Meyers TEXT BY MARK ROZZO PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHADE DEGGES STYLED BY COLIN KING

IN THE DINING ROOM, MOLDED OAK DINING CHAIRS BY RUEMMLER, ASHE LEANDROâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RECENTLY LAUNCHED FURNITURE LINE, SURROUND A CUSTOM TABLE. ANTIQUE NAVAJO RUG; FLANKING FIREPLACE, ANTIQUE HALL CHAIRS. FOR DETAILS SEE RESOURCES.

THE KITCHEN WALLS AND CABINETRY ARE PAINTED IN FARROW & BALLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S OFF-BLACK. SOAPSTONE COUNTERS; WATERWORKS SINK FITTINGS; LACANCHE RANGE.

LAMP, NIGHTSTAND, AND CHAIR: SHADE DEGGES; SCONCE: CHASE HALL

CLOCKWISE FROM LEANDRO AND ARIEL ASHE. A SELECTION OF THEIR DESIGNS: NO. 548 NO. 141 NIGHTSTAND ($1,800); NO. 612 CHAIR ($6,800). ALL AVAILABLE FROM RUEMMLER.US.

o you like your room?” the designer Ariel Ashe, one half of the New York–based AD100 firm Ashe Leandro, asked a demanding client one bright morning in Manhattan. The client proceeded to throw himself onto the floor, reach into a basket full of plushy toys, and begin tossing them all over the place. Would that be a yes? To clarify any misunderstanding, he then erupted into an epic giggle fit that suggested nothing short of sheer joy. Count him as another satisfied Ashe Leandro customer. They tend, like this happy guy, toward the young and creative, including actor Liev Schreiber (AD, June 2018), artist Rashid Johnson, La Ligne cofounder Meredith Melling, and Coldplay guitarist Jonny Buckland. They also, inevitably, end up feeling like family, thanks to Ashe and partner Reinaldo Leandro’s hands-on, relaxed approach. In the present case, “family” is just what we’re talking about. The dude rolling around the floor is Ashe’s excruciatingly adorable two-year-old nephew. His mother is Ariel’s younger sister, the human-rights attorney Alexi Ashe Meyers. His father is Seth Meyers, as in Late Night with. And the room—sun-drenched and smartly outfitted with bent-ply furniture—is on the top floor of the couple’s eight-room duplex in a redbrick prewar in Greenwich Village. The Meyerses, who married in 2013, bought the place in 2016 and got down to business in order to accommodate their growing family and demanding professional lives. (Alexi works with Sanctuary for Families, a nonprofit devoted to helping victims of domestic and gender-based violence.) “This was not your typical New York gut renovation,” Leandro says, “but rather a strategic renovation.” It took all of about three months. With laser-targeted interventions (bright white paint, cutting an archway here and there, crafting a family-friendly living-dining area), the partners utterly transformed the 3,200-squarefoot space while accentuating its Manhattan aura.

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ONE SON’S ROOM FEATURES CUSTOM SHELVING, CHERNER CHILDREN’S FURNITURE, AND VINTAGE MOROCCAN RUGS.

There’s an open flow, with rooms bathed in light, and furnishings from the duo’s recently launched line, Ruemmler, including split-backed oak dining chairs, a handsome oak-burl console, and pendant lighting in cinched amber silk. Bespoke detailing reveals the team’s gossamer touch—proper materials, properly handled. Consider the gorgeously milled balusters on the staircase and the soft curves of the mantelpieces, done in gray Pietra Cardoso stone. The overall vibe is pared-down without being severe, tailored without being uptight. Like all Ashe Leandro projects, the Meyers residence is not a showplace: It’s a home. It added one more occupant last April, when Alexi delivered the couple’s second child, another boy, in the building’s lobby. Ashe Leandro, who are known for making kid spaces cool, jumped in to help the expanded family accommodate its newest member. “A lot of our clients are creative,” Ashe says, “and they don’t want their kids to have a boring room. And kids’ rooms can be so boring and repetitive—a blue room for a boy and a pink room for a girl.” Alexi describes her sister as “the best aunt,” and Leandro is every bit the besotted honorary uncle. “People have always asked us if we’re married,” Leandro says. (For the record: They are not.) The two met at the New York design firm Pierce Allen in 2005 and hit it off. Both of them had builder-developers for fathers; design was in their DNA. Light was always important to Leandro, who grew up in Caracas, Venezuela, amid tropical modernism, in which rigorous design flows from a Spanish Colonial tradition. Ashe grew up in Placitas, New Mexico, land of adobe and sun. “We both have this very earthy, informed-bynature background,” Leandro says. Ashe adds, “We have the same tastes, and if one of us is stuck, the other can usually pull the other one out.” Leandro had a stint at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, enlarging his scope and sharpening his chops, while Ashe had one at Saturday Night Live, doing set design (the Seth Meyers connection). They got Ashe Leandro off the ground in 2008, quickly becoming ingenues of downtown style, attracting the cool and the celebrated. No surprise. The duo—young, good-looking, smart, chic, unpretentious—have star quality themselves. Eleven years on, they’re juggling multiple projects of all sizes all over the city, as well as getaways in the Hamptons and on Martha’s Vineyard. “We’ve certainly grown,” Leandro says. “But we’re still a small, boutique firm.” (The operation now numbers eight.) Alexi and Seth are, naturally, repeat clients. “I just trust them so implicitly,” Alexi says. “The only input I give is, like, ‘I want the silverware drawer across from

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the dishwasher.’ ” Even so, Ashe has occasionally resorted to the tactical element of surprise—ambush, even. She had the couple’s TV room repainted a deep terra-cotta while they were away: “They would have said no if I’d asked!” she says. “Seth hates everything at first—and then he loves it.” His sister-in-law does have a high success rate, going back to Seth’s bachelor pad, which Ashe made livable, and on to his office and greenroom at Studio 8G and the couple’s weekend house in Connecticut. “It would have been a pretty gnarly situation,” Seth says, pondering existence without her design input. “It would be hard to comprehend what my interiors would look like without the Ashes in my life.” Alexi chimes in, “Rei and Ariel are the luckiest people in the world to work with each other.” She applauds their happy partnership. “And it’s great,” she says, calling out another important client benefit, “that when sister egos get in the way, I can just text Rei and take Ariel out of it!”

CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE AN ARTWORK BY CHASE HALL STANDS ON A BURL OAK CONSOLE BY RUEMMLER; DESK AND CHAIRS FROM A PARIS FLEA MARKET. ASHE LEANDRO UPDATED THE DINING ROOMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S STAIR RAILING. A TOBIA SCARPA SCONCE HANGS ABOVE A CUSTOM MIRROR IN A MARBLE-CLAD BATH.

ABOVE A WORK BY JOHANN FRITZ WESTERMANN IS DISPLAYED IN THE BREAKFAST ROOM. VINTAGE SAARINEN TABLE AND HANS WEGNER WISHBONE CHAIRS.

RIGHT A SILKCOVERED PENDANT BY RUEMMLER HANGS IN THE LIVING ROOM. CUSTOM SOFAS WEAR HOLLAND & SHERRY FABRIC; CUSTOM TABLE; ARCH DIPTYCH BY DEAN LEVIN.

Pared down without being uptight, the Meyers resıdence is not a showplace: It’s a home.

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landscape design by Clements Design; clementsdesign.com; and Waldo’s Designs; waldosdesigns.com. COVER, PAGE 58: On custom sofas, vintage linen from Brenda Antin; 323-934-8451. On pillows, alpaca bouclé, in barley, by Sandra Jordan (T); sandrajordan.com; and HornBuckle woolpolyester, in pebble, by de Le Cuona (T); delecuona.com. Vintage Charlotte Perriand low bench (as cocktail table) and side table by Ewe Studio; both from Galerie Half; galeriehalf.com. On vintage Otto Schulz chairs, Suri alpaca, in taupe by Sandra Jordan (T). Custom curtains of alpaca-linen sheer by Rosemary Hallgarten; rosemaryhallgarten.com. PAGE 60: Curial chair, in natural plywood, by Rick Owens from Salon 94 Design; salon94design.com. Antique French pine bench (as console) from Galerie Half; galeriehalf.com. Rug by Mansour; mansour.com. PAGE 61: On terrace, Willy Guhl chairs and antique stone cocktail table; all from Oz|Shop; ozshop .design. In dining room, on custom chairs, Royal Suede leather by Edelman (T); edelmanleather.com. Classique S pendant by Plug Lighting; pluglighting.com. On custom table, antique Swiss dairy bowl from Rose Tarlow Melrose House (T); rosetarlow.com. On custom credenza, vase by Chris Brock Pottery; brockpottery.com. Alpaca bouclé rug by Rosemary Hallgarten; rosemary hallgarten.com. PAGES 62–63: In great room, on custom sofa and armchair, Fuzzy Wuzzy wool-blend, in polar, by Kerry Joyce (T); kerryjoyce.com. On Oscar Niemeyer chair and ottoman, Spencer cotton velvet, in pewter, by Claremont (T); claremont furnishing.com. Uttara cocktail table by Vincent Dubourg; carpentersworkshop gallery.com. Stone ﬂoor lamp and wood planter, both by Waldo’s Designs; waldosdesigns.com. Bench from Galerie Half; galeriehalf.com. Limestone block side table from Oz|Shop; ozshop.design. Custom curtains of alpaca-linen sheer by Rosemary Hallgarten; rosemaryhallgarten.com. Textured mohair rug, in dove, by Woven; woven.is. PAGES 64–65: On cabinetry, Railings paint by Farrow & Ball; farrow-ball .com; and custom solid brass hardware by Clements Design; clementsdesign.com; and Waldo’s Designs; waldosdesigns.com. Custom darkened brass hood by Clements Design and Waldo’s Designs. On custom stools, Buffalo linen, in mud, by de Le Cuona (T); delecuona.com. PAGE 67: In master bedroom, on vintage Jean Prouvé and Charlotte Perriand Antony daybed, Jarah linen-blend, in cream, by Lee Jofa (T); kravet.com. Custom bleached aloe-linen rug by Woven; woven.is. In theater, on custom seating, dyed vintage linen from Brenda Antin; 323-934-8451. Blanket by Hermès; hermes.com. PAGE 68: Closet design by Clements Design; clementsdesign.com; and Waldo’s Designs; waldosdesigns.com; organized by A Detailed Life;

detailyourlife.com. Trunks by Maison Goyard; goyard.com. Vintage Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret armchair from Galerie Half; galeriehalf.com. PAGE 69: In master bath, Roman shade of vintage canvas from de Le Cuona (T); delecuona.com. Burl wood bowl (on ﬂoor) from Rose Tarlow Melrose House (T); rosetarlow.com. In master bedroom, on custom bed and walls, vintage canvas from de Le Cuona (T). Handspun cashmere throw from E. Braun & Co.; ebraunnewyork.com. Custom curtains of vintage canvas from de Le Cuona (T); and Colfosco linen, in beige, by Isabela Rose (T); isabela-rose.com. Custom bleached aloelinen rug by Woven; woven.is.

ALL THAT GLITTERS Lawrence Bullard Design; martynlawrence bullard.com. PAGES 72–73: Dozzina chandelier by Coup D’Etat; coupdetatsf.com. Rive Gauche dining chairs and custom marble table by Martyn Lawrence Bullard; martynlawrencebullard.com. Shag rug by Woven; woven.is. PAGE 74: Alpaca rug by the Rug Company; therugcompany.com. COVER, PAGE 75: Gotham mirrors by Wüd Furniture Design; wudfurniture.com. Yves Klein gold leaf cocktail table from David Gill Gallery; davidgillgallery.com. On table, Bash vessel by Tom Dixon (similar); tomdixon .net. On Jelly Pea sofas by India Mahdavi from Ralph Pucci; ralphpucci.net, Artisanal Bouclé, in cream, by Schumacher (T); fschumacher.com. Grand piano from Euro Pianos Naples; europianosnaples.com. Rug by Patterson Flynn Martin (T); pattersonflynnmartin.com. PAGE 76: Custom light fixture by Bocci from Twentieth; twentieth.net. Fendi stroller by Inglesina; inglesina.us. Rug by Woven; woven.is. PAGE 77: On vintage Milo Baughman sofa, High Performance Silk Velvet, in peacock, by Schumacher (T); fschumacher.com. Vintage Karl Springer cocktail tables from Fat Chance; 323-930-1960. Pink ceramic vase by Victoria Morris Pottery; victoriamorrispottery.com. On walls, Coventry Gray paint by Benjamin Moore (similar); benjaminmoore.com. Étagères by Charles Hollis Jones from Pegaso Gallery Design (similar); pegasogallerydesign.com. Metal folding table by Gucci Décor; gucci .com. PAGES 78–79: In bar, on vintage Milo Baughman barstools, Snow Leopard velvet, in silver shadow, by Scalamandré (T); scalamandre.com. Sink fittings by Kallista; kallista.com. Étagère by Charles Hollis Jones from Pegaso Gallery Design; pegasogallerydesign.com. Metal folding table by Gucci Décor; gucci.com. In master bedroom sitting area, on custom daybed by Martyn Lawrence Bullard; martynlawrence bullard.com; shearling by Edelman Leather (T); edelmanleather.com. Lucite chairs by Martyn Lawrence Bullard. Drum side tables from MLB Atelier; martynlawrencebullard .com. Rug by Anthony Monaco Carpet & Textile Design (T); amctdesign.com. Purple pebble vase by Dinosaur Designs; dinosaurdesigns.com.au. Wallpaper by Walnut Wallpaper; walnutwallpaper.com. PAGE 81: Harlow large chandelier by Gabriel Scott; gabriel-scott.com. Custom cabinetry by Martyn Lawrence Bullard; martynlawrencebullard.com. Roadster scoot car, in petal, by RH Baby & Child;

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GRAND FINALE PAGES 98–105: Interiors by Mario Buatta. PAGES 98–99: On custom armchairs by

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