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37 . G R A Y A W A R D S Our highest honors, GRAY Awards is an international competition recognizing exemplary design.

40 . T R O P H Y D E S I G N Glass artist John Hogan on designing the 2021 GRAY Awards trophies.

42 . L E G A C Y Seattle–based interior designer Susan Marinello is recognized for her work in pushing the Pacific Northwest design scene toward a higher bar.

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Playful drinkware, created by Irina Flore of Studio Flore during the COVID-19 quarantine, is the GRAY Awards winner in a product design category.

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by Jonathan Adler, Gabriele Chiave, Kathryn Gustafson, India Mahdavi, Brigette Romanek, and Thom Mayne. GRAY talked with them about their portfolios, their outlooks on design, and what’s on the horizon.

60 . F I N A L I S T S A look at the 2021 GRAY Awards nominees.

70 . W I N N I N G P R O J E C T S GRAY Awards–winning projects in architecture, interiors, landscape, and product design.

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130. A G E N D A Top picks for happenings on the international design scene.

116 . E D I T O R S ’ P I C K S Tour a selection of our staff’s favorites from this year’s GRAY Awards entries, including a cozy bar in Banff, an immersive installation in Brisbane, and an explosion of color and energy at an LGBTQIA+ nightclub in Seattle.

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elcome to the Legends issue—as the 61st issue of GRAY magazine, it marks the publication’s 10-year anniversary and the sixth annual GRAY Awards program.

It’s always thrilling to get an inside look at the new projects and innovative ideas that arrive at our desks throughout the year, but each spring, when the entry portal for the for the GRAY Awards design competition opens, we feel an extra buzz of excitement. In the months that follow, as the entries pour in from around the world—and our panel of highly respected international judges respond to the work—we can’t help but feel encouraged, excited, and in awe of the talent, creativity, and resilience in the design industry today.

This year’s competition did not disappoint. In the following pages, you’ll see beautiful, considered work by some of the best designers in the world.

Design makes a difference—as seen especially in recent years—in making the world a healthier, happier place. It has been an honor for us to tell these design stories for the past decade. We’re filled with gratitude for your enthusiastic support and look forward to sharing more in the years ahead.

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“We saw an opportunity in Vancouver’s underutilized laneways. All the spaces in the city are for people.”

In the living room, floor-to-ceiling windows allow for plenty of natural light, and a stone-clad fireplace mirrors the fir-plank ceilings throughout the house. The brown leather Arne Jacobson Egg Chair by Fritz Hansen is a curved contrast to the strong, masculine lines of the gray Cassina Mister sofa designed by Starck. Both pieces are from Hive Modern. White wall shelving is the perfect canvas to display the homeowner’s collection of colorful books and collected art.

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Lauren Gallow (“Kathryn Gustafson,” page 52) is a Seattle-based writer, editor, and marketing consultant working in the fields of architecture, art, and design. She holds a master’s degree in art and architectural history from UC Santa Barbara. Gallow is currently the editorial chair of Seattle-based design nonprofit Arcade, and her work has appeared in Dwell, Metropolis, New American Paintings, and Seattle Met. Laura Itzkowitz (“India Mahdavi,” page 54, “Brigette Romanek,” page 56) is a Rome-based freelance writer and editor with a master’s degree in creative writing and a passion for covering travel, arts and culture, lifestyle, design, food, and wine.

Her work has appeared in publications including Travel + Leisure, Architectural Digest, Vogue, GQ, and Departures.

Jen Woo (“Jonathan Adler,” page 48, “Gabriele Chiave,” page 50) is an Oakland-based freelance writer, editor, content creator, and brand strategist, and is also the founder of the creative community Rogue Habits. Her work has been published in outlets including Architectural Digest, Dwell, Lonny, 7x7, and SOMA magazine.

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French architect and interior designer Charles Zana debuts his new furniture brand. »

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Released this fall at an exhibition in Paris and available to the public in January 2022, Charles Zana Mobilier—the new furniture brand from French architect and interior designer Charles Zana—focuses on elegance and high-quality craftsmanship while embodying the restraint Zana is known for.

The collection, which includes tables, a desk, chairs, headboards, sofas, and lighting,

takes cues from the work of great designers of the 1930s: the natural materials favored

by Jean-Michel Frank, the tension in Pierre Chareau’s compositions, and the sensual curves of Gio Ponti’s creations. Zana worked with French craftspeople to execute his designs, and he placed a premium on longlasting materials including leather, solid oak, and travertine.

In the fashion world, designer collaborations happen so often that it’s easy to lose track of (or interest in) which brands are partnering up.

It takes a special pairing, like that seen in Sacai Women’s Pre-Spring 2022 collection, to really turn heads. Launched last summer (and available from late December 2021), the collection marries the innovative, technical details found in Acronym’s garments with Tokyo-based Sacai’s signature fabrics and shapes. Riffing on the theme of bonding, both as a metaphor for unity and as a technique for joining two materials, Sacai founder Chitose Abe created both men’s and women’s lines (the latter includes Acronym’s first dress silhouette), recontextualizing some of the brand’s fabrics (a paisley bandana print, buffalo checks, and woven jacquards) and applying them to waterproof technical nylon. » 26

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Adding to its robust offering of creative and arts-based educational programs, New York’s Pratt Institute is now offering a master’s degree in landscape architecture. Announced in the spring of 2021, and with the first cohort starting in January 2022, the three-year program (part of Pratt’s School of Architecture) will provide students with a foundation of ecology, representation and digital practices, terraforming (the hypothetical process of modifying the atmosphere, temperature, topography, and ecology of a planet to make it more habitable), and landscape history and theory, as well as design studios where they can apply what they’re learning in a hands-on setting. With an interdisciplinary approach to design and problem-solving, the new program will emphasize collaboration and creative alliances, both within the program and across academic departments and organizations within the institute. » 28

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Looking to raise Uruguay’s prominence in the global arts scene, Pablo Atchugarry—an artist known for his abstract, sculptural works— has funded the design and development of the country’s first contemporary art museum. Designed by architect Carlos Ott, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Atchugarry is an outgrowth of Fundación Pablo Atchugarry, which the artist founded 15 years ago to promote the visual arts in Uruguay.

Opening in early January 2022 in Punta del Este, the museum includes an auditorium, galleries, an outdoor amphitheater, and a 99-acre sculpture park. Constructed from curvilinear concrete and timber volumes, the building has an ark-like profile—its central atrium is dominated by wood (large Uruguayan eucalyptus trees were treated, cut, and numbered in France, then shipped back to the site). The lower level houses a cinema, as well as gallery rooms with low lighting and black-painted walls— a striking contrast to the grand, open feeling of the upper levels. »

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Cristian Fracassi and Alessandro Romaioli of the Italian research institute Isinnova. In the 1880s, Dr. Albert Freeman Africanus King proposed erecting a screen over Washington, D.C., to keep out mosquitoes (photomontage by Jeffrey Mansfield, MASS Design Group). A mosquito net veil modeled by a man in the early 1900s. An illustrated poster created by artist Kayan Cheung-Miaw in 2020.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, designers around the world proved time and again their ability to pivot and use their skills to help the communities around them, from hospital and medical staff to small neighborhood businesses. Starting on December 10 (and running through February 20, 2023), New York’s Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will highlight many of these stories in its latest exhibition, Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics. Curated and designed by architecture collective MASS Design Group (with Cooper Hewitt), the show will examine the role of design in times of crisis—as well as what happens when communities and individuals unite to aid one another—and feature the work of designers, artists, doctors, engineers, and neighbors who asked, “How can I help?”

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By Rachel Gallaher Seattle glass artist John Hogan has been designing and crafting the GRAY Awards trophies since the launch of the magazine’s annual design competition in 2017. Known for his experimentation with form and fascination with light, Hogan creates geometric and amoebic forms that are elegant in their simplicity, but that require advanced skills and precise craftsmanship.

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color. The process for the most recent awards involves applying a slice of colored glass to a piece of optical crystal, then cutting and polishing the glass to the finished shape. When making a design for an award, I’m hoping that some of my aesthetic sensibilities are present while prioritizing legibility and celebrating the recipients’ recognition and achievement. I love working with a local company that is helping to promote and celebrate creatives and their careers. I know how much these nominees put into their work and I’m happy to make something special to celebrate their commitment and creativity.” h

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As a nod to the region in which the magazine was founded, GRAY presents this year’s Legacy Award, a recognition of a respected and influential member of the Pacific Northwest design community.

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wenty-five years ago—after modeling professionally in Europe and working at the studio of famed, New York– based interior designer Victoria Hagan—Susan Marinello moved home to Seattle.

It was the late 1990s, and the Northwest hadn’t yet become the nationally recognized hub for design talent that it is today, but the young Marinello was determined to establish herself with a refined, internationally informed approach to interiors.

Inspired by her time abroad, Marinello launched her namesake studio, Susan Marinello Interiors, in 1996. Her first project was the renovation of a home owned by the parents of a high-school friend. The house was published in Better Homes & Gardens, and from there, the commissions started rolling in.

“I had an early sense of how our physical environments can impact, shape, and even improve our wellbeing,” Marinello says, “but it was living in Europe and having that exposure to design at a higher level that really opened my mind. The history, architecture, art, and design I encountered showed me so many examples of thoughtful approaches to design, and I knew pretty quickly that that was something I had to pursue.”

Over the years, Marinello has created an influential portfolio of residential and commercial work (projects in Seattle include the Hotel Theodore and the Fourth Avenue Espresso Bar at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel), and although her style has evolved, there is a

common thread of sophisticated restraint and quiet elegance.

“My style is very edited, and always balances classic and modern [aesthetics],” she says. “The overarching context is always the architecture—and creating a sense of place for the people who will use it.”

Celebrating her firm’s 25th anniversary this year, Marinello says that she has more work than ever outside of the Northwest.

Currently on the docket are projects in Florida, Mexico, Hawaii, and New York. But Marinello isn’t leaving the Pacific Northwest behind.

With personal and professional roots here, she has spent the past two decades pushing the regional design scene toward a higher bar, by crafting interiors that have shaped the way the rest of the world views the upper left coast—as a wellspring of creative inspiration and exceptional talent.

“This is my home,” she says. “I am so connected to this area and to everyone working here because we’re all in it together.

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OPPOSITE: Move rocking chair designed for Giorgetti by Rossella Pugliatti, available through the Trammell-Gagné showroom.

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JONATHAN ADLER Jonathan Adler—former potter turned face of his wildly popular, namesake design house—spent the last year and a half at his home on New York’s Shelter Island, enraptured by nature.

“From the technicolor fantasies of the sunsets to the puffy white clouds in the sky to the animals poking around outside, I’ve been soaking it all in,” he says. Known for his highvoltage glam aesthetic (lots of color, intricate details, and metallic accents), Adler reveals that much of his work actually pays homage to the “floating hazy dreamscape of Mother Nature.”

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projects, and a booming wholesale business. After a brief stint in the entertainment industry, Adler returned to the wheel in the early ‘90s, eventually launching his first ceramics collection in 1993 at Barneys New York. Within five years, he had expanded into the home-furnishings market and opened his own boutique.

Since then, the scope of Adler’s career has become vast and varied.

His playful approach and insistence that design shouldn’t take itself too seriously comes through in many of his pieces; perhaps best-known is the Vice collection, a set of porcelain canisters emblazoned with cheeky labels such as “Weed,” “Prozac,” and “Puppy Uppers.”

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effervescence are captured in the multiple books he’s authored, and in the former Bravo design-competition series Top Design, for which he served as a judge. In September 2021, Adler opened his tenth retail location in the New Jersey American Dream shopping center’s new luxury wing, where an atrium features towering topiaries modeled after his Muse collection.

Adler still spends time in his pottery studio, continuing to embrace an analog mindset in an increasingly digital world. After 27 years, his ethos remains unflinching: to be, as he says, “unabashedly yourself and not apologize for it.” h

COURTESY JONATHAN ADLER

By Jen Woo

ABOVE: Midcentury-inspired donut-backed Rondo dining chairs cozy up to the Trocadero dining table in wire-brushed ebonized oak inset with sand-cast brass medallions. OPPOSITE: The Parker curved sofa in pale blue velvet, paired with the travertine-topped Ripple round cocktail table, creates the classic-yet-whimsical look Adler is known for.

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At a time when many members of the global design community pride themselves on becoming experts in specific disciplines, Gabriele Chiave— the creative director overseeing product design, interior design, and art direction at Marcel Wanders studio—is a devoted generalist. A perpetual student, Chiave feeds his inquisitive nature by studying culture, materials, and processes, and by tapping into the “irrational, uncontrolled, and emotional sides” of people with the goal of expanding the human experience through design.

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the world, from natural phenomena and historical events. With the Hubble Bubble lamp he designed for sister company Moooi, for example, he invites users to relive the childhood joy of blowing bubbles. Every project is driven by finding connections (with people, history, art, and nature) and evoking emotions, which for Chiave, is the ultimate goal. “A chair needs four legs to stand, but you don’t buy a chair for the four legs,” he says. “You buy it because you fall in love with it.”

With Chiave at the helm for the past 14 years, the Marcel Wanders studio has also become known for integrating technology (often hidden) into its products to realize its designers’ poetic visions. Innovations include Moooi’s proprietary Electro-

sandwich technology, which allows for fixtures without internal wires; the Button, a small, round, device that attaches to any product, giving retailers and consumers the ability to check authenticity with a quick scan; and a printed wallpaper that looks like dimensional, carved marble. According to Chiave, April 2022 will mark the debut of the studio’s “most exciting” Salone del Mobile presentation yet. There, Marcel Wanders studio will introduce new products from more than a dozen clients.

Lately, Chiave has been considering the best means of conveying a message. “Designing is communicating,” he says. “Instead of words, we use materials, colors, and shapes like ingredients in a recipe that you have to calibrate [to] achieve a certain reaction.” In addition to designing products, he also orchestrates photography, branding, advertising, and (for some clients) store design and display to tell the story of each product as it travels from sketchpad to retail shelves. His process demonstrates the multidimensional nature of a designer’s work today.

“A product travels from your hand around the world,” he says. “If you just design it and send it out, there is only half of what you meant.” h

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ABOVE: The Hubble Bubble suspension lamp, designed by Marcel Wanders studio for Moooi in 2020, evokes the freedom of blowing bubbles and running barefoot in the open air. OPPOSITE: AQ Meliority Cream Baccarat Edition crystal jar and resin spatula designed by Marcel Wanders studio for Decorté in 2021.

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KATHRYN GUSTAFSON For internationally renowned landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson, four decades of practice have taught her that the most important ingredient in any design isn’t physical or material, it’s emotional.

“I fall in love each time I start a new project,” Gustafson says. “When you love something, you look at it really carefully and try to understand it.

Maybe to ‘fall in love’ as a designer is simply about how much attention you need to pay in order to make a place that fits.”

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delight, acute sensitivity—with her sculptural, quietly grand designs for public parks and plazas around the world, including the Parque Central in Valencia, Spain; the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in London; and the landscape design for the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Balancing dual practices in London and Seattle, Gustafson has perfected the art of collaboration. “There’s an expression I like: ‘There are certain things only you can do,’” she says. “I try not to do something that somebody

else can, because then I’m taking away from them. It’s about helping others grow.”

These days, Gustafson is hard at work on her biggest project yet: One Line, a series of new and historically restored urban spaces adjacent to the Seine River. Though the level of complexity may be deep, Gustafson’s approach remains startlingly simple: “As a designer, the goal is always generosity,” she says. “When something is beautiful, it touches people, and they become more generous through it.” h

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ABOVE: As part of Paris’ showcase for the 2024 Olympic Games, ‘OnE’ landscape design features a unified central axis that celebrates the Eiffel Tower and nods to the city’s historic use of gardens as places for artistic experimentation. OPPOSITE: Marine One, a mixed-use building complex in Singapore’s Marina Bay financial district, inspired by the city’s ambition to become a “City in a Garden.”

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According to Paris-based designer India Mahdavi, she feels most inspired when collaborating with talented craftspeople—a design approach she’s undertaken many times in her two-decades-plus career.

Such collaborations have yielded the limited edition of her iconic Bishop stools; each piece is hand-enameled in cheerful florals by artisans at Emaux de Longwy, the famed French enamel studio that dates back to 1798.

In partnership with la Manufacture Cogolin—the historic rug-making studio that has collaborated with designers Jean-Michel Frank, Sir David Hicks, and even French artist and poet Jean Cocteau—she created a line of contemporary kilim-inspired rugs. Newer releases include a redesign of Dior’s Medallion chair, as well as the creation of a special 54

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edition of the fashion house’s J’adore perfume bottles.

Whether she’s producing pieces with established studios, designing private homes, or writing a book, Mahdavi brings her instinct for color and a sense of joie de vivre to each new venture. These qualities are obvious in her most well-known projects—the all-pink restaurant Sketch London (once the mostInstagrammed restaurant in the world) and Ladurée locations in Beverly Hills, Tokyo, and Geneva—but they also define her more understated residential projects, like the French Riviera home she recently designed for an American philanthropist.

“Bold colors come from my childhood memories in Technicolor— those five first happy years of my life spent in Cambridge, Massachusetts—

watching cartoons in the mornings before school,” the designer reminisces. Born to an Iranian father and an Egyptian mother, Mahdavi spent her early years living in Iran, the United States, Germany, and the South of France before moving to Paris, where she studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and worked for Christian Liaigre before establishing her namesake studio 21 years ago.

The designer travels frequently— or she did before the COVID-19 pandemic, anyway. “I spent my first lockdown in Paris,” she says, explaining that because she lives just 500 meters from her studio, she was able to go in every day and work on her first monograph, released earlier this fall—a silver lining in an otherwise difficult period. “It gave me the time and space I needed to create this book,” she says. Chockfull of sketches, photographs of Mahdavi’s works, and a transcribed conversation between the designer and architect Javier F. Contreras, the eponymous tome is a guidebook through the career of one of the most influential interior designers today—and, if her current creative output is any indication, a sign that the next 20 years will be just as prolific as the last. h

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ABOVE: Designed by India Mahdavi as a tribute to client and friend Nina Yashar, Chez Nina (a private club at the Nilufar Gallery in Milan) opened for Salone del Mobile in April 2018. OPPOSITE, FROM LEFT: Mahdavi’s first monograph features photographs and sketches of her works and a transcribed conversation between the designer and architect Javier F. Contreras. Mahdavi in her studio.

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BRIGETTE ROMANEK Brigette Romanek is having a moment. After springing onto the design scene with the 2018 launch of her namesake studio, she quickly gained acclaim, landing on the AD100—Architectural Digest’s list of the top 100 designers in the world— and on Elle Décor’s A-List. With a client list that includes Beyoncé, Gwyneth Paltrow, Misty Copeland, and Demi Moore, she’s currently one of the most in-demand designers in Los Angeles. And it’s no wonder— her freewheeling approach to design embodies livable luxury.

“Eclecticism is everything,” she says. “I feel that it gives my clients versatility, sustainability, and interiors with soul.”

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referring to her own home—a 1925 Mediterranean-style residence with a rock ’n’ roll past (it once served as a recording studio for musicians including the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix)—or those of her clients.

She avoids trends, instead focusing on creating spaces that are not only beautiful, but functional, and that will feel fresh and inspiring for years to come. She might put a Kehinde Wiley painting on the wall, but if a client is too afraid of ruining a sofa to sit on it, then there’s no point, she says. As a wife and mother with two daughters and two dogs, she understands the importance of making a room approachable.

Romanek recently turned her attention to designing furniture, teaming up with Mitchell Gold + Bob

Williams in a collaboration that was a first not only for her, but also for the home décor brand. The collection features pieces with an Art Deco– meets–LA feel, like the Lucy daybed in performance velvet, which comes in colors ranging from sunny yellow to subdued charcoal gray.

Romanek is currently working on a book that will lean into the concept of “livable luxe,” while simultaneously designing homes in Beverly Hills and Umbria, and stores for Piaget and ready-to-wear fashion label the Great. When asked what inspires her most right now, she says, “As silly as it sounds, all of it. Because if I’m not learning and growing on each project, then I’m doing something wrong.” h

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ABOVE: The Romanek-designed Allbright collaborative space in Los Angeles.

OPPOSITE: The moody wood-paneled den in Romanek’s Laurel Canyon home.

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THOM MAYNE Known for challenging conventions and pushing boundaries, architect Thom Mayne has spent the past four decades designing some of the world’s most inventive buildings and developing his own unique style— one rooted firmly in the Southern Californian ethos of rebellion and experimentation. A founding partner at Los Angeles–based Morphosis Architects, Mayne started his post-college career in urban planning. In 1972—the same year in which Morphosis was formed—Mayne collaborated with five other students and educators whom he met while studying at the University of Southern California to create the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), a school that traded the typical 58

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hierarchies of traditional academia for an avant-garde approach to design education.

In 1978, Mayne took a sabbatical from SCI-Arc to attend the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. There, he decided to pursue architecture full time. Upon his return to Los Angeles the following year, he received several residential commissions. As Morphosis grew (the firm now employs more than 60 people), so did the size, scope, and importance of its commissions.

Projects such as 41 Cooper Square (an addition to Cooper Union’s campus and the first academic building in New York City to achieve LEED-Platinum certification), the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, and a student hall

at Emerson College in LA reveal Mayne’s penchant for bold angles and big shapes, as well as his keen understanding of each building’s end users. Mayne has received dozens of awards and accolades over the years, including the 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize—one of the discipline’s highest honors.

As a design authority, educator, and creative mind, Mayne is rigorous and thorough in all he does, and he’s not one to shy away from a challenge, once noting that “we will hold to that which is difficult, because it is difficult … and by its difficulty is worthwhile.” h

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Built in a former warehouse in Portland’s Pearl District, the showroom for furniture brand Blu Dot preserves the industrial spirit of the historic building while creating a distinctive environment for displaying the company’s modern products.

According to Waechter Architecture, the firm charged with the showroom’s design, the building was “a mixture of historic features and an eclectic set of additions. It had a clear underlying organization characteristic of prewar warehouse structures, but a series of renovations over its lifetime had complicated this clarity, dividing the interior space and disrupting the logic of the exterior.”

Instead of overriding the existing space, the firm maintained the layout, inserting an architectural intervention that is unique and contemporary, yet also complementary to the decades of previous construction.

A grid of original heavy-timber columns contrasts with a new, whitewashed-wood form that snakes around the store, creating distinct display zones. The curving walls are lined with 2-by-2-inch battens that create a neutral, textured backdrop for the rich materiality and color of Blu Dot’s furniture. h

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Windows & Wood Storefront: Portland Millwork Lighting & Electrical: Dynalectric Company Historical Consultant: Peter Meijer Architect

LOCATION Portland, Oregon, United States DATE OF COMPLETION January 2020

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mouth to restrain the loose limestone and provide a predictable surface for attaching the wooden insert (which was designed to adapt to the clients’ future storage needs).

Inside, a neutral palette of lightwood shelving and concrete floors and walls nods to the surrounding property’s natural elements.

“This project is an instrument,” the firm writes in its submission; “a tool or museum that not only provides the utility of proper wine preservation, but also a privileged perspective to the occupant. This sense of prospect and refuge as you approach and eventually enter the cave is a central tenet of the design. It maintains one’s sense of subterranean occupation without the overwhelming environmental conditions that would make one seek to leave.” h

PR OJ ECT DET AILS DESIGN TEAM Principal: Brian Korte, FAIA Architect, Design Lead: Camden Greenlee, AIA Project Manager: Josh Nieves, Assoc., AIA Brandon Tharp COLLABORATORS General Contractor: Monday Builders Structural Engineer: SSG Structural Engineers Mechanical Engineer: Positive Energy Lighting Designer: Studio Lumina Civil Engineer: Intelligent Engineering Services Interiors: Clayton Korte Landscape: Clayton Korte LOCATION Texas Hill Country, Texas, United States DATE OF COMPLETION August 2019

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Tucked into a craggy hillside at the eastern edge of the Texas Hill Country region, this wine cellar was designed to fit into a preexisting cave and disappear seamlessly into the surrounding landscape. Located on a ranch property, the new space (for wine storage and tasting) was designed by architecture firm Clayton Korte and constructed much like a ship in a bottle, an approach necessitated by existing constraints (the cave was not watertight, nor originally excavated with the intent of being used for entertaining).

In response to the constraints, the architects created a delicate wooden module comprising a slatted ceiling, paneled bar, and wine-storage shelving and inserted it into the volume of the excavation, taking care to not physically interact with the natural walls. They also designed a bulkhead at the cave’s

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(cirlces and curves figure heavily throughout the project). Various seating options—stools at the counter, intimate semicircular booths, large and small tables—allow guests to experience the restaurant from different vantages. Accent walls feature brown and orange Volcanic Ash tiles by London’s DZEK, which were individually handcrafted and glazed in Italy.

Teal green (chosen for its “[similarity to] of the greens found on the city’s historic Star Ferry boats and station structures,” the firm writes) and soft pink hues modernize the space, coloring walls and rattan seats. “The chairs were designed by GamFratesi for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna,” the studio writes, and “[they] anchor the spatial narrative to Hong Kong’s colonial past while keeping the space effortlessly casual, cozy, and light throughout the entire day.” h

PR OJ ECT DET AILS DESIGN TEAM James JJ Acuna Dominic Cheung Alex Garcia Alexis Abiog Eric Marasigan Aprille Reyes Daryl Cabudlay COLLABORATORS Bespoke Watercolor Art: Soho So, Pengguin Contractor: DDL Contracting, Ltd. LOCATION Hong Kong DATE OF COMPLETION December 2019

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With an inventive, plant-based menu rooted in traditional Cantonese flavors and ingredients, Miss Lee—a new vegan and vegetarian eatery in Hong Kong—puts an emphasis on fresh food. JJ Acuna / Bespoke Studio took cues from the cuisine when creating the restaurant’s interiors, giving established design elements such as tile floors and rattan chairs a contemporary twist. “[We] give a slight nod to Hong Kong’s architectural past,” the firm explains in its entry, “then go beyond the reference by taking what is expected from traditional Chinese restaurant interiors and twisting the materiality and application for a lighter and more modern approach in execution.”

Mixing shades of green, tan, and terra-cotta, the designer created a palette that feels both fresh and vintage, anchoring the space with geometric-patterned flooring comprising three tones of marble

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Purchased as a sunny escape from the gray, Pacific Northwest winters, this residence is part of Palm Springs’ Old Las Palmas neighborhood, which once served as a playground for the Hollywood elite. Set against the backdrop of the San Jacinto Mountains and lined with grand Spanish Colonial and modernist homes, Old Las Palmas embodies the spirit and lifestyle of the area.

“The clients had a clear vision for the home from the get-go,” writes Seattle-based Lucas Interior in its entry. “They gravitated away from the more expected midcentury Palm Springs experience and toward a playful, vibrant interpretation of the Spanish Mission style that their home already embodied.”

Over the years, several renovations had created a major disconnect between the home’s interiors and Spanish Mission–style exterior. An extensive remodel was required to reorganize the living spaces and unite the interior and exterior in a more cohesive way. Lucas Interior opened as many of the perimeter walls as possible, adding floor-toceiling steel-and-glass pivot doors that honor the style of the original home while strengthening the connection between the indoor and outdoor living areas.

A mix of materials—custom rugs, more than 20 tile varieties, boldly patterned wallpapers—layered with the clients’ art collection and bespoke furniture brings a modern sophistication to the space. As the designers note, “the most astonishing part of the home is its ability to be bold, distinctive, and comfortable without being overwhelming.” »

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PR OJ ECT DET AILS DESIGN TEAM Suzie Lucas David Lucas COLLABORATOR Palm Pacific Construction LOCATION Palm Springs, California, United States DATE OF COMPLETION December 2020

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and then left to freeze—stand out irresistibly against the surrounding stretches of snow.

“Although more complex in layout,” the firm writes in its entry, “the fluctuations were created in the same manner as traditional ice-skating paths. Trails are hand-shoveled to establish routes, then reinforced with water from the river below, creating a suitable ice foundation thick enough to support the machinery maintaining the surfaces.” h

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Designed as a temporary installation for the annual Warming Huts competition along the Red River Mutual Trail in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Divergence was a landscape intervention in the form of a reddish-pink pathway. Imagined

by Seattle-based Thomas Cheney Architects, the path was meant to encourage participants to enjoy the simple pleasure of ice-skating on a more abstract surface than a traditional rink.

Located at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers, the Forks, as the area is called, has been a meeting place for over 6,000 years, and in the winter, the junction of the frozen tributaries is used by pedestrians, cyclists, ice-skaters, and skiers as an alternate route to downtown. For Thomas Cheney Architects, this location was ideal for Divergence, as the firm wanted the pathway to provide as much public engagement as possible. The vibrant loops and bends—the color, inspired by the trail’s name, was created with an inexpensive, biodegradable, nontoxic, vegetable-based tracer dye, which was applied over the ice

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amenity spaces along its edges. The Dean’s walkability, along with its proximity to public transit, encourages residents to leave their cars at home on a more regular basis.

The project has four separate roof terraces, which feature dining venues, a glass-sided pool, fitness amenities, a vegetable garden, and gathering areas. “[The] buildings feature ground-level porticos that allow the amenity spaces to link together, create long sight lines through the project, and give a sense of expansiveness that is often lost in typical courtyard-type developments,” 2.ink Studio explains. “With [area] densities approaching 100 units per acre, new housing concepts like the Dean must continue to adapt to changing expectations about outdoor living. The single-family residence must give way to new models that allow families and individuals to feel like they have space of their own, even within necessary development to increase density.” h

PR OJ ECT DET AILS DESIGN TEAM Principal: Jonathan Beaver Lead Design and Project Management: Christopher Olin Landscape Designers: Paul Wroblewski, Lindsay Hawks COLLABORATORS Architect of Record: BDE Architecture Design Architect: Studio T-Square Civil Engineer: Kier & Wright Interior Design: Marie Fisher Lighting Designer: CS Illumination Green Building Consultant: Bright Green Strategies General Contractor: Deacon LOCATION Mountain View, California, United States DATE OF COMPLETION October 2020

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Built in California’s rapidly densifying Silicon Valley, the Dean is a new multifamily residential complex that results in part from the recently released San Antonio Precise Plan (precise plans are planning documents used for coordinating private and public improvements on specific properties), which identifies development along San Antonio Road as a revitalized neighborhood. Highly accessible to public transit options, bikeways, new parks, and with a diverse mix of commercial and residential uses, the area is attracting an increasing number of residents.

Designed by Portland-based 2.ink Studio, the Dean facilitates an active pedestrian environment by linking older and newer neighborhoods together. At the heart of this nearly 6-acre development is a public pathway that connects emerging retail environments on one side to existing neighborhoods and new parks on the other. The public pathway features seating, lighting, multiple fountains, and a series of small

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Paying homage to the historic Greensboro sit-ins of 1960—which commenced after four Black freshmen attending North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University refused to give up their seats at a local Woolworth lunch counter—the Greensboro chair is more than just a piece of furniture; it’s a symbol of resilience, bravery, and strength.

Designed by Portland’s Ben Boutros (founder of custom furniture company Bennu) and Cedric Hudson (the apparel designer behind the Contemporary Athletics brand), the Greensboro chair is made from Peruvian walnut wood and crafted using a series of interlocking joinery techniques. “The initial design began with a series of sketches focusing on aesthetic, as we wanted to preserve the practicality of the diner chair while giving it the voice of Greensboro and the sit-in movement,” the designers note. “Though [it is] based on a complex history, we developed this chair with simplicity in mind.

All of the chair’s pieces were cut from a single sheet and run through a CNC machine before using laminate and interlocking techniques to assemble a final piece.”

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several iterations. According to the designers, a traditional pedestal base is often built with fiberglass or metals to ensure a balance of weight and durability, but they initially opted to try using interlocking crosssections of wood. After designing several prototypes, Boutros and Hudson determined that the chair had too much instability. This challenge presented “an opportunity for added design using a swivel-plate mechanism to attach the base to the seat,” they explain. “We found this to breathe new life into the piece and pay true homage to the original diner chairs that were designed with swivels of their own.” h

PR OJ ECT DET AILS DESIGN TEAM Cedric Hudson Ben Boutros COLLABORATORS Copy: Jairus Hudson Graphic Design: Danielle McCoy CNC Milling: The Good Mod DATE OF COMPLETION July 2021

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Like many creatives around the globe, designer Irina Flore, founder of Portland’s Studio Flore, tapped into her creativity during the COVID-19 quarantine to combat feelings of isolation and monotony.

During this time, she started to focus on the everyday objects she interacted with most. Looking to add something cheerful to her daily routine, she started sketching a series of free-form shapes that evolved into a colorful collection of drinkware including a pitcher and three glasses.

“While isolated at home, drinking from the same glass or eating from the same plate every day became monotonous,” Flore says, “and I felt the need to explore the shapes of these everyday objects that surrounded me. I enjoy playing with materials and working on something without planning on what the result-

ing object will be.”

Given that Flore didn’t have her usual access to a workshop, some good old-fashioned sketching gave the objects their shapes. From there, she moved to a more tactile medium, using paper-cutout models to experiment with forms that would eventually be translated into glass by craftsmen in Istanbul.

“Working with craftsmen while trying to keep traditions alive is important,” Flore says. “I believe the stories behind these beautiful products can make people better appreciate and value everyday objects.” h

PR OJ ECT DET AILS DESIGN TEAM Irina Diana Flore DATE OF COMPLETION June 2020

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Fashion designer Anjali Purohit believes that we should all slow down.

The founder of Michigan-based Studio Variously—a sustainable brand and design studio dedicated to using natural yarns, plant-based and ecofriendly dyes, and ancient artisanal production processes—Purohit introduced the Slō collection of textiles as a response to the current fashion industry, which produces many garments quickly and without consideration of economic and environmental impacts.

Each textile is the result of collaboration among Purohit and various artisans based in remote villages in India and Nepal. “We have explored ancient techniques of weaving and dyeing with master artisans who are experts at their craft,” the designer says. Using only the highest quality materials—silks and organic cottons from India, linens from Belgium, 106

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specialty toxin-free dyes—ensures each Slō garment will last longer and have a lower environmental impact than similar pieces that are more cheaply made.

“Developing these [pieces] in a pandemic was extremely challenging considering several unknowns with logistics and safety issues that would impact the creative and qualitative output,” Purohit notes.

“With cautious planning and a collaborative approach, we managed to develop and test small batches to ensure superior-quality collections.

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Known for working at the intersection of architecture, installation art, and sculpture, Seattle’s Lead Pencil Studio has been experimenting with approach, materials (from ceramics and photography to video, sculpture, and drawing), and scale for more than 20 years. One of the studio’s newest projects, Oblique Intersection, is a 37-foot-tall stainless-steel sculpture that was fabricated in Seattle over a period of six months, then installed on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Transported in six pieces and assembled over two weeks, the finished installation, which Lead Pencil Studio describes as “a drawing in space,” takes inspiration from the Spanish Renaissance–style architecture of the university’s buildings.

“It is an oblique reinterpretation across the distance of continents and time,” the studio writes in its entry. “By fabricating gestures of familiar building fragments, using only the changing atmospheric density of welded wire, [we ensure that the] viewer can see the sunlit structure become visible on the ground [via shadows] like the traces of pencil strokes on paper. This sculpture is exploring the translucent drawing of forms within an atmospheric solid, an unusual quality that is not otherwise possible with all known structural building materials.” h GRAY

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Designed by Matthew Koscica, Jasmine Schubert, and Dylan Willis during their junior year of Western Washington University’s industrial design program, the VIA handheld printer and scanner achieves the trio’s goal of reducing the pain points of conventional printing while bringing excitement to the process.

To use VIA, one simply drags the printer across the surface on which it is printing. “By making the user the driving force behind the printer, the size is reduced, paper jams are avoided, and points of failure are lessened,” the design team writes in its entry. Koscica, Schubert, and Willis focused on home-office use, optimizing the device for printing sizes up to a full sheet of 8.5-by11-inch paper. “By providing a screen close to the printing surface, [we’ve given the user the ability] to

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preview the print as it comes out, providing both guidance and understanding of the print process,” the designers note. “To further improve the process of sharing information between physical and digital spaces, it was important that we also included a scanning feature so that photos and documents can be seamlessly uploaded to one’s phone for sharing.”

By utilizing wide print head technology, VIA can create prints in a single stroke; the device’s protective cap contains guidance rollers that help achieve a straight print on nearly any smooth, flat surface, including boxes, eliminating the need for shipping labels. The touch screen provides simple interactions, guided printing, and print previews. h

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regional wood product called mass plywood, the center is an indoor/ outdoor event space that opens to an educational garden.

“The landscape design acknowledges local ecology, community history, and regional identity, [while] serving as an educational setting for staff and visitors,” the team at LEVER writes. “Indigenous plant species were selected because of their historical significance as a primary food [and] medicinal or commodity resource for Columbia River tribes.”

Attention to inclusive design ensures that the building accommodates various levels of physical ability while welcoming everyone, regardless of race, religion, gender, nationality, disability, or age. Examples include a bottom-up approach to design and decision-making with participation of most Meyer staff at every stage, equitable distribution of common amenities and windows

throughout, facilities that exceed standard ADA requirements, the procurement of furniture that accommodates different body types and physical abilities, and the reflection of diverse cultures and languages in messaging, signage, and artwork. h PR OJ ECT DET AILS DESIGN TEAM Architect: LEVER Architecture Landscape Architect: 2.ink Studio COLLABORATORS Client/Owner: Meyer Memorial Trust Developer: project^ General Contractor: O’Neill/Walsh Community Builders Structural Engineer: KPFF Consulting Engineers Mechanical Engineer: Glumac Civil Engineer: Standridge Design Experiential Designer: Ditroen LOCATION Portland, Oregon, United States DATE OF COMPLETION October 2020

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Established nearly four decades ago in Portland, Oregon, the Meyer Memorial Trust is a foundation that invests in organizations, communities, ideas, and efforts that contribute to a flourishing and equitable Oregon. Its new LEVER Architecture–designed campus in Portland’s Albina neighborhood serves as a platform for advancing Meyer’s initiatives across the state, and its design embraces the foundation’s commitment to equity and sustainability.

To better strengthen the connection between the organization and the surrounding community, the new building’s ground floor was designed with a row of windows running the length of the façade, allowing passersby glimpses into the space.

An interior focal point is the Center for Great Purposes, a 100-seat venue where the foundation hosts public programs and collaborations with partner organizations. Made from a

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EACH YEAR, A HANDFUL OF ENTRIES CATCH OUR EDITORS’ EYES FOR THEIR CRAFTSMANSHIP, INNOVATION, AND OVERALL DESIGN EXCELLENCE. HERE, THE 11 PROJECTS AND PRODUCTS THAT STOOD OUT FROM THE REST.

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PR OJ ECT DET AILS CATEGORY Interior Design: Residential FIRM Studio Roslyn

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DATE OF COMPLETION July 2021 LOCATION Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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C R A N E L OFT Tucked along the eastern edge of Vancouver’s downtown core, the Crane Loft—a 900-square-foot residence in a former warehouse-style space—pulls off maximalist interiors with a sophisticated edge. “We landed on an eclectic mix that is moody and bold, sexy and elegant,” Studio Roslyn writes in its entry. “Layered patterns and

textures, inspired by the client’s love for vintage ’70s glam, are carefully choreographed to blend together beautifully.” This corner dining area marries bold color, unique furniture pieces, art, and feminine details to create a personalized niche that combats the often-cold feeling of an industrial space. h

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DATE OF COMPLETION July 2020

LOCATION Banff, Alberta, Canada

CHRIS AMAT

Serving as the watering hole for the iconic Fairmont Banff Springs hotel, the Rundle Bar captures the heritage of the surrounding mountain region and blends it with sophisticated, contemporary design. Inspired by the idea of a living room with bespoke furniture groupings, Frank Architecture & Interiors embraced a palette of dark wood and leather, and used precisely placed lighting to highlight art and create niches for intimate gatherings. Customized details such as a dining room hidden behind a bookshelf and leather beer-tap handles at the bar weave in old-world charm with a dash of high-end luxury. h

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Measuring a mere 650 square feet, this floating home in Seattle’s Portage Bay neighborhood offers a master class in maximizing space.

Working atop an original log float foundation from the early 1900s, Studio DIAA devoted most of the home’s footprint to the common spaces (kitchen, dining area, living room); high ceilings and light materials give two small bedrooms a relaxing serenity. Windows and skylights create a connection to the outdoors, and a cedar deck wraps around the home, emphasizing the sense of expansiveness. h

CATEGORY Architecture: Residential FIRM Studio DIAA DATE OF COMPLETION August 2020

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LOCATION Seattle, Washington, United States

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PR ACT I CAL OASIS D EPL OY ME N T SYSTE M (P. O. D.S.) During the COVID-19 pandemic, when people were forced to isolate at home, Portland architecture firm Ankrom Moisan held an internal design competition focused on a future built environment in which spatial relationships, both physical and psychological, would have undergone a paradigm shift. The firm’s architectural designers and Visualization Team came up with the Practical Oasis Deployment System (P.O.D.S.)—inspired by soap bubbles’ ability to function as stand-alone enclosures or coherent structures when grouped—a clever network of small pods (with customizable interiors) designed to work as freestanding enclosed structures or as a group. h

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I GT WALL SCONCE While experimenting with new materials, including slip-cast porcelain, Seattle studio Landbridge Lighting created a wall sconce that walks the line between art piece and houseware while highlighting the potential of recycled materials. Front-lit for an ethereal glow, the piece comprises a vertical ingot—made from brass chips left in the shop’s CNC machine— which is mounted in front of a white porcelain disc that’s artfully etched to evoke a cooling lava field or other geologic formation. h

P R O JEC T D ET AI LS CATEGORY Product Design: Furniture, Lighting

FIRM Landbridge Lighting

DATE OF COMPLETION March 2021

LOCATION Seattle, Washington, United States

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P ROJECT D ETA IL S CATEGORY Interior Design: Commercial FIRM Edit Studios DATE OF COMPLETION September 2020 LOCATION Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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In response to a local privateequity firm’s request for an expanded office that encourages collaboration and engagement— and that offers some comforts of home—Vancouver’s Edit Studios turned to a sophisticated, Parisianinspired aesthetic. As the firm writes in its entry, the intentional embrace of a more feminine look (soft draperies, rounded furniture, smaller-scale seating) “tips the scales toward a softer and lighter aesthetic contrasted against that of conventional dark woods and leather chesterfields emblematic of the profession.” Herringbonepatterned oak flooring and traditional ceiling moldings bring an old-world touch, while gold accents and white marble surfaces keep things fresh. h

D U Ck T Designed by Vancouver’s Revery Architecture to represent Canada at the 2021 London Design Biennale, DUCkT was a temporary installation meant to spark discussion and thought around modern cities’ and buildings’ reliance on mechanical heating and cooling systems. The installation comprised two massive, parallel air ducts that crossed the gallery space in a dramatic representation of a typical mechanical system of hot- and cold-air ducts. As viewers were forced to duck low to pass beneath the forms, they experienced both the desirable warmth and coolness, as well as the unpleasant acoustic pollution and physical discomfort—an apt analogy for the benefits and costs of current building methods. The ducts’ shiny, golden-aluminum finish reflected viewers, hinting at their place in the system. h

PRO J EC T D ETA I LS CATEGORY Wild Card FIRM Revery Architecture DATE OF COMPLETION June 2021

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Tapping into the aesthetics of a traditional general store, Mackey Design Group crafted the interiors of Pharm—an elixir bar and compounding pharmacy in downtown Calgary—with a holistic, humanistic approach. Eschewing the usual glaring lights, forgettable metal shelving, and bright, large-font signs, the studio envisioned Pharm as a warm gathering space where everyone in the community would feel welcome. Café tables, rattan chairs, floral wallpaper, and gold lighting elevate the experience, making it feel more like a Parisian apothecary than a place to pick up your prescriptions. h

P R O J EC T D ETA I L S CATEGORY Interior Design: Commercial FIRM Mackey Design Group DATE OF COMPLETION December 2019 LOCATION Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Rising from a former surface-level parking lot in downtown Austin, Comedor restaurant, designed by Seattle’s Olson Kundig, is a glasswalled light box—an eye-catching structure that emits a subtle, beckoning glow at night. The interiors are a study in material contrasts—blackened-steel furnishings and custom-fabricated metal lighting layer well with leather upholstery, multicolored textiles, and hickory wood banquettes.

The indoor dining space connects to the outdoor courtyard via an Olson Kundig signature: retractable guillotine-window walls that are operated with manual hand cranks for a kinetic touch. h

P R O JEC T D ET AI LS CATEGORY Architecture: Commercial

FIRM Olson Kundig

DATE OF COMPLETION June 2019

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An explosion of energy and color, Seattle’s Supernova nightclub gives its clientele a never-ending trail of moments meant to surprise and delight. Designed by Mutuus Studio—with the goal of creating a safe and welcoming environment for women, BIPOC, and all members of the LGBTQIA+ community—the double-level club includes a vintage VW bus converted into a bar; a selfie-worthy lounge decorated with an eyepopping, brightly colored installation of amoebic forms that curve down from the ceiling in rows; a vintage GTE pay-phone booth; and more.

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DATE OF COMPLETION July 2020

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Making its debut at the World Science Festival in Brisbane, Australia, Evanescent was an immersive light-and-sound installation created by Sydney design firm Atelier Sisu as a meditation on the transience of the human experience, but the creation was a standout for its use of materials.

Consisting of three clusters of inflatable bubble-like spheres made from dichroic-coated PVC film that breaks sunlight into a spectrum of colors, the work was interactive (visitors could touch it and walk between and under the clusters), but also had an architectural scale. h

CATEGORY Wild Card FIRM Atelier Sisu DATE OF COMPLETION March 2021

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MIAMI DECEMBER 1–5

The 17th Design Miami fair will focus on the theme “Human Kind” and examine the ways in which design can help create a more equitable and interconnected future.

Packed with work from artists, architects, product designers, and creative thinkers, this year’s fair will include a “Material of the Moment” section highlighting ceramics, and a corresponding digital platform on which visitors can purchase work from the show floor, take virtual tours, and watch design talks. designmiami.com

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Returning this year with the theme “New Luxury,” Maison &Objet invites visitors to explore—and redefine—luxury.

Featuring more than 3,000 brands, the furniture and décor fair will showcase the latest in fine crafts, technology, and immersive exhibitions.

Diving deeper into the theme, a new space called “What’s new? Luxury” will highlight new releases spotted

by French creative agency GoodMoods. Additionally, a self-guided tour will take attendees through Parisian showrooms, showcasing haute furniture by renowned designers. maison-objet.com h

After turns in Toronto, Vancouver, and New York City, the Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF) touches down in Washington, D.C., in January. Founded by architect Kyle Bergman, the ADFF features a range of films that explore how and why we create.

Collectively, the festival’s 20 films present the work of iconic architects and designers, and weave together stories of heritage and preservation, natural landscapes, and social and environmental progress through design. adfilmfest.com

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Bedroom, 2021, an installtion by artist Harry Nuriev, will be part of this year’s Design Miami festival.

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