AUGUST 2022
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CONTENTS AUGUST 2022
VOLUME 93 NUMBER 9
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ON THE COVER On the Seattle campus of Expedia Group, surrounded by indigenous grasses, a 50-foot cantilevered roof caps the Prow, a new building for both meetings and quiet time by Aidlin Darling Design and Susan Marinello Interiors. Photography: Adam Rouse.
features 70 READY FOR TAKEOFF by Lauren Gallow
A flight-inspired building on Expedia Group’s Seattle campus by Aidlin Darling Design and Susan Marinello Interiors enables the online travel company’s staff to get away—at work. 78 THE ROAD AHEAD by Rebecca Dalzell
In-house design director Jennifer Kolstad takes the wheel with Ghafari Associates in devising the forward-looking Ford Experience Center in Dearborn, Michigan. 86 HIDDEN GEM by Craig Kellogg
In the Mediterranean, Moinard Bétaille polishes up the Hotel Cala di Volpe, an Italian screen legend on Sardinia.
94 GET SMART by Edie Cohen
Developing leadership skills in public-school educators is the name of the game at the Holdsworth Center in Austin, Texas, by Lake Flato Architects and Looney & Associates. 102 ART AT WORK by Michael Lassell
Pieces from developer and philanthropist Jorge M. Pérez’s museumready collection fill Related Group’s MKDAdesigned headquarters in Miami. 110 FASHION FORWARD by Peter Webster
Four futuristic stores from around the globe show that modern clothing retailers are not looking back.
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CONTENTS AUGUST 2022
VOLUME 93 NUMBER 9
walkthrough 33 OVERNIGHT WITH BREUER by Ted Loos
rising giants 39 RISING UP by Mike Zimmerman
departments 17 HEADLINERS 21 DESIGNWIRE by Annie Block 24 PINUPS by Annie Block 29 CREATIVE VOICES Gimme Shelter by Ian Phillips
French dealer Clément Cividino specializes in restoring prefabricated houses and lightweight structures from the 20th century, using them as intimate spaces for inventively curated exhibitions. 51 MARKET by Rebecca Thienes and Georgina McWhirter 65 CENTERFOLD A Tree Grows in Times Square by Wilson Barlow
CLB Architects combined weathering steel, reclaimed timber, and plant life into an accessible arboreal retreat in New York. 149 BOOKS by Stanley Abercrombie 151 INTERVENTION by Athena Waligore 152 CONTACTS
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e d i t o r ’ s welcome
rising up! These days, there are increasingly rare moments when we manage to complete the myriad tasks we’re so good at inflicting upon ourselves, forget the myriad upcoming ones we’ll soon be burdened with, and completely stop. Thankfully, it does happen—and when it does, like magic…aaaahhh, bliss! Time almost stands still so we can study our reality and our surroundings with crystalclear perception (really great stuff!). Those brief moments are when I enjoy the best insights that trigger my keenest observations. I was regaled with one of those treasured moments right here, on these pages, via one of the issue’s lead stories. Aidlin Darling Design and Susan Marinello Interiors conceived a brand-new building on Expedia’s Seattle campus to provide…just shelter. How cool is that?! I mean, the space was planned from the ground up (and with a prow that takes us up, up, and away) not to fulfill contractual obligations regarding performance metrics or specific meeting/collaboration needs (with the requisite scattered amenities gilding the lily) but rather as an oasis to find refuge in—with productivity to follow only later. I’ve never seen the 20th-century work lifestyle left so far behind. And this splendid design endeavor is oh-so-stunning it made the coveted cover! My initial instinct was to spotlight the project’s searing highlights as a means to starkly show our practice adapting so well— actually thriving—through upheavals and challenges. Or, better yet, to position it as an example of how much the industry has led by way of such innovative projects and with an inexhaustible lode of creativity and know-how. And yes, always moving ahead, because that’s what we do best, no matter what! I wanted to spell that out so you can focus on another feature: our insightful 100 Rising Giants reporting, which is proof positive of our adaptability, leadership, and inexorable forward motion. It’s also a window on a promising future. And that’s what design, for me, is all about! xoxo
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