Interior Design February 2022

FEBRUARY 2022

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ON THE COVER Acoustic panels dotted with fiber optic lights evoke outer space on the top floor of the American Geophysical Union’s Washington headquarters, which was given a net-zero energy renovation by Hickok Cole that emphasizes the building’s shiplike shape. Photography: Eric Laignel.

features 122 DIVINE INTERVENTION

by Edie Cohen

Dante’s seminal narrative poem inspired the amusingly hellish—and heavenly—interiors Paola Navone’s Otto Studio conjured for the 25hours Hotel Piazza San Paolino in Florence, Italy.

130 PROW FACTOR

by Laura Fisher Kaiser

Hickok Cole’s ecosensitive update of the American Geophysical Union’s Washington headquarters emphasizes the building’s dramatic shiplike shape.

146 LANDSCAPE FORMS

by Raul Barreneche

Mountains and sea, cacti and palms—all influenced the Paradero Todos Santos resort in Baja California Sur, Mexico, by Rubén Valdez, Yashar Yektajo Architects, and B-Huber.

154 THE YEAR IN COLOR

by Wilson Barlow and Annie Block

The 2021 struggles with the pandemic, supply chain, political discord, and climate did not stop the creative community from generating prolific beauty.

138 SPIRAL BOUND

by Rebecca Lo

Like the many Zhongshuge bookstores X+Living has completed throughout China, the new Shenzhen outpost is an extraordinary physical manifestation of the city.

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walkthrough 41 STANDING TALL

by Wilson Barlow

special market section 69 BEST OF YEAR

by Georgina McWhirter and Rebecca Thienes

100 giants 49 IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

by Mike Zimmerman

departments 19 HEADLINERS 23 DESIGNWIRE

by Annie Block 30 BLIPS

by Amanda Schneider 34 PINUPS

by Wilson Barlow 117 CENTERFOLD Landmark Achievement

by Athena Waligore

A contemporary bridge by Steve Messam enlivened an 18th-century National Trust Heritage Site in northern England.

172 BOOKS

by Stanley Abercrombie 173 CONTACTS

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e d i t o r ’s welcome

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Hi, all! February is here. When all is said and done, just like in January, I still get my proofs digitally and, essentially, speak to a monitor all day long. As in January I continue to shop with my N95 over a (designer!) flannel mask, and still steer well clear of people when out in the wilds of Long Island, my current home base. Yet, in all its glory, February is here! There is a convincing new view from our perch that the road ahead is...clearer. Or maybe less bumpy? OK, transitable may be the best description, but what’s really important, the route is wide open. And here’s a news bit: I, and the whole, holy Interior Design family, will be on it very shortly. We are taking our show on the road for the first time since the beast broke out and, fittingly, we’re going to open our season exactly where we shut down in 2020: at the Giants Leadership Conference in Palms Springs. Sooooo...Dame Positivity (that’s moi!) wants to see you in March; be there or be square!

Shameless plugs notwithstanding, there are, however, other promising indicators that things will get jumping pronto. My favorite one is the sheer frenetic activity that we are witnessing in our industry and that we match with the just-asfrenetically-fabulous coverage we deliver to you.

I mean, look at this issue! It’s full to the brim, chockablock with goodies. Features like our cover story in blue designed by Hickok Cole that’s all about being green; meaningful celebrations in Designwire honoring Black History Month; gigantic info from our 100 Giants research; a market extravaganza of Best of Year product; and colorful inspo with a global roundup of design, architecture, fashion, and art!

I mean, wowza! Seriously, I can’t recall another winter issue so progressive in the literal sense of the word!

So, my dear design friends, dive in, take copious notes, fill up on ideas and inspiration. It’s all precious!

And see ya around the campus very soon. Boy, I’ve wanted to say that for two years now… xoxo,

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Otto Studio “Divine Intervention,” page 122

founder, chief designer: Paola Navone. firm site: Milan. firm size: 13 architects and designers. current projects: A residence in Tuscany, Italy; Como Le Montrachet hotel in Puligny-Montrachet, France; Fresh Hotel in Athens. honors: Interior Design Best of Year Award; Red Dot Award; Good Design Award. on the road: Born in Turin, Navone considers the world her home and has visited Africa, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and China among other places. on the page: One of her first jobs was as an editor at Casabella magazine during Alessandro Mendini’s inspired direction in the 1970’s. paolanavone.it

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B-Huber “Landscape Forms,” page 146 ceo, creative director:

Bibiana Huber. firm site: Guadalajara, Mexico. firm size: 40 architects and

Rubén Valdez “Landscape Forms,” page 146 founder, architect: Rubén Valdez. firm site: Lausanne, Switzerland. firm size: Three architects. current projects: Plateforme

designers.

10 art hall in Lausanne; Forde Art Gallery in Geneva; and a residence in Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

current projects: Properties

for Four Seasons Hotels, Edition Hotels, and St. Regis. honors: Ibero-American Biennial gold medals.

learning: In addition to an architecture degree, Valdez holds a master’s in contemporary art. curating: He is an editor at Cartha magazine, which is developing an online archive of critical architectural thinking. rubenvaldez.com

origins: With her Swiss and Mexican roots, Huber studied plastic arts in Florence, Italy, and industrial design at the Tecnológico de Monterrey. beginnings: She earned her first commission, a prestigious jewelry store in Guadalajara, when she was 19. b-huber.com

h e a d l i n e rs X+Living “Spiral Bound,” page 138 chief designer: Xiang Li. firm site: Shanghai. firm size: 100 architects and designers. current projects: Foshan Zhongshuge bookstore, Jinan Meland Club, and Senbo Hotel in Kaiyuan, all in China. honors: Interior Design Best of Year Awards; Iconic Awards Interior Designers of the Year.

Yashar Yektajo Architects “Landscape Forms,” page 146 founder: Yashar Yektajo. firm site: Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico. firm size: Five architects and engineers. current projects: Houses in Baja California Sur and Cancún. international: Yektajo was born in Iran, and his family moved to Mexico when he was 3. local: He’s lived in Todos Santos since 2019. yektajo.com

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Hickok Cole “Prow Factor,” page 130 senior principal, co-owner: Yolanda Cole, FAIA. senior associate, director of sustainability + high performance design: Guilherme Almeida, AIA. firm sites: Washington; Richmond, Virginia. firm size: 87 architects and designers. current projects: Apartment buildings in Washington; a mixed-use

complex in Richmond. honors: IIDA Mid-Atlantic Premiere Design Award.

musical: Cole serves as principal flutist of the DC Concert Orchestra Society, of which she is a founding board member. global: Almeida has lived in five countries—Brazil, Venezuela, Italy, France, and the U.S.—and grew up speaking Portuguese at home. hickokcole.com

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To honor Black History Month, we’ve devoted this section to exhibitions and pro­jects by Black artists and designers

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FROM LEFT: COURTESY OF HELINA METAFERIA AND PRAISE SHADOWS ART GALLERY; TOMMIE BATTLE

“For me, the pandemic was initially a time for introspection and rest, and then quickly picked up when the 2020 uprisings began,” Ethiopian-American artist Helina Metaferia recalls.

Picked up indeed. She and her work, a hybrid of mediums that centers women of color as protagonists and explores how generational traumas inform present-day experiences, have taken major cities by storm.

Last summer, two of her large-scale murals emblazoned buildings in Brooklyn and the Bronx. “Generations,” her solo show at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, opened in November. This spring, “All Put Together” bows at Praise Shadows Art Gallery nearby; it’s a continuation of Metaferia’s By Way of Revolution series, focusing on the overlooked yet vital role of Black female activism. The exhibit consists of text-based installation, video, live performance, and collage, the latter featuring such portraits as Black Lives Matter’s Megan Castillo and Resistance Revival Chorus’s Zakiyah Ansari with “crowns” made from Black Panther newspaper archives, the women essentially wearing their histories on their heads. “I’m hoping,” adds Metaferia, who’s also an assistant professor in Brown University’s visual art department, “this work can document more than a moment.”

From left: Helina Metaferia’s Headdress 32, a 6 ¼-foot-tall mixed media collage, is one of six in “All Put Together,” her exhibition at Praise Shadows Art Gallery in Brookline, Massachusetts, March 18 to April 17. The interdisciplinary artist in her New York studio at Silver Art Projects, where she’s in residency.

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d e s i g n wire From top: Wallcovering patterns informed by Nigerian parables, Yoruba culture, and West African fabrics surround Blue Rider, the café designed by Yinka Ilori at Superblue in Miami.

The eatery and gallery names are derived from Der Blaue Reiter, or the Blue Rider, the early 20th–century art movement. Ilori sits among his stackable plywood Square Stools, which are available at yinkailori.com.

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Yinka Ilori splashed onto the design scene about a decade ago with found chairs he transformed into vivid objects that fused his Nigerian roots and London upbringing. Cut to today and one of those chairs, Iya Ati Omo, which means mother and child, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s permanent collection and on display in its Afrofuturist period room. Also, Ilori’s cannon has expanded beyond furniture design. “What I want to do now is create memorable moments in public spaces that are inclusive,” he says, “and that tell traditional Nigerian folklore stories, ones that celebrate happiness and joy, positivity and hope.” His permanent installation at Blue Rider, the café at immersive art gallery Superblue that debuted during Design Miami in December, does that in spades. Walls boast a kaleidoscope pattern inspired by the West African fabrics that surrounded Ilori as a child. Stools in a tropical palette are lightweight so guests can rearrange them to sit together. And a banner proclaims: “As long we have each other we’ll be ok.” He’s currently working on a community project aimed at the younger set: activating a stretch of land in Becontree, U.K., once inhabited by flamingos into a playground for local school children.

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Clockwise from left: Shantell Martin wears the Search and Rescue Oversize Sherpa, part of The North Face x Shantell Martin collection, as she creates an original work on wood for the campaign’s photo shoot in Upstate New York.

The Search and Rescue Wind jacket and Ripstop Wind pant. The Base Camp duffel. Martin’s canvas backdrop for Kites, the ballet she’s designing, choreographing, and being performed at the Boston Opera House March 3-13.

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Last we wrote about Shantell Martin, she had covered the interior and exterior of an abandoned Governors Island chapel in her signature black-and-white graffitilike drawings, a commissioned public-art installation in New York. In the two years since, Martin’s work has been prolific. Among highlights is The North Face x Shantell Martin collection, in which select pieces from the brand’s archival Search and Rescue line are patterned in a print made specifically for the collaboration. “It’s about climbing— challenging and expressing yourself in life,” Martin says. Expression is central to an upcoming project, too: her firstever ballet. For Kites, performed by the Boston Ballet this March, the artist has conceived not just the set design but also the choreography and costumes.

“I’ve spent the last couple of years,” Martin adds, “learning how to apply my lines to movement.” Brava!

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The luxury residential sector, a pandemic bright spot, is due for a slowdown. Here’s why…

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The real-estate market is, by all accounts, still booming. And the Interior Design Rising Giants are bullish on residential, projecting 45% growth for 2022. But in contrast, the 100 Giants—despite experiencing a solid 9% category uptick in 2020 (amidst a 6% overall decline)—saw the luxury residential sector shrink 43% last year. And they expect 2022 to be just as dire in terms of category growth, predicting a shocking -37% change for 2019 through 2022.

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What accounts for this discrepancy between the two groups of Giants firms? Primarily it’s a matter of focus. The Rising studios have always skewed more residential, whereas the 100 are now re-directing their energy back into commercial verticals as those markets recover.

But ThinkLab data suggests we should all expect a resi slowdown, with single-family and improvements dipping the most. Clients and designers alike are unwilling to overpay for rising labor and material costs or to fight through the supply-chain issues severely compromising project delivery—meaning jobs are being put on hold to ride out the storm. —Amanda Schneider

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walk through standing tall firm: wutopia lab site: chongming, china

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A new glass enclosure tops the observation deck at the Memorial of Everyman, a former water tower dating to the 1970’s that was part of a government-run agriculture project.

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Clockwise from top left: The client’s logo is etched into the floor at the base of the tower. A new custom staircase is gold-finished stainless steel. The stair’s rods are electroplated steel.

The observation deck affords views of the Changjiang River Estuary.

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It was supposed to be a café. That was the original plan for redeveloping the abandoned water tower on the Chinese island of Chongming, north of Shanghai.

The client requested a space that would complement an adjacent conference center, which itself was built in an abandoned mill, and tapped local firm Wutopia Lab to conceive it. But before the project could get underway, designer and Wutopia founder Erni Min fell ill. As it was during the pandemic, it was a mixed blessing that her architect husband and firm cofounder Ting Yu was allowed to accompany her to the hospital. When Min emerged from treatment and Yu resumed work on the project 40 days later, his perspective had radically changed. Now, a café felt too trivial.

The site was once a state farm, a government-run agriculture project undertaken in the 1970’s to support Shanghai’s booming population. Young people from the city were drafted into a militaristic operation that demanded hard labor under brutal conditions. To build a café here, Yu thought, would whitewash history.

“Flashy consumer spaces can be a mask,” he says.

“They cover up the memories and struggles of ordinary people.” Those forgotten farm workers reminded him of the doctors and nurses that tended to his wife during her illness. So he and Min came up with an idea for, as she puts it, “a memorial to all the ordinary people who perform heroic acts in desperate times.” Thus, the Memorial of Everyman was born.

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The 67-foot-tall brick tower, which has sat unused for three decades, was first reinforced to ensure stability. A new, self-supporting steel structure was then constructed within. A total of 84 electroplated rods, selected to be as thin as possible, span its length. They support 100 floating steps, each representing a year, with the whole staircase symbolizing a century of progress. At the top is Yu’s favorite part of the 270square-foot project: the observation deck. One large piece, a glass enclosure, was lifted by crane and gently lowered onto the tower’s top, where a reservoir of drinking water for farm workers was once held. A halo of light comes from a soft strip of LEDs, its wires hidden in a thin tube of mirrored stainless steel. From here, visitors can now look across the acres of farmland over which citizens once toiled. —Wilson Barlow THROUGHOUT ZHANG CHENLU: LIGHTING CONSULTANT. MIAO BINHAI: ENGINEER. SHANGHAI HONGLYE CURTAIN WALL ENGI­NEERING CO: GLASSWORK. SHANGHAI ZHUMENG ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: GENERAL CONTRACTOR.

From top: A CAD rendering shows how the self-supporting staircase was built within the original brick structure. The 67-foot tower had been abandoned and now complements an adjacent conference center. Each of the 100 steps is engraved with a year, representing a century of progress. A strip of LEDs rings the observation deck’s glass enclosure.

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If there’s one word to describe the current state of the interior design industry. . . Well, we don’t know what it is, but, for starters, it’s looking better. COVID-19 and its fallout threw firms across the country into uncertainty. As we enter the third year of the pandemic, however, U.S. unemployment is way down, and economic indicators are way up. But, as of this writing, virus-case figures are back on the rise, thanks to the Omicron variant. Exhausted yet? Yeah, us too. As we perused the new set of business trend data for our annual look at the firms composing the Interior Design Top 100 Giants, we saw a bit of everything, including some very good news.

Total 2021 design fees for these largest firms came in at $4.55 billion. That’s up from last year, but only slightly. Before COVID hit, 2019 was a record year at $4.9 billion, then 2020 dropped to $4.5 billion, and with 2021’s figures, well, the Giants just scored over $9 billion for the two years of the pandemic. Would that number be higher if the virus never existed?

Definitely. But given what the world has gone through, it’s hard to hate on those results.

Break that $4.55 billion down by sector and you start to see how business has shifted. Corporate office work has always accounted for a third or more of the Giants’ overall fees, and they came in just about even to 2020’s numbers at $1.55 billion.

Right before the pandemic, the corporate total was pushing $2 billion. This alone accounts for the biggest change in overall business. With the 2022 forecast at $1.53 billion, the Giants don’t expect this to change, but they do see increases in tech installation and coworking spaces.

Another sector worth noting: healthcare. It has moved up to become the second largest by fees—a slot it’s never held before, as it’s usually occupied by hospitality. But it’s one of the mixed blessings of the pandemic, which has brought rare, but intuitive, growth for this category: $598 million in 2019, $667 million in 2020, and $715 million in 2021.

Corporate was 35 percent of overall fees but accounted for 41 percent of total projects. Meanwhile, hospitality accounted for only 6 percent of the annual job total while delivering 10 percent of total fees. Healthcare performed similarly: 11 percent of total projects tallying 16 percent of overall fees. So, while corporate work is critical and by far the biggest work sector, it hasn’t been nearly as lucrative per job as healthcare and hospitality.

While corporate and hospitality have long ways to go to reach pre-pandemic fee levels, healthcare and smaller sectors like government, education, and retail have all performed better than their pre-pandemic numbers. Government fees, for example, spiked to $425 million in 2021, up from $336 million (which was up from $285 million in 2019). Firms expect most new government work in 2022 to come from offices, hospitals, and laboratories.

Education is a $310 million-a-year business but retail is the only segment other than hospitality forecasted for 2022 growth, a hopeful 9 percent gain. Meanwhile, the residential sector has been an adventure. If you recall, that work rose to $373 million in 2019 (it had already gone up between 2017 and 2018). But in 2021, it retreated to $214 million. Possible explanation: Firms may have jumped into smaller residential jobs early in the pandemic to help keep the lights on but have now moved on. But in this sector, the Giants expect condo/ mixed-use residential work to grow the most in 2022.

Another notable business shift: For the first time since 2004, new construction dropped below 50 percent of total work, to 48 percent; 10 years ago it was 56 percent. The work seems to have shifted to refreshes, which have almost doubled to 8 percent, and renovations, at 45 percent up from 40.

Fees per square foot jumped 32 percent to $129 from $89, but the Giants’ total number of jobs dropped to 65,000 from 71,000. That number is expected to remain steady in 2022. Furniture & fixtures and construction products installed came in at $75.4 billion, up slightly from $73.6 billion a year ago. The Giants’ original forecast was $69.8 billion, so by that measure it was a great year. The breakdown between F&F and construction remains steady around 34/66—and that breakdown hasn’t really changed in five years.

Fees per design staffer held steady from 2020 with a median of $224,000, down only $3,000. Fees-per-hour billing rates have remained nearly the same for two years, with principals/partners at $275, project managers/directors at $200, and designers at $145. The majority of firms bill more than 80 percent of their designers’ time. Annual salaries all went up: principals/partners at $184,000 from $175,000, project managers/directors at $125,000 from $107,000, and designers at $80,000 from $73,500.

The fee forecast for 2022 is $4.3 billion, down a bit from this year, but still a firm stack of cash. The Giants have gotten pretty good at forecasting, as their guesses at total fees haven’t been off by more than couple percentage points since the pandemic began. Their confidence in forecasting is also high: Six out of 10 are “confident,” with another 28 percent “very or extremely confident” in their predictions.

So, all that gives a helpful snapshot of 2021. But what should we expect in 2022? The 100 Giants seem to think more of the same. Yes, there’s uncertainty, but the economy is also on fire. Yes, Omicron ensures the pandemic will last at least for the first quarter, but the rest of the year could see big improvements. To wit, a healthy 17 percent of the Giants plan to open new offices in the coming year. —Mike Zimmerman

“Some sectors have performed better than their pre-pandemic numbers”

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100giants WORK INSTALLED

RANK 2022

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DESIGN FEES

VALUE

SQ. FT.

(in millions)

(in millions)

(in millions)

DESIGN STAFF

RANK 2021

1

GENSLER San Francisco, gensler.com

$545.7

nr

nr

3073

1

2

JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP Dallas, jacobs.com

$308.3

$6,743.4

38.5

1204

2

3

PERKINS&WILL Chicago, perkinswill.com

$188.0

$6,200.0

55.0

396

4

4

AECOM Dallas, aecom.com

$184.2

$7,090.8

nr

459

3

5

HOK New York, hok.com

$151.3

$4,700.0

53.0

290

6

6

IA INTERIOR ARCHITECTS San Francisco, interiorarchitects.com

$128.8

$2,800.0

43.1

526

8

7

STANTEC Edmonton, ON stantec.com

$116.8

nr

nr

693

11

8

NELSON WORLDWIDE Minneapolis, nelsonworldwide.com

$110.6

nr

nr

nr

5

9

CANNONDESIGN New York, cannondesign.com

$110.0

nr

nr

nr

10

10

HBA INTERNATIONAL Los Angeles, hba.com

$103.5

$6,210.7

nr

1355

9

11

HDR Omaha, NE, hdrinc.com

$101.5

$101.1

nr

106

12

12

PERKINS EASTMAN New York, perkinseastman.com

$101.4

$1,950.0

nr

295

11a

13

SMITHGROUP Detroit, smithgroup.com

$97.8

nr

nr

nr

13

14

HKS Dallas, hksinc.com

$86.8

nr

nr

143

14

15

DLR GROUP Minneapolis, dlrgroup.com

$80.6

$706.4

nr

110

16

16

NBBJ Seattle nbbj.com

$78.0

nr

nr

nr

20

17

CORGAN Dallas, corgan.com

$75.0

$1,394.2

nr

137

15

18

ZGF Portland, OR, zgf.com

$71.2

nr

nr

88

18

19

M MOSER ASSOCIATES Hong Kong, mmoser.com

$69.6

$810.0

nr

968

19

20

FLAD ARCHITECTS Madison, WI, flad.com

$67.2

$3,437.0

18.1

301

22

21

HGA Minneapolis, hga.com

$59.2

nr

nr

130

24

22

POPULOUS Kansas City, MO, populous.com

$58.3

nr

nr

52

47

23

CALLISONRTKL Washington, callisonrtkl.com

$48.0

$1,019.4

6.8

209

17 35

24

STUDIOS ARCHITECTURE New York, studios.com

$47.9

$0.4

nr

226

25

EYP Albany, NY, eypae.com

$47.5

$1,361.9

3.2

133

26

26

WARE MALCOMB Irvine, CA, waremalcomb.com

$46.6

$1,137.4

18.6

302

25

27

SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL New York, som.com

$43.0

nr

nr

64

27 46

28

ROCKWELL GROUP New York, rockwellgroup.com

$42.7

nr

nr

nr

29

PAGE Washington, pagethink.com

$42.0

$839.0

nr

208

28

30

PGAL Houston, pgal.com

$41.8

nr

nr

nr

29a

31

LEO A DALY Omaha, NE, leoadaly.com

$41.3

nr

nr

114

29

32

RSP ARCHITECTS Minneapolis, rsparch.com

$38.3

$900.0

nr

75

33

33

LITTLE DIVERSIFIED ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTING Charlotte, NC, littleonline.com

$37.4

$409.5

nr

181

34

34

SPACE MATRIX DESIGN CONSULTANTS Singapore, spacematrix.com

$36.3

$481.0

9.5

365

36

35

VOCON Cleveland, vocon.com

$33.5

$550.0

nr

170

39

36

EWINGCOLE Philadelphia, ewingcole.com

$33.2

nr

nr

nr

31

37

TED MOUDIS ASSOCIATES New York, tedmoudis.com

$32.5

$700.0

7.0

84

37

38

TPG ARCHITECTURE New York, tpgarchitecture.com

$32.5

nr

nr

163

30

39

HLW New York, hlw.com

$30.0

nr

nr

114

32

40

LS3P ASSOCIATES LTD. Charleston, SC, ls3p.com

$29.6

$2,528.6

32.0

129

44

41

ASD/SKY Atlanta, asdsky.com

$28.5

nr

nr

171

41

42

B+H ARCHITECTS Toronto, bharchitects.com/en/

$27.8

nr

nr

144

57

43

MARC-MICHAELS INTERIOR DESIGN Winter Park, FL, marc-michaels.com

$27.3

$12.0

nr

53

42

44

SARGENTI Paramus, NJ, sargarch.com

$27.0

$27.0

nr

61

43

45

CDC DESIGNS Costa Mesa, CA, cdcdesigns.com

$26.5

$15.5

nr

54

45

46

OTJ ARCHITECTS Washington, otj.com

$23.4

nr

nr

144

48

47

ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS Boston, elkus-manfredi.com

$22.1

nr

nr

122

60

48

TRIO Denver, triodesign.com

$21.0

$13.5

0.5

91

61

49

NICOLEHOLLIS San Francisco, nicolehollis.com

$18.8

$32.3

0.4

79

58

50

CLARK NEXSEN Virginia Beach, VA clarknexsen.com

$18.6

nr

nr

11

53

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100giants WORK INSTALLED

RANK 2022

FIRM headquarters, website

DESIGN FEES

VALUE

SQ. FT.

(in millions)

(in millions)

(in millions)

DESIGN STAFF

RANK 2021

51

SHEPLEY BULFINCH Boston, shepleybulfinch.com

$18.0

$412.1

1.2

52

51

52

HMC ARCHITECTS Ontario, CA, hmcarchitects.com

$16.6

nr

nr

23

74

53

DES ARCHITECTS + ENGINEERS Redwood City, CA, des-ae.com

$16.2

nr

3.8

72

new

54

AVROKO New York, avroko.com

$16.2

$1.2

1.3

81

66

55

CHIPMAN DESIGN ARCHITECTURE Des Plaines, IA, chipman-design.com

$16.0

$270.0

1.6

109

63

56

SWITZER GROUP New York, theswitzergroup.com

$15.8

$277.2

1.6

41

55

57

JCJ ARCHITECTURE Hartford, CT, jcj.com

$15.8

nr

nr

77

71

58

HED Southfield, MI, hed.design

$15.2

$187.5

3.8

183

54

59

GETTYS GROUP Chicago, gettys.com

$14.8

$200.0

nr

55

68

60

SAA INTERIORS + ARCHITECTURE Culver City, CA, saaia.com

$14.4

$3.6

35.4

97

49

61

MKDA New York, mkda.com

$14.1

$264.7

nr

58

70

62

CO ARCHITECTS Los Angeles, coarchitects.com

$13.9

$173.8

0.3

142

64

63

BASKERVILL Richmond, VA, baskervill.com

$13.5

$122.4

nr

83

75

64

MEYER DAVIS New York, meyerdavis.com

$13.3

nr

nr

54

69

65

SPECTORGROUP New York, spectorgroup.com

$13.0

$332.8

nr

41

67

66

BDP Manchester, U.K., bdp.com

$12.6

$3,305.7

15.0

1215

91

67

KCCT Washington, kcct.com

$12.5

nr

nr

nr

71a

68

CBT Boston, cbtarchitects.com

$12.2

nr

nr

161

52

69

MARGULIES PERRUZZI Boston, mparchitectsboston.com

$12.1

$202.0

1.5

47

new

70

WIMBERLY INTERIORS New York, wimberlyinteriors.com

$12.0

nr

nr

71

59

71

RAPT STUDIO San Francisco, raptstudio.com

$11.8

$175.0

2.5

34

78

72

RYAN YOUNG INTERIORS National City, CA, ryan-young.com

$11.6

$11.3

0.4

44

82

73

FOGARTY FINGER New York, fogartyfinger.com

$11.3

$10.4

nr

109

77

74

COOPER CARRY Atlanta, coopercarry.com

$11.1

$235.7

3.6

71

105

75

NK ARCHITECTS Morristown, NJ, nkarchitects.com

$11.1

nr

nr

nr

93

76

LAWRENCE GROUP St. Louis, thelawrencegroup.com

$11.0

$268.0

1.6

70

79

77

CHAMPALIMAUD DESIGN New York, champalimaud.design

$11.0

$120.0

nr

38

98

78

TVS Atlanta, vsdesign.com

$10.8

nr

nr

nr

new

79

STG DESIGN Austin, TX, stgdesign.com

$10.7

$333.7

2.7

58

65

80

WORKSHOP/APD New York, workshopapd.com

$10.7

nr

nr

nr

new

81

DAROFF DESIGN INC. + DDI ARCHITECTS Philadelphia, daroffdesign.com

$10.2

$200.0

nr

24

new

82

ICRAVE New York, icrave.com

$10.1

nr

nr

nr

84 A

83

ENV New York, env-team.com

$10.1

$108.9

1.8

67

80

84

BERGMEYER Boston, bergmeyer.com

$10.0

$55.0

nr

50

94

85

ROTTET STUDIO Houston, rottetstudio.com

$10.0

nr

nr

nr

72

86

ROBERT A.M. STERN ARCHITECTS New York, ramsa.com

$9.7

nr

nr

nr

76

87

HUNTSMAN ARCHITECTURAL GROUP San Francisco, huntsmanag.com

$9.5

$210.0

1.7

59

73

88

KZF DESIGN Cincinnati, kzf.com

$9.4

$748.7

5.3

66

92

89

AP+I DESIGN Mountain View, CA, apidesign.com

$9.1

$325.0

nr

40

87

90

STONEHILL TAYLOR New York, stonehilltaylor.com

$9.0

$1,863.4

9.5

56

85

91

ANKROM MOISAN Portland, OR, ankrommoisan.com

$8.9

$1,022.3

nr

177

90

92

CHAMBERS Baltimore, chambersusa.com

$8.8

$103.0

nr

32

96 A

93

PARTNERS BY DESIGN Chicago, pbdinc.com

$8.8

$110.0

1.0

36

81

94

REVEL ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN San Francisco, revelers.com

$8.6

nr

nr

40

110

95

ARIA GROUP ARCHITECTS Oak Park, IL, ariainc.com

$8.5

$120.0

1.0

109

102

96

DESIGN REPUBLIC New York, designrepublic.us.com

$8.5

$175.0

0.8

42

97

97

MANCINI DUFFY New York, manciniduffy.com

$8.5

$73.0

nr

44

86

98

CID DESIGN GROUP Naples, FL, cid-designgroup.com

$8.3

$1,123.3

5.3

40

100

FXCOLLABORATIVE ARCHITECTS Brooklyn, NY, fxcollaborative.com

$8.3

$98.5

2.5

70

96

KASIAN Vancouver, B.C., kasian.com

$8.2

nr

nr

76

84

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giants by sector

office

hospitality

retail

Gensler

$340,224,083

HBA International

Jacobs Engineering Group

$101,571,963

Rockwell Group

$22,927,898

Nelson Worldwide

$25,936,961

Perkins&Will

$95,880,000

Perkins Eastman

$20,283,400

CallisonRTKL

$20,915,060

$103,512,000

Gensler

M Moser Associates

$67,853,000

Gensler

$19,919,142

Sargenti

$19,000,000

IA Interior Architects

$66,576,720

Populous

$19,815,523

RSP Architects

$16,476,000

AECOM

$57,105,100

AvroKO

$13,728,837

DLR Group

$44,337,000

Gettys Group

$13,275,000

Little Diversified Architectural Consulting

$10,031,331

Studios Architecture

$38,197,206

DLR Group

$12,091,900

NBBJ

$36,580,000

Wimberly Interiors

$12,000,000

HOK

$35,000,000

JCJ Architecture

$11,600,000

government

healthcare

Ware Malcomb

$6,526,897

TPG Architecture

$5,719,000

ASD/Sky

$5,700,000

IA Interior Architects

$5,499,760

education

HDR

$60,873,600

CannonDesign

$30,000,000

AECOM

$46,052,500

CannonDesign

$60,000,000

HOK

$24,000,000

Gensler

$29,140,091

Perkins&Will

$56,400,000

SmithGroup

$19,564,502

HOK

$24,000,000

Gensler

$50,926,397

Stantec

$17,783,435

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

$14,190,000

Perkins Eastman

$41,580,970

Gensler

$15,400,000

EYP

$13,333,952

AECOM

$40,526,200

DLR Group

$15,045,950

Page

$12,585,600

HKS

$40,249,723

Perkins Eastman

$13,184,210

KCCT

$12,450,000

SmithGroup

$34,237,879

Corgan

$13,000,000

Leo A Daly

$12,250,147

HOK

$33,290,000

AECOM

$12,894,700

$9,418,555

HGA

$28,056,074

Flad Architects

$10,077,000

Jacobs Engineering Group

Stantec

$151,724,869

residential Marc-Michaels Interior Design

cultural $27,250,000

CDC Designs

$26,450,000

Trio

$17,500,000

Stantec

$16,707,708

NicoleHollis

$14,670,006

Ryan Young Interiors

$9,041,891

Rockwell Group

$8,771,376

Workshop/APD

$6,922,500

Meyer Davis Studio

$6,866,424

Vocon

$6,355,600

transportation

Gensler

$24,117,964

Gensler

$26,225,117

HOK

$20,000,000

PGAL

$25,770,950

Stantec

$11,929,269

ZGF

$16,520,000

AECOM

$9,210,500

Corgan

$16,000,000

DLR Group

$4,030,650

AECOM

$14,736,800

HGA

$3,754,109

HOK

$12,000,000

Studios Architecture

$3,583,408

Jacobs Engineering Group

$9,493,257

OTJ Architects

$3,509,156

Stantec

$7,658,880

Populous

$2,914,047

IA Interior Architects

$7,032,480

Rockwell Group

$2,814,826

Perkins&Will

$5,640,000

100giants 56

$35,491,641

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most admired firms

Gensler

(1)

Perkins&Will HOK Yabu Pushelberg (2)

(3)

new construction 66%

(4)

furnishings & fixtures 34%

100giants IA Interior Architects [6] designed the ASICS Creation Studio in Boston.

From top: CBRE’s New England headquarters in Boston is by Elkus Manfredi [47].

ZGF [18] designed an office for a confidential client in Irvine, California.

new construction 47.7%

refresh previously completed projects 7.8%

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renovations 44.5%

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100giants The lobby at 250 Park Avenue in New York is by FXCollaborative [99].

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“Improving the built “Learning how to environment, and I conduct the design hope to contribute to process remotely. It this initiative on a has out-shadowed large scale with my any other trend. It recent appointment really changes the

by President Biden game in terms of the to the National need to be ‘local.’”

Institute of Building —Janet Morra, Sciences board.”

Margulies Perruzzi —Evelyn Fujimoto, STG Design

“Increased efficiencies from our practice changing physically with remote work has increased our eagerness to produce great design.”

—Kelly Ardoin, Meyer Davis Studio

CHRIS COOPER

“By encouraging “Workplace is no health, wellness, longer a physical and a thoughtfulness space, but instead that understands a state of mind, a and accommodates toolkit for connection individual differences requiring a more and nurtures holistic set of inclusivity.” solutions, one that —Judy Nelson, straddles the IA Interior Architects traditional siloes of employee experience, technology, and facilities.”

—David Galullo, Rapt Studio

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project locations international

annual salary U.S.

principals/partners

$184,000.00

project managers

$124,950.00

Canada

48%

designers

$80,000

Mexico

30%

other design staff

$62,000

Caribbean

36%

Central/South America

21%

Europe

52%

Asia/Pacific Rim

57%

Africa

21%

Other

34%

principals/partners

$275

project managers

$200

designers

$145

other design staff

$118

actual

forecast

actual

forecast

actual

forecast

cultural $113,900,988

$98,309,427

other $315,745,469

$298,947,087

forecast $208,406,770

$143,310,158

actual retail $190,560,383

transportation $146,547,080

actual

forecast

forecast $265,144,971

$210,136,567

actual educational $310,747,872

residential $214,051,699

actual

forecast $359,723,496

forecast

actual

$434,200,835

forecast $601,698,147

government $425,154,913

hospitality $415,764,112

actual

forecast $1,531,046,552

healthcare $715,186,507

actual

85%

coorporate office $1,547,125,350

15%

hourly rate

fees by project type

From left: The Collin College Wylie Campus in Houston is by Page [29].

Workshop/APD [80] designed AutoCamp Cape Cod in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

100giants most fee growth 2020

$308,267,536

$213,638,267

Populous

$58,280,949

$22,547,270

Rockwell Group

$42,689,698

$23,000,000

B+H Architects

$27,753,569

$17,090,249

Studios Architecture

$47,867,699

$34,460,000

NBBJ

$78,000,000

$61,000,000

Flad Architects

$67,185,000

$54,225,000

Stantec

$116,785,425

$97,832,591

CannonDesign

$110,000,000

$101,000,000

HGA

$59,150,000

$52,202,500

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2021 Jacobs Engineering Group

CH22-CH26

THE FIRST MASTERPIECES

Masterpieces by Hans J. Wegner

Hans J. Wegner’s Masterpiece Collection of chairs represents the pinnacle of high-quality, timeless design. Pushing the boundaries of natural materials while remaining focused on function and form, the CH22, CH23, CH24, CH25 and CH26 chairs each feature seats carefully woven by hand in a process that takes a skilled craftsperson hours to complete.

Find your nearest dealer at CARLHANSEN.COM

Flagship Store, New York 251 Park Ave S, 13th floor, New York

Flagship Store, San Francisco 111 Rhode Island St #3, San Francisco

1950

projects by type office 26,861 27,843

business challenges

retail 8,643 9,206

earning appropriate fees 65.5% healthcare/assisted living

,473 6,666 hospitality 3,820 4,070

uncertain economy 62.1% dealing with client demands

56.3%

growing needs for sustainable design

17.2%

interference from client’s consultants

16.1%

creating cutting-edge design solutions

9.2%

managing vendors 8% education

3,888 2,551

A residence in Sausalito, California, is by NicoleHollis [49].

government 3,134 2,269 residential 3,204 2,859 cultural 1,872 1,629 26,861 26,861

transportation

other 5,021 6,005 actual 2021 forecast 2022

Methodology The first installment of the two-part annual business survey of Interior Design Giants comprises the 100 largest firms ranked by interior design fees for the 12-month period ending December 31, 2021. The 100 Rising Giants ranking will be published in August.

Interior design fees include those attributed to: 1. All types of interiors work, including commercial and residential.

2. All aspects of a firm’s in­terior design practice, from strategic planning and programming to design and project management.

3. Fees paid to a firm for work performed by employees and independent contractors who are “full-time staff equivalent.”

Interior design fees do not include revenues paid to a firm and remitted to subcontractors who are not considered full- time staff equivalent. For example, certain firms attract work that is subcontracted to a local firm. The originating firm may collect all the fees and re­tain a management or generation fee, paying the remainder to the performing firm. The amounts paid to the latter are not included in fees of the collecting firm when determining its ranking. Ties are broken by dollar value of products installed, square footage of projects installed, and staff size respectively. Where applicable, all per­cent­ages are based on responding Giants, not their total number.

All research conducted by ThinkLab, the research division of the Sandow Design Group.

client dynamics competing business entities entering the market (i.e., coworking, CRE services, etc.)

21.8%

getting clients to understand design value

50.6%

managing client expectations 39.1% client willingness to take design risks

32.2%

finding new clients 28.7% retaining current clients 9.2% clients willingness to pay what it’s worth

3.7%

practice issues recruiting qualified staff 88.5% diversity

55.2%

employee retainment 49.4% training 31.0% creating new business/diversifying into new services and segments

29.9%

offering appropriate pay scale and benefits

16.1%

keeping track of profits and expenses

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4.6%

DOUGLAS FRIEDMAN

marketing firm capabilities 12.6%

The Gaggenau Downdraft System. Originally launched in 1976.

Experience the difference in 2022.

G A R D E N I A OA K

M AG N O L I A H I C KO RY

O R A N G E B LO S S O M H I C KO RY

O N Y X OA K

G I N G E R L I LY OA K JUNIPER MAPLE

N E R O L I OA K

AMBER PINE

L E M O N G R A S S OA K

S I LV E R N E E D L E OA K

ORRIS MAPLE

J A S M I N E H I C KO RY TRUE JUNIPER MAPLE

FOOD FOR THOUGHT T H R O U G H CO LO R

CO LO R G O E S A L L T H E WAY TO T H E CO R E

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TRADITIONAL CO LO R A P P L I E D O N LY TO T H E S U R FAC E

Dining has never been as tasteful. A hardwood floor from the True Collection creates a new meaning to eating with your eyes.

What really sets these floors apart is the unique weathered and rich patina, combined with a color that goes all through the wood. Their beauty and performance make them perfect for hospitality installations, including restaurants. Learn more about the revolutionary True Collection at www.hallmarkfloors.com.

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RHEA,designed by Elisa Ossino

Book&Look. Pagnon & Pelhaître Made in France

market

best of year

Our roundup of top products that won a 2021 Interior Design Best of Year Award text by Georgina McWhirter and Rebecca Thienes

fantasy fulfilled Talk about the power of manifestation. Hortensia, the Interior Design 2021 Best of Year winner for Residential Lounge Seating, began life as a 3-D rendering by Andrés Reisinger that went viral on Instagram. Customers wanted to buy it, but the chair didn’t exist…yet. Enter textile designer Júlia Esqué and manufacturer Moooi, who helped Reisinger figure out how to put the exuberant piece into production. Dressed in pink or gray laser-cut polyester petals, the seat resembles a hydrangea in bloom. For a subtler take, the pillowy foam shape can be upholstered in any Moooi fabric. moooi.com

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ACCESSORY

Poltrona Frau Plot by GamFratesi

TABLETOP

ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCT

Kütahya Porselen

Klein USA

Skallop by Karim Rashid

Nature

ACOUSTICAL APPLICATION

BATH CABINETRY

Unika Vaev

Robern

Ecoustic Lens

Craft Series

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TILE FLOORING

BATH FITTING

Mutina, through Stone Source

Dornbracht

Mattonelle Margherita by Nathalie Du Pasquier

CYO by Sieger Design

BOTTOM RIGHT: JESSIE ENGLISH

BATH FIXTURE

RESIDENTIAL RUG/CARPET

Davani

Jamie Stern Furniture, Carpet & Leather

Meridian by Silvia Spagnoletta and Anthony Davani

Stria by Dutch East Design

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MIX

waste not, want not Did you know fishing nets make up a tenth of ocean waste? To help mitigate that environmental travesty, Denmark’s Ege Carpets launches Transition, a flooring collection in which Econyl yarn, fabricated from the abandoned nets, forms the loop pile. Winner of the Modular Carpet category and designed by Saguez & Partners’s product arm, Manganèse Éditions, the variegated patterns inspired by nature’s iterative renewal are reminiscent of forest floors.

There’s dotted Seed, multi-tonal Leaf, mottled Fibre, and Mix, in which two or more colors blend in an ombré fade. The felt backing makes use of plastic bottles in lieu of rubber. Take advantage of the myriad earthy color palettes to subtly delineate space and provide wayfinding. egecarpets.com

market best of year

FIBRE

“We’re obsessed with the idea of bringing nature into interior space” 72

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INTRODUCING

KnollTextiles introduces a thoughtfully curated selection of in-stock pillows— from high-performance and indoor/outdoor options to exquisite Knoll Luxe designs.

3 sizes | 16 fabrics | 1 to 3-day shipping knolltextiles.com/pillows

m a r k e t best of year

HARD FLOORING

Shaw Contract Dialogue

BROADLOOM CARPET

Mohawk Group

RESIDENTIAL DINING TABLE

RESIDENTIAL STORAGE

Etamorph

Mobi

Slice by Enrico Tognoni

Versus by Ahmet Rasit Karaaslan

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BOTTOM, FROM LEFT: ET PHOTOGRAPHY; RECEP GOKDEMIR

Urban Shores

GEL PRINT Inspired by the art of monoprint, Gel Print blends soft textures with serene tonal color. Dramatic curves and subtle strokes create an interplay of positive and negative space. Create abstract sweeping patterns that build in intensity or moments of textural respite for calming spaces.

Color drifts. Color fades. Color lingers. © 2022 Shaw, a Berkshire Hathaway Company

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CONTRACT POD

Glimakra of Sweden BuildUp by Kauppi & Kauppi KITCHEN APPLIANCE

Gaggenau 400 Series Vario Downdraft Ventilation System

RESIDENTIAL OCCASIONAL TABLE

Ralph Pucci

KITCHEN FITTING

Kallista Juxtapose by Mick De Giulio KITCHEN CABINETRY

Cesar The 50’s by García Cumini 76

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: KIMME PERSON; ANTOINE BOOTZ; SAMUEL REED; ANDREA FERRARI

Out Land by Eric Schmitt

TAGWALL

Architectural Glass Wall Systems www.tagwall.com

m a r k e t best of year

RESIDENTIAL SEATING

La Manufacture Intersection by Neri&Hu Design and Research Office RESIDENTIAL SOFA

Carl Hansen & Søn RF1903 Sideways by Rikke Frost

CONTRACT TASK SEATING

Herman Miller Aeron Onyx Ultra Matte by Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf

CONTRACT BENCH

Hightower

TOP LEFT: STUDIOBLANCO

Levels by Form Us With Love

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CONTRACT SOFA

Cor Sitzmöbel Jalis21 by Jehs+Laub

CONTRACT HIGH-BACK SEATING

Davis Furniture Quad by Jehs+Laub CONTRACT LOUNGE SEATING

Blå Station, through Scandinavian Spaces Big Talk by Adam Goodrum

CONTRACT SEATING

Andreu World Adela Rex by Philippe Starck

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“Pattern here is expressed through shape rather than surface detail”

PHASE

m a r k e t best of year

DEBRA FOLZ

top in geometry RISD-educated furniture designer Debra Folz has long been enamored with glass: Her portfolio includes award-winning mirrors and gemlike tables in the medium. Now she draws on that expertise to debut Pattern Penchant, a line of architectural glass for interiors that features layered, graphically charged compositions. Take Phase, in which circles of laminated lowiron glass—crafted in Pawtucket, Rhode Island—overlap to form floor-to-ceiling, freestanding, or suspended screens. There are 48 available tints, the translucency of which can be manipulated: Any color can fade into another or dissipate into crystal-clear nothingness. No wonder the collection’s intriguing qualities netted it a Contract Partition award. patternpenchant.com

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FACE TO FACE CARPET TILE IN CONNECTION, TYPE LVT IN CONVERSE

Dialogue Brings People Together Drawing inspiration from language in its many forms, the award-winning Dialogue collection of LVT and carpet tile integrates different points of view into a thoughtfully crafted family of products. From spoken word to vintage type, Morse code to handwriting, each starting point has been abstracted into new patterns and textures that speak to one another and the people who inhabit the space.

Texture-rich carpets and hard surfaces mix and mingle in beautiful interactions.

Each versatile piece inspires unscripted design for a range of focused, open and communal space—explore the Dialogue collection at shawcontract.com.

HOSPITALITY TEXTILE

HEALTHCARE TEXTILE

Wolf-Gordon Crypton and Designtex Muse by V Starr

OUTDOOR FURNITURE

Sutherland Furniture Plateau by Bonetti/Kozerski

Crypton Epure

OUTDOOR TEXTILE

Élitis Archiutopia by Studiopepe

m a r k e t best of year OUTDOOR PRODUCT

Normann Copenhagen, through Allsteel CENTER, FROM LEFT: TOM NYNAS/SUTHERLAND FURNITURE; MATTIA GREGHI/STUDIOPEPE

Bit by Simon Legald

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it’s in to be out

®

Cannolè Collection by Cristell / Gargano ®

The Cannolè seating system by Anton Cristell and Emanuel Gargano has a fully welded frame made of internally and externally galvanized steel tubes. Seat formed by a grid of galvanized rods welded onto a rod frame, and customizable padded cushions complete the comfort.

T h e l e g s a r e m a d e o f t u b u l a r s t e e l a n d e - c o a t e d a n d p o w d e r c o a t e d f o r l o n g e v i t y. C a n n o l è is customizable, thanks to modular elements with multiple compositions that will graciously e n h a n c e c o n t e m p o r a r y, c o u n t r y a n d c l a s s i c o u t d o o r a r e a s a l i k e . T h e c o l l e c t i o n c o n s i s t s o f : m u l t i p l e m o d u l e s , l o u n g e a r m c h a i r, o t t o m a n a n d l o w t a b l e s . emuamericas llc

800.726.0368

www.emuamericas.com

70 years of manufacturing experience in outdoor furniture.

“Made in Italy” at its best.

swing state Shibui means unobtrusive beauty in Japanese, and this suspended perch lives up to that moniker. Winner of the Outdoor Seating category, the airborne platform by Italian

SHIBUI

interior and product designer Francesco Rota for Paola Lenti is made of minimally treated bamboo poles conjoined with jute straps to form a flat, no-frills seat—think a raft cobbled together by an intrepid adventurer. Stainlesssteel cables, clamps, and carabiners secure the swing to a ceiling or a beam. For comfort, add a polyurethane-foam seat pad or a quilt padded with paineira vegetable fiber and upholstered in linen or hemp fabric. For those who prefer to keep their feet on terra firma, there’s also a daybed option propped on steel legs. Through West | Out East. westouteast.com

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“It emulates Japanese design: simple, essential, and produced with natural materials” 84

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ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING PRODUCT

FLOOR LAMP

Lutron Electronics

Esrawe Studio, through MASA Gallery

Alisse

Solsticio by Héctor Esrawe

ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING

Vibia Sticks by Arik Levy

CHANDELIER

Flos

TOP RIGHT: ALEJANDRO RAMÍREZ

WireLine by Formafantasma

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SOLID SURFACE

Silestone by Cosentino Sunlit Days

PENDANT FIXTURE

Makhno Studio Khmara TABLE LAMP

Stellar Works Dhala by Luca Nichetto

MATERIAL

Artistic Tile Garden District

TOP LEFT: SERGIY KADULIN AND MARIA PRAVOSUD; BOTTOM RIGHT: GARRETT ROWLAND

SCONCE

Tracy Glover Studio Double Rondel

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TECHNOLOGY

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

Dauphin

Keilhauer

Bosse Ion Cloud

Epix by Form Us With Love

TILE WALLCOVERING

Country Floors Desert Wildflowers by Julia Buckingham CONTRACT WALLCOVERING

KnollTextiles

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: OLEKSANDR SHESTAKOVYCH; MAYO STUDIOS; PRYME PRODUCTION

The Fields Collection by Rachel and Nicholas Cope

SOLANAS by Daniel Germani www.gandiablasco.com

ENJOY THE OUTDOORS

GANDIA BLASCO USA 52 Greene Street, New York, NY 10013 T: 212-421-6701 info-usa@gandiablasco.com

WINDOW TREATMENT

MARKETING + BRANDING

Kvadrat

Cortina Leathers

Technicolour by Peter Saville CBE

REISSUE—ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

Humanscale

“Beauty Is No Accident” campaign

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REISSUE

Herman Miller Wilkes Modular by Ray Wilkes

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TOP LEFT: CASPER SEJERSEN; TOP RIGHT: STEFANO MASSEI, ART DIRECTION BY MAIARELLI STUDIO

Liberty Ocean by Niels Diffrient

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CONTRACT TABLE

CONTRACT CONFERENCE TABLE

Nienkämper Davis Furniture Swell by II By IV Design

Tavo by Jehs+Laub

CONTRACT FURNITURE SYSTEM

Teknion Routes by PearsonLloyd

CONTRACT DESKING

Herman Miller OE1 Micro Pack by Industrial Facility

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EDUCATIONAL FURNITURE

Bernhardt Design Jackson by Luca Nichetto

RESIDENTIAL DESK

Kartell Earl of Wood by Philippe Starck

CONTRACT CASE GOODS

Mizetto Understand by ADDI

HEALTHCARE FURNITURE

Interwoven Embra by 5D Studio

TOP RIGHT: JONAS LINDSTRÖM; BOTTOM: DIGITAL LOFT

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FABRIC WALLCOVERING

Arte Décors and Panoramiques

CONTRACT TEXTILE

Luum Textiles Outdoor In by Suzanne Tick

RESIDENTIAL TEXTILE

Polka by Rachel Doriss

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WALLPAPER

Eskayel Stripes by Shanan Campanaro

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2021 A SPOTLIGHT ON PRODUCT WINNERS AND HONOREES

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KVADRAT ATRIUM OUTDOOR

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Arden Studio MOBL HONOREE CONTRACT PARTITIONS + WALL SYSTEMS Multitasking is a cinch for Mobl, a series of collaboration panels that delivers flexible functionality to the workplace. By combining a dynamic glass writing surface with movable privacy screen, the system can help teams communicate while also dampening noise in busy open-office settings. With a keen attention to detail, Mobl underscores the beauty of glass while also incorporating integrated storage space for markers and erasers, available in aluminum or wood finish, which creates a compelling visual contrast. Choose from a variety of glass and acoustical panel configurations, in a wide array of color and finish combinations. Go subtle or go bold, specifying any glass color or printed artwork the client desires.

In fact, Arden Studio’s proprietary ColorView system allows designers to specify more than 150 options using a color selection tool to balance artful tones with optimal writing performance and image clarity. ardenstudio.com, facebook.com/ardenstudioglass, Instagram: @ardenstudio

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2021

KLEIN USA NATURE WINNER ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS Marrying cutting-edge manufacturing processes with natural materials, the Nature wooden frame partition with soft closing mechanism puts sustainability at the forefront of design. At once organic and elegant, this groundbreaking new sliding door system is made entirely from oak, which allows architects and interior designers to introduce organic elements into their projects. As a result, clients can benefit from warmer, more nature-centric spaces that help strengthen the bond between humans and their environment. With a design that’s optimized to allow for easy disassembly of the materials at the end of the product’s lifespan, the RedDot Award-winning system is PVC free, EPD verified and Cradle to Cradle certified. klein-usa.com, facebook.com/KleinUSA, Pinterest: KleinUSA, Instagram: @klein_USA

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Carl Hansen & Son RF1903 SIDEWAYS SOFA WINNER RESIDENTIAL SOFA With more than 110 years of dedication to quality craftmanship, unique partnerships and visionary design concepts, Carl Hansen & Son is famous for its collaborations with a dynamic roster of distinguished talents. Here, the manufacturer teams with Rikke Frost on Sideways, the prototype of which the Danish designer designed over three weeks while a contestant on Denmark Radio’s TV competition “Denmark’s Next Classic,” where the design claimed first place in its category. With clear references to the Danish Modern movement, the solid-wood, steam-bent backrest with cord detail envelops the organically shaped cushions to form two socially distanced seats, like a modern spin on the classic tete à tête. The artisanal materials and asymmetric silhouette combine to send a welcoming invitation: Can we talk? carlhansen.com, facebook.com/carlhansenandson, Instagram: @carlhansenandson DESIGNER Rikke Frost

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2021

Artistic Tile GARDEN DISTRICT WINNER MATERIALS The glamour and glisten of the Charleston Mirror collection expands with the lush, golden-hued iridescence of Garden District. The distinctive curvilinear detail and textured appearance of the wall tile series is created with stringers of hot glass, straight and thin enough to be bent with the heat of a candle flame, which add tactile relief elements as they artfully attach to the surface. As light grazes the iridized face of the tiles, the hues shift, conjuring nearly every tone in the color spectrum. Handmade in the USA, the uniquely colored and embellished 6-inch by 12-inch tiles are mirror-backed for a subtly reflective effect.

MOON JAZZ CLUB HONOREE TILE + STONE WALL COVERING Just minutes from the glitz of midtown Manhattan, the in-house artisans of Artistic Tile are summoning their own sparkle. The manufacturer’s Made in America Tailored to Collection welcomes another striking constituent to its Jazz Club series with Moon, a complex pattern of bisected circles that’s highly customizable to meet the unique requirements of interior or exterior walls—even in the shower. The vibrant, glowing series is available in Moon Light Multi-Gloss, featuring colors like Carmel and Coltrane Cream, as well as Moon Dark Multi-Mixed Finish, emphasizing deeper hues such as Midnight Blue and Violet. artistictile.com, facebook.com/artistictile, Twitter: @artistic_tile, Instagram: @artistic_tile

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Shaw Contract DIALOGUE WINNER HARD FLOORING A celebration of communication, and its unique ability to foster understanding and connection, the Dialogue collection is an integrated LVT family informed by language—spoken word, vintage type, Morse code, handwriting—all abstracted into pattern and texture.

Among the options is Coded, the 6-inch by 48-inch planks featuring a multidirectional texture inspired by braille. Its companion is Type, a 24-inch-square tile that simulates deconstructed typography through a large-scale pattern layered over a nondescript foundational texture. Both boast 5-millimeter thicknesses and 20-mil wear layers, making them appropriate for environments with both heavy static and rolling loads, while the manufacturer’s ExoGuard+™ advanced topical finish boosts durability and resistance to scratches, UV light, disinfectants, and common stains.

BOTTLE FLOOR HONOREE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Shaw Contract corroborates its commitment to circularity with Bottle Floor, a PET hybrid flooring platform that blends the performance characteristics of hard surfacing with the sound-absorption and slipresistant properties of carpet. Containing 30 percent post-consumer recycled plastic—with each square yard containing the equivalent of 61 post-consumer bottles—the 12-inch by 48-inch planks are constructed by needle-bonding PET fibers to create a non-woven product with soft surface aesthetic. Made in the USA without the use of PVC, plasticizers, or chlorine, the Cradle to Cradle-certified collection is completely recyclable, allowing it to be repurposed into new flooring. shawcontract.com, facebook.com/shawcontract, Instagram: @shawcontract, Pinterest: @shawcontract, Twitter: @shawcontract

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2021

Gaggenau 400 SERIES VARIO DOWNDRAFT VENTILATION SYSTEM WINNER KITCHEN APPLIANCES Forty-six years after introducing downdraft ventilation to the European market, German kitchen authority Gagganau evolves this concept with the Vario 400 Series Downdraft Ventilation, featuring advanced noise reduction, optimized air management, and design flexibility that prevent distractions from reaching the ears—or nose— of the occupants. The hyper-reactive air quality sensor automatically detects odor and steam, then extracts it from the room. The sevenlayer metal filter ensures the perfect catch of grease, steam, and odor, while the anodized aluminum housing provides smooth surfaces for superhygienic cleaning.

The modularity of the integrated system not only works in combination with Vario cooktops from the same series, but also allows more design flexibility. Finished in stainless steel with solid cast-iron grates, it can be installed either flush or surface mounted.

The sleek design allows for full-size drawers or even an oven to be installed directly below the Vario cooktop and downdraft. The series also allows users to control settings directly from their smartphone with Gagganau’s exclusive Home Connect app. gaggenau.com/us, Instagram: @gaggenauofficial

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Kvadrat TECHNICOLOUR WINNER WINDOW TREATMENTS The textile tastemaker embarks upon a thoughtful, sensorial chapter in its collaboration with designer Peter Saville with the launch of Technicolour, a craft-oriented, sculptural series that visually and haptically celebrates the textile production process.

Inspired by the spectrum of bold hues commonly used to mark flocks of sheep—which Saville first observed on family holidays in Wales and likened to “rural graffiti”—the collection is imbued by controlled randomness and traces of nature, all filtered through the designer’s eye for articulate color compositions.

Technicolour is comprised of two curtains, woven from subtly iridescent Trevira CS polyester, a smooth counterpoint to the collection’s naturally coarse upholstery fabric and rugs, meticulously crafted from the finest wool. kvadrat.dk/en, facebook.com/kvadratdk, Instagram: @kvadrattextiles

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HONOREE OUTDOOR TEXTILES

HONOREE RESIDENTIAL RUGS + CARPET

Patricia Urquiola draws inspiration from Memory, the Interior Design Hall of Famer’s celebrated 2013 upholstery fabric, to conceive Atrium Outdoor, an all-weather collection with spontaneous patterning reminiscent of scratches on well-worn wallpaper. Specially developed Trevira CS polyester yarns assure a soft hand while still repelling moisture.

The interplay between volume, structure, and color finds optimal expression in the handwoven Aram 2 rug. New Zealand wool is space-dyed by hand in stages, in a scale of lighter to darker shades, the yarns joining to create a multidimensional scale of refined nuances and subtle color rhythms.

DESIGNER Patricia Urquiola

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2021

Duravit D-NEO HONOREE BATH CABINETRY Striking a delicate balance between contemporary and timeless design, Bertrand LeJoly defines his aesthetic as “refined simplicity.” Four years after establishing Bertrand LeJoly Design Studio, the Belgian talent broadens his product portfolio beyond furniture, lighting and accessories with D-Neo, a suite of fixtures and furnishings that revolutionizes the entrylevel bathroom. The comprehensive bathroom series allows designers to create a customized, coordinated statement with washbasins, bathtubs, vanities, cabinets, toilets and more. The freestanding tub, a highlight of the collection, is fabricated from DuraSolid®, a high-tech composite that’s both durable and sustainable. LeJoly conjures a striking and engaging design language with strong geometric lines and understated demeanor. Flexible enough to fit equally well in spacious or compact settings, the series can be tailored to suit the client’s individual personality, with styles ranging from minimal and monochrome to pop and boho. duravit.us, facebook.com/duravitUS, Twitter: @duravit, Instagram: @duravit DESIGNER Bertrand LeJoly

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DATA TIDE HONOREE MODULAR CARPET The Waterways Project claims another accolade with Data Tide, a modular carpet series that explores the interdependent relationship between nature and data through the visualization of water. Using data sets from environmental studies of greenhouse gases, Mohawk Group’s design team created biophilic patterns through a custom-built data visualization tool, the graphic interpretation of the data intended to celebrate the positive ecological influence of Blue Carbon capture. The 12-inch by 36inch planks feature gradations that mimic transitioning waters, while the collection’s eight colorways celebrate the unique ecosystem of estuaries, where freshwater and saltwater converge.

Mohawk Group URBAN SHORES WINNER BROADLOOM CARPET Throughout history, rivers have driven the evolution of urban development, providing conduits for transportation, energy, and trade. Today, rivers create opportunities for recreation and togetherness. Mohawk Group fosters a symbiotic relationship between rivers and workspaces through The Waterways Project, which encourages respect for and protection of water ecosystems through new products, technologies, and initiatives. New to the program is Urban Shores, a river-inspired carpet series from Durkan that utilizes the manufacturer’s Pattern Perfect tufting technology, which brings biophilic patterns to life through precision color placement. Choose from Drifting Current, an organic pattern with soft linear undertones; and Floating Forms, the refined layers of gridding conjuring a calm surface. mohawkgroup.com, facebook.com/mohawkgroup, Twitter: @mohawkgroup, Instagram: @mohawkgroup, Pinterest: @mohawkgroup

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2021

COMPAC OBSIDIANA HONOREE SOLID SURFACES Aiming to reinvent the surfaces sector with a new generation of sustainable options, COMPAC unveils Obsidiana, a revolutionary and innovative product that is completely recycled—its mineral load consisting of 100% recycled glass—and completely recyclable. As it is a 100% sustainable material throughout its life cycle, Obsidiana’s ecological credentials have already snared Cradle to Cradle™ Bronze certification and claimed the NKBA’s 30’s Choice Award for Sustainability. Moreover, all COMPAC products are produced with 98% recycled water and the electrical energy that comes from renewable sources. Obsidiana, shortlisted in the Best of Year Awards, maintains natural aesthetic while offering advantages of non-recycled materials such as impermeability and resistance. Due to the absence of pores, the material also inhibits microbial growth and dirt penetration. compac.us, facebook.com/CompacTheSurfacesCompany, Pinterest: @compacsurfaces, Instagram @compacsurfaces

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Tuuci SOLANOX CABANA WITH AUTOMATED LOUVERED ROOF HONOREE OUTDOOR PRODUCTS Underscoring its leadership in delivering custom-configurable shade solutions, Tuuci fortifies the Solanox Cabana line with the Automated Louvered Roof, a patent-pending system that combines intelligent design and understated elegance to achieve optimal outdoor comfort.

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Tens of thousands of yards of fabric temporarily obscured the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, a posthumous “Large-scale artworks in the landscape—that’s what I’ve been interested installation by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in for the past 20 years”

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2. Inspired by the concept of an archit­ ectural folly, even though the work func­ tioned as a bridge, Messam had hundreds of yards of fire-coated scarlet polyester cut and sewn into a spiked skin that was testfit over its corresponding weight-bearing structure at Stage One, the engineering firm that fab­ricated the structure’s steel ele­ments. 3. Technicians on-site at the river worked with a forklift to fit the skin

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over the structure. 4. After the bridge was pieced together, it was crane-lifted and swung 90 degrees onto steel grill footings on each side of the river. 5. Polypropylene rope and elastic shock cord laced into 244 brass eyelets on the skin’s underside helped the installation withstand strong rains and wind gusts.

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1. On view from July to November 2021, Bridged welcomed some 500,000 visitors, who climbed up its birch plywood steps using handrails of brushed stainless steel.

2. Sited near a Georgian iron bridge formerly on the grounds, this one was 49 feet long and 30 high, and installation took five days. 3. Bridged is part of “These Passing Things,” Messam’s threepiece series that included Spiked (see Intervention, page 175) on the 800-acre Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Park, a combined UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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International travel these days is undoubtedly heaven and hell. In the former camp is visiting Italy, particularly Florence.

But Interior Design Hall of Fame member Paola Navone embraced both the paradisal and the infernal when she drew on Dante Alighieri’s epic poem, La Divina Commedia, as inspiration for the interiors at 25hours Hotel Piazza San Paolino in the 14th-century poet’s native city. “Every project is its own scenario connected to the place where we build,” she begins. “Every story is built from scratch, every element needed.” The results—a sui generis mix of materials and products, some sourced from far-off locales—all stem from the depths of Navone’s fertile imagination.

The hotel is the first Italian property for 25hours, a hospitality brand based in Hamburg, Germany. Navone met founder Christoph Hoffmann several years ago in Switzerland. “We liked each other, became friends, and stayed in contact,” she discloses. Ecco, the commission for her firm, Otto Studio. It was Hoffmann, she adds, who came up with the poetic concept: “Totally crazy. Here was this German guy who comes to Italy to do The Divine Comedy. I took the challenge and interpreted the idea in a light, charming way so Italians wouldn’t feel aggressive toward it.”

Located near the Santa Maria Novella church and the city’s train station, the 115,700-square-foot hotel, which encircles an open courtyard, comprises two main parts: a renovated three-story building partly dating to medieval times that was long ago a pawn shop run by priests, and a new threestory annex replacing a dilapidated warehouse in the adjacent garden. All architectural interventions, made in collaboration with local firm Genius Loci Architettura, came under the watchful eye of the belle arti department of Italy’s Ministry of Culture. (“We came upon tombs during excavation,” Navone reports.) The hotel’s 171 guest rooms are distributed across both structures, which are connected by an interior corridor and the courtyard.

Previous spread: Piles of old, painted suitcases form a reception installation at 25hours Hotel Piazza San Paolino in Florence, Italy, an interiors project by Paola Navone’s Otto Studio that was inspired by Dante Alighieri’s 14th-century poem, The Divine Comedy.

Top: The entry doors to the Companion bar are restored originals. Bottom, from left: Backdropped by custom vinyl wallcovering, a vintage Lapo Binazzi table lamp sits on the check-in counter. A stairwell’s wall color and pendant fixtures suggest a descent into hell.

Opposite top: Below the San Paolino restaurant’s glass cupola, chairs made from recycled plastic and metal line a custom marble-top table.

Opposite bottom, from left: A mobile ceiling fixture evoking the planets joins resin flooring, a custom rug, and an armchair of Navone’s design in a light and bright Paradiso guest room. Ceramic tile clads the circular bucket shower in the sauna.

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Knowing Florentines and tourists alike, Navone cleverly planned three entrances—one on the piazza and two on the side street—none opening exclusively to reception. One serves the Companion bar, since what, after all, is the first place guests inquire about upon check-in? Outfitted with custom iron-and-brass tables, crimson tufted-leather upholstery, and dark indigo walls, this moody boîte alludes to the first part of Dante’s poem, Inferno, where drinking was deemed a sin.

Not for Navone, who dubs it a “church for alcohol.”

The entrance on the piazza leads to I Golosi—an alimentari, or food hall, that pays homage to Italy’s ubiquitous small grocery markets—its name, which references the sin of gluttony, spelled out large in a wall mosaic. Navone turns that on its heels, too. “I’m giving people the chance not to feel guilty,” she reasons. “Maybe inferno is not as bad as people think.” Especially when it’s filled with the delicious pasta, bread, and wine that are available to eat here or take away. Supplementing the real thing are faux salami and prosciutti—art objects rendered in crochet, fabric, papier-mâché, and painted plaster— that hang among aluminum pots and pans overhead.

Reception provides an even bigger wow factor. Custom vinyl wallcovering behind the desk flaunts a superenlarged version of the marbled paper that Florentine stationery and bookbinding are famous for. The checkin counter hosts another witty art installation: Sourced throughout Europe by vintage collectibles dealer Davide Mariani, old suitcases have been painted silver-green and arranged in teetering piles to greet arriving guests It suggests the ultimate travel nightmare: a lost-luggage office in hell.

Seemingly alfresco, the adjoining San Paolino res­ taurant sits beneath an immense steel-and-glass cupola. Vintage chairs and new ones made of recycled plastic and metal surround custom marble tables, which are in turn surrounded by a profusion of plants, some real, some not. The ersatz greenery, which has sound-absorbing leaves of recycled textiles and polymers, was commissioned from Linda Nieuwstad, a Dutch artist. While the restaurant is a study in daylight, the adjacent lobby bar evokes a dusky blue evening.

Polyethylene globes, aglow like azure planets thanks to LEDs, give the lounge its name, Sfere Celesti.

Other amenities in the historic building include the Sala delle Celesti Armonie, aka, the music room. With walls covered in another marbleized super-graphic, backdrop to a portrait gallery of Italian divos and divas, it’s for reading or a game of billiards. Guests loath to miss a a workout can descend to the basement gym or use the ground-floor sauna and loungelike “relax room.”

Unable to fill the latter space with real plants, Navone created her own fantastic garden with an effusion of green plastic watering hoses.

Top: Large terra-cotta pots and towering plants, both real and in sound-absorbing recycled textiles and polymers, populate San Paolino. Center: A hanging garden of plastic hoses enlivens the sauna lounge. Bottom: Overlooked by an installation of artificial salami, I Golosi, the hotel’s take-away food hall, is modeled on a classic Italian alimentari.

Opposite: The moodier Inferno guest rooms feature custom sconces and pendants bearing playing-card motifs.

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“The idea is you can be naughty in the Inferno guest rooms”

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There are two types of guest room—Inferno and Paradiso—places Dante separates by an immense divide. No so here.

Named after good and bad characters in the poem, they are interspersed freely on all floors. “The idea is you can be naughty in the red rooms,” Navone says with a laugh, noting the charred furniture and custom chandeliers with playing card motifs. (Gambling, another sin.) Paradiso rooms are sweetness and light: Floors are creamy resin; azure accents in rugs and fabrics allude to the heavens; and Alexander Calder-esque mobiles overhead suggest the solar system or, in Dante’s sublime final phrase, “the Love that moves the sun and the other stars.”

PROJECT TEAM CRISTINA PETTENUZZO; CAMILLA ESCOBAR; DOMENICO DIEGO: OTTO STUDIO. GENIUS LOCI ARCHI­ TETTURA: ARCHITECT. STUDIO MAKIA: LANDSCAPE CONSULTANT. FULVIO BALDESCHI: LIGHTING CONSULTANT. MILAN INGEGNERIA: STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. STIMP: MEP. RIABITZ AND PARTNERS: WOODWORK. EDILTECNO RESTAURI: GENERAL CONTRACTOR. PRODUCT SOURCES FROM FRONT PRAGOTECNA: FLOOR TILE (COMPANION BAR). CREATIVE CABLES: PENDANT FIXTURES (STAIRWAY). SANTAMARGHERITA: CUSTOM MARBLE TABLES (RESTAURANT). MAXIMUM: SIDE CHAIRS. GOBBETTO: RESIN FLOOR (PARADISO ROOM). SCHOENSTAUB; SELETTI: CUSTOM RUGS. RUBELLI: CHAIR FABRIC. GERVASONI: CHAIR (PARADISO ROOM), STOOLS (FOOD HALL). FLAMINIA LIGHTING: FLOOR LAMP (PARADISO ROOM), SCONCES (RESTROOM). VOX POPULI: PENDANT FIXTURE (PARADISO ROOM, MUSIC ROOM). FLOS: PENDANT FIXTURES (SAUNA LOUNGE). SAMMODE STUDIO: PENDANT FIXTURES (FOOD HALL). AUFSCHNITT; MAISON CISSON; SISSI VALASSINA; STEINER & WOLINSKA: ARTIFICIAL SALAMI. TARGET CERAMICS: FLOOR TILE (INFERNO ROOM). KARMAN: CUSTOM PENDANT FIXTURES (INFERNO ROOM), SCONCES (INFERNO ROOM, COMPANION BAR). BAXTER: SOFAS (LOBBY BAR, MUSIC ROOM). VICENTINA MARMI: CUSTOM SINKS (RESTROOM). MAMOLI: SINK FITTINGS. AMURA: ARMCHAIRS (MUSIC ROOM). SIRU: FLOOR LAMPS. ROGAI BILLARDI: BILLIARD TABLE, GREEN PENDANT FIXTURES. INGO MAUER: SCONCE (PARADISO ROOM). THROUGHOUT SLIDE: GLOBE PENDANT FIXTURES. LA PIETRA COMPATTATA: COMPOSITE-STONE FLOOR TILE. VESCOM: CUSTOM WALLCOVERING.

Top: A custom neon sign points the way to the basement gym. Bottom, from left: Walls in Sfere Celesti, the lobby bar, are covered with distressed mirror while Navone designed the sofas and enameled lava-stone tables. She also designed the faucets and sconces in the sauna restroom, with custom marble sinks.

Opposite top: Composite-stone tile flooring, custom vinyl wallcovering, and a hoop-skirt frame used as a pendant fixture join a billiard table and a display of Italian celebrity portraits in the Sala delle Celesti Armonie, or music room. Opposite bottom, from left: Ingo Maurer’s featherwinged Lucellino sconce helps set the heavenly tone in a Paradiso room. The Companion bar has basalt tile flooring, leather-upholstered banquettes, and iron-and-brass tables, all custom.

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prow factor Hickok Cole’s net-zero energy update of the American Geophysical Union’s Washington headquarters emphasizes the building’s dramatic shiplike shape

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After nearly three decades, the mechanical systems in the American Geophysical Union’s once state-of-the-art headquarters in Washington were reaching the end of their useful life. For some people, the inevitable slide into obsolescence might trigger sledgehammer fantasies. But for the nonprofit AGU—a worldwide network of 130,000 professional experts and amateur enthusiasts in the Earth and space sciences that tracks the causes and effects of global warming—it was a moment of truth.

“Something major had to be done,” Hickok Cole senior principal and co-owner Yolanda Cole acknowledges. But rather than design a new structure from scratch, her firm was asked to modernize the 1993 Shalom Baranes Associates–designed building to meet net-zero energy goals and create a game-changing case study for the industry.

“The AGU decided to walk the walk,” as Cole puts it.

Nearly 20 white papers later, client and firm had mapped out a comprehensive plan of energy reduction, reclamation, absorption, and generation for the 84,000-squarefoot project, which includes two underground levels (the lowest a parking garage), five above-grade floors, and a rooftop penthouse and terrace. Two new open stairways connect and reorient different areas: One links ground and lower-level meeting and exhibit spaces; the other forms a central core between the top three floors, where workstations and an open-plan café accommodate 130 staff members. (The building’s second floor is tenant space.) Custom graphics incorporating photographs of the AGU’s main areas of research, both terrestrial and interplanetary, are printed on film applied to interior glass walls to serve identity and wayfinding functions.

“The organization was very attached to this building because of all the symbolism built into it, starting with its iconic ‘prow’ on the northeast corner,” Hickok Cole senior associate Guilherme Almeida says, referring to the shiplike steel-and-glass form that projected from the structure’s narrowest facade. Since this prominent exterior element only started on the second floor, however, its effect was mostly lost inside. Hickok Cole “democratized” it by opening up the corner and extending the glazing down to near street level; now every floor can experience the prow factor.

Previous spread: Acoustic panels dotted with fiber-optic lights are used sculpturally to evoke outer space on the top floor of the American Geophysical Union’s Washington headquarters renovated by Hickok Cole.

Left, from top: The ground-floor members lounge features tiered seating and wood-veneer paneling. Nearby, an interactive exhibit highlights the AGU members’ research into Earth and space.

Right, from top: The building’s new steel-beam “hat” supports 719 solar panels. A cluster of Jordi Vilardell’s Slim pendant fixtures hangs above a Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance sofa and Jehs + Laub armchairs in the lounge.

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“The client was adamant that, where possible, every material and fixture be recyled”

In all, the design team replaced more than 900 windows with dynamic, triple-pane, electrochromic glass, which uses sensors to measure sun levels and automatically tints to reduce glare and heat transmission. The fenestration is connected to the building’s interior lighting, so as the glass grows darker, the lights glow brighter. The windows also enable the AGU to limit its use of HVAC systems.

The site’s tight urban footprint did not allow for a geothermal plant, so Hickok Cole tapped another resource 30 feet below ground–the municipal sewers–using a technology developed in Europe to leverage the natural thermal energy flowing through the subterranean network.

Screened wastewater is pumped into a heat exchanger with a separate closed-loop system that circulates clean water through coils embedded in drywall and metal ceiling panels to warm or cool the building efficiently.

The other major change is much more visible. To meet energy goals, the building required a larger photovoltaic array than would fit on the existing roof, so the eaves were extended by 4 feet all around—a strategy that neighborhood groups worried would look awkward and cast bigger shadows. Hickok Cole won them over with a dramatic silhouette that accentuates the prow, making the irregular pentagon–shape volume look more triangular. The solar panels, which utilize every square inch of the rooftop, are supported on a steel lattice frame that allows daylight to penetrate into the penthouse, casts lovely dappled light on the terrace, and minimizes long shadows on the surrounding cityscape. “Now if you look at before shots, the building looks like it forgot its hat,” Almeida jokes.

Not everything is new. The client was adamant that, where possible, every material and fixture be recycled or repurposed, which meant that a beloved inlaid-marble compass on the lobby floor was left intact, and even exit signs were saved and reinstalled. With great care, builders salvaged and cleaned about 5,000 bricks for reuse in the facade. A local construction-aggregate company crushed up old windows, sinks, and toilets to be transformed into sparkly salt-and-pepper terrazzo flooring. Some existing furniture was reupholstered, cherry-veneer paneling was sanded down and lightened, and a polished slab of petrified wood from the AGU’s specimen collection tops the new reception desk as it had the original one.

Left: The building’s iconic prow was reconfigured with a full-height curtain wall.

Opposite top, from left: One of two new stairs connects the top three floors. Acrylic fins and Italian limestone clad the wall behind the reception desk. Opposite bottom, from left: Leading to the lower level, the second stair is partly enclosed by glass walls with photographs printed on film of the AGU research areas. A bronze sidewalk plaque depicting Saturn is original to the 1993 Shalom Baranes Associates–designed building.

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Such measures did not always save money, but that was not the point. “For the organization, it was a mission that would add to the integrity of their purpose,” Cole explains. “Over time, if industries set up to do these things, it won’t be any more expensive than buying new.”

Perhaps the most consequential space Hickok Cole created, however, is a barebones command center on the lower level. It’s where engineers continually monitor the building’s energy consumption and generation, collecting thousands of data points every day in an ongoing net-zero architectural experiment that may lead to further innovations. “If nothing else, this project may convince people that all-glass buildings are not always the answer,” Almeida says. “The surprise takeaway is that you can have a class-A space in a 1990’s building.”

PROJECT TEAM EMILY RICKMAN; JOHANNA LOFSTROM: HICKOK COLE. LEE AND ASSOCIATES INC: LANDSCAPE CONSULTANT. C&G PARTNERS: CUSTOM GRAPHICS. TADJER-COHEN-EDELSON ASSOCIATES: STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. INTERFACE ENGINEERING: MEP. VIKA: CIVIL ENGINEER. ARCHITECTURAL WOOD: WOODWORK. HITT CONTRACTING: GENERAL CONTRACTOR. MGAC: CONSTRUCTION MANAGER. PRODUCT SOURCES FROM FRONT CLIPSO: CEILING PANELS (TOP FLOOR). WATSON: TABLE (CONFERENCE ROOM). HERMAN MILLER: CHAIRS. MARMI FAEDO: LIMESTONE (RECEPTION). VIBIA: PENDANT FIXTURES (LOUNGE). BERNHARDT DESIGN: SOFA. FIRST OFFICE: HIGH TABLE. DAVIS FURNITURE: COFFEE TABLE (LOUNGE), ARMCHAIRS (LOUNGE, PREFUNCTION AREA). KEILHAUER: CAFÉ TABLE, CHAIRS (LOUNGE), OTTOMAN (HUDDLE ROOM). EMECO: BARSTOOLS (LOUNGE), SIDE CHAIRS (TERRACE). BISON: WOOD PAVERS (TERRACE). LANDSCAPE FORMS: SEATING. ANDREU WORLD: TABLE, SIDE TABLE (TERRACE), BENCH (HUDDLE ROOM). NEDLAW LIVING WALLS: GREEN WALL (HUDDLE ROOM). DU PONT: COUNTERTOP (BREAKOUT HALL). CARNEGIE: PANELING. THROUGHOUT INTERFACE; SHAW CONTRACT: CARPET. CAPRI COLLECTIONS: CORK FLOORING. MESSANA RADIANT COOLING; ZEHNDER RITTLING: CEILING PANELS. ARMSTRONG: CEILING TILE. SHINNOKI: WOOD-VENEER PANELING. ERCO: TRACK LIGHTING. JLC-TECH: LINEAR LIGHTING. SAFTI FIRST: INTERIOR GLASS WALL SYSTEM. SAGEGLASS: EXTERIOR GLASS. WAUSAU: EXTERIOR CURTAIN WALL. ARCONIC: EXTERIOR METAL PANELS. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS: PAINT.

Left, from top: The top floor includes an open pre-function area outside the executive conference room in the building’s prow. The rooftop terrace is sheltered by the steel framework supporting the photovoltaic array. Right, from top: A hydroponic green wall faces a huddle room sheathed in glass bearing images of misty mountains.

A breakout hall hosts relocated wall relief sculptures representing Earth, moon, and planets.

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spiral bound Like the many Zhongshuge bookstores X+Living has completed throughout China, the new Shenzhen outpost is an extraordinary physical manifestation of the city text: rebecca lo photography: shao feng

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Shenzhen is China’s version of the Wild West. Five decades ago, it was a sleepy backwater in south Guangdong province.

But due to its proximity to Hong Kong, former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping earmarked Shenzhen as the country’s first Special Economic Zone as part of his ambition to open the country. Less than two generations later, the city is the fourth most populous in China, with 18 million residents, and is home to tech company giants DJI, Huawei, and Tencent. Its reputation as a place where a quick buck can be made has long been solidified by its mushrooming start-ups and skyscrapers. For those seeking fortune there, Shenzhen’s relentless development pace can be mind-boggling—and alienating.

Architect Xiang Li is fascinated by Shenzhen’s meteoric ascent to the summit of global economic prowess.

The founder and chief designer of X+Living sought to capture its tension between familiarity and strangeness in her concept for bookstore chain Zhongshuge’s first shop in the city. After 16 previous iterations of the brand in key Chinese destinations, including Beijing and Chonqing, she was entrusted again with a completely new identity for Shenzhen. “Zhongshuge’s strategy is one city, one store—a thousand stores with a thousand faces,” Li explains. “When conceiving each Zhongshuge, we integrate local culture and history, creating that particular city’s reading room.”

Li was further inspired by Memory, Anish Kapoor’s 2008 Cor-Ten steel sculpture, its enormous tank shape playing with perception and scale, and tapped into this part of her mind vault while manifesting her impressions of Shenzhen. “It’s an inclusive and vibrant city of migrants,” Li observes. “While researching, I realized that I could design a space which is a symbol for the city itself, paying tribute to the countless pioneers who created this land.” Although not directly referenced, Salvador Dali’s surrealistic masterpiece The Persistence of Memory also approximates the feeling the project elicits.

It’s sited in Qianhai, a district built on reclaimed land that was formerly part of the Pearl River Delta. Qianhai OCT is a recently completed mixed-use development that encompasses office towers, hotels, public parks, and retail shops, including the 14,000-square-foot Zhongshuge store. Visitors enter through tall glass doors, the glazing flanking them etched in white with inspirational messages in Chinese, Previous spread: At Shenzhen Zhongshuge bookstore in China by X+Living, actual volumes along with peel-and-stick representations line a 122-foot-long spiral resembling a staircase on its side.

Top: Books are displayed more trad­ itionally in the forum, where 14-foot-high stacks are lit by LED strips. Bottom: Visitors enter the store through glass doors framed in stainless steel etched with inspirational phrases in Chinese, Korean, and English.

Opposite top: The “balustrade” consists of powder-coated rails anchored by iron “balusters.” Opposite bottom: The spiral incorporates the bookstore’s café, with leather-upholstered club chairs, stools, and a powder-coated high table, all custom.

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Korean, and English. But even before coming in, the project’s main intervention is clearly visible: a massive spiral staircase that is actually a bookshelf lying on its side dominating the store’s central area. Like a sci-fi serpent snaking toward the reading, events, and children’s rooms beyond, it’s formed by two red metallic ribbons sandwiching LED-lit slots for books, complete with stairwaylike balusters and handrails.

As the 122-foot-long structure corkscrews, its shelves twist and turn to surround visitors with books from all directions. The shelves within easy reach are filled with real books, approximately 5,000 of them, that can be pulled out, browsed, and purchased. The spines that appear upside down are images printed on peelThe color of the back of the spiral was chosen because it’s the one with the longest wavelength in the visible spectrum of light, amplified even further by its reflection cast in the floor of mirror-polished terrazzo.

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“The spiral bookshelf is a metaphor for the rapid development of Shenzhen and the accumulation of literature through time”

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and-stick paper. “The spiral’s cut-out looks like a clock dial, alluding to the ladder of history that has been built over time while also conveying the sense that its progress has been pushed rapidly,” Li says. “And just as we used the spiral bookshelf as a metaphor for the rapid development of Shenzhen and the flow of time, it also represents the accumulation of literature through time.” The spiral also serves another function: containing the shop’s café portion, where stools line a bar-height table finished in a glossy black powder-coat and club chairs are upholstered in matching inky leather. More black, in the form of terrazzo flooring with a reflective finish, acts as a mirror to exaggerate the mind-tripping effects of the spiral. To anchor the otherworldly environs, the shared wall between the main area and the three other spaces contains traditional full-height stacks, also lit by LEDs. The other rooms, all together called the forum, are accessible via a wide corridor off the main area. Featuring multiple levels with a central pit, the forum can be used for readings and book signings as the steps double as seating and is surrounded by more floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. Like the store’s main area, the ceiling here is mirrored so that it appears to stretch the shelves infinitely upward. Different, however, is the forum’s art deco motifs, specifically the floor lamps around the pit and the myriad pendant fixtures overhead.

The adjoining children’s area, awash in “happy, dreamy pastels,” Li notes, continues the art deco theme via graphics and integrates reading nooks into a Ferris wheel–shape wall treatment. Soft furnishings include a cushioned train that doubles as a reading table for budding bookworms. “We tend to use richer colors in children’s spaces and incorporate urban cultural elements into the bookcase design to create a fun area for kids to read in,” Li says.

She admits that brick-andmortar bookstores are challenged by the prevalent online shopping culture yet acknowledges that the Chinese government is still encouraging their development. It has led to Zhongshuge’s strategy of selling more than books. “This project presents a different way for consumers to experience a bookstore,” Li states.

“I hope visitors can take away thoughts on what a bookstore can be for them going forward.

Of course, it would be great if they buy a book or two to take away as well.”

Top: The ceiling is equally reflective, its custom pendant fixtures arran­ ged in a cross formation above the forum’s reading pit. Bottom: Trad­ itional stacks also surround the spiral.

Opposite top: Custom floor lamps flank the reading pit, which has stepped seating for visitors during events. Opposite bottom: A pastel palette and an amusement-park theme define the children’s area, where a Ferris wheel emblazons a wall and flooring is PVC.

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landscape forms Mountains and sea, cacti and palms—all influenced the Paradero Todos Santos resort in Baja California Sur, Mexico, by Rubén Valdez, Yashar Yektajo Architects, and B-Huber

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Louis Kahn meets the casbah. Architecturally, that’s the vibe at Paradero Todos Santos, a new 35-room resort property north of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico: solemn concrete volumes enclosing a 5-acre desert oasis nestled between the rugged Sierra de la Laguna Mountains and the pristine Pacific-coast beach of Las Palmas. With 200-year-old Cardon cacti, thousands of palm trees, and farmland as far as the eye can see, UNESCO has designated the village of Todos Santos a biosphere reserve, one of only two such sites in Baja California Sur. “We were looking to create a different relationship with nature than at a typical hotel,” begins architect Rubén Valdez, who partnered with local firm Yashar Yektajo Architects on the competition-winning proposal for the project, “to express luxury not necessarily as a material idea, but as an experience.” A pair of two-story wings, containing a single flank of guest rooms separated by curving staircases open to the sky, frame a courtyard garden. There, low concrete pavilions housing an open-air restaurant and the Ojo de Agua Spa are tucked among the towering palms and lowslung desert grasses and cacti.

This rethinking of luxury synchs with the ethos of Paradero Hotels, a fledgling Mexico City–based hospitality company focused on creating community-minded and adventure-centric inns. At the Todos Santos property, Paradero’s first, experiences include surfing, hiking, mountain biking, farming and gardening talks, visits to local artists’ studios, and taco-tasting tours.

Valdez and Yashar Yektajo drew inspiration from the cloisters that Jesuit missionaries from Spain established throughout Baja California in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Occupants set up farms in the courtyards of these remote compounds to protect themselves and their crops from animals. For Paradero Todos Santos, the architects turned this historic precedent inside-out, with guest rooms turning their backs to the courtyard gardens toward broad vistas of the rugged landscape. “The Spanish created this typology to protect themselves from nature, but we did the opposite, completely opening to the landscape,” notes Valdez, who splits his time between his studio in

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Previous spread: At Paradero Todos Santos, a new 35-room resort and spa in Baja California Sur, Mexico, by Rubén Valdez, Yashar Yektajo Architects, and interior design studio B-Huber, a half-moon pool deck of poured-in-place concrete embraces the surrounding landscape. Opposite top, from left: A daybed nook in a guest room overlooks the Sierra de la Laguna Mountain range. Hammocklike nets in upper-level rooms afford views of 200-year-old Cardon cacti and nighttime stargazing. Opposite bottom: Sculptural rocks and boulders found on-site have been incorporated into the decor of the public spaces.

Top: The guest-room volumes wrap around a xeriscape garden by Polen, a women-led landscape architecture firm based in Mexico City.

Bottom: The open-air lounge features custom leather armchairs based on mid-century Mexican designs and hammered copper cocktail tables reminiscent of a handcrafts style from Mexico’s Santa Clara del Cobre Michoacán.

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Lausanne, Switzerland, and projects around Mexico. “We minimized the building footprint and maximized the gardens,” Yektajo explains. “It’s a compact framework but it feels quite generous.”

Collaborating with Valdez and Yektajo was designer Bibiana Huber, a former classmate of Valdez’s at the Tecnológico de Monterrey and CEO and creative director of Guadalajara-based studio B-Huber. In the project’s early days, the three worked together to figure out the tonality of the poured-in-place concrete that dominates the architecture of Paradero. “We thought it was important that the buildings feel like they emerged from the earth,” Huber states. Adding to the effect are spaces like Ojo de Agua’s garden pavilions, where floors are simply compacted earth—no concrete or tile of any kind. The approach complements the spa’s focus on ancient Mexican healing traditions, such as sound healing and Temazcal ceremonies, and amenities like hot and cold plunge pools.

Not only does the hotel feel firmly rooted in the landscape; being there makes guests feel like they are always outdoors, in nature. The public spaces, including the restaurant, lounge, and spa, are all open to the elements.

“The only properly indoor spaces are the guest rooms,” Valdez says. Even then, visitors must exit their sleeping quarters, through a terrace, to reach the bathroom. It’s a detail the design team concedes is not for everyone,

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“For us, luxury is about being immersed in nature, being totally connected with the stars” Opposite: Curving concrete volumes define the courtyard side of the guest-room wings.

This page: Restrooms serving the restaurant and pool area feature a poured-concrete sink and a custom metal-framed mirror.

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though it has its charms. “It pushes you to experience the landscape,” Yektajo suggests. “It’s special in that you don’t see boundaries between inside and outside,” Huber adds. “For us, luxury is not about shiny materials. It’s about being immersed in nature, being totally connected with the stars.”

Her subtle, textured furnishings balance Valdez and Yektajo’s admittedly rustic architecture. “After a day full of ex­ periences off-site, you want to come home to a comfortable place,” Huber says. “Paradero is totally loose—comfortable and chic in a feet-in-the-sand kind of way.” Her firm designed nearly all the hotel’s furniture, textiles, and lamps. Most was handcrafted in Mexico, including woven throws and duvets from Oaxaca, palm rugs and rattan lamps from Jalisco, and lamps from a town near Guadalajara. Their chromatic tones draw from the subtle palette of the surrounding landscape. “Everything is neutral, but with touches of color that echo the greens of the vegetation, the grays of the earth, the colors of the stones and mountains,” Huber continues. “It blends together all the senses.”

Social interaction is highly encouraged at Paradero Todos Santos, as evidenced by elements like the restaurant’s communal dining tables and an abundance of ottomans and loungers at poolside that are meant to be easily rearranged for daytime sunning or nighttime cocktails under the abundant stars. “The experience invites visitors to interact as a community. It feels like a village,” Huber says. “The architecture of the rooms and pavilions surround and embrace the center, which is where the magic happens.” “A lot of resorts are interchangeable,” concludes Valdez. “But this one wouldn’t make sense anywhere else.” The familial environment is as much a spirit of the place as the striking Baja California landscape.

PROJECT TEAM ROSSANA FERNANDEZ; OMAR GODINEZ ; ALDO ORTÍZ; MARTHA FERNANDEZ: B-HUBER. POLEN: LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.

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Opposite top, from left: In a guest bathroom, a wood-lattice screen offers privacy while creating the feeling of an outdoor shower. A custom communal table that encourages interaction among guests outfits the resort’s restaurant. Opposite bottom: Ground-level rooms feature terraces between their sleeping quarters and bathrooms.

Top: Guest-room furnishings are textured and minimal, including pendant fixtures made in Mexico of woven wicker and rosa morada wood. Bottom: The pool deck’s custom loungers were designed for portability.

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the year in color

The 2021 struggles with the pandemic, supply chain, political discord, and climate did not stop the creative community from generating prolific beauty

text: wilson barlow and annie block

RICHARD MOSSE The 6-by-8-foot Platon, a 2012 image of land in the Democratic Republic of Congo fought over by indigenous Congolese tribes and rebel militias shot with Kodak Aerochrome film, was part of “Displaced,” at Fondazione MAST in Bologna, Italy. Photography: courtesy of Richard Mosse and Collection Jack Shainman.

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ATELIER ARCHI@MOSPHERE For Uncommon Store, an unmanned boutique in Seoul, South Korea, selling food, drinks, and skin-care products displayed along a 50-foot-long wall of acrylic and stainless-steel shelves, customers scan a QR code to enter, and 50 ceiling-mounted cameras apply face-recognition software to access their digital payment. Photography: Yongjoon Choi.

ESRAWE STUDIO and SUPERFLEX Some 30,000 matte-glazed ceramic tiles clad the exterior of Arca Wynwood Design Center, an architectural materials showroom and arts space blocks from Miami’s Design District, the palette based on the denominations of pesos from Mexico, where parent company Grupo Arca is based. Photography: César Béjar.

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THADDEUS MOSLEY The nonagenarian debuted five wood sculptures, made from felled trees, sawmill cut­offs, and reclaimed building materials, for “Thaddeus Mosley: Forest,” on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art through March 27. Photography: courtesy of Thaddeus Mosley and Karma, New York.

LABORATORY FOR VISIONARY ARCHITECTURE The natural forms of trees inspired the plywood ribbing around columns at Eco Kindi, a kindergarten school in Vinh, Vietnam. Photography: Hiroyuki Oki. FEB.22

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KANVA with Neuf Architect(e)s Occupying the former velodrome built for the 1976 Olympic Games, the Montreal Biodome science museum retains its architectural heritage with the insertion of a biophilic skin made from Batyline and Precontraint and freestanding elements and is capped with massive skylight panels.

Photography: James Brittain.

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ANASTASIA KOMAR Model Arielle Simone wears the Spanish leather Houndstooth bag, its 3-D reinterpretation of the traditional Scottish check meant to play with perception, by the founder of the environmental-, furniture-, and accessories-design firm Forms; Komar’s art practice Mooqko conceived the shoot’s set design. Photography: Turkina Faso.

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HARRY NURIEV Early in the pandemic, the Crosby Studios founder virtually launched a home-goods collection, which includes fleece loungewear and the Blue Hand Pillow, then opened the bricks-and-mortar Crosby Studios Store in Moscow, where he lives part-time. Photography: Mikhail Loskutov.

OT/TRA and ZIMMERMAN WORKSHOP In the entryway to its office, showroom, and shop in Red Hook, Brooklyn, the joint furniture-production and architecture studio designed, fabricated, and built on-site an elliptical solid-wood staircase. Photography: John Muggenborg.

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BIG–BJARKE INGELS GROUP A double-helix pattern of 146 steps made from weathering steel ascends to the top of the 82-foot Marsk Tower in Denmark’s Wadden Sea National Park.

Photography: Rasmus Hjortshøj/courtesy of BIG–Bjarke Ingels Group.

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TOWODESIGN A light show plays on the walls of a glass box in the first room of “Cave Dwelling Shall Predict the Future,” a multiyear exhibition promoting passive housing at a Gaoxin Real Estate sales office in Xi’an, China. Photography: Shao Feng.

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SNØHETTA and STONEHILL TAYLOR The Graduate Roosevelt Island hotel is part of the Cornell Tech campus and reflects its unique location with a witty blend of old school and New Age that begins with a booklined lobby centered on a 12-foot-tall FlyBoy sculpture by Hebru Brantley. Photography: Steve Freihorn.

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HWKN ARCHITECTURE “Shape Tomorrow: Towards a Future-Oriented Built Environment” was an interactive exhibition at the Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin featuring nine 16-foot-high towers symbolizing the diverse programmatic approaches of the firm’s projects, which prioritize people and their social interactions, accompanied by toy figures that visitors were invited to move throughout the installation. Photography: Marco van Oel.

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MAXIMILIAN PELZMANN Pavilion, an 11-foot-tall sculpture in mixed materials, stands on the concrete-paved amenity deck at VYV, a two-tower residential complex in Jersey City, New Jersey, by Arrowstreet, Perkins Eastman, and Studios Architecture. Photography: Eric Laignel.

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STUDIO THIER&VANDAALEN Irregular lumps of polyethylene plastics culled from factory overproduction get saw-cut or CNC-milled and transformed into Plastic Mine, a series of one-of-kind shelves. Photography: courtesy of Studio Thier&vanDaalen.

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JILL ANHOLT STUDIO Sea Change, an interactive LED installation of mirrorpolished stainless steel in a North Vancouver, BC, bus transit tunnel, was the CODAaward winner in the transportation category. Photography: Nic Lehoux.

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b o o k s edited by Stanley Abercrombie Jens Risom: A Place at the Table

Frank Gehry: The Masterpieces

by Vicky Lowry New York: Phaidon, $125 264 pages, 310 illustrations (150 color)

by Jean-Louis Cohen Paris: Cahiers d’Art/Flammarion, distributed in the U.S. by Rizzoli International Publications, $85 384 pages, 480 color illustrations

It came as a surprise to read that this is “the first and only” book about Danish-American furniture designer Jens Risom, for he was one of the first and one of the most prominent figures to infuse this country’s modern design with the flavor of his native Scandinavia.

For his stateside debut, Risom designed 15 of the 23 pieces of furniture shown in the first catalog published by Hans Knoll. The year was 1942 when, because it was wartime, designers were limited to regulated materials. One chosen by Risom for his seating was webbing made from rejected parachutes, which was not only comfortable, lightweight, and easily replaced but also new. The webbed chairs, the book points out, are still produced by Knoll. In 1946, the war over, Risom opened his own showroom on New York’s Fifth Avenue, where he applied his vocabulary to the design of textiles as well as furniture. Branches soon followed in other American cities along with outposts in Toronto, Melbourne, Australia, and his hometown, Copenhagen. Risom designs appeared in maga­zines and were found in homes, restaurants, hotels, and businesses, including more than 100 banks, the executive offices of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Seagram Building, the pages of Playboy, and, during the Johnson administration, in the Oval Office of the White House. He is also represented in the collections of the Cooper-Hewitt, the Vitra Design Museum, and the MoMA. In 1970 Risom sold his manufacturing facilities to concentrate on designing new seating, cabinetry, and textiles, which would occupy him until his death in 2016 at the age of 100. This very welcome book is thorough, generously illustrated, and long overdue.

Few surveys of the work of designers and architects would have the nerve to show dozens of projects and refer to all of them as “master­ pieces.” But in the case of Interior Design Hall of Fame member and Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Frank Gehry, we find that quite acceptable. Here are some of his most familiar ones: his own house, 1978, and the Chiat/Day offices, 1991, in Los Angeles; the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, 1997; the Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A., 2003; the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, 2014; a new house for Gehry and his wife in Santa Monica, 2018 (designed in collaboration with his son Sam); and the Luma Foundation in Arles, France, 2021.

Added to these are 32 more in a total of 10 countries.

These buildings and their interiors are displayed in fine color photographs by Peter Aaron, Tim Street-Porter, and many others. The introduction and texts for the buildings are by JeanLouis Cohen, a New York University professor of architecture history and the author of 40 books, including the recently published first volume of the catalogue raisonné of Gehry’s drawings. Most interesting and informative of all, how­ ever, are the remarks by Gehry himself for each of the designs: their goals and intentions, their problems and oppor­ tunities, and (in his own opinion) their degrees of success.

Anne Gibson National practice leader at Nelson

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Caste: The Origins of “The most recent book to really stick with me was Caste. I’m Our Discontents a big podcast listener, and I heard the author interviewed by

by Isabel Wilkerson Preet Bharara. I immediately ran out and bought it. After New York: Penguin reading it, I ended up buying a bunch of copies for friends and Random House, $32 coworkers. Isabel Wilkerson does an incredible job of telling 496 pages the story of how American racism is connected, either directly or indirectly, with the caste systems of India and Nazi Germany.

Her research is incredible, and her writing ties these seemingly disparate threads together in an accessible and fascinating way. The book made me think much harder about how many implicit decisions and assumptions I make throughout the design process. Wilkerson compares America to an old house, and notes ‘With an old house, the work is never done, and you don’t expect it to be.’”

BOTTOM LEFT: COURTESY OF NELSON

What They’re Reading...

c o n ta c t s PHOTOGRAPHERS IN FEATURES Laura Fantacuzzi and Maxime Galati-Fourcade (“Divine Intervention,” page 122), Living Inside, livinginside.it/cortiliphoto.com.

Shao Feng (“Spiral Bound,” page 138), SFAP, sfap.com.cn.

Nathalie Krag (“Landscape Forms,” page 146), Living Inside, livinginside.it.

Eric Laignel Photography (“Prow Factor,” page 130), ericlaignel.com.

DESIGNER IN WALKTHROUGH Wutopia Lab (“Standing Tall,” page 41), wutopialab.com.

PHOTOGRAPHER IN WALKTHROUGH CreatAR Images (“Standing Tall,” page 41), creatarimages.com.

LAURA FANTACUZZI AND MAXIME GALATI-FOURCADE/LIVING INSIDE

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A former freelance photographer and journalist, 52-year-old British environmental artist Steve Messam has devoted the last two decades to creating temporary site-specific installations—bold, colorful, and thoughtful works (usually “bigger than a house,” as he puts it) that interact with their surroundings, both natural and manmade. Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Park—an 800-acre National Trust and UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern England comprising the ruins of a medieval monastery in an 18th-century landscaped park—was the setting for “These Passing Things,” an exhibition of three related Messam works—Drifted, Bridged (see Centerfold, page 117), and Spiked—that ran last summer and fall.

For the latter, the artist appropriated a Georgian garden folly, the Temple of Piety, filling its classical portico with an inflated textile form with pointed spines that protruded dramatically through the columns. Consulting old plans and elevations of the temple, Messam used CAD to create life-size paper patterns for the work’s machine-sewed nylon pieces, in a striking sunshine yellow. He worked closely with the trust’s conservation team to adjust the original spiky starburst design so the installation wouldn’t harm the landmarked structure, especially its plaster ceiling moldings. And he inflated the water- and fire-proofed sculpture with a single quiet ventilation fan so as not to disturb the calm of the gardens during the exhibition, which was postponed more than a year due to the pandemic. “That did give us a lot longer to fabricate the piece,” Messam concedes, “which is always nice.”

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