JULY 2022
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CONTENTS JULY 2022
VOLUME 93 NUMBER 8
ON THE COVER In the Czech Republic, the new Nový Hrozenkov Primary School Sports Hall by Consequence Forma features a Luna Rossa rock-climbing wall that rises approximately 35 feet to a James Turrell–like skylight. Photography: BoysPlayNice.
features 64 THE GREAT WALL by Dan Howarth
90 DYNAMIC DUETTI by Rebecca Thienes
This version is glass, belongs to the Banyan Tree Nanjing Garden Expo in China by Cheng Chung Design, and overlooks a quarry that informs the hotel’s interiors. 98 74 DIVING INTO NEW TERRITORY by Pilar Viladas
These talented pairs debuted striking furnishings and installations during Milan Design Week.
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FEATS OF CLAY by Michael Lassell
For the Ace Hotel Sydney, Flack Studio draws inventively on the neighborhood’s colorful past as a center of ceramics production.
Antares Barcelona, a luxe, wellness-focused project in Spain, is Studio Odile Decq’s first residential tower. 106 NATURAL RESOURCES by Peter Webster 82 TROPICAL MODERN by Michael Snyder FERNANDO GUERRA/FG + SG FOTOGRAFIA DE ARQUITECTURA
São Paulo’s inimitable urban style—hot chaos tempered with cool glamour—finds full expression in an apartment renovated with sustainability-certified indigenous wood by Pascali Semerdjian Architects.
As this globe-spanning quartet of office and athletic facilities attests, modern health-oriented projects privilege connection to the great outdoors.
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CONTENTS JULY 2022
VOLUME 93 NUMBER 8
walkthrough 31 GREEN PARTY by Wilson Barlow
healthcare giants 35 BACK TO BUSINESS by Mike Zimmerman
departments 15 HEADLINERS 19 DESIGNWIRE by Annie Block 26 PINUPS by Annie Block 45 MARKET by Rebecca Thienes, Wilson Barlow, Edie Cohen, Georgina McWhirter, and Nicholas Tamarin 59 CENTERFOLD Change Is Constant by Athena Waligore
Field Conforming Studio employs weathering steel for a sculptural memorial to home, life, and loss in central China. 116 BOOKS by Stanley Abercrombie 117 CONTACTS 119 INTERVENTION by Wilson Barlow
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New Directions. Always Iconic. BROOKLYN 10-LIGHT PENDANT WITH SHADES IN MODERN BRASS & WHITE
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it’s a feel-good thing
Design friends and fans: Here, at long last, I present you our issue dedicated to design at its best—doing its best. To our attentive reader, that spells one thing and one thing only (and you would be right): It’s all Health and Wellness, in all its healthy splendor! While we always set our editorial calendar well in advance, project timing and extraordinary events ultimately dictate our press runs; it’s the nature of the beast. For July, however, we kept our plans and famously and effortlessly wound this entire issue around the research and detailed re port from Interior Design’s top 40 Healthcare Giants. Together with our other healthy—and awesome, I might add— features and product stories, the issue weaves a rich tapestry that’s an ever so accurate and mature portrait of this category today. No longer corralled within the boundaries of medical venues, health and wellness has assertively taken center stage in all design genres—be it healthcare, workplace, residential, hospitality, and even retail (did you ever think we’d be showing cannabis dispensaries, as we do in this issue’s Walk-through?). I mean, you name the business or affair, and it’s firmly anchored to all aspects of the practice. Just inside, you’ll see how. We get spiritual at the Banyan Tree Nanjing Garden Expo, a luxury hotel in China so glorious and awe-inspiring (take in that 33-foot-high glass curtain wall overlooking what was once an abandoned quarry mountain) you might think you’ve touched heaven. That plus the local hot springs are soothing features of the spa’s geothermal zone. We get physical with a global project roundup that takes us gliding across the ice (in Canada) and scaling new heights (in the Czech Republic). And a wellnessfocused residential tower in Spain that includes a gym, spa, sauna, and massage rooms makes you go aaaaahhh. This issue not only brings you the facts, figures, and new product inspiration for your next health and wellness project but also provides an emotional lift. I’m feeling good just turning the pages. . .you should, too! xoxo
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