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giants of design: a new view
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ON THE COVER At the collaboration-focused Los Angeles head quarters of online dating app Tinder, top 100 Giants firm Rapt Studio outfitted a ground-floor space with a mirrored ceiling, neon, motion-activated LEDs, and an inviting round bench beckoning selfies with colleagues. Photography: Zach Sorensen.
features 154 ALL THE RIGHT ANGLES by Rebecca Dalzell
Gensler’s expertise in workplace, hospitality, and sustainability transforms the staid street-level program of Chicago’s Willis Tower into a paragon of 21stcentury amenities and efficiency. 162 LIFE AT THE TOP by Cara Greenberg
Meyer Davis brings the signature welcoming luxury of its five-star hotel projects to a sprawling penthouse apartment crowning a notable 57-story tower in New York. 170 PLACE MAKING by Edie Cohen
Cotton Court Hotel not only puts Lubbock, Texas, on the map but also showcases Rottet Studio’s unique ability to fashion a project that’s both globally appealing and locally inspired.
178 SCREEN SHOW by Joseph Giovannini
At Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, architecture titan Skidmore, Owings & Merrill wraps two new-builds for media and performance in a gauzy brise-soleil or billowing curtains. 186 FOLLOW THE LIGHT by Jane Margolies
A bright and airy atrium at the Canadian headquarters of Boston Consulting Group in Toronto is just one measure workplace leader HOK employed to lure staff from remote to on-site. 194 ABSTRACT THINKING by Annie Block
Whether an apartment building in Massachusetts, a Vermont music hall, or a law office in Washington, five top firms infuse their work with the beauty and stimulation of art—and nature.
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special giants section Essays, rankings, charts, trends, products, and projects about, for, and by the top firms in all the main design sectors.
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(giant) brass tacks We always strive to wander off into new spaces, looking for that virgin land of innovation. There’s invariably one more turn to follow, one more push in a new direction. Alas, it’s the lot in life for us creators, right? And make no mistake, always being “on,” imagining the “what ifs,” is a gift and a blessing…most of the time. But for just as many, I fear, when winning the daily bread is the harsh reality at hand, those same “what ifs” can be a nuisance at best and often a true cross to bear. Take our design coverage, for instance. We can reach far and wide, in practically any nook and corner of design and architecture. Stories of all shapes, scales, styles, and flavors are presented to our editorial team for review. For a self-proclaimed design junkie, professional routines and editing choices can be an agonizing visit to an over-stocked candy store. The serious part of it all is keeping to our charter mission—namely, always and exclusively providing our readers a rigorous, updated record of design, a bankable industry here and now. Looking at it that way, my last 21 years would have been a tale of woe if not for our Interior Design Giants…the real and invaluable timepiece of design. They are the true north of our business and the accurate compass by which we’re led. For many decades, we’ve been offering their work, parceled by category, throughout the publishing year. We now recognize, however, that this invaluable research—the data analysis, forecasts, and actuals of all the different segments—would better serve us in a momentous, oversized content package in one very special issue. (Drum roll please.) I’m proud to present our April 2023 issue as the first industry-wide Giants issue…and it is a GIANT! We cleared out all the monthly departments to create booklike chapters to reveal and recognize all the segments: 100 Giants, Rising Giants, Hospitality Giants, Healthcare Giants, and Sustainability Giants! Phew! And each mega-section is chock-a-block full, with the top rankings (who made the list), top projects (from offices to airports), top product (that Giants are specifying!), and top people (and their thought leadership), plus all the charts and graphics we could fit! A huge thanks to our amazing family at ThinkLab…we couldn’t have done it without you! And a huge hug to all our Giants of Design for moving design forward and for always leading the way! xoxo
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