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FOR THE SILVER ANNIVERSARY OF THE GOLD KEY AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN Hospitality Design--presented by the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show--a jury composed of interior designer Karen Daroff, architect David […]

FOR THE ANNUAL GOLD KEY AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN HOSPITALITY DESIGN, presented by the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show, designers and architects Clodagh, Peter Gorman, Deborah Lloyd Forrest, D.B. Kim, […]

Maison Rouge aspires neither to the regal grandeur of the Musee du Louvre nor to the iconoclastic modernism of the Centre Pompidou. Instead, the upstart Parisian foundation promotes a unique […]

NOBU FIFTY SEVEN'S THE FOURTH restaurant that the Rockwell Group has completed for Japanese chef-owner Nobu Matsuhisa: The firm designed the original Nobu, in New York's TriBeCa, in 1994 and […]

BATHROOMS ARE USUALLY THE MOST private part of a residence, tucked away from the limelight--and the natural light. Not so in the case of this family's New York loft by […]

IN A PART OF SOUTH FLORIDA more associated with Lilly Pulitzer than Roberto Cavalli, Guillermo Gomez Architect is amping up the nightlife scene. The firm had already designed a West […]

TAKING A CHILD TO THE DENtist can be as easy as, well, pulling teeth. Offices that are appearing and calming make the experience less painful for drill-shy kids--and their parents, […]

CARVING UP A TOWN HOUSE 15 OFTEN an ad hoc, slapdash process Putting one together again requires more finesse. However, 62 principals Gunnar Burklund and Carl Sprott started with a […]

BETWEEN CRANKY CO-OP BOARDS, complaining neighbors, and the dust and grime of construction renovating a New York apartment is not exactly a walk in the park. Or a trip to […]

Text: Sheila Kim-Jamet and Elena Kornbluth Boutique or bigger, hotels are getting more hospitable Satoshi Seki Architectural Avant-Garde Project Screen, Kyoto, Japan. Standout Led by one firm handling the public […]

Sheila Kim-Jamet While 2008 may have been a less-than-banner year for many businesses, health-care design still provided a good source of revenue, what with technology advancing, boomers aging, and facilities […]

by Judith Davidsen and Sheila Kim-Jamet We know the prescription for weathering a bear market: a diversified investment portfolio. Have some of the big design firms anticipated the current economic […]

by Laura Girmscheid, Wing Leung, and Sheila Kim-Jamet We're noticing a trend: Of the 40 firms that compose our list of Interior Design Giants that find benefit in the health-care […]

by Karen D. Singh, Alexia Brue, and Sheila Kim-Jamet Da Vinci Mode Karen D. Singh, Alexia Brue, Sheila Kim-Jamet With its smart, fastener-free architectural design and punchy palette, Leonardo by […]

Edited by Karen D. Singh and Sheila Kim-Jamet Step On It Kick away the typical orthopedic footrest--and go for a ride with the Webble. Following up on research detailing the […]

by Karen D. Singh, Mark McMenamin, Sheila Kim-Jamet, and Edie Cohen Now, Baby, Behave Karen D. Singh, Mark McMenamin, Sheila Kim-Jamet, Edie Cohen With its mod pattern of contrasting curves, […]

DES MOINES ISN'T PARTICULARLY known as a design hub, but Substance Architecture is changing that perception. The firm's 5,200-square-foot studio, on the second floor of an early 1900's industrial building, […]

GIVING ARTFUL FACE-LIFTS TO HIGH-end retail stores is the specialty of Canadian firm Burdifilek. For the women's footwear and designer-clothing departments at the Brown Thomas flagship in Dublin, creative partner […]

WITH ANNUAL CROWDS OF UP TO 380,000, PLUS 700 MILLION TELEVIsion viewers worldwide, Australia's Melbourne Cup Carnival is a see-and-be-seen bonanza for corporate sponsors. The four-day equestrian event is a […]

IF YOU WANT TO USE THE main bathroom at this house in Omaha, you'll have to ask, "How do I get in?" That was precisely the response that the namesake […]

THE NAME MIGHT NOT RING A bell in the U.S., but in Europe, Belgian-born architect Michel Boucquillon is known as a wunderkind, garnering acclaim in 1988 when, at 28, he […]

A COURTHOUSE, A PUBLIC ART INSTALlation, and a World War II memorial book may seem to be disparate pursuits. But what they share--based on a litmus test of a handful […]

ROUGHLY 1,140 BIRCH PLYWOOD acoustical panels, wrapped in poly-cotton blend fabric, went into Pasanella + Klein Stolzman + Berg Architects' interior design for the Juliet J. Rosch Recital Hall in […]

A REFRIGERATED FROSTY-WHITE DISPLAY case resembling a crepe cake is the centerpiece of Sam Trimble Design's interior for the Lady M Cake Boutique, a 600-square-foot cafe in New York. The […]

AN ATTRACTIVE EXTERIOR matters for many things--a gift box, a fashion model, and, contrary to conventional wisdom, a storage warehouse. For a facility outside New Delhi for Writer Corporation, aesthetics […]

FOR NEARLY A CENTURY, THE ELIZAbeth Arden brand has been defined by red--the color of the door to the cosmetics pioneer's first shop, which opened in New York in 1910. […]

FU-TUNG CHENG CLEARLY COMES from artistic stock. Not only was his mother a colorist at the Walt Disney Studio, but three of his brothers also pursued careers in the arts […]

>From a Tokyo sushi restaurant wrapped in rough-hewn ash to a Chicago showroom as pristine as a white lacquered box, winners of the International Interior Design Association's 31st annual Interior […]

THE INTERNATIONAL INTERIOR DESIGN ASSOCIATION'S 33RD ANNUAL AWARDS take us on a whirlwind tour from the Local to the exotic. Chosen by four judges--Gensler managing director Kenneth Baker, architect S. […]

The Class of 2006 As architecture and design students toss their mortarboards in the air this month, we honor the graduates with an online showcase of their work. Included is […]

Colab Architecture + Urban Design made a play on frames in designing Hub Optix, an eyewear boutique and optician's office in Tualatin, Oregon. The result is a 1,600-square-foot study in […]

Callison Architecture. Pavlik Design Team. FRCH Design Worldwide. These are some of the top 100 Giants that also rank among the top 10 in retail design. Our new list of […]

Andrew Kevelson, founder of modern-furniture importer Baxter & Liebchen, takes us from his company's humble beginnings in Brooklyn, New York to recent years of success setting pieces by Arne Norell, […]

In "Kick Up Your Heels" [page 80], Ling takes us through his Wynn Las Vegas retail project Shoe In. He talks online about his three other shops for the resort. […]

Looking for additional Lighting options? Online, we share picks such as Sen-Kotsu's floor Lamp--artfully constructed from bamboo fan ribs. [ILLUSTRATION […]

Antiques shops tend to cluster in New York. (East 60th and Duane Streets come to mind.) Still, when the snow is fatting and the wind is howling, that's not quite […]

As art galleries continue to jump on the design bandwagon, New York's Lehmann Maupin is collaborating with Demisch Danant to present "Maria Pergay: New Work" at both venues. The 15 […]

Apology time! The 2005 Future Furniture contest coverage in our October issue omitted Barrett Studios, which won for a series of cleverly punning benches named We've. Inspired by the way […]

With a slew of events and resources--plus all that product--the two-day-tong NeoCon West trade show at the LA. Mart kicks off L.A. Designweek. The stellar lineup of keynote speakers at […]

From architecture to furniture, household items, and office equipment, this design legend has done it all, winning two Compasso d'Oro awards to prove it. Still, despite international fame, his work […]

At age 10, Palm Beach! America's International Fine Art & Antique Fair is getting hip. Talents such as Interior Design Hall of Famer Bruce Bierman are contributing vignettes based on […]

San Francisco's Oberlin Dance Collective will soon kick up its heels at the ODC Dance Commons. Designed by John Maitland, formerly of Architecture & Light, the new structure incorporates two […]

The U.S. Art Critics Association named "Josef and Anni Albers: Designs for Living" at New York's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, as the best architecture or design show of the 2004-2005 […]

The California Academy of Sciences has chosen Maya Lin to create the public art for the organization's new facility in Golden Gate Park. And she has plenty of time to […]

After years of controversy, the Rockwell Group has unveiled plans to make interiors of Eero Saarinen's TWA Terminal the gateway to JetBlue Airways's home at John F. Kennedy International Airport, […]

Fentress Bradburn Architects has won the commission to design the Army Heritage Center Foundation's visitor and education center. The 57,000-square-foot building in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, will house a gallery in addition […]

"On Site: New Architecture in Spain" reveals the explosion in creativity that has taken place since Frank Gehry's undulating Guggenheim Museum Bilbao put the country on the contemporary map in […]

With clothing designers describing their work as "architectural" and architects borrowing from the pages of Vogue, it's no wonder that the New York AIA's Center for Architecture has organized "The […]

Having grown from a few hundred works, housed in the art department, to a collection of 17,000, requiring two separate buildings, the University of Texas at Austin's museum has officially […]

Residences for actor Ewan McGregor and artist Chris Ofili first attracted British attention to architect David Adjaye. Now, London's Whitechapel Art Gallery sheds light on another facet of his work […]