Architectural Digest at 100: A Century of Style

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And the journeys are diverse: These richly illustrated tomes (all new this spring) will take you inside literature’s greatest houses, instruct you on the intricacies of flower arranging, allow you to eavesdrop on one of Modernism’s great fallings-out, and so much more. Brimming with stunning images and rich international inspirations, this unparalleled compendium of global interiors is a must for every library of interior design.

In December 2019, West Coast editor Mayer Rus traveled to artist Urs Fischer’s personal Arcadia, located in East L. Since 1920, Architectural Digest has celebrated design talents, innovative homes, and products--providing endless decoration, lifestyle, and travel inspiration. And, indeed, no matter the scale, the work on display in these pages strikes a perfect balance between pragmatism and humanity. The islands are topped with emerald quartzite, the flooring is by Hermosa Terrazzo, and the custom brass hardware is by Pasupatina. Jeanne Gang, the firm’s founder, sums up the studio’s ethos as “actional idealism” in the volume’s introduction.Bright by definition, this rooftop kitchen within an 18th-century Morocco property serves an outdoor entertaining pavilion. That glossy finish pairs nicely with the kitchen’s sleekly white cabinetry, as well as its shiny wooden floors.

His remodeling of Pickfair, the storied house that belonged to Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, made no fewer than six appearances in AD over several decades.

In Crossing Cultures, Fu takes readers inside 18 of his most recent projects while sharing the hand-drawn sketches, mood boards, and influences behind each—no plane ticket required. Postmodern architecture emerged in the 1970s and ’80s as a backlash to the slick International Style that had captured much of the world’s attention in the first half of the 20th century. Architectural Digest's editors have delved into the archives and culled years of rich material covering a variety of subjects.

Each project is imbued with relaxed luxury, with details drawn from a melting pot of global influences. Given that self-awareness, it should come as no surprise that just two years later, the couple and their two children opened the door to a different Manhattan townhouse they’d swapped this one for. The resulting tome, which succeeds editor Carl Dellatore’s similarly encyclopedic Interior Design Master Class, is a compendium of thoughtful yet focused teachings that provide a comprehensive guide to gardening, with lessons to be learned whether your skills are long rooted or freshly budding. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast.Plummy purples and rich greens saturate the kitchen of this California home, where abstracted floral cutouts carry the day. If you've ever been curious as to how Picasso went from a largely unknown bohemian painter to the most famous artist of the 20th century, than Unger’s book is a must. Instead, it’s located in Southern California, and is inhabited by none other than actress Anne Hathaway and her husband, Adam Shulman. As an example of that very phenomenon, he pointed to those cabinets, which have Brooklyn-based furniture maker Jonah Zuckerman to thank for their enameled Swiss cheese aesthetic. An August 2012 Architectural Digest article, written by William Norwich and produced by Carlos Mota, visited Kelly at her then-new Palm Beach, Florida, home.