Innholdsfortegnelse for February 2020 i Architectural Digest

“Simplicity in architecture, with a modicum of grace, turns out to be quite difficult. My humble idea of desert living just kept ballooning.”—Douglas Friedman Douglas Friedman’s name is certainly familiar to any close reader of AD: He is a noted photographer who regularly (and cheerfully!) hops planes, trains, and automobiles to “get the shot” of extraordinary and far-flung homes for our pages. Being a nomad is something of an occupational hazard, but when Friedman discovered the tiny, dusty West Texas town of Marfa nine years ago, he fell hard. “I have to take two flights and then drive three hours to get there, but the journey culminates at the end of a dirt road, with no visible neighbors and endless views of this incredibly beautiful, soulful terrain,” says a smitten…

You might be surprised to learn that there is no gym at the new Aman Kyoto, now the world’s most buzzed-about wellness destination. There’s no need for one—thoughts of tread-mills and free weights couldn’t be further from guests’ minds. Those lucky enough to visit the hotel’s 26 rooms and suites will instead find themselves drawn to the spectacular landscape: an 80-acre tableau of indigenous plants and ancient rocks, with lovingly revived gardens that date to the late Edo period. Who needs kettlebells when the leaves of 20,000 Japanese maples are turning? Rejuvenation (mental, physical, spiritual) comes in the form of walks along moss-covered paths, in the shadow of towering sugi trees, or hikes up monumental stone steps to a secret clearing where the hotel offers yoga and guided meditation. But…

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“A month ago this was all dirt,” says real estate developer Michael Shvo, standing in the Raleigh’s new gardens, just off Collins Avenue in Miami Beach. That’s hard to believe given the more than 150 species of flora, many of them native to Florida, that now form a lush tableau. But Shvo (who recently bought the iconic hotel, currently closed for renovations) transformed the grounds in a matter of weeks, enlisting the help of AD100 maestro Peter Marino and landscape architect Raymond Jungles. “We create gardens that look like they’ve always existed,” says the aptly named Jungles. His foliage currently serves as a backdrop to 32 sculptures by the late French couple Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, which were unveiled on the eve of Art Basel Miami Beach, late this past…

Villa E.1027, the modernist Côte d’Azur retreat that Eileen Gray created for herself and Jean Badovici, both architects—she renowned, he not so much—in the late 1920s, looks like a houseboat ready to set sail. A big nautical map hung in the lovers’ bedroom (it “gives rise to reverie,” the Irishwoman mused). On the first-floor terrace a low lounge evoked the easy-breezy deck chairs of an ocean liner, an effortless pairing of comfort (a sling of black canvas; an adjustable headrest) and class (a sleek sycamore frame). Called the Transatlantique (later truncated to Transat), said armchair, originally created in 1922, emerged as a Gray icon when E.1027 was published in Badovici’s L’Architecture Vivante in 1929. The young maharaja of Indore commissioned one for his palace bedroom in 1930 (it sold at…

“This area has a long history of producing glass,” the artist says of Småland, the Swedish province where she keeps her studio and hot shop. In the 18th century, timber from dense local forests fueled the furnaces that yielded assorted treasures for the royal family. Today, the region’s main manufacturers, Kosta Boda and Orrefors, produce affordable tableware alongside car parts for Volvo. It’s this multifaceted history that has inspired Hansdotter’s work, which, she notes, hovers “between craft and mass production.” After training in the region, dubbed the Kingdom of Crystal, she headed to art school, where she experimented with blowing molten glass into industrial iron frameworks. These ad hoc molds would imprint patterned, almost alien surfaces onto her vessels, as the glass bulged and oozed through openings in the grates.…

It’s still kind of thrilling,” designer Suzanne Rheinstein observes of a favored interior: the London drawing room of best-dressed hostess and amateur historian Evangeline Bruce, featured in AD in March 1991. Decorated about two decades earlier by John Fowler, a partner in the blue-chip British firm of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler, it had a Francophile air and understandably so. Bruce’s late husband, David, had been U.S. ambassador to Paris (among other spots); her favorite year was 1795, a tumultuous period when the Bourbon monarchy collapsed; and Fowler was mad about Marie Antoinette. “The hand-painted silk cushions, the Louis XVI furniture, the palette of melons, lemons, corals, and blues. That lightheartedness made a big impression on me,” the Los Angeles–based Rheinstein says of the Bruces’ confectionary digs in Albany, London’s…

We wanted a lantern on the street,” Frank Gehry says of the new Seoul flagship he designed for Louis Vuitton. “Something open and inviting.” Perched atop the tony Cheongdam-dong ward in the Gangnam shopping district, with the Bukhansan mountains as a backdrop, the five-story beacon of light is the first retail space that the Pritzker Prize winner has completed since the early days of his career—and his first for the French luxury brand. Of course, the two are familiar friends following their collaboration on the Fondation Louis Vuitton, unveiled in Paris in 2014. With curved glass panels that stretch up toward the sky like sails, the Seoul boutique is both an evolution of the Paris building and a reflection of the architect’s deep appreciation for Asian culture. Gehry, who has…

Items pictured but not listed here are not sourceable. Items similar to vintage and antique pieces shown are often available from the dealers listed. (T) means the item is available only to the trade. OVER THE RAINBOW PAGES 34–47: Interiors by Reath Design; reathdesign.com. Landscape design by Terremoto; terremoto.la. Consulting architecture by Yano Architecture; yano-arc.com. PAGES 34–35: On cocktail table, fabric from Diamond Foam & Fabric; diamondfoamandfabric.com. On Modern sofa by Nickey Kehoe; nickeykehoe.com, Iceflower cotton velvet, in emerald, by Klaus Haapaniemi & Co.; klaush.com. Custom chaise by Reath Design; reathdesign.com. Viggo Boesen Teddy chair from Sika Design; sika-design.com. Custom wool carpet by Stark (T); starkcarpet.com. Hans-Agne Jakobsson sconce from Lumfardo; lumfardo.com. On table, Kona vase by Elyse Graham; elysegraham.com. Pop pendant by Rothschild & Bickers; rothschildbickers.com. Enoki side table by…