Innholdsfortegnelse for July/August 2021 i Architectural Digest

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The first thing you notice at Bill Caleo and Megan Noetzel LeFauve’s Catskills home is the abundance—and the aroma—of wood. “It’s part of why I love walking into the house,” Noetzel LeFauve says of the white oak used for ceilings, floors, and millwork, all of it unsealed and rubbed with natural oils. “It smells so cozy.” And cozy was the goal. Caleo, cofounder of the Brooklyn Home Company, a boutique real estate–development firm, and Noetzel LeFauve, an interior designer, envisioned the home as a year-round compound for themselves, their children, and their extended families. In addition to the three-bedroom house, the property includes a garage with a bunk room, a guest cottage, a playhouse, a pool, and a pool pavilion. There’s even a pond full of sunfish, shiners, and bass.…

A sense of adventure has long been at the heart of the Rolex mission. In 1926, the then-young company introduced the Oyster, a hermetically sealed timepiece inspired by the sea mollusk’s bivalve shell, which was proved to be the world’s first waterproof wristwatch after Mercedes Gleitze wore it for her 15-hour swim across the English Channel. (History buffs will know her as the first British woman to ever do so.) Throughout the decades that followed, the brand evolved the concept, developing cutting-edge technology from the self-winding Perpetual rotor mechanism of the 1930s to the Datejust, a 1945 invention that displays the date in a window at the three o’clock mark. In 1960, an experimental Oyster wristwatch even made it to the very bottom of the ocean aboard Trieste, the deep-diving…

“It’s the design equivalent of a jaw drop. There’s no mistaking whose house you’re in.”—Cara Delevingne Sweet escape. We all need one right about now, as summer beckons, the COVID funk lifts, and our understandable desire to savor the moment intensifies. Cover star Cara Delevingne has made an art of enjoying herself, and that is exquisitely reflected in her outrageously entertaining new L.A. pleasure dome, which includes a ball pit, a tented poker room, in-ground trampolines, and a (nearly) soundproof bunker party room. “I love games—charades, beer pong, poker, Cards Against Humanity, tug-of-war, whatever feels fun,” says Delevingne, who seems to have a designated space tricked out for each of these activities, plus many others. “When my friends come over, the house turns into an obstacle course. It’s like an…

One finds everything at the Samaritaine!” That was long the slogan for the grand Art Nouveau department store in central Paris. And so you could, until 16 years ago, when its current owner, the French luxury group LVMH, closed it for a total overhaul. After delays—some political, some pandemic-related—the Samaritaine Paris Pont-Neuf is finally reopening as a gleaming two-building luxury emporium that nods to its opulent history as well as its optimistic future. La Samaritaine was founded in the late 19th century by French retailing power couple Ernest Cognacq and Marie-Louise Jaÿ. In the early 1900s, they engaged Belgian architect Frantz Jourdain to expand it into a multi-building bazaar. For Magasin 2, which opened in 1910, Jourdain created a decorative masterpiece, with a grand central staircase, and ironwork balustrades by…

in 2013, David Ren emailed Workstead “for a little bit of decorating help” shortly after the New York–based finance professional had bought into a sunny yet anodyne condo conversion in Chelsea. Having noticed the firm’s projects in various publications, Ren was impressed by Workstead’s ability to create unfussy and evocative spaces in spite of existing buildings’ constraints. He tapped the design studio, whose first monograph will be published by Rizzoli in September, to infuse his new home with personality he felt unsure of conjuring on his own. “I would say David is very confident and caring about how he wants to live,” counters Workstead cofounder Robert Highsmith. “In some ways, he’s a step ahead of us.” The instant mutual admiration has turned into an ongoing collaboration. After completing the Chelsea…

All products have been identified by the designer of each residence. Items similar to vintage and antique pieces shown are often available from the dealers listed. Contact information was up-to-date at time of publication. HOUSE PARTY PAGES 40–51: Interior design by Line Architecture; linearchitecture.com. Landscape design by Anton Prack Landscape Design; antonprack.com. PAGE 40: Paradiso wallpaper in Turquoise by Nina Campbell; osborneandlittle.com. On Delevingne, outfit and shoes; ysl.com. Jewelry; dior.com. PAGE 41: Chaise longues and umbrellas; onekingslane.com. PAGES 42–43: Painted mirrors; chuldenkopaintings.com. PAGE 44: On kitchen cabinetry, door, and molding, California Blue paint; benjaminmoore.com. Window shade of Geyer Stripe fabric in Water; fschumacher.com. PAGE 45: In dining room, chandelier; gaspareasaro.com. Artwork; chemicalx.co.uk. PAGES 46–47: On Delevingne, outfit; miumiu.com; shoes; ysl.com. In primary bedroom, Totem Damask wallpaper; timorousbeasties.com. Curtains of Flapper…

“Idda means ‘her’ in Sicilian dialect,” says artist and designer Gabriella Picone. It’s a word she heard often growing up between New York City and Lipari, the Aeolian island off the coast of Sicily. Now it’s the name of her new studio, which she launched last year while hunkering down in another seaside locale, the North Fork of Long Island. What started with paintings, one-of-a-kind ceramics, and whimsical, limited-edition pareos (the sarong-like skirts worn by Sicilian women in hot summer months) is now expanding to include Italian-made home staples. A new pillow is decorated with female figures, while a tablecloth depicts a dreamy garden of Eden. All draw inspiration from the Sicilian lifestyle, especially its art of dining, which she has explored during the pandemic, getting into cooking for the…

“It still feels like a home…. But it’s also a kind of journey,” Delevingne says. “The deeper in you go, the more treasures you discover.” Fabulous genes are not the only inheritance that supermodel and actress Cara Delevingne received from her mother, Pandora. “She used to tell us, ‘If you say you’re bored, then you are boring,’” recalls Cara, the youngest of the three Delevingne sisters. That kernel of wisdom clearly stuck—Cara Delevingne is anything but boring, as her private Los Angeles pleasure dome ably attests. The house feels like Saint-Tropez meets Coney Island meets Cotswolds cottage meets Monte Carlo meets butch leather bar. It’s a heady brew, to be sure, but Delevingne takes it all in stride. “My work requires me to put on many different hats and costumes.…

“It all starts with shape and color,” says this rising-star French ceramist. Using a knifelike tool, Gavalet slices earthenware into flat forms that she then hand-assembles into three dimensions, firing the results before painting them with colorful enamels for one last bake, all in her petite workshop just outsidbe Paris. The wild and whimsical pieces (squiggly striped vases, mirrors outlined in zany shapes) take inspiration from Ettore Sottsass’s playful objects, Jean Dubuffet’s graphic compositions, and her nine-year-old daughter’s spontaneous drawings. By Gavalet’s admission, her own works—often large and heavy—aren’t exactly practical, but, she says, “I consider them sculptures that can be used.” It’s an idea she undoubtedly gleaned from the 10 years and counting she has worked as an assistant to the legendary furniture designer Elizabeth Garouste, known for her…