Architectural Digest

Architectural Digest is the world's foremost design authority, showcasing the work of top architects and interior decorators. It continues to set new benchmarks for how to live well—what to buy, what to see and do, where to travel, and who to watch on the fast-paced, multifaceted global design scene.

EDITOR’S LETTER

Back in Style • Halston’s iconic 1979 racerback office chair, designed by SOM, is still the height of fashion

Au Contraire • With the help of Kate Berry, fashion designer Clare Vivier imbues a historic house in France with an upbeat mix of Gallic flair and SoCal cool

Wing Spans • An evolving Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art teams back up with Moshe Safdie to link the past and the future

Steady the Boat • Updating a historic vessel, AD100 designer Markham Roberts finds his sea legs

Taylor Made • RH ESTATES debuts with a collection of essential designs by the legendary Michael Taylor

History Reborn • Bridging the Gilded Age and tomorrow, Ken Fulk refreshes a San Francisco icon

Holding Patterns • Makrosha’s maximalist rugs mine the cross-cultural motifs of Japan’s early-20th-century textiles

Set in Stones • Organized by Dia Art Foundation, two far-flung shows celebrate the seminal artist and philosopher Lee Ufan on the eve of his 90th birthday

Beach Brains • Scrappy materials and a shrewd layout transform a 1950s Fire Island home into a compact case study in ingenuity

Living the Dream • Complete with orchards and a menagerie of animals, Jeremiah Brent and Nate Berkus craft a bucolic homestead for their family in rural Portugal

Sparking Joy • Now infused with pattern and color, a once nondescript beach retreat in North Carolina is playfully transformed by Muriel Brandolini

Arcadian Renewal • At a 14th-century estate in Tuscany, contemporary art finds a home in the ancient landscape

Full House • Keke Palmer’s family-friendly haven in Los Angeles is ready for the spotlight

It’s Serving • Using 3D-printing technology, a fresh batch of contemporary designers rethink the tools we eat with

Dream Factory • Architect Chet Callahan channels the singular vision of the Haas Brothers in a new Los Angeles studio for the genre-defying creative duo

NATURAL WONDER • Drawing inspiration from local flora and fauna, Virginia Tupker gives a historic Houston house an enchanting makeover

DESIGN NOTES • THE DETAILS THAT MAKE THE LOOK

Friends With Benefits • Photographer Douglas Friedman taps his pals designer Steven Gambrel and the inimitable Martha Stewart to help craft a seriously soulful—and very adult—Long Island retreat

FINAL TOUCH