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 is by Alex Katz. Niall Smith 19th-century side table.<br><br> <br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/02/ertegun/arsl06_ertegun.jpg> <br>A circa 1800 Swedish chandelier defines the dining room.<br><br> <br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/02/ertegun/arsl07_ertegun.jpg> <br>“A kitchen of that size is not ordinary,” Hupy says of the 520-square-foot room. “For Manhattan spaces, it’s pretty dramatic.” As elsewhere in the residence, the ceiling beams help create a sense of scale and rhythm. Circa 1950 Lucite-and-chrome counter stools, Lobel Modern.<br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/02/ertegun/arsl08_ertegun.jpg><br> Before <br><br> The library.<br><br> <br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/02/ertegun/arsl09_ertegun.jpg> <br> After <br><br> In the pine-paneled library, the ebonized floors, which are used throughout the residence, reflect the light from the living room windows. “We felt the apartment should be open and loftlike,” ex-plains Duffy. For privacy, each of the major spaces can be closed off with pocket doors.<br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/02/ertegun/arsl10_ertegun.jpg> <br>Paintings by Katz, Wayne Thiebaud and Tom Wesselmann, left to right, hang in the master bedroom. The chaise longue is covered in carpet Ertegün brought back from Morocco.<br> <br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/02/ertegun/arsl11_ertegun.jpg> <br>In the guest room, Duffy chose an Indian fabric with an elephant motif for the four-poster, “just for fun.”<br> <br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/02/ertegun/arsl12_ertegun.jpg><br>Plans show the openness of the new configuration.<br> <br><br /><br><br /><br><br><br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>)
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<br><br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/10/before_after/arsl02_before_after.jpg><br>“I wanted to take it back to the way it should have been,” designer Sandra Nunnerley says of a Normandy-style house in Connecticut. “The clients are young, and I wanted the dining room to have a fresher feel,” says the designer, who removed the draperies and stained the floors. Jim Dine’s 1999 Lavender Band is at left. (May 2002)<br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/10/before_after/arsl03_before_after.jpg><br>Designer Sandra Nunnerley worked with architect Arthur S. Pier to open up the living and dining rooms of a prewar Manhattan apartment for her clients, who wanted a more generous layout. (February 2007)<br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/10/before_after/arsl04_before_after.jpg><br>Interior designer Charles Allem gutted a young family’s Manhattan penthouse, converting it into a glamorous space that celebrates Art Déco style. A bland greenhouse-style space was transformed into a bold family room with coffered ceilings and dark walnut shelving. Picasso’s linoleum-cut Nature Morte sous la Lampe, 1962, is displayed on the rear wall. Karl Kemp Antiques armchairs. (February 2008)<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/10/before_after/arsl05_before_after.jpg><br>“It was an ’80s building needing a rehab,” says journalist Dena Kaye, who, along with her partner, designer Dick Fallin, updated a house on St. Bart’s in the French West Indies. While retaining the basic footprint, the pair modernized their residence and opened it to the views. The living room previously had little relationship to the outdoors; this was remedied “by knocking down walls,” says Kaye. The couple, who designed the interiors, kept the furnishings light and understated. (February 2006)<br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/10/before_after/arsl06_before_after.jpg><br>“The façade was reorganized to give the house a Colonial Revival style,” says Brian Sawyer, who recently redesigned a client’s East Hampton, New York, summer retreat. Sawyer, who once worked with the legendary Robert A.M. Stern, replaced the white pickets with farmhouse rails and painted the weathered gray shingles were painted a crisp white. (February 2000)<br><br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/10/before_after/arsl07_before_after.jpg><br>For a family’s Georgian Revival residence near Boston, designer Elissa Cullman and architect Ray Pohl refined the interiors to complement “the classical formality of the exterior,” Cullman explains. The result is “a lively style we like to call ‘young traditional.’ The challenge was working within the limited volume,” Cullman says of the master bath. Installing a barrel-vaulted ceiling added depth and interest. (February 2006)<br><br><br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/10/before_after/arsl08_before_after.jpg><br>The wife, says Britt, was raised in residences of his design, so she “grew up with a very visionary vision.” She and Britt were in accord about how to achieve the eclectic look she wanted. “There wasn’t a lot of deliberation,” she remarks. The kitchen and dining area were made less “raw and open” to the adjacent living area, says architectural designer Peter Napolitano. The palette and repeated elements, such as the lantern and the mirror, help maintain continuity. The elongated custom cabinetry plays off the large windows. (February 2007)<br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/10/before_after/arsl09_before_after.jpg><br>Designer Penny Drue Baird remade Michael and Michelle Friezo’s Bucks County, Pennsylvania, retreat, embellishing its characterless interior with elegant touches. The family room, another prior addition, lacked architectural detail. In renovation, Baird put in a limestone chimneypiece, imported from France, reclaimed-wood paneling and wainscoting. (February 2007)<br><br><br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/10/before_after/arsl10_before_after.jpg><br>In San Antonio, an adaptive-reuse project by Lake/Flato Architects involved transforming 1920s industrial buildings into living and studio spaces. “The pool and courtyard are meant to exude a simple, cool serenity—as an oasis in a hot, urban environment,” explains Flato, adding, “The water reflects the architecture and draws one’s eye from the interiors.” (February 2005)<br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/10/before_after/arsl11_before_after.jpg><br>Architects Peter L. Shelton and Lee F. Mindel, of Shelton, Mindel & Associates, undertook a gut renovation of an apartment in New York for a couple with two children. Before, the living room was boxy. A sitting area in the space features a Poul Kjaerholm bench. “The apartment is set up to give the appearance that it floats on all four sides, that it’s free around the window wall,” Shelton explains. (February 2004)<br><br><br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/10/before_after/arsl12_before_after.jpg><br>Ike Kligerman Barkley Architects gutted and redesigned a New York duplex for a couple. “We thought of re-creating the idea of a pre-war apartment, but with bigger windows that admitted larger views.” Principal architect John Ike explains that “the curving rear wall of the living room conceals structural columns and creates a rich variety of forms.” The mirrored columns also hide structural elements. Karl Kemp bronze platter; H. M. Luther Antiques vessel. (February 2003)<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>)
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<br><br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/05/living_rooms/arsl16_living_rooms.jpg><br><br>Professional cyclist Lance Armstrong lives in a Spanish colonial-style house in Austin, Texas. “I’ll probably host a dozen dinners a year, and we’ll have appetizers or drinks in the living room,” says Armstrong, who hired Roy W. Materanek to give the interiors a smart, contemporary look. Over the mantel is a work by Andres Serrano. McGuire table lamps. A. Rudin sofas. Wood-frame chair chenille, Clarence House. Schumacher drapery silk. (July 2008)<br><br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/05/living_rooms/arsl17_living_rooms.jpg><br><br>With characteristic bold style, Peter Marino created rich, exotic interiors for a 1929 Tudor Revival house in Greenwich, Connecticut. “It takes so much sophistication to use a simple fabric, like cotton,” says Marino, who designed a radiant yellow print, bordered with silk, for the living room walls. On the mantelpiece is a painting by John Wooton. The 18th-century bureau plat is by Etienne Levasseur. (May 2008)<br><br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/05/living_rooms/arsl18_living_rooms.jpg><br><br>Interior designer Thomas Pheasant renovated a Las Vegas house for Rob and Sheryl Goldstein. “The living room’s windows were big, and the ceiling was too high,” says Pheasant, who used screens to “help balance the other elevations.” Sofa and lounge chair fabric, Rogers & Goffigon. (December 2007)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/05/living_rooms/arsl19_living_rooms.jpg><br><br>On Hawaii’s dramatic Kona Coast, architect Shay Zak created a Balinese-inspired residence for Cassandra and Paul Hazen. Comprising a main structure and a series of pavilions, “it has Southeast Asian or Pacific Rim references throughout,” says the interior designer, Douglas Durkin. Above: Open-trussed ceilings of western-ridge cedar in the living room, as throughout, contribute to the rustic feel. (March 2008)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/05/living_rooms/arsl20_living_rooms.jpg><br><br>Pierre Yovanovitch reimagined his Paris apartment—in shambles the first time he saw it—reconfiguring rooms and unifying the interior elements. Yovanovitch removed the fireplace that had divided the music room and living room. A new, see-through fireplace connects them. “The ebony structure also gives it the necessary height and verticality,” he points out. Yonel Lebovici chairs are placed near the Ado Chale low table. (February 2008)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/05/living_rooms/arsl21_living_rooms.jpg><br><br>Mario Buatta converted a “theatrical” Fifth Avenue maisonette—once the home of interior design legend Sister Parish—into a “soothing, romantic” residence for Patricia Altschul.In the living room, Buatta cooled and quieted the space with a silver-leaf wallcovering, from Donghia, but preserved the squares of antiqued mirrors that Parish had hung. The painting is by Maximilien Luce. Brunschwig & Fils white sofa fabric. Colefax and Fowler crystal lamps. Scalamandré green chair brocade. Clarence House velvet on open-arm chairs. Leopard print from Cowtan & Tout. (February 2008)<br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/05/living_rooms/arsl22_living_rooms.jpg><br><br>The living room of a Tribeca penthouse created by architect Sam Trimble for Kevin Roberts, CEO worldwide of Saatchi & Saatchi. A 1961 Plexiglas, glass and steel Yves Klein table with cobalt pigment and a Klein globe, La Terre Bleue, are in the study, which opens onto a roof deck. The space was an elevator machine room in the 19th-century industrial building. Osborne & Little sofa velour. (January 2004)<br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/05/living_rooms/arsl23_living_rooms.jpg><br><br>On Nantucket, Massachusetts, a couple commissioned Botticelli & Pohl Architects and interior designer Elissa Cullman to create their seaside retreat. “Roy Lichtenstein’s Sunrise could not have found a more suitable setting,” Cullman says of the painting she placed above the living room sofa. The 19th-century turned-wood container is from H. M. Luther. Chair floral, John Rosselli. (November 2007)<br><br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/05/living_rooms/arsl24_living_rooms.jpg><br><br>Architect Sandy Walker conjured an art-filled, contemporary space out of a traditional San Francisco apartment, while designer Douglas Durkin used texture, overscale furniture and neutral hues to give the interiors depth. In the living room, Ellsworth Kelly’s White Curve, 1975, is above the living room fireplace. Ouray, a 1961 Frank Stella painting, hangs at rear. Stark carpet. (May 2007)<br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/05/living_rooms/arsl26_living_rooms.jpg><br><br>Illuminated at dusk is the dining room of a 4,800-square-foot La Jolla, California, residence designed by Wallace E. Cunningham for his client Barbara Saltman and her late husband, Paul Saltman. Above: Dark French limestone floors and recycled-redwood timbers accent the living room and the dining room beyond. The suspended, concave chimney acts as a counterpoint to the dramatically bowed ceiling. “It’s turned up to the sky,” Cunningham says. Jim Thompson pillow fabric. (January 2006)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/05/living_rooms/arsl01_living_rooms.jpg><br><br>A tranquil palette characterizes a Los Angeles living room designed by Mariette Himes Gomez. (February 2002).<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/05/living_rooms/arsl02_living_rooms.jpg><br><br>Interior designer Jennifer Post maximized drama in a minimalist Tribeca penthouse by using strong contrasts, rich materials and abundant natural light. The limestone fireplace and ebonized-white-oak cabinetry establish the palette that prevails in the living/dining room, as throughout. (May 2007)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/05/living_rooms/arsl04_living_rooms.jpg><br><br>Architect Peter Bohlin, who designed Dennis and Vicki Farrar’s house in Park City, Utah, incorporated double steel columns and a low custom-designed credenza to provide a subtle separation between the airy dining room and the expansive living room. Floor-to-ceiling windows, which look out to the Wasatch Valley below and the Wasatch mountains in the distance, bring the outdoors in. The Toulouse-Lautrec lithograph, Aristide Bruant dans Son Cabaret, is from the original series, issued in 1893. (October 2006)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/05/living_rooms/arsl08_living_rooms.jpg><br><br>Wallace E. Cunningham, assisted by Guy West, created a residence near San Diego with “structural fin walls that provide a sculptural statement and act as a louvered privacy screen,” says the architect. A Tobi Kahn painting is in the living room. Pamela Smith designed the interiors throughout. (October 2003)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/05/living_rooms/arsl13_living_rooms.jpg><br><br>“It looks like something out of the Adirondacks and makes for another mood,” Mariette Himes Gomez says of the Southhampton family room she designed. The architect, John Mayfield, sourced the structure from a barn company, built it backwards and then inserted it into the already constructed house. (July 2006)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/architects/2008/05/living_rooms/arsl14_living_rooms.jpg><br><br>Shelton, Mindel & Associates conceived and arranged a Manhattan loft for Claude Arpels. “The gestures of the design are in keeping with the original industrial vernacular of the building,” explains Lee F. Mindel. Near a Poul Kjaerholm armchair and sofa in the living room is a Charlotte Perriand wood bench. “Most of the furnishings we chose are by architects who understood the technology of their time. Their design philosophies are present in the furniture,” Peter L. Shelton says. (November 2004)<br><br><br>)
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<br><br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/stars_residence/hosl02_stars_residence.jpg><br><br>“The biggest compliment you can give me,” singer-songwriter Lionel Richie says of his Beverly Hills home, “is to walk into any of these rooms and say, ‘I can sty here for a while.’” (May 2007)<br><br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/stars_residence/hosl03_stars_residence.jpg><br><br>Actor William H. Macy and his actress wife Felicity Huffman found a 1920s Mediterranean-style house near Hancock Park in Los Angeles, which they refurbished and decorated themselves. (April 2000)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/stars_residence/hosl04_stars_residence.jpg><br><br>“I have my books, my music, a bed I’m familiar with and an energy that hasn’t been shared with other people,” says singer, songwriter and composer Michael Feinstein of his three-bedroom residence on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. (January 2004)<br><br><br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/stars_residence/hosl05_stars_residence.jpg><br><br>Actress Angela Lansbury sits in the entrance of her home, a farmhouse-style retreat located on the southeast coast in County Cork, Ireland. (June 2007)<br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/stars_residence/hosl06_stars_residence.jpg><br><br>Oscar-nominated actor Samuel L. Jackson and his wife, La Tanya, asked designer Cecil Hayes to help them decorate their Tudor-style house in California’s San Fernando Valley. (April 2000)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/stars_residence/hosl07_stars_residence.jpg><br><br>“I was going to study interior or fashion design at one point, but I was also into acting and boxing,” says Mickey Rourke about his long-standing interest in interior design. “I was a terrible student, so Parsons or somewhere like that was out of my league.” (April 2000)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/stars_residence/hosl08_stars_residence.jpg><br><br>“This was a definite joint effort,” actor Demi Moore says of the 1950s canyonside house in Beverly Hills she renovated with her husband, actor Ashton Kutcher. “We had a give-and-take that was easy.” (March 2007)<br><br><br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/stars_residence/hosl09_stars_residence.jpg><br><br>“I find New Orleans very peaceful,” remarked Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren, who lived in the French Quarter with her husband, director Taylor Hackford. “One end of Bourbon Street is—what can I say?—Bourbon Street, but most of it is wonderful houses.” (April 2007)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/stars_residence/hosl10_stars_residence.jpg><br><br>“When I was a kid, I imagined that by the turn of the century everyone would have his own plane in the backyard,” says actor John Travolta, who realized this vision with his Florida home that he shares with his wife, actress Kelly Preston. The fly-in home accommodates Travolta’s Gulfstream II jet as well as his Boeing 707. (April 2004)<br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/stars_residence/hosl16_stars_residence.jpg><br><br>The addition of porticoes and French doors “improved and unified its frontage,” actor Christopher Plummer says of the Connecticut house he and his wife, Elaine, share. (June 2004)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/stars_residence/hosl17_stars_residence.jpg><br><br>“I love it here,” Peter Fonda says of the Paradise Valley, Montana, home he shares with his wife, Becky. “ “The whole family comes out, and we do our thing; we have a good time.” Several outbuildings, including the barn, at left, echo the compound’s past as a sheep ranch. (December 2003)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/stars_residence/hosl14_stars_residence.jpg><br><br>Radio talk show host Don Imus and his wife, Dierdre, at their weekend house on Long Island Sound in Westport, Connecticut. (July 2003)<br><br>)
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 stool are complemented by artwork, pillows, blind trim, and other accessories.<br><br><br><img src=http://205.196.138.20/DesignGallery/fa%5Cfaf6577e-baee-440f-948a-48a7ce0c96a6_493x693.jpg><br><br>Pair a beautifully refined shade of red with white and natural hues for a no-fail color palette. Repetition of the focal-point red, here in the toile-style fabric, unifies the decorating scheme. Touches of black and gold add sophistication, while white is fresh and clean.<br><br><img src=http://205.196.138.20/DesignGallery/dd%5Cdd81bff2-5e04-40e8-99c8-9e5ba48fa464_493x693.jpg><br><br>A striking mix of old and new, comfort and style create a living room that is both elegant and inviting. Silk draperies lend elegance, a sisal rug introduces soft texture, and a honed-marble fireplace surround injects sleek sophistication.<br><br><br><br><img src=http://205.196.138.20/DesignGallery/ba%5Cbad46c43-19b1-4f82-ae38-6c7f23fb7ced_493x693.jpg><br><br>It\)
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<br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/views/hosl02_views.jpg><br><br>Christopher Meloni, lead actor in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, lives with his wife, Sherman, and their two children in a Manhattan highrise. The living area overlooks Central Park. (March 2008)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/views/hosl03_views.jpg><br><br>Pierre Yovanovitch reimagined his Paris apartment—in shambles the first time he saw it—reconfiguring rooms and unifying the interior elements. The apartment, in a 1905 building, commands a view of the Seine and the Tuileries beyond. (February 2008)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/views/hosl04_views.jpg><br><br>A rectilinear reflecting pool marks the front entrance to fashion designer Randolph Duke’s hillside Los Angeles residence. Architects Austin Kelly and Monika Haefelfinger expanded and transformed the original house, adding a second level and opening the house to the site’s 270-degree views of the city. (December 2007)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/views/hosl05_views.jpg><br><br>“Our goal was to create a five-star bed-and-breakfast,” architect Howard J. Backen says of the Poetry Inn, in California’s Napa Valley, which he and his associate, designer April Powers, built for vintner Cliff Lede. The three-suite inn is nestled in the hills above Yountville. The terrace off the Great Room “is an ideal spot to have some wine and enjoy the magnificent view. You can see the valley and the Mayacamas Mountains beyond,” the designer says. “The ceiling has fans and heaters. It’s an all-season area for dining and lounging.” (June 2006)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/views/hosl06_views.jpg><br><br>Characterized by its dramatic cliffside setting and rebuilt by architect Mickey Muennig, a couple’s house in Big Sur, California, serves as a calming retreat. Above: A view to the north across the western elevation of the residence, which is crafted of concrete, steel, glass and wood. “This house is very Mickey Muennig,” says Boone. “It’s signature Big Sur style.” Adds the architect, “From certain angles, the structure seems to fly.” <br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/views/hosl07_views.jpg><br><br>Commanding a view over a jungle canopy, Anantara Resort & Spa is a 90-room hotel located in the Golden Triangle, the point where Myanmar, Laos and Thailand meet. Landscape architect Bill Bensley was responsible for a complete redesign of the grounds. <br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/views/hosl08_views.jpg><br><br>Celeste Robbins designed a 9,000-square-foot ranch-inspired residence with modern lines for a family of four in Wyoming’s Grand Teton valley. “It’s a challenge to fit a house into a context and make it look like it’s always been there,” notes the Winnetka, Illinois-based architect, who collaborated on the project with interior designer Berta Shapiro. (June 2008)<br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/views/hosl09_views.jpg><br><br>A window in the master bedroom of designer Pierre Yovanovitch’s Paris residence frames a view of the Eiffel Tower. “Bedrooms should be intimate and warm—I used dark colors as well as darker woods,” says the designer, who lined the walls with brown cashmere. The circa 1920 watercolor of lions is by Paul Jouve. <br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/views/hosl10_views.jpg><br><br>“It’s much more African than French,” landscape architect Bill Bensley says of Maia Luxury Resort & Spa, on Mahé island in the Seychelles, which he designed with Bangkok-based architect Lek Bunnag and RSL Architects. Each villa has a pavilion consisting of an oversize outdoor tub set in a shallow-water infinity-edge pool. (November 2007)<br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/views/hosl11_views.jpg><br><br>“I learned about New Mexico when I first started dating Jane Fonda,” remarks Ted Turner, who built a private desert lodge on Armendaris Ranch, his 350,000-acre wild animal preserve along the dramatic Fra Cristobal Mountains. “I come out here in the winter.” “Ted said, ‘Lots of windows,’ and he got them,” says Hunt, who hung prints by George Catlin in the dining area. (June 2008)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/views/hosl12_views.jpg><br><br>To create their hillside retreat on St. John, Karl-Erivan and Katrin Haub called on architect Mike de Haas and interior designer Twila Wilson. Views of Tortola island can be see from virtually every room in the house. (August 2007)<br><br><br>)
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<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/10/cabinets/hosl02_cabinets.jpg><br><br>“It’s like a modern yacht—we had to think of how to get the maximum amount of space out of a minimum amount of floor area,” architect Robert A. M. Stern says of the three-story beach cottage he designed for Robert and Lisa Nesbitt in Seaside, Florida. In the kitchen, pocket doors open to views of the town. Ann Sacks backsplash tiles. Urban Archaeology ceiling light. Conrad Roman shades. Wolf range. (April 2008)<br><br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/10/cabinets/hosl03_cabinets.jpg><br><br>Christopher Meloni, lead actor in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, lives with his wife, Sherman, and their two children in a Manhattan highrise. “My strongest opinion came with the woods—and rearranging the kitchen,” Christopher Meloni says. Surfaces in the kitchen—stainless steel, sapele and cherrywood, a blue glass wall—create “an elegant jewel-box effect,” says Sherman Meloni. Sub-Zero refrigerator. (March 2008)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/10/cabinets/hosl04_cabinets.jpg><br><br>“The owners asked us to build a place that was not dependent on art but in which the architecture itself was art,” architect Gisue Hariri, of Hariri & Hariri, says of the Park Avenue apartment she designed with her sister Mojgan. In the kitchen, a marble work surface doubles as a dining area. Dennis Miller stools. Poliform cabinets. Thermador ovens. (October 2007)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/10/cabinets/hosl05_cabinets.jpg><br><br>Architect Bernard Wharton built a family retreat in Rhode Island overlooking Narragansett Bay. “The open and airy kitchen has a wonderful sense of verticality,” he reports. The brass teakettle is from the 18th century. Viking hood and range. (September 2007)<br><br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/10/cabinets/hosl06_cabinets.jpg><br><br>For Deni and Jeff Jacobs’s La Jolla, California, beach house—just 15 minutes from their main residence—interior designer Helene Ziman and architect Bill Hayer created a serene, contemporary sanctuary inspired by Southeast Asia. “You just kind of decompress when you walk in,” Deni Jacobs says. Above: Rich blue-green-granite countertops and koawood cabinetry distinguish the open-plan kitchen. “Most of the colors I used were earth and sea shades.” Range from Viking; refrigerator from Sub-Zero. Elkay sinks. (July 2007)<br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/10/cabinets/hosl07_cabinets.jpg><br><br>Working closely with his client, designer Harry Schnaper created a retreat in Connecticut filled with strong colors and bold antiques. Above: A work by LeRoy Neiman, Flag/Eagle, hangs on a wall in the kitchen—Schnaper’s client is an avid collector of Americana. Chandelier from David Duncan Antiques. Kohler sink. Faucets, Waterworks. Bosch dishwashers. Rogers & Goffigon Romanshade fabrics. Stark runner. (July 2007)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/10/cabinets/hosl08_cabinets.jpg><br><br>With his clients’ collection of Asian art in mind, California-based designer Ron Mann refurbished a modern penthouse in London overlooking the Thames. In the kitchen, black-granite countertops contrast with lower cabinets surfaced in solid cherry. Appliances from Gaggenau. Cabinetry, Bulthaup. (May 2007)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/10/cabinets/hosl09_cabinets.jpg><br><br>“They wanted a hybrid architecture that would give them warmth without the clutter,” architect Richard Landry says of Peter and Erin Bartlett’s Palos Verdes Estates, California, house. The contemporary kitchen is accented with anegre cabinets. Sub-Zero refrigerators and freezer. Great Plains leather on Christian Liaigre chairs and stools from Holly Hunt. (July 2006)<br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/10/cabinets/hosl10_cabinets.jpg><br><br>On a wooded ridge in Napa Valley is a house by San Francisco architect Jim Jennings. Bubinga wood and African granite were used in the kitchen. The bar chairs are by Harry Bertoia. (May 2005)<br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/10/cabinets/hosl11_cabinets.jpg><br><br>A Tribeca penthouse’s dramatic spaces and stylish, streamlined look evolved out of a couple’s collaboration with designers Stephen Sills and James Huniford and architect Robert Kahn. Bead-board cabinetry adds “warmth and texture” to the kitchen, which is “clean and sleek,” observes Huniford. The bleached table, originally a glossy black, was formerly the wife’s writing desk. “We reused beautiful or loved things the couple already owned.” (April 2007)<br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/10/cabinets/hosl12_cabinets.jpg><br><br>Mariette Himes Gomez created the interiors of a Robert A.M. Stern-designed Southampton, New York, home. “Equipment and wares are meant to be seen and to provide the ambience of a cook’s kitchen,” says Stern. Sub-Zero refrigerator. Thermador ovens; Viking cooktop. Chicago faucets and Waterworks sink in foreground. KitchenAid microwave. (March 2005)<br><br>)
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<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/breakfast/hosl02_breakfast.jpg><br><br>Designer Sandra Nunnerley worked with architect Arthur S. Pier to open up the living and dining rooms of a prewar Manhattan apartment for her clients, who wanted a more generous layout. Over the breakfast nook is Red Green Infusion by Jaq Chartier. “We used a banquette because it was family-friendly and it worked with the architecture,” says the designer. (February 2007)<br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/breakfast/hosl03_breakfast.jpg><br><br>Martyn Lawrence-Bullard and Trip Haenisch, of Martynus-Tripp, created a European villa-style interior for a Los Angeles house designed by Harold Levitt in the early 1990s. “There’s a funkiness I think is charming,” Haenisch says of the breakfast area, which has mismatched barstools, a pair of circa 1812 lithographs of melons by George Brookshaw and an 18th-century Dutch tall case clock. (November 2005)<br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/breakfast/hosl04_breakfast.jpg><br><br>“It’s chic and unassuming,” James Huniford says of a Park Avenue duplex he and design partner, Stephen Sills, designed. In the kitchen, yellow fabrics animate a breakfast area centered around a 19th-century industrial steel table. “The clients have children, and it’s easy to take care of,” Sills says. (December 2004)<br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/breakfast/hosl05_breakfast.jpg><br><br>“We created an old Andalusian atmosphere,” architect Richard Landry says of the Los Angeles house he designed for Lorna Auerbach and her husband, Larry Wheat. Above: The kitchen nook “is a warm, casual dining area,” says Auerbach, who designed most of the interiors. (January 2008)<br><br><br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/breakfast/hosl06_breakfast.jpg><br><br>“When I first saw this apartment, I knew what needed to be done,” designer Mariette Himes Gomez says of her recently renovated residence in Manhattan. “We gutted it and reorganized the space. Now it’s like a loft.” Gomez discovered the needlepoint-covered armchairs for the dining area at the Paris flea market. “One’s 18th century, and the other’s a 19th-century reproduction,” she notes. A 1960s mobile is suspended above an antique English tilt-top table, from Sotheby’s. (September 2005)<br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/breakfast/hosl07_breakfast.jpg><br><br>In Manhattan, Ike Kligerman Barkley renovated a 10-room apartment in a classic mid-20th-century Modern building for a couple and their four children. “The saltwater aquarium built into a wall of cabinetry is the focal point of the breakfast room,” John Ike says. The oak table and chairs, which have detailed carved motifs, are circa 1910 designs of Eliel Saarinen. (December 2007)<br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/breakfast/hosl08_breakfast.jpg><br><br>“The family’s goal was to transform the neglected mansion into their weekend and summer home,” interior designer Suzanne Lovell says of her clients’ 1890 Queen Anne-style house in Fort Sheridan, Illinois, which was originally built by Holabird & Roche. “Banquettes were added to two corners of the sunroom/breakfast room; they echo and soften the millwork and fill the light and airy space. The key mechanisms to lock the windows are original.” (June 2005)<br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/breakfast/hosl09_breakfast.jpg><br><br>“It’s a comfortable house with a lot of visual interest,” Arthur Dunnam, of Jed Johnson Associates, says of a Shingle Style house on Long Island whose interiors he designed with his associate Andy Clark. “The breakfast room serves as a passageway. It’s the hub of the house,” says Dunnam. The hound weathervane, left, and the tramp art mirror are from Sotheby’s. Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler Antiques pedestal table with cut-twig decoration. (January 2004)<br><br><img src=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/images/homes/2008/09/breakfast/hosl10_breakfast.jpg><br><br>“The owners wanted the frankness of a Shope Reno Wharton exterior but more layers inside,” Greg Jordan says of a Shingle Style house he decorated on Long Island. A long, open kitchen ends in a round breakfast room with a soaring ceiling. Jordan chose 19th-century antiques, such as the country French armchairs and the iron chandelier. The blue-and-white platters are English stoneware. (November 2000)<br><br>)
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ForaSouthernCaliforniacouple,architectRichardLandrycreateddiscretestructurestoemulatethelookofasmallItalianvillage.Thebreakfastroom’sceilingandouterwallsareglass.AFrenchbeaded-crystalchandelierisoveratablewhosebasewasmadefromaPortuguesegiltwoodCorinthiancapital.(March2007)
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