Architectural Digest

In Brooklyn, adjoining homes offer a bold case study in preservation and design on the cover of our April issue. It takes a moment to notice the hush. Inside side-by-side town houses, dated to the 1840s and now revived by GRT Architects according to Passive House strategies, you’ll hear no din of ventilation systems, no noise from the streets. But while the atmosphere may be quiet, there is nothing muted about these two homes—both outspoken design statements and bold case studies in energy-efficient construction. Reimagined for brother/sister clients, the houses are still architecturally related but distinct, with statement staircases and double-height spaces. But any similarities end when it comes to the decor.?#AD100 interior designer Adam Charlap Hyman was tapped to work his magic for the brother and his free-spirited family. “Our role was to thread the historical exterior with the interior, to confuse that relationship, to blend it,” he reflects. “This blurriness of things from different time periods became the structure.” Step inside the unique project??? https://lnkd.in/efjtW6Dv

Noah Ruttenberg crafts an Upper East Side space with an equilibrium of whimsical accents and hard edges. “I’ve always been very enchanted by spaces that come about naturally,” says?Ruttenberg. These spaces include fashion designer Emily Bode’s vintage-strewn atelier, where the 28-year-old interned after college, and the studio of his grandmother, the artist Janet Ruttenberg. These influences informed Ruttenberg’s first major interiors project, a 950-square-foot Upper East Side one-bedroom he completed for a 30-something industrialist. What started as an austere space became an equilibrium of soft tones and strong pieces; scalloped edges and whimsical accents met with harder lines. Step inside the chic abode ?? https://lnkd.in/g--GpehY

Designers are loving the rich red and green marble varieties that are a hallmark of Piero Portaluppi’s Rationalist architecture. In Paloma Elsessar's jaw-dropping primary bathroom, designed by Gregory Rockwell from AD’s February 2025 cover story, we see slabs of red Rosso Francia marble paired with walnut millwork and a Benjamin Moore pistachio hue on the walls. Elsesser's Milan-inspired Brooklyn townhouse cemented something we've been seeing for a while: Deep green, merlot red, and rich wood tones like walnut or rosewood—a palette that recalls the Rationalist architecture of Piero Portaluppi—is having a moment. Learn more about the history of the architect's famous Villa Necchi Campiglio??? https://lnkd.in/ds28ZCHK

How does Rita Konig get her clients to be comfortable taking design risks? It has been a career-defining few years for Rita Konig. First there was the British interior designer and author’s Create Academy course, which was expanded for a second installment last year following popular demand. Her product portfolio also grew, with a fabric and wallpaper line for Schumacher and furniture for Oficina Inglesa. And then there were the accolades—namely back-to-back?#AD100?honors and being named House & Garden’s 2024 Interior Designer of the Year. Mel Studach sat down with Konig to hear about her trusted client vetting process, as well as her tips for curbing client fatigue and encouraging design risk-taking. To read the full exclusive interview sign up for The Source newsletter ?? https://lnkd.in/ee9rr_mr

A sharply stylish couple DIY-renovated their own humble lakeside getaway. Berlin residents Julia Carloff-Winkelmann and Jan Winkelmann converted one 300-square-foot cottage in the community into a weekend home for themselves and their teenage daughter. The HR manager and the gallery director wanted to go beyond merely furnishing it to also do a good deal of restoring the cottage themselves. Tour the home ?? https://lnkd.in/eeWMx7xT

How does a supermodel accessorize her house? In Chanel, of course. Surfboards and throw pillows from the?luxury fashion label?set a chic scene in the living area of?#ChanelIman Godchaux’s #Miami area manse—doubly apropos, given the storied brand’s founder, Coco Chanel, is her namesake. Though the fashion influences in the modern abode were just as much a reflection of the model as they were her husband, NFL star?#DavonGodchaux. And if you ask their designer, Rafaela Simoes of?2id Interiors, the athlete was the driving force behind the home’s sartorial decor moments. Take the tour ?? https://lnkd.in/eXaxfPdK

Anne McDonald Design enhanced this Minneapolis home’s 1955 roots with a palette of subdued gem tones. As part of McDonald’s thoughtful approach to interior design, she doesn’t just consider her clients’ desires and her own expertise. “The house has an opinion too,” says the Minneapolis-based #ADPRODirectory member. “It may not be obvious, and sometimes you have to dig a little to find it, but it’s there.” For this 1955 split-level rambler in Minneapolis, McDonald embraced the home’s midcentury roots with a palette of subdued gem tones, leaning “away from glamour and into the hippie spirit”—a nod, perhaps, to the 1967 Summer of Love, arguably the era’s most colorful hallmark. Step inside the Midcentury home ?? https://lnkd.in/e4BAgfeB

#AD100 firm Atelier AM and #AD100?landscape designer Miranda Brooks deliver a master class on the twin virtues of beauty and restraint. Designed in the 1920s by architects Polhemus & Coffin, the expansive French Norman–style house sits on five and a half acres adjacent to Lake Agawam in Southampton, New York. “The clients had a clear vision of how they wanted to inhabit this property, and Miranda’s work struck the perfect note,” Michael concludes. “This project is a testament to that vision, and to the meaning of good design—architecture, interiors, and landscape working in tandem to create something unique and meaningful.” Step inside the expansive home ?? https://lnkd.in/ejsbFWtv

The 2025 #PritzkerArchitecturePrize went to Liu Jiakun, known for his human-centric designs across China. The 69-year-old architect and founder of?Jiakun Architects?has created over 30 projects, all located in China, throughout his more than four-decade career. His work spans academic and civic projects, cultural and commercial spaces, and urban-planning schemes. Regardless of typology, with every project, Liu adds positively—and sometimes unexpectedly—to the public realm. Read more about his work ?? https://lnkd.in/e9B8UJ5T

Designers are making the case for an ounce of prevention. Like kids telling ghost stories around a campfire, designers are known to take occasional perverse delight in recounting sagas of projects gone horrifically amiss. But actually living through such nightmare scenarios probably isn’t an item that’s high up on your bucket list. Happily, many professionals have assembled their own Swiss Army knife of tools for settling the issues that can arise during interior design work—and are willing to share. Read all of their tips ?? https://lnkd.in/e_yAQcNn