Innehållsförteckning för November 2017 från Architectural Digest

Julianne, I feel your pain! It can be jarring to enter an old structure and discover that the insides do not even remotely match the (landmark-preserved) outside. On the other hand, living in the past is not necessarily the ideal option, either. This, our annual renovation issue, highlights several examples of sensitive-yet-stunning makeovers that respect a building’s history while updating it for contemporary taste—and life. In the case of our cover star, who is a major design enthusiast, the solution lay in retaining the charming details of her Greek Revival Manhattan home (shutters, floors, fireplaces, staircase—things many townhouse dwellers actually do remove) but changing up the layout. Taking liberties with tradition, Moore moved her kitchen from the darker downstairs (“where it is supposed to be,” comments the Oscar winner) to…

Never trust a man who has no books,” declares Giovanna Battaglia-Engelbert, floating atop a library ladder in a cotton-candy cloud of a Giambattista Valli gown. When the Italian stylist started dating Swedish real-estate mogul Oscar Engelbert, now her husband, they bonded over art and design tomes—Giovanna collects books as voraciously as she does fashion. “The library was half full when we met,” she says. To borrow a phrase from Jerry Maguire, she completed him—or at least his shelves. Couple and books now happily commingle in the Annabelle Selldorf–designed Manhattan apartment with en suite sky garage and views over the Hudson River. Furnished with modern classics, from Pierre Jeanneret’s teak dining table and chairs to a Stilnovo tricolor floor lamp, it is perhaps more reflective of Oscar’s style than his wife’s.…

People gather in the kitchen, so I believe in making it beautiful. Colorful ranges can elevate a space and transform it into something new—they’re timeless, not trendy.—SUZANNE KASLER burning desires Turn up the heat with ranges and hoods drenched in dazzling jewel tones counter offers Get into the groove with vibrant solid surfaces opening statement Lined in brilliant blue, this dual oven is a beauty inside and out…

get smart against the grain Lushly painted or laid in intricate compositions, today’s wood flooring is all about graphic appeal…

the word normal doesn’t get a lot of play in glossy shelter magazines. It has the slightly pejorative connotation of something ordinary—the antithesis of the magic and wonder that fabulous design is meant to inspire. Yet, when one enters the Manhattan home of actress Julianne Moore, the first impression is of surprising normality. Teenagers buzz about, doing whatever it is that teenagers do, and dogs bark affectionately for attention. The rooms possess the kind of engaging homeyness that emerges, seemingly without effort, in spaces where someone has paid close attention to proper scale, proportion, and period detail. There is no indoor lap pool, Turkish-style hammam, James Turrell skyspace, or any other conspicuously lavish signifier of luxury. It feels like a home—delightfully, unapologetically normal. “For years I dreamed about living in…

poppy Delevingne is the ultimate British It girl, a sassy blonde model and Chanel ambassador known around the world for being the life of the party. So fashion and society swells were shocked to hear that she and her husband, James Cook, the CEO of a British aviation company, had decided to take up residence in a cozy, family-friendly house on a blossom-lined street in Shepherd’s Bush, a residential neighborhood in West London. “Since moving in, I’d definitely say, I’ve become more of a homebody,” Poppy says. “We spend most of our time around the kitchen island, me cooking roast chicken—badly, by the way—and James pouring wine.” A mischievous smile crosses her face as she adds, “But friends come over and we end up dancing around, sometimes on the kitchen…

THE STORY BEHIND AN ICONIC DESIGN The last place you might expect to find John Dickinson— the debonair San Francisco decorator whose tailored modernism captivated 1970s cognoscenti before his untimely death in 1982—was a kitschy imports shop. But that’s exactly where he spotted one of his most recognizable muses: an African wood stool perched on three feet. “Its brutal, primitive look was the antidote to the chichi modernity that prevailed,” explains R. Louis Bofferding, the Manhattan decorativearts dealer and Dickinson expert. “So he started to make his own versions in different materials and sizes.” Early examples, like the two owned by designer Michael Formica, were hewn from pine by a carpenter. Soon, though, Dickinson began casting his stools and tables in plaster, with a dash of resin to prevent staining…

The trouble with being a tastemaker is that admirers want to own what you live with. Paris decorator Vincent Darré’s protectionist solution? Conjure up a virtual home that serves as a byappointment office and showroom. “It’s an exploration of what I can do with the elegant proportions of salons with dix-huiti•me-si•cle boiseries,” he says, in an accent he laughingly calls “pure Maurice Chevalier.” And, as the thrillingly dapper designer points out—to his fans’ satisfaction— everything is for sale, from cushions to chandeliers. Darré’s professional premises occupy a handful of high-ceilinged rooms on the third floor of 13 Rue Royale, a limestone mansion that was constructed in the 18th century by architect Louis Le Tellier. To Darré’s delight, the building is just a few grand doors up from another Le Tellier…

People are crazy about wallpapers,” marvels Patrick Frey, the gregarious textile magnate known for the iconoclastic prints manufactured by Pierre Frey, the company that his father launched back in the 1930s. No wall coverings, though, had ever been produced by Le Manach, the small, deluxe fabric house that the family firm acquired in 2014, when it was on its deathbed, and then swiftly resuscitated. That oversight has been remedied, thanks to Frey’s deep dive into Le Manach’s extensive archive. Fourteen patterns, some dating back to the firm’s 1829 founding, are being translated into decidedly lively wallpapers, screened by hand in—of all places—New Jersey. “This type of work isn’t done anymore in France,” Frey explains. He adds that the line, developed over a period of two years, will be making its…

range of motion The best pull-down faucets are elegantly arced, equipped with spring spouts or flexible hoses boiling points From minimalist to traditional, there’s a pot filler for every style…

“It had been my grandfather’s house,” says the owner. “My goal was to give it a new lease on life, but not turn it into something that it wasn’t.” “We reused as much as we could, reupholstering and relocating as needed,” says Zervudachi.…

england’s Glorious Revolution left many a Catholic out of a job in 1688. One was the country’s monarch, James II, who fled to France, pushed off the throne by his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch consort. Another was Colonel James Grahme, keeper of the privy purse. Accused of high treason and briefly imprisoned, the elegant Jacobite cooled his heels at Levens Hall, a newly purchased house in the Lake District. A third was Guillaume Beaumont, a royal gardener. Rosary-clutching employees not being much in demand in William and Mary’s court, the Frenchman made his way to Levens, where he sharpened his secateurs and took the grounds in hand. What the obscure émigré wrought over the next several years can only be described as horticultural tomfoolery, a lookingglass realm eventually…

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. LIVING LARGE PAGE 37: On Battaglia-Engelbert, gown by Giambattista Valli; giambattistavalli.com. Coffee table and PK80 leather daybed, both by Poul Kjærholm for Fritz Hansen; fritzhansen.com. PAGE 38: Josef Frank mirror with lacquered-birch mirror frame, in red, from Svenskt Tenn; svenskttenn.se. Jean Royère Five-Arm Bouquet sconce, in painted tubular metal, from Magen H Gallery; magenxxcentury.com. CASE STUDY: TRUE VALUE PAGES 66–68: Architecture, interiors, and landscape design by Marmol Radziner; marmol-radziner.com. PAGE 66: Baia Sun beds by Paola Lenti from Niche Beverly (T); nichebeverly.com. PAGE 68: In living room, Vladimir Kagan Free Form Curved sofa, covered in Pillow…

Chapels bring one closer to God. But in the deconsecrated 17th-century house of worship at designer Pierre Yovanovitch’s Provence château, visitors are connecting with themselves, thanks to a new fresco he commissioned from L.A.-based artist Claire Tabouret. “One day I opened the door and saw a woman sitting there crying,” Yovanovitch says, plainly moved. Eighty-five costumed children, solemn and mysterious, gaze at chestnut benches that await silent contemplation. As the designer says, “Everyone has something they need to think about.” Open by appointment; pierreyovanovitch.com…

708 square feet in Austin, TX A once-dim 1980s condo was transformed by designer James Saavedra (and his knack for DIY art that looks like it cost a boatload). archdigest.com/clever…

WHERE TO GO, WHOM TO KNOW, WHAT TO SEE EDITED BY SAM COCHRAN THE LIVING ROOM OF A 1970 AMAGANSETT HOUSE BY WARD BENNETT, WHO ADDED THE SLATTED SCREENS IN THE 1990S AT THE BEHEST OF THE HOME’S THEN OWNERS, JANN AND JANE WENNER. Mention the name Ward Bennett and you’ll likely get a puzzled look. But from the 1960s through the 1980s, Bennett—who was born 100 years ago this month and who died in 2003—was one of America’s best-known designers. He was famous for his luxurious brand of modernism and for pared-down, sumptuous interiors that skillfully integrated antiques and contemporary pieces. (Clients included Gianni and Marella Agnelli and Jann and Jane Wenner.) His furniture designs made contemporary refinements to historical prototypes. He incorporated industrial forms and materials into his work…