Defiant Debut
By Julie Lasky
Bucking terrorism, recession, and increased
competition, Barry Sternlicht opens the Times Square W.
Kitchen Confidential
By Kristi Cameron and Paul Makovsky
The next generation of high-concept appliances.
Object Lessons
By Rick Poynor
British industrial designers Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby help redefine
our relationships to electrical devices.
The Great California Indoors
By Barbara Flanagan
As greater Los Angeles sprawls in three directions, the new McMansions
turn their backs on the region's proud outdoor heritage.
Making a Case
By Paul Makovsky
John Entenza's grand experiment in residential architecture created a
model for midcentury living and an early blueprint for sustainable
design.
Reel 'Em Inn
By Tom Vanderbilt
That mythic Las Vegas space, the high-roller
suite, is alive and well--and fishing for a new breed of big-time gambler.
White Out
By Alexandra Lange
The New York Times unveils a plan to build a new headquarters--a
shimmering translucent tower designed by Renzo Piano.
Room to Move
By Martin C. Pedersen
Reinventing the bathroom with fixtures
that aren't bolted down.
Remembering Mockbee
By D. K. Ruth
The cofounder of the Rural Studio
reflects on the singular legacy of Samuel Mockbee.
Departments
Notes from Metropolis: Back to School
The Metropolis Conference at the ICFF asks, "Are future designers preparing to safeguard our environmental health?"
The Metropolis Observed
A refrigerator that grows more than mold; Boston in the hole; the
flophouse of tomorrow; 100 years of beef potpie; seeing the city for the
trees; commuting on the high seas; God vs. sprawl; Modernist plaza
makeover; Oren Safdie's Private Jokes.
Perspective: Measuring Progress
Karen Lehrman asks: Thirty years after seriously infiltrating
the field, have women succeeded in redesigning design?
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