Architectural Digest at 100: A Century of Style

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The editors have delved into the archives and culled years of rich material covering a range of subjects.

The legendary British decorator Nina Campbell’s latest book may focus on one particular house – a beautiful seaside family retreat in New England, America that Campbell has decorated over several years – but it also explores myriad different themes. The young publication elucidated a vision of America’s western frontier as a place of 20th-century innovation and promise, replete with stately Mediterranean-style manses, sun-kissed Italianate gardens, and picturesque reflecting pools. The following is an excerpt from the chapter dedicated to the glories of California, AD’s birthplace. Williams, the first African American member of the American Institute of Architects, was another of the magazine’s mainstays, helping to establish an image of California glamour that captivated the world. Our collection of modern heirlooms are designed as the ultimate investment pieces: timeless, long lasting and, hopefully, to one day be handed down for others to enjoy.In later decades, the progeny of the early modernists, from John Lautner to Frank Gehry, became the new standard-bearers heralded in the magazine’s pages. Inside, you'll visit the personal spaces of dozens of private celebrities like Barack and Michelle Obama, David Bowie, Truman Capote, David Hockney, Michael Kors, and Diana Vreeland, and see in detail the work of top designers and architects like Frank Gehry, David Hicks, India Mahdavi, Peter Marino, John Fowler, Renzo Mongiardino, Oscar Niemeyer, Axel Vervoordt, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Elsie de Wolfe. Just as California incubated a particular strain of modernist architecture, the state produced a roster of enormously influential interior designers who riffed on the colors and light of Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Santa Barbara, San Diego, San Francisco, and all points in between. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. This genius first edition is printed in 6,000 numbered copies… truly a collector's coffee table book.

Wallace Neff, who built romantic houses of every stripe for merchant kings and Hollywood stars, was a staple of the magazine’s editorial mix. We take intellectual property concerns very seriously, but many of these problems can be resolved directly by the parties involved. Architectural Digest at 100 not only looks great on your coffee table, but offers some of the best designs from high-profile designers.Among these are the evolution of a home, how to create a restful haven amid the bustle of the modern world, and the expert blend of colour, pattern, comfort and luxury for which Campbell is so well known and loved.

This allows him to open his book with Cicero and close it with Gutenberg, while still having time along the way for the pilgrimage-log of an obscure Spanish nun whose Latin was curiously imperfect.

Architectural Digest has been publishing the most stylish homes in the world since 1920, and we're so glad to celebrate this major milestone with you. Presenting his architectural oeuvre, the first volume of this XXL monograph brims with unpublished images and sketches, handpicked by Foster, while the second contains eight essays describing his sources, written by the Pritzker-prize winning architect. Architectural Digest celebrates its 100 years in 2020 and already unveiled us that its January issue is going to mark the magazine’s century of taking readers inside the best interior designers, projects, interior decoration, architecture, and landscape design. Personalized advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out.