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  1. T 25

    The 25 Most Defining Pieces of Furniture From the Last 100 Years

    Three designers, a museum curator, an artist and a design-savvy actress convened at The New York Times to make a list of the most enduring and significant objects for living.

     By Nick HaramisMax BerlingerRose CourteauKate GuadagninoMax Lakin and

    CreditClockwise, from top left: Valentin Jeck; courtesy of Bukowskis; courtesy of Zanotta SpA - Italy; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh/Art Resource, NY © ARS, NY; Ellen McDermott © Smithsonian Institution; Herman Miller Archives; Vitra
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      How Do You Build a Jungle?

      In the cities of Brazil, a landscape architect creates abundant private gardens that rewild the terrain from which these metropolises grew.

       By Michael Snyder and

      Ground-hugging aluminum plant, native to Southeast Asia, surrounds a gnarled grumixama, a fruiting tree indigenous to the Atlantic rainforest, at the Brazilian landscape architect Isabel Duprat’s Jardim Botânico in São Paulo, completed in 2013.
      Ground-hugging aluminum plant, native to Southeast Asia, surrounds a gnarled grumixama, a fruiting tree indigenous to the Atlantic rainforest, at the Brazilian landscape architect Isabel Duprat’s Jardim Botânico in São Paulo, completed in 2013.
      CreditPedro Kok
  1. Saying Goodbye to a Legendary Milanese Palazzo

    An interior decorator’s family inhabited the sprawling building for six generations. Now, as they leave, he and his partner offer a final look inside.

     By Nick Haramis and

    In the living room of the interior designer Nicolò Castellini Baldissera and the writer and editor Christopher Garis’s apartment within the Casa degli Atellani in Milan, a Tancredi Parmeggiani painting inherited from Castellini Baldissera’s mother, Patrizia, hangs over a sofa and coffee table he designed for his brand, Casa Tosca; a console signed by Jean-Baptiste Gamichon; and a rug by Fedora Design.
    CreditGuido Taroni
  2. In Japan, a Place for a Famous Artistic Director to Hide by the Sea

    The designer and record producer Nigo has built a minimalist retreat where the Pacific Ocean itself is practically an architectural feature.

     By Kurt Soller and

    The open-concept living room at the artistic director Nigo’s seaside home in Japan frames a view of the Pacific Ocean and features dining and lounge chairs by Pierre Jeanneret and a coffee table by Isamu Noguchi.
    CreditAnu Kumar
  3. For Two Color-Obsessed Artists, a White-Walled Home

    Out on Long Island, Stanley Whitney and Marina Adams hired a pair of designers to create a house and studio complex that celebrates — and encourages — the painters’ imagination.

     By Alice Newell-Hanson and

    In the living area, a custom stereo and (from left) an oil panting by Whitney, a Seydou Keïta photograph and works on paper by Bob Thompson.
    CreditSimon Watson
  4. Pendant Lamps to Suit Every Room

    Whether classic cone or modern orb, these hanging fixtures cast just the right light.

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    Alf Svensson & Yngvar Sandström Resonant pendant, $3,000, audocph.com.
    CreditMari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi
    Market Report
  5. Two Artists Make a Home for Their Family, and Their Collection

    Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian have transformed their New York townhouse into a showplace for creativity.

     By Max Berlinger and

    CreditStefan Ruiz
  1. Josh Brolin Never Thought He’d End Up in Malibu

    How the “Dune” actor made a home in a place he once resisted.

     By

    CreditMegan Lovallo
    By Design
  2. Why Gucci’s New Creative Director Counts Princess Diana Among His Muses

    Sabato De Sarno, who showed his first collection for the Italian fashion house last year, discusses his creative touchstones.

     By

    CreditEzra Petronio
    Profile in Style
  3. How to Host a Cozy, Candlelit Dinner Party Like a Danish Designer

    Malene Malling arranged a relaxed gathering at her studio to celebrate the third anniversary of her fashion label, La Bagatelle.

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  4. Pet Beds That Might Be Nicer Than Your Own

    Embroidered cushions and ruffled slipcovers are on the rise as designers turn their attention to an often-ignored piece of furniture.

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    CreditCourtesy of Charlap Hyman & Herrero
    Market Report
  5. T Magazine’s Favorite Homes of 2023

    A time portal to the ’80s, a maximalist Italian villa — and more.

     

    Julianne Moore and Bart Freundlich’s house in Montauk, N.Y., featured in T’s Fall Design issue, overlooks a meadow of wildflowers and a modernist pool.
    CreditStefan Ruiz
    The T List

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  1. A New York Loft Where the Art Comes First

    In designing their Manhattan home, a couple took cues from their wide-ranging collection.

     By Travis Diehl and

    In the front of Peter Freeman and Lluïsa Sàrries Zgonc’s Manhattan loft, Thomas Schütte’s 2002 “Gelber Kopf” (“Yellow Head”), a 1984 Donald Judd chair in painted aluminum, a Hendl Helen Mirra weaving (2018) and three galvanized tin wall works by Richard Tuttle from “Letters (The Twenty-Six Series)” (1967).
    CreditDean Kaufman
  2. An Italian Lakeside Retreat That Embraces Modernity

    How members of a storied Milanese family reimagined a glass-walled 1970s house in a style all their own.

     By Nick Haramis and

    A pair of wicker chaises provide a view of Lake Varese from the lawn of Borromeo and Ferri’s home.
    CreditRicardo Labougle
  3. A Wood-Lined Retreat in the Heart of Paris

    On one of the most Parisian streets in the city, two interior designers create a new kind of French fantasy.

     By Kurt Soller and

    CreditAlexis Armanet
  4. A Tequila Distiller Turns a House into a Showcase for Mexican Design

    In this San Miguel de Allende building, local 20th-century crafts and contemporary works sit side by side.

     By Suleman Anaya and

    Above a mesquite bed, a Caminos Chichimecas wall hanging from Caralarga.
    CreditAna Topoleanu
  5. In This Vacation Home, the Art Is the View

    A house in Portugal’s Alentejo region lets the landscape dominate.

     By Gisela Williams and

    In the living room of the Le Labo co-founder Eddie Roschi’s country home in the Alentejo region of Portugal, a Pierre Augustin Rose sofa and vintage chairs share the space with cushions, a ceramic lamp and a wooden table all designed by Flores textile studio and a pouf woven from bunho (a grasslike marsh plant) from one of the few artisans in the country who still works with the material.
    CreditJosé F. Costa
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  10. How to Begin a Creative Life

    We spoke to 150 artists, some planning retrospectives and others making their debut, to ask about the process of starting something.

     
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