Headliners

Staff -- Interior Design, 6/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

Ou Baholyodhin Studio

"Malibu Modern," page 220

principal: Ou Baholyodhin.

completed projects: Phuja Nirvana restaurant on Phuket, Thailand; Opaque clothing boutique in Tokyo; Lasarte restaurant in Barcelona, Spain; Benares and Patara restaurants and Spencer Hart tailor shop, all in London.

current project: A house in Cape Town.

honors: Muji Award.

fast: Baholyodhin holds an auto-racing license.

faster: He placed fifth in last year's Circuit des Remparts in Angoulême, France.

9 Sukhumvit Road, 30, Bangkok 10110, Thailand; 66-89-010-4141; ou-b.com.

Ducduc

"Live From CBGB's," page 230

chief creative officer and founding partner: Brady Wilcox.

completed project: Ducduc factory in Torrington, Connecticut.

current projects: Furniture collections for Ducduc; residential nursery interiors in New York.

first concert: The Beach Boys, for his 13th birthday.

current favorite: Neko Case.

524 Broadway, 206, New York, NY 10012; 212-226-1868; ducducnyc.com.

Foster + Partners

"The Dolder, Bolder," page 264

chairman: Norman Foster.

honors: Pritzker Prize.

senior partner: Stefan Behling.

completed projects: Asprey in London and New York; Hearst Tower in New York; an elephant habitat at a zoo in Copenhagen; Beijing Capital International Airport; a table lamp for Artemide.

current projects: Silken Hotel Aldwych in London; Caja Madrid Tower in Spain; New Holland Island redevelopment in St. Petersburg, Russia; Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House in Dallas; Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico; United Arab Emirates pavilion for Expo 2010 in Shanghai.

transplant: Foster, a member of the House of Lords, is moving into a 1720's château near Geneva.

transplant: Behling, an eco specialist who helped Foster remodel the Reichstag in Berlin, currently lives with his family in London.

22 Hester Road, London SW11 4AN, U.K.; 44-20-7738-0455; fosterandpartners.com.

Graft

"Dynastic Ambitions," page 279

principal: Gregor Hoheisel.

completed projects: Eric Paris hair salon and the HY apartment building in Beijing; exhibition design for the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art; Fix restaurant in Las Vegas.

current projects: The Dalian Daily newspaper office complex in China; an apartment building in Qin Huang Dao; an art center in Seoul.

east: Hoheisel moved to China six years ago.

west: Before that, he lived in Los Angeles.

West 3 Building Beijing Offset Printing Factory, 77 Back Street of Art Museum, Beijing 100010, China; 86-10-65-27-2561; graftlab.com.

Griffin Enright Architects

"Malibu Modern," page 220

principal: Margaret Griffin.

principal: John Enright.

completed projects: Student lounge at California Institute of the Arts in Valencia; John Thomas Dye School and installations for SCI-Arc and NeoCon West, all in Los Angeles.

current projects: St. Thomas the Apostle School, Bright Mount Church, Venice Place Lofts, and houses, all in L.A.; Cantilever Café building in Ningbo, China, with University of Southern California School of Architecture dean Qingyun Ma's MADA SPAM.

honors: AIA California Council Merit Award; AIA/Los Angeles Interior Architecture Honor Award; Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award.

on the map: For the Ningbo project, Griffin and Enright will visit China for the first time.

off the charts: Their favorite foreign destination so far is Florence, Italy, where they studied during a Syracuse University year abroad.

12468 Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90066; 310-391- 4484; griffinenrightarchitects.com.

David Howell Design

"Down Mexico Way," page 200

principal: David Howell.

completed projects: Residences and Rock & Republic showroom in New York; a mixed-use building in Long Island City, New York; a house in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; a residential loft building in New Zealand; Coach stores worldwide.

current projects: Savona restaurant and town houses in New York; interiors for two apartment towers on Palm Jumeirah in Dubayy, United Arab Emirates.

kiwi: Howell started his career in Auckland, New Zealand, but he was born and raised in Havelock North.

papaya: His favorite fruit.

200 Park Avenue South, Suite 1518, New York, NY 10003; 212-477-7700; davidhowell.net.

Martín Lejarraga Arquitecto

"Reading Is Fun-Damental," page 192

principal: Martín Lejarraga.

completed projects: A recreation center, a chapel, a residence, public housing, and an art gallery, all in Cartagena, Spain; art galleries in Madrid and Valencia, Spain; two academic buildings at the Universidad de Murcia in Spain.

current projects: A condominium complex in Cartagena and an amphitheater in Ceutí, Spain.

war: "Architecture is an epic, like going into battle every day."

peace: "Architects are traffickers of dreams."

1 Muralla del Mar, 1st Floor, 30202 Cartagena, Spain; 34-968-520637; lejarraga.com.

Loffredo Brooks Architects

"Live From CBGB's," page 230

senior designer: Eric Lukenich.

completed projects: Michael Kors and Nautica showrooms and offices, 45 RPM boutique, and the renovation of the Daily News building main lobby, all in New York; New York City Office of the Actuary; Globix offices in New York, London, and San Jose, California.

current project: An apartment building renovation in New York.

first concert: Kiss and Blue Oyster Cult in fifth grade.

current favorite: Neil Young.

118 West 22nd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10011; 212-679-7729; lbarch.com.

Rios Clementi Hale Studios

"20th-Century Fox," page 238

principal: Mark Rios.

completed projects: California Endowment, Children's Bureau of Southern California, Nokia Plaza, and Westfield Century City shopping center and dining terrace, all in Los Angeles; Woodbury University studio building in Burbank, California.

current projects: Dodger Stadium and Mark Taper Forum renovations and Grand Avenue park, all in L.A.; NBC Universal master plan in Universal City, California; Austin City Limits studio and theater in Texas.

honors: National, state, and local awards from the AIA and the American Society of Landscape Architects.

landlord: Rios and his fellow principals just completed a commercial real-estate development project, a 17,000-square-foot multiuse building with a ground-level shop and restaurant.

tenant: The studio has moved in upstairs.

639 North Larchmont Boulevard, Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90004; 323-785-1800; rchstudios.com.

Super Potato

"The Winds of Change," page 210

principal: Takashi Sugimoto.

completed projects: Grand Hyatt Tokyo; Hyatt Regency Kyoto in Japan; South Beauty restaurant in Shanghai; Muji in New York; Stripsteak in Las Vegas.

current projects: Park Hyatt Beijing; Grand Hyatt Macau; Grand Hyatt Singapore.

fast: Taking a spin in his 1965 Triumph TR4.

slow: Sipping tea at his vacation house on Bali, Indonesia.

3-34-27 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-0057, Japan; 81-3-3290-0195; superpotato.jp.

United Designers

"The Dolder, Bolder," page 264

founder: Keith Hobbs.

completed projects: Nobu, Pearl, Shumi, Le Cercle, and Galvin at Windows restaurants and Four Seasons at Canary Wharf and Metropolitan hotels, all in London; Clarence hotel in Dublin; ME hotel in Madrid; Parrot Cay resort and a residence for Bruce Willis in Turks and Caicos.

current projects: Hotel Eden in Rome; W Athens; W Doha in Qatar, United Arab Emirates.

short haul: Hobbs brags about living next door to his London headquarters.

long haul: He escapes to his house in Turks and Caicos.

200 Tower Bridge Road, London SE1 2UN, U.K.; 44-20-7357-6006; united-designers.com.