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Staff -- Interior Design, 8/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Vance Burke Design

"Vision Quest," page 180

principal: Vance Burke.

principal: Todd Peter.

completed projects: Ellen DeGeneres's bungalow compound and a Rudolph Schindler house in Los Angeles; Tom Ford's ranch in Austin, Texas; an apartment in New York; a house in Palm Beach, Florida.

current projects: Residences in New York, Denver, L.A., and Palm Springs, California.

big: Burke prefers large-scale canvases by emerging artists.

bold: Peter is drawn to vibrant colors and new materials.

8581 Santa Monica Boulevard, 11, Los Angeles, CA 90069; 323-654-5602.

Gluckman Mayner Architects

"When Kelly Met Gursky," page 190

principal: Richard Gluckman, FAIA.

completed projects: The Dia Art Foundation, Gagosian Gallery, and Tony Shafrazi Gallery, all in New York; the Mori Arts Center in Tokyo; apartments and the One Kenmare Square mixed-use mid-rise in New York; a house in Bridgehampton, New York; Kenyon Hall expansion at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York; a guest floor at the Hotel Puerta America in Madrid.

current projects: Iglesia Evangelica de Co-op City Metodista Unida in Bronx, New York; a renovation and expansion of the Perelman Building at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the Santa Fe Depot baggage building at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.

honors: National Design Award; AIA awards for Excellence in Design and Architecture; Chicago Athenaeum's American Architecture Award.

shrugs off: The label "minimalist."

embraces: Weekends at his house in Orient, New York.

250 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013; 212-929-0100; gluckmanmayner.com.

Lehman Smith McLeish

"M Street Modern," page 218

principal: Terese Wilson.

completed projects: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham in Washington, D.C.; Gannett Co. in McLean, Virginia.

current projects: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham in London; General Dynamics in Virginia; McInnes Cooper in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

likes: Making lists.

loves: Shopping in Georgetown.

1212 Bank Street NW, Washington, DC 20007; 202-295-4800; lsm.com.

Marmol Radziner + Associates

"Vision Quest," page 180

managing principal: Leo Marmol.

design principal: Ron Radziner.

completed projects: Costume National, Accelerated School, and a Rudolph Schindler house, all in Los Angeles; TBWA\Chiat\Day in San Francisco; a Richard Neutra house in Palm Springs, California.

current projects: Residences in L.A.; custom prefab houses in Las Vegas and Moab, Utah.

honors: AIA National Honor Award; AIA California Council Firm of the Year; American Society of Landscape Architects awards; Los Angeles Business Council sustainability design award.

home base: Marmol, wife Alisa Becket, and new baby Emilia live in L.A., with weekends spent in a California desert prefab.

home work: Radziner is building an L.A. house for his family—a block away from the one he built in 2002.

12210 Nebraska Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90025; 310-826-6222; marmol-radziner.com.

Louis Paillard Architecte

"Forging a New Identity," page 200

principal: Louis Paillard.

completed projects: A building for a university and the lobby of Mutuelle Générale in Paris.

current projects: Subsidized housing in Paris; a housing and office complex in Boulogne-Billancourt, France; a residential loft development in Montreuil, France.

weightless: Paillard's new house in Montreuil will incorporate a practice gym for his wife, a trapeze artist.

weight loss: "The secret to everything is good abs," says the architect, who has lost 22 pounds since meeting her.

15 Rue Lisfranc, 75020 Paris, France; 33-1-43-15-07-34.

Studio Linse

"All Ears," page 210

principal: Paul Linse.

completed projects: Vakzuid and Rain restaurants and Baby magazine's office in Amsterdam; a lounge at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol; a residence in Paris.

current projects: Creative director of Arco Meubelfabriek; architect of record for Dutch national railway stations.

around town: In both Amsterdam and Paris, where he also keeps an apartment, Linse's mode of transport is his bicycle.

around the world: He loves the food markets of the Far East.

150 Van Ostadestraat, 1072 TE Amsterdam, Netherlands; 31-20-675-47-98; studiolinse.com.

UN Studio

"Dream House," page 226

principal: Ben van Berkel.

principal: Caroline Bos.

completed projects: Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Museum Het Valkhof in Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Galleria department store in Seoul, South Korea; a sectional sofa for Walter Knoll.

current projects: A mixed-use development and train station in Arnhem, the Netherlands; theaters in Lelystad, the Netherlands, and Graz, Austria; a master plan for Basauri, Spain; a shopping mall facade in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

failure: "I'm no gardener. Don't ask me what a bougainvillea is," Van Berkel says. Bos adds, "I can't sing, which is why no one will let me."

success: All their projects can be seen in UN Studio Design Models: Architecture, Urbanism, Infastructure, their monograph due out in September.

113 Stadhouderskade, 1070 AJ Amsterdam, Netherlands; 31-20-570-20-40; unstudio.com.

George Yu Architects

"Heart of Palm," page 232

principal: George Yu.

completed projects: Sony Corporation design center in Los Angeles; IBM e-business center in Chicago; Nettwerk record company in Vancouver, British Columbia; a shopping center in Nagoya, Japan; Max Studio shops worldwide.

current projects: Honda Motor Co. design studio in Pasadena, California.

honors: Prix de Rome.

dream acquisition: Any sculpture by Tara Donovan.

actual acquisition: Ice-hockey sticks.

11912 Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90066; 310-313-4775; georgeyuarchitects.com

Photographers in this issue

Peter Aaron ("M Street Modern," page 218), Esto Photographics, 222 Valley Place, Mamaroneck, NY 10543; 914-698-4060; esto.com.

Benny Chan ("Vision Quest," page 180; "Heart of Palm," page 232), Fotoworks, 5069 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90016; 323-730-0100; fotoworks.cc.

Eric Laignel ("When Kelly Met Gursky," page 190; "Forging a New Identity," page 200), ericlaignel@hotmail.com.

Michael Moran Photography ("Dream House," page 226), 10 West 18th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10011; 212-334-4543; moranstudio.com.

Wouter Vandertol ("All Ears," page 210), Gigia Marchiori Photo Agency, 435 East 79th Street, 8N, New York, NY 10021; 212-439-7734.

Designers in walk-through

Randy Brown Architects ("Let Down Your Hair," page 80), 1925 North 120th Street, Omaha, NE 68154; 402-551-7097; randybrownarchitects.com.

John Coughlan Architect ("Waited On, Hand and Foot," page 90), 66 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10012; 917-282-4701.

Photographers in walk-through

Assassi Productions ("Let Down Your Hair," page 80), P.O. Box 3651, Santa Barbara, CA 93130; 805-895-7703; assassi.com.

Adrian Wilson ("Waited On, Hand and Foot," page 90), 990 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10018; 212-729-7077; interiorphotography.net.

Photographer in centerfold

Michelle Litvin ("Little Dome on the Prairie," page 174), 1827 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60608; 312-421-9242; michellelitvin.com.