Headliners
-- Interior Design, 6/1/2009
Frederick Fisher and Partners Architects
PRINCIPAL: Frederick Fisher.
HONORS: Rome Prize.
PRINCIPAL: David Ross.
HONORS: Municipal Art Society of New York Brendan Gill Prize; AIA/Los Angeles Chapter awards; San Diego Architectural Foundation Orchid & Onions Award for Architecture.
COMPLETED PROJECTS: Annenberg Community Beach House in Los Angeles; Sherrerd Hall at Princeton University in New Jersey.
CURRENT PROJECTS: Peachy and Mark Levy Lifelong Learning Center and a house in L.A.; Contemporary Museum, Honolulu.
CITY: Fisher's L.A. house is mid-century modern.
COUNTRY: Ross has a vacation cabin in California's Walker Basin.
12248 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90025; 310-820-6680; fisherpartners.net.
PRINCIPAL: Debra Lehman-Smith.
COMPLETED PROJECTS: Jones Day in Washington, D.C.; Tishman Speyer Properties in New York; K&L Gates in Miami, San Francisco, and Paris.
CURRENT PROJECTS: K&L Gates in Pittsburgh and London; Doha Convention Center in Qatar.
HONORS: Interior Design Hall of Fame.
LOCAL: Lehman-Smith participated in cleaning and repairing a D.C. public school.
GLOBAL: She went to an International Women's Forum conference in Hong Kong.
1212 Banks Street NW, Washington, DC 20007; 202-295-4800; lsm.com.
PRINCIPAL: Juan Montoya.
COMPLETED PROJECTS: Residences in New York, Paris, and the Dominican Republic; Universal Pictures in Los Angeles.
CURRENT PROJECTS: Residences in Southampton, New York; Palm Beach, Florida; and Miami.
HONORS: Interior Design Hall of Fame.
SHOE: It was a good omen when Montoya lost a heel at a first meeting with early clients—they've now hired him a dozen times.
HORSESHOE: He's passionate about riding.
330 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022; 212-421-2400; juanmontoyadesign.com.
Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL: Stanley Anderson.
COMPLETED PROJECTS: Houses in Malibu, Santa Barbara, and Carmel, California; Kuai, Hawaii; and Grand Cayman. U.S. Embassy in Berlin.
CURRENT PROJECTS: City of Santa Monica office, a floor of the U.S. Bank Tower, and a Ritz-Carlton penthouse, all in Los Angeles; a building at the MIT Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts; American Institute in Taiwan in Taipei.
HONORS: AIA Firm of the Year Award; AIA/Los Angeles and National Citation awards.
LOS ANGELES: Anderson can now bring his Boston terrier, Bebe, to the office, which has a courtyard.
SAN FRANCISCO: It used to be easier to get around town to see friends.
933 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405; 310-450-1400; moorerubleyudell.com.
PRINCIPAL: William Sofield.
COMPLETED PROJECTS: SoHo Grand Hotel and Tom Ford Menswear boutique in New York; Gucci worldwide.
CURRENT PROJECTS: Santa Eulalia flagship in Barcelona, Spain; Tom Ford in Tokyo and Seoul, South Korea.
HONORS: Interior Design Hall of Fame.
RETAIL: Hates boutiques where people are exposed in dressing rooms.
THERAPY: Loves the lushness of Miami.
380 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003; 212-473-1300; studiosofield.com.
PRESIDENT: Tony Chi.
COMPLETED PROJECTS: South Gate restaurant in New York; Park Hyatt Washington, D.C.; Keyakizaka and Oak Door restaurants at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo.
CURRENT PROJECTS: Andaz in New York; Ararat Park Hyatt Moscow; Cut restaurant in Singapore; Mandarin Oriental, Guangzhou, in China.
URBAN: In Beijing, Chi explored the hutong neighborhoods.
RURAL: He hiked northeast China's Mogan Mountain.
121 Varick Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10013; 212-868-8686; tonychi.com.
PRESIDENT: Clive Wilkinson.
COMPLETED PROJECTS: 10 Palms condominiums in Los Angeles; JWT in New York; Virginia Commonwealth University Brandcenter school in Richmond, Virginia.
CURRENT PROJECTS: Santa Monica College School of Arts and Technology and KCRW in L.A.; University of Texas at Dallas Emerging Media and Communication building; Macquarie Group in Sydney, Australia; Nokia in Helsinki, Finland.
HONORS: Interior Design Hall of Fame and Best of Year Awards; AIA national and local awards; Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Award.
WORDS: Wilkinson is currently writing a book about patterns in cultural history.
NOTES: He's thinking about getting a grand piano.
144 North Robertson Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90048; 310-358-2200; clivewilkinson.com.
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