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2012 Best of Year Awards: Projects

Interior Design Staff, December 26, 2012
Interior Design gathered over 800 vibrant members of the design and architecture community to celebrate the 2012 Best of Year Awards. More
Where Are They Now: Andrée Putman

Donna Heiderstadt, December 26, 2012
The Parisian design icon, now 87, began her career in the late 1940s and has left an indelible mark across several continents with interiors that include chic designer shops, trendy boutique hotels, art house films (Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book), the Bordeaux Museum of Contemporary Art, and even the Air France Concorde. More
Ones to Watch: Solomonoff Architecture Studio

Alexa Stevenson, December 26, 2012
The founder and creative director of Solomonoff Architecture Studio, Galia Solomonoff has been quietly making strides in the design world for years. Prior to founding SAS, Solomonoff worked with OMA/Rem Koolhaas, Rafael Viñoly Architects, and Bernard Tschumi Architects, as well as OpenOffice, which she co-founded. More
Project: The Shard in London

Sara Pepitone, December 26, 2012
The highest public observation galleries in London, the 15,000-square-foot View at The Shard, will open in February 1, 2013. The 192,000-square-foot Shangri-La Hotel, at The Shard, London will follow. Then the 62,000-square-foot residences, the 29,000-square-foot restaurants, the 5,000-square-foot retail space, and the 595,000-square-foot offices. More
2012 Best of Year Awards: Counter Service

Georgina McWhirter, December 14, 2012
The spacious Aix Arôme Café is situated in Hong Kong's OCT Harbour theme park on Shenzhen Bay. Riffing on the waterfront location, Ajax Law Ling Kit and Virginia Lung, codesign directors of One Plus Partnership, drew on the wonders of the ocean for the 1,600-square-foot eatery's design scheme. More
Crossville: Your Source for Beautiful, Sustainable Porcelain Tile

Crossville, Inc., December 3, 2012
Thinking of tile for your next project? You're not alone. Tile's popularity is growing thanks to exciting advancements in design and sustainability. U.S. manufacturer Crossville leads the way with sophisticated product development and 3rd-party certified, green manufacturing processes-for lasting style that's truly sustainable. These products, each containing a minimum 20% recycled content, are great examples. More
2012 Best of Year Awards: Cafeteria

Craig Kellogg, December 1, 2012
When Der Spiegel magazine and its stable of sister publications relocated, they left behind a beloved 1969 cafeteria by Verner Panton. How to evoke that mod masterpiece without simply knocking it off at the new 5,700-square-foot location? Whiplash lines in the white terrazzo floor help define circulation zones. More
Prism System: 3-D Fixtures in 4-D Color

Mark McMenamin, Rebecca Thienes, and Athena Waligore, November 30, 2012
Adam Jackson Pollock's Astro Puff suspension lamps in dichroic film and stainless steel by Fire Farm. More
The Story of Ruth

Mark McMenamin, Rebecca Thienes, and Athena Waligore, November 29, 2012
Across the anthology of textile luminaries, the legend of Ruth Adler Schnee is writ large. After fleeing Nazi Germany in 1938 for Detroit, she went on to earn a full scholarship from Rhode Island School of Design, intern with Raymond Loewy, study under Eliel Saarinen at Cranbrook Academy of Art, outfit Buckminster Fuller's Ford Rotunda geodesic dome, specify interiors for Minoru Yamasaki Associates's World Trade Center twin towers in New York, and be the subject of the 2010 documentary, The Radiant Sun: Designer Ruth Adler Schnee. More
2012: LEDs, OLEDs, and the Future

Jennifer Krichels Gorsche, November 1, 2012
As it did in the earliest years of the 20th century, lighting is emerging from a period of technical advancement into an era of design innovation. More
Landscape Forms

Landscape Forms, October 22, 2012
Planters with presence for significant settings. Subtle in shape and commanding in size, these beautifully proportioned cast concrete planters by designer Larry Kornegay are, like their namesake flower, products of nature and no two are exactly alike. More
The One Collection by KALLISTA®

KALLISTA, October 15, 2012
The One Collection by KALLISTA® is created for individuals who appreciate the impact of simple, efficient design. Embracing the belief that less is more, each piece portrays an inviting elegance that's sleek and straightforward. Discover The One Collection. More
Resources: She'll Take Manhattan

Ava Burke, October 3, 2012
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Resources: At Your Service

Ava Burke, October 2, 2012
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Wineries Taking the LEED

Donna Heiderstadt, October 1, 2012
From Oregon's Willamette Valley to rural Virginia, wineries are investing in sustainable design, both as a commitment to the environment and as an expression of creative vision. More
Project: Alpina Gstaad

Donna Heiderstadt, October 1, 2012
The Alpina Gstaad features a traditional exterior by local architectural firm Jaggi & Partner AG but transitions to contemporary chic the moment you arrive in the curving subterranean porte cochere with its waterfall and skylight. More
Project: Mineralbad & Spa Rigi Kaltbad on Mount Rigi

Donna Heiderstadt, October 1, 2012
Aqua Spa Resort Group has developed a new spa designed by Swiss firm Mario Botta Architetto that opened in July. More
Project: B2 Boutique Hotel + Spa in Zurich

Donna Heiderstadt, October 1, 2012

In Zurich, the 60-room B2 Boutique Hotel + Spa opened in March as part of the redevelopment of the circa-1867 Hürlimann Brewery.
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The Historiic Surprises in Modern Swiss Hospitality

Donna Heiderstadt, October 1, 2012
What do a 145-year-old brewery-turned-boutique hotel in Zurich, a new luxury resort in Gstaad, and a pair of thermal spas where the views are as cool as the pools have in common? More
A Spot in the Shade

Mairi Beautyman, October 1, 2012
The hot saunas and steamy pools that characterize Germany's public bath culture normally draw all age groups. But at the Palais Thermal in Bad Wildbad, the elderly were a bit too well represented. More

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