Architectural Digest at 100: A Century of Style
Published to mark the magazine's centenary, this weighty volume pulls together the finest material from Architectural Digest's vast archives, offering a sweeping visual tour through a century of interior design and architectural thinking. It's the kind of book you can open at any page and immediately lose an hour. The editors have drawn on an impressive roster of famous faces, giving readers a rare glimpse into the private homes of figures as varied as Barack and Michelle Obama, David Bowie, Truman Capote, Diana Vreeland, Michael Kors, and David Hockney. These aren't staged showrooms; they're genuinely personal spaces, and the intimacy shows. Alongside the celebrity interiors sits a serious body of design work, with contributions from some of the most significant architects and decorators of the past hundred years. Frank Lloyd Wright, Oscar Niemeyer, Frank Gehry, Axel Vervoordt, India Mahdavi, and Renzo Mongiardino all feature, among others. The breadth is genuinely striking. Photography was always central to the magazine's identity, and this collection honours that tradition handsomely. Images by Bill Cunningham, Horst P. Horst, Julius Shulman, and François Halard, to name just a few, give the book a visual richness that words alone couldn't achieve. Moving freely between eras rather than following a strict chronology, the book feels alive and unpredictable. You'll find mid-century modernism sitting comfortably beside maximalist excess, quiet restraint next to theatrical grandeur. For anyone with a genuine interest in how people have chosen to live and surround themselves with beauty, this is a deeply satisfying read.
- Author: Architectural Digest
- Publisher: Abrams
- Genre: Architecture
- ISBN: 978-1419733338
- Pages: 464 pages