Architectural Digest

Architectural Digest is the world's foremost design authority, showcasing the work of top architects and interior decorators. It continues to set new benchmarks for how to live well—what to buy, what to see and do, where to travel, and who to watch on the fast-paced, multifaceted global design scene.

Prickly Situation • Cactus Store, the botanically minded creative collective, is introducing a new generation of xerophytic-plant lovers to the joys of cultivating exotic species from around the globe (page 72; cactus.store). AD asked Carlos Morera, one of the company founders, to share tips for keeping these budding beauties happy and healthy. A little care, patience, and knowledge is all you need to punch your green card.

editor’s letter

Bubblicious • How a severe-meets-spunky bench by Rick Owens and Michèle Lamy became a fan favorite

A CENTURY OF STYLE

A Relaxed Fit • At home in London, fashion insider Alison Loehnis blends the comforts of a country house with the refinement of city living

Soup’s On • Tureens turn it up as this season’s tabletop showstoppers

Out on a Limb • Melding technology and tradition, Aaron Poritz pushes the limits of woodworking

The Birds and the Bees • Forget what you thought. When it comes to outdoor living, as landscape maestro Edmund Hollander explains, pollinators make the party

Putting It All Out There • A bold new building reinvents art storage for public enjoyment

OFF THE CHARTS

Gilded Age

Time Warp • Tapped by Louis Vuitton, design star Frank Chou conceives indoor-outdoor seating for the ages

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Golden Hour • Abha Narain Lambah returns India’s Lal Bagh Palace to its former glory

Twinkle in His Eye

SANDCASTLE DISCO • Sybarites, rejoice: St. Barts beckons as never before with fresh updates to three favorite properties

JUST RIGHT • For rising British designer Sophie Ashby and her young family, a Georgian-era gem in London’s East End is the perfect blank canvas

design notes • THE DETAILS THAT MAKE THE LOOK

OPEN PLAN • Design entrepreneur Kristina O’Neal and her husband, real estate developer Adam Gordon, craft an airy Sonoma County escape that sits easy on the land

ADAM IN WONDERLAND • A heady blend of the whimsical, the surreal, and the historic, wunderkind designer Adam Charlap Hyman’s New York City apartment is the stuff dreams are made of

design notes • THE DETAILS THAT MAKE THE LOOK

BOTH SIDES NOW • Working with designer Billy Cotton, film producer Grace Morton infuses a contemporary, easy-breezy spirit into a solidly traditional Spanish-style house in Beverly Hills

GREEN PARTY • With offshoots in product, furniture, clothing, and landscape design, the Los Angeles collective Cactus Store is transforming the rare-plant scene one succulent at a time

ROCK STAR • An anomalous Palm Springs home by the architecture firm Woods + Dangaran substitutes Miesian rigor for retrograde Rat Pack–era design clichés

the swede life • After building the most exciting furniture brand to come out of Scandinavia in a generation, Hem founder Petrus Palmér finds room for his growing family to dream in a 1960s row house on the outskirts of Stockholm

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Zizipho Poswa

Mitchell Johnson