The Iconic Interior: 1900 to the Present - Tapa dura

'A stunning tour of 100 inspirational and influential interiors' - Woman & Home 'Packed with information ... an impressive book' - House & Garden 'Compelling ... no serious interiors enthusiast should be without it' - Sunday Telegraph '"The Iconic Interior" really does live up to its billing ... these homes are bona fide standard bearers for the styles they represent, whether it's Oscar Niemeyer cresting a wave of West Coast Modernism, Marcel Wanders launching himself into Futurism with his Mallorcan casa, or Coco Chanel tooting the horn for Art Deco in her Paris apartment' - World of Interiors

This substantial book features one hundred of the most spectacular interiors across the world, spanning the entire 20th century to the present day. It includes interiors assembled by artists and fashion designers, architects, interior and set-designers, bringing together diverse design talents from Piero Fornasetti and Coco Chanel to Alvar Aalto, Marc Newson and Matthew Williamson. Twenty short profiles are presented in the introduction, with a single iconic photograph and a concise, informative text; eighty are profiled at length, in chronological order, with superb colour photography and texts recounting the stories of these remarkable designs. Representing every style from minimalism, Art Nouveau and Neo-traditional to Gesamtkunstwerk creations that defy definition, these iconic interiors are elegant compositions that endure as lasting creations.

Table of Contents

Introduction · Peter Behrens / Behrens House / Darmstadt, Germany, 1901 · Henry van der Velde / Villa Esche / Chemnitz, Germany, 1903 · Adolf Loos / Steiner House / Vienna, Austria, 1910 · Elsie de Wolfe / Frick Mansion / New York, USA, 1914 · Armand-Albert Rateau / Jeanne Lanvin Apartment / Paris, France, 1925 · Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann / Ho?tel d'un Collectionneur / Paris, France, 1925 · Jean-Michel Frank / Maison Noailles / Paris, France, 1926 · Edwin Lutyens / Castle Drogo / Exeter, Devon, UK, 1930 · William Haines / Howard Residence / Los Angeles, USA, 1942 · William Baldwin / Vreeland Apartment / New York, USA, 1957 · John Fowler / Yellow Room (Lancaster Apartment) / London, UK, 1959 / Joe Colombo / Colombo Apartment / Milan, Italy, 1970 · Laura Ashley & Bernard Ashley /Ashley Townhouse / Brussels, Belgium, 1983 · Lorenzo Mongiardino / Peretti Tower / Porto Ercole, Italy, 1985 · Shoei Yoh / Another Glass House between Sea and Sky / Fukuoka, Japan, 1991 · Calvin Tsao & Zack McKown / Tsao & McKown Apartment / New York, USA, 1995 · Ron Arad / Piper Building Apartment / London, UK, 2000 · Seth Stein / Robberg House / Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, 2004 · David Adjaye / Lost House / London, UK, 2004 · Jasper Conran / Conran House / London, UK, 2001 · Edith Wharton / The Mount / Lenox, Massachusetts, USA, 1902 · Eliel Saarinen / Hvittra?sk / Kirkkonummi, Finland, 1903 · Louis Sorel & Tony Selmersheim / Villa Demoiselle / Reims, France, 1908 · Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant / Charleston / Sussex, UK, 1916 · Coco Chanel / Coco Chanel Apartment / Paris, France, 1920 · Frank Lloyd Wright / Hollyhock House / Los Angeles, USA, 1921 · Wharton Esherick / Esherick House & Studio / Paoli, Pennsylvania, USA, 1926 · Frank Lloyd Wright, Jr. / Sowden House / Los Angeles, USA, 1926 · Cedric Gibbons / Dolores del Ri?o House / Los Angeles, USA, 1931 · Brinkman & Leen Van der Vlugt / Sonneveld House / Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1933 · Hans Scharoun / Haus Schminke / Lo?bau, Germany, 1933 · Kemp & Tasker / Herne Hill House / London, UK, 1936 · Patrick Gwynne / The Homewood / Esher, Surrey, UK, 1938 / Berthold Lubetkin / Lubetkin Penthouse, Highpoint II/ London, UK, 1938 · Henry Moore / Hoglands / Perry Green, Hertfordshire, UK, 1940 · Jean Cocteau & Madeleine Castaing /Maison Jean Cocteau / Milly-la-Fo?ret, France, 1947 · Tony Duquette / Dawnridge / Beverly Hills, USA, 1949 · Lina Bo Bardi / The Glass House / Morumbi, Sa?o Paulo, Brazil, 1951
Piero Fornasetti / Villa Fornasetti / Milan, Italy, c. 1955 · E. Stewart Williams / The Kenaston House / Los Angeles, USA, 1957 · Robin Boyd / Walsh Street House / Melbourne, Australia, 1958 · Jakob Halldor Gunnløgsson / Gunnløgsson House / Øresund, Denmark, 1958 · Alvar Aalto / Maison Louise Carre? / Bazoches- sur-Guyonne, France, 1959 · Russell Wright / Dragon Rock / Garrison, New York, USA, 1961 · John Lautner / Garcia House / Los Angeles, USA, 1962 · Antonio Bonet Castellana / La Ricarda / Barcelona, Spain, 1963 · Oscar Niemeyer / Strick House / Los Angeles, USA, 1964 · Claude Parent / Maison Bordeaux-Le Pecq / Normandy, France, 1965 · Ray Kappe / Ray Kappe Residence / Los Angeles, USA, 1967 · Dieter Rams / Rams Residence / Frankfurt, Germany, 1971 · Terence Conran / Barton Court / Berkshire, UK, 1971 · Hugh Buhrich / Buhrich House / Sydney, Australia, 1972 · Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown / Venturi House / Philadelphia, USA, 1972 · Marcos Acayaba / Milan House / Sa?o Paulo, Brazil, 1975 · Ricardo Bofill / La Fa?brica / Barcelona, Spain, 1975 · Andre?e Putman / Putman Apartment / Paris, France, 1976 · Nicholas Haslam & John Fowler / Hunting Lodge / Hampshire, UK, 1977 · Albert Hadley / Hadley Residence / New York, USA, 1978 · John Stefanidis / Cock Crow / Dorset, UK, 1978 ·
David Hicks / The Grove / Oxfordshire, UK, 1979 · Eduardo Longo / Casa Bola / Sa?o Paulo, Brazil, 1979 · Anthony Collett / Collett House / London, UK, 1982 · Jacques Grange / Grange Apartment / Paris, France, 1984 · Bill Blass / Blass Apartment / New York, USA, 1985 · Zeynep Fadillioglu / Fadillioglu House / Istanbul, Turkey, 1987 · Christian Louboutin / Cha?teau Louboutin / Vende?e, France, 1988 · Axel Veervordt / Kasteel Van ‘S-Gravenwezel / Antwerp, Belgium, 1988 · Bart Prince / Joe & Etsuko Price Residence / Corona del Mar, California, USA, 1989 · Rose Tarlow / Tarlow Residence / Bel Air, California, USA, 1989 · Sills Huniford / Bedford Residence / Bedford, New York, USA, 1991 · Jacques Garcia / Cha?teau du Champ de Bataille / Normandy, France, 1992 · William Yeoward / The School House / Gloucestershire, UK, 1992 · Vicente Wolf / Wolf Apartment / New York, USA, 1993 · Fre?de?ric Me?chiche / Me?chiche Apartment / Paris, France, 1996 · Agne?s Emery / Maison Emery / Brussels, Belgium, 1996 · Todd Oldham / Oldham House / Pennsylvania, USA, 1997 · Ministero del Gusto / Maison Ministero del Gusto / Marrakech, Morocco, 1998 · John Pawson / Pawson House / London, UK, 1999 · Jens Risom / Risom House / New Canaan, Connecticut, USA, 1999 · Robin & Lucienne Day / Day House / hichester, Sussex, UK, 1999 · David Mlinaric / Fighine / Umbria, Italy, 1999 · Jonathan Adler / Adler/Doonan Apartment / New York, USA, 2001 · Marcio Kogan / Gama Issa House / Sa?o Paulo, Brazil, 2001 · Kengo Kuma / Great (Bamboo) Wall / Great Wall, China, 2002 · Karim Rashid / Rashid House / Long Island, USA, 2004 · Donna Karan / Karan Apartment / New York, USA, 2004 · John Minshaw / Minshaw House / London, UK, 2004 · Studio KO / Villa D / Al Ouidane, Morocco, 2004 · John Saladino / Saladino Villa / Montecito, California, USA, 2005 · Michael S. Smith / Smith House / Bel Air, California, USA, 2006 · 24H Architecture / Dragspelhuset / Lake O?vre, Sweden, 2006 · Matthew Williamson / Williamson House / London, UK, 2007 · David Pocknell / Saling Barn / Braintree, Essex, UK, 2007 · Boyarsky Murphy / Christ Church Tower / London, UK, 2007 · Shigeru Ban & Shamir Shah / Sagaponac Furniture House / Long Island, USA, 2007 · Rios Clementi Hale / Bohnett House / Los Angeles, USA, 2009 · Marcel Wanders / Casa Son Vida / Mallorca, Spain, 2009 · Greg Lynn / Bloom House / Los Angeles, USA, 2009 · David Collins / MahaNakhon Apartment / Bangkok, Thailand, 2010 · Marc Newson / Newson Apartment / London, UK, 2010 · Bibliography · Gazetteer · Interiors by style · Picture credits · Index