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  1. design edit
    Rare Akari Light Sculptures, Alexander Girard Posters, and More FindsPlus, Public Records’ new “living room.”
    By Diana Budds
  2. great rooms
    What Happens When an Architect Designs Their Own Family GetawayTwo different upstate homes — one modern, one cozy.
    By Wendy Goodman
  3. great rooms
    From a Decaying Bohemian Skylit Garret to a Modern HomeKay Lee and Jonathan Chong were beguiled by this Village walk-up owned by artists for decades. But then they had to live in it.
    By Wendy Goodman
  4. workplaces
    Tom Sachs Promised a Fun CultThe sculptor likes to call his studio part of his art practice. Working there could often be scary.
    By Katy Schneider and Adriane Quinlan
  5. books
    The 9 Best Architecture, Design, and Urbanism Books Out This SpringIncluding a compendium of Milton Glaser’s illustrations and a delightful collection of underground weed ads.
    By Curbed Staff
  6. books
    A Visit to the Home of Dansk’s Most Prolific DesignerAn excerpt from Jens Quistgaard: The Sculpting Designer.
    By The Editors
  7. architecture
    This Year’s Pritzker Winner is a Surprise, But Not in a Good WayAfter a decade of experimental, diverse winners, David Chipperfield feels like a safe choice.
    By Kate Wagner
  8. great rooms
    Lili Chemla’s West Village Apartment Has a Tub With a ViewIt’s as cozy and elegant as her fashion line, Leset, and she insisted on keeping the sticky old windows for charm.
    By Wendy Goodman
  9. great rooms
    Havana-Influenced In Washington HeightsAdam Rolston’s Deco co-op looks across to the Palisades.
    By Wendy Goodman
  10. why this looks like that
    An Installation of Clothes, Cardboard, and Plywood Takes Over the Japan SocietyArtist collective CFGNY brings a fashion show to Japan Society after 50 years.
    By Drew Zeiba
  11. great rooms
    How Luam Melake, Designer of Furniture with Feelings, Furnishes her Harlem Co-opIt’s a three-bedroom; she works in two of them.
    By Wendy Goodman
  12. great rooms
    Let the Light InPeter Vits and Zoe Vidali opened up their Noho triplex with a 27-foot-high atrium.
    By Wendy Goodman
  13. design edit
    A Minimalist Ashtray, a Carved-Wood Lamp From the 1970s, and More Design FindsPlus a new bar in Greenpoint designed to look like it was always there.
    By Diana Budds
  14. design
    How to Sauna, the Ikea and Marimekko WayWith rhubarb-print robes, ripply towels, and birch benches from their new Bastua collection.
    By Diana Budds
  15. great rooms
    A Prewar Studio Made Suitable for TwoKristoffer Cusick and Dan Hickle bought the 600-square-foot West Village co-op as a pied-à-terre, then redid it to live in it.
    By Wendy Goodman
  16. twitter
    I’ll Miss You, Design BotsThe loss of Twitter’s open API will probably finish off the accounts that put random visual delights into my feed.
    By Alexandra Lange
  17. great rooms
    What the Gallerists Brought HomeHow Patrick Parrish and Alex Gilbert decided what they wanted to live with in their Clinton Hill apartment.
    By Wendy Goodman
  18. design edit
    The Rainbow Hellerware Revival, Artist-Made Dream Houses, and More Design FindsPlus, an architect’s quest to perfect the tiny wood stool.
    By Diana Budds
  19. great rooms
    Floating Bedrooms in a Williamsburg LoftMatt Spangler asked architect Keith Burns for more space and light in his new place: Before and after photos.
    By Wendy Goodman
  20. typography
    U.S. Department of State Cuts Diplomatic Ties With SerifsFor memos, Times New Roman is out, Calibri is in.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  21. great rooms
    Push and Pull on a Park Avenue Co-op RenovationInterior designer Olivia Song’s clients were a couple with “polar opposite” tastes: he liked contemporary, she was more traditional.
    By Wendy Goodman
  22. great rooms
    The Entirely Affordable, Cheerfully Modernist El Borinquen in the BronxNonprofit developer Comunilife teamed up with Alexander Gorlin Architects.
    By Wendy Goodman
  23. great rooms
    Bethann Hardison’s Home Has Many Stories to TellShe challenged a stubbornly un-diverse fashion world, ran a modeling agency, and soon has a documentary coming out about her life.
    By Wendy Goodman
  24. goodbye 2022
    Wall-to-Wall Carpeting’s Very Good YearIt made a dramatic, dreamy entrance in galleries, homes, bars, and museums.
    By Diana Budds
  25. year in review
    Curbed’s 10 Most-Read ‘Great Rooms’ Stories in 2022They include a medieval triplex, his-and-hers apartments, and Wendy Goodman’s own apartment of 27 years.
    By Wendy Goodman
  26. wildlife
    Talking to the Guy Who Put Bees in Julianne Moore’s BackyardWill Ferrell’s honey tastes like acacia, oak, and chaparral. LeBron’s is more Chinese elm and eucalyptus.
    By Clio Chang
  27. year in review
    Curbed’s 20 Most-Read Stories in 2022They included bitter real-estate feuds, our deep dive into trash, and a report from Caroline Calloway’s drawn-out good-bye to the city.
    By Curbed Staff
  28. great rooms
    A Mod, Mix-It-Up English Country Cottage in the West VillageSasha Bikoff warned her husband of her decorating plans, “I’m going to go kind of crazy here.”
    By Wendy Goodman
  29. great rooms
    In Praise of the ‘Good Life’ Modernism of Barbie’s 1979 A-FrameAn excerpt from Barbie Dreamhouse: An Architectural Survey
    By Wendy Goodman
  30. public art watch
    Mashed Potatoes Meet MonetClimate activists have been celebrated for defacing great paintings. Why?
    By Jerry Saltz
  31. great rooms
    He Transformed His LES Apartment To Feel Like His Minnesota Childhood Home.Artist and set designer Steven Hammel’s cozy nostalgia.
    By Wendy Goodman
  32. great rooms
    The Day Wendy Goodman Moved Out of Her Apartment of 27 Years“I’d always thought that I’d be carried out feet first.” Then the brownstone she rented in was sold, and she had to sort through life.
    By Wendy Goodman
  33. remembrance
    George Lois, the Impossible Ad ManThe madman (but not a Mad Man, he was quick to tell you) behind Maypo, MTV, and Muhammad Ali’s Esquire cover has died at 91.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  34. great rooms
    Invite an Artisan to Holiday DinnerAn eye-popping excerpt from the new book At the Artisan’s Table.
    By Wendy Goodman
  35. furniture
    You Made Harry’s CouchAnd now you can buy it right side up.
    By Clio Chang
  36. furniture
    Peloton Founder Is Going Big on RugsInspired by Ernest Hemingway and Bob Marley.
    By Clio Chang
  37. great rooms
    These Obsessive Collectors Fill Their Homes With Chicken Pottery and PrototypesAn excerpt from Sight Unseen’s How to Live With Objects.
    By Wendy Goodman
  38. design edit
    A Takashi Murakami Pancake Pan, Cold Picnic Sweaters, and More Giftable FindsPlus a long-awaited tableware collection from Laila Gohar and Hay is finally for sale.
    By Diana Budds
  39. interior design
    The Objects That Sight Unseen’s Jill Singer CollectsIncluding a vase with too much sentimental value to let go of and a custom desk.
    By Diana Budds
  40. gift guide
    The Best New Books for Design, Architecture, and Urbanism EnthusiastsFrom an encyclopedia of furniture to an especially gorgeous travel guide to Florida.
    By Curbed Staff
  41. great rooms
    Móyòsórè “Moyo” Martins Makes Art At Night In A Former Bronx Furniture FactoryHe painted the skylights black and has furniture from Tim Burton’s Batman movie.
    By Wendy Goodman
  42. shopping
    What to Bid on in the Joan Didion Estate AuctionA rattan Peacock chair, a slipcovered sofa, and powder-pink pressed glassware, for starters.
    By Diana Budds
  43. interior design
    Tiwa Select Moves to New YorkWith an exhibition of textile screens and collages by Megumi Arai.
    By Diana Budds
  44. great rooms
    This “Not-Handy” Couple Really Didn’t Think They Wanted to Buy a TownhouseBefore and after photos.
    By Wendy Goodman
  45. great rooms
    The Art Is Always Changing in Michael and Susan Hort’s Live-in Museum in TribecaYou can even sit on some of it!
    By Wendy Goodman
  46. on set
    The Watcher in The Watcher Is (Probably) a Trad-Arch GuyThey don’t just have strong opinions about your countertops.
    By Diana Budds
  47. great rooms
    This Maximalist Bronx Condo Is All About FreedomAt home with John Goodman. An excerpt from Bryan Mason and Jeanine Hays’s new book, AphroChic.
    By Wendy Goodman
  48. great rooms
    This Might Be The Most Bohemian Family Home Left in the Village.Artist and archivist Kore Yoors, the son of the artist Jan Yoors, tends to the family legacy.
    By Wendy Goodman
  49. design edit
    NASA-Inspired Lighting, Kid Cudi’s Netflix Special, and More FindsPlus labor-as-artwork in the 1970s.
    By Diana Budds
  50. great rooms
    A Rooftop Escape for the ParentsDavid Weinstone and Nicole Tierney added a sleek modernist hat atop their 1899 Carroll Gardens family home.
    By Wendy Goodman
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