Domesticities At Home with The New York Times Magazine

by Viladas, Pilar

• ISBN13: 9780821257104
• ISBN10: 0821257102
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-02
• Publisher: Bulfinch

Summary

The houses and apartments that have appeared in The New York Times Magazine represent the foremost work of today's best architects and interior designers. For the first time in decades, a selection of the most outstanding of these residences is featured in one volume. Domesticities presents more than twenty-five homes from the cutting edge of contemporary design. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Pilar Viladas is the design editor of The New York Times Magazine. She has been an editor at Interiors, Progressive Architecture, and House & Garden magazines, and was a contributing writer for Architectural Digest. She is the co-author of two previous books--Los Angeles: A Certain Style, and California Beach Houses.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
The New Classics	p. 11
Posh Spice: Manhattan Apartment	p. 12
The Grand Tour: Westchester County House	p. 18
Compound Interest: Weiss House Oldwick, New Jersey	p. 24
The Great Indoors: Bentley-LaRosa House Bucks County, Pennsylvania	p. 32
The Perfectionist: Aparicio Apartment New York	p. 40
Summer Camp: Stern House Long Island	p. 46
The Mavericks	p. 55
Le Shack: Cabanon Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France	p. 56
The Enchanted Cottage: Salasky House East Hampton, New York	p. 62
Block Islands: Jayne-Ellis Loft New York	p. 70
Small Wonder: Slesin-Steinberg House Sag Harbor, New York	p. 76
The Red and the Black: McKay-D'arminio Apartment New York	p. 84
Caesar's Other Palace: Baratta Apartment New York	p. 90
Floats Like a Butterfly: Baratta Apartment Miami Beach	p. 96
Modern Living	p. 101
A Labor of Love: Villa Planchart Caracas, Venezuela	p. 102
Sky Box: Weekend House Long Island	p. 110
How to Hide a House: Kalkin House New Jersey	p. 116
Full Disclosure: Radziner-Cottle House Venice, California	p. 122
Garden Pavilion: Tarr House East Hampton, New York	p. 128
A Clean Sweep: Meyer House Sonoma County, California	p. 136
Traveling Light: Fifth Avenue Apartment New York	p. 144
Open House: Vacation House Idaho	p. 150
Personality Profiles	p. 159
A San Francisco Treat: Booth-Beard House San Francisco	p. 160
They Did it Their Way: De Menil House Houston	p. 168
Farm Fraiche: Grange House Loire Valley, France	p. 178
Drawn From Memory: Gustafson House Long Island	p. 184
Helter Shelter: Leibowitz House New York	p. 190
Grey's Anatomy: Grey Apartment New York	p. 198
Organizing Principles: Formica-Hiemstra Apartment New York	p. 206
Acknowledgments	p. 212
Credits	p. 213
Index	p. 213
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