The brief, idealistic life of the affordable Hampton’s vacation home.

This influential Florida modernist, praised by Frank Lloyd Wright for his “organic” architecture, is still building his own designs at the age of 91.

A happy confluence of vision, creative freedom and independent-minded designers put this Dutch furniture company on the world map in the 1960s.

Defying categories, Nohl designed everything from silver jewelry and pottery to a fantastical sculpted environment.

In 1927, architect Robert Mallet-Stevens transformed a street into a “total work of art.” This house has survived intact.

On the cover Robert Mallet-Stevens, Villa Martel (1927)
in Paris. Photo by Roland Halbe.