Architectural Digest at 100: A Century of Style

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No coffee table is really complete without a coffee-table book or two. Designed for display, these typically oversize tomes are the perfect showcase for gorgeous photography, which may be why there are so many coffee-table books dedicated to architecture and design. Here, we highlight some of our recent favorites, including a visual guide to mixing vintage and modern furniture written by interior designer Kishani Perera, an intimate look into the private homes of America’s top fashion designers, and an archival exploration of 289 of Frank Lloyd Wright’s greatest residences. Whether you’re looking for an intriguing coffee-table book to occupy your guests or searching for inspiration for your next redesign, these interiors-filled offerings are sure to fit the bill—and look pretty on your table while doing so. Affordable Splendor: An Ingenious Guide to Decorating Elegantly, Inexpensively, and Doing Most of It Yourself, by Diana Phipps. “This book shows you how to use a staple gun to tent basically every room in the house, with these amazing illustrated diagrams. A personal favorite.” An unrivaled survey of the most exciting contemporary interior design across the globe, curated by the editors of ten international editions of Architectural Digest. Since 1920, Architectural Digest has celebrated design talents, innovative homes, and products--providing endless decoration, lifestyle, and travel inspiration. With ten global editions, the magazine is an authority renowned all over the world for publishing only the very best of today's interior design.

even if you can’t live in one of these abodes, at least you can have a small piece of it on your coffee table. Fortune Magazine Metropolitan Stories: A Novel, by Christine Coulson. “Christine Coulson’s Metropolitan Stories is a marvelous distraction. The author worked at the Met for 25 years and also wrote the text for plaques at the British Galleries.”A San Diego house designed by architect Cliff May and decorated by Michael Taylor, July 1986. Photo: Russell MacMasters The book is really a survey of how Americans have lived - and how American life has changed - over the past 100 years."-- "Los Angeles Times" The book is really a survey of how Americans have lived – and how American life has changed – over the past 100 years.”— Los Angeles Times Blue and yellow brighten up this rooftop kitchen. Photographed by Simon Watson, Architectural Digest, May 2012

Andrei Dmitriev’s Russian kitchen. Photographed by Deborah Turbeville, Architectural Digest, September 2006Architectural Digest At 100: A Century Of Style Is A Must-Have Book!"-- "Interior Design Magazines" AD PRO has selected 18 such volumes that are sure to offer both escape and inspiration during these trying times. And the journeys are diverse: These richly illustrated tomes (all new this spring) will take you inside literature’s greatest houses, instruct you on the intricacies of flower arranging, allow you to eavesdrop on one of Modernism’s great fallings-out, and so much more. Join us, by reading on.

Written in the elevated quality that only the editors of Architectural Digest can master so well, AD at 100: A Century of Style is the world's newest guide to the best and brightest designs to inspire your next big home project."--The Editorialist This kitchen is fresh in blue and white. Photographed by Steve Hall, Architectural Digest, October 2008 We share your disappointment and greatly appreciate your understanding. Thank you for your patronage. Van Gogh: The Life, by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith. “Forget the fact that there are no better biographies written on Van Gogh than this one, but in my opinion there are no better biographies of an artist than Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith’s masterpiece on the Dutch post-impressionist. Reading it will change your view on art, and the deep struggle that goes into creating timeless pieces.”

A survey of how Americans have lived—and how American life has changed—over the past 100 years.”— Los Angeles Times A jewel-toned kitchen belonging to one mother and son. Photographed by Laure Joliet, AD, February 2020 Written in the elevated quality that only the editors of Architectural Digest can master so well, [this] is the world's newest guide to the best and brightest designs to inspire your next big home project." -- The Editorialist The kitchen has been the darling of interior design aficionados for quite some time. As for what makes for the best kitchen—well, that’s a matter of personal taste. Some like them bright, light, and white—and undeniably modern, sleek, and streamlined. Others are partial to a more rustic aesthetic and the French variety of this subset in particular. Others still seek out kitchens that break free from the proverbial bundt cake mold, opting to bring exceptionally unique and colorful spaces to life. even if you can’t live in one of these abodes, at least you can have a small piece of it on your coffee table.”— Fortune Magazine