The classic Hamptons farmhouse is getting an upgrade. BLACKBARN, the brainchild of architect and interior designer Mark Zeff, offers custom-built homes “inspired by the barns and farmhouses of the East End, with a bespoke modern sensibility,” according to developer Robert Dankner of Prime Manhattan Residential. ... More

In honor of World AIDS Day, online art platform POBA has joined forces with DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS), LifeBEAT: Music Fights AIDS and Visual AIDS to kickoff Art Lives, a permanent online gallery of work by artists lost to the disease. Each organization nominated artists—Ken Kendrick, Patrick Kelly, ... More

"What's successful today is not necessarily successful tomorrow,” says Gary Friedman, the chairman and CEO of RH. “So it’s more in the journey than it is where we land.” Given the hockey-stick growth trajectory of the home-furnishings company formerly known as Restoration Hardware, whose new-antique aesthetic is adored by everyone from baristas ... More

“Rooms should reveal themselves gradually over time,” writes the pioneering interior designer Jeffrey Bilhuber. This design principle applies not only to his work but also to the creation of his new book, Jeffrey Bilhuber: American Master, a tome 30 years in the making.    The nearly 300-page book offers exclusive tours of ... More

Lately you can’t shake a stick without hitting a boutique hotel promising Egyptian cotton linens, Kiehl’s products and flat-screen televisions. But there’s more to luxury than a well-appointed suite. That is why the proprietors at a string of new properties are turning their attention to common areas. More

London-based designer Paul Cocksedge has brought his work stateside for the second time. The solo exhibition, Freeze, features three series of objects: “Freeze,” “Slice” and “Rhythm Shelf,” created by allowing the forces of nature—namely temperature—to work their magic on materials like copper, aluminum and acrylic.  Cocksedge’s experimentation throughout the series produced splendid ... More

When it comes to decorating, it's a toss-up as to who should be more envied: the clients of top designers or their family members. Supporting the latter's position is the comprehensive book Designers at Home (Rizzoli) by Ronda Rice Carman. The amazing residences of 50 top ... More

Right in the heart of SoHo sit two historic residential properties that retain a distinct narrative inscribed in their walls. It’s a place where art influencers and fashion bigwigs once lived and worked inside their airy lofts. Today, those buildings—25 Mercer and its neighbor 27 Mercer—are being transformed into luxury ... More

The Dakota, the exclusive Manhattan apartment building that’s housed the likes of Joe Namath, Yoko Ono and Judy Garland, might be next to impossible for mere mortals to move into, but the famously private building recently opened its doors to historian Andrew Alpern. The resulting book, The Dakota: ... More

When the Grace Farms Foundation needed an architect for its 80-acre New Canaan community center, they searched wide. “Our committee looked at 25 firms,” says foundation president Sharon Prince, before settling on Pritzker Prize–winner SANAA, whose designs include NYC’s New Museum. The River Building opens October 9 with artworks by ... More