This is our ninth year of talking with talented residential practitioners about the products and materials they admire most. This is the architect's art: envisioning a world of fresh possibilities in that old, reliable products catalog.
Nandinee Phookan Architect: Häfele’s Hawa top-hung sliding door hardware.
EFM Design: Leather architectural pulls designed for Spinneybeck.
Taylor Smyth Architects: Gira door handle by British designer Jasper Morrison.
Blip Design: Avante garage doors from Clopay Building Products.
Alterstudio Architects: Happy D. sinks from Duravit.
E. Cobb Architects: RIXSON’s top and bottom pivot hinges.
XTEN Architecture: Rettangolo line of faucets and tub fillers from Gessi.
Sprocket Design-Build: Hinkley Lighting’s 6-inch-by-16-inch Atlantis wall sconce.
Bercy Chen Studio: Regal Plastics acrylic sheeting in a variety of colors, sizes, and textures.
Studio A: Lacava’s Twin Set semi-recessed sink.
Kuth/Ranieri Architects: Miele convection steam oven.
EFM Design: Zincalume corrugated metal.
EFM Design: Dornbracht’s Tara Classic faucets by Sieger Design.
EFM Design: Appiani’s Anthologhia tile mini pieces.
EFM Design: Door levers and cabinet pulls from Italian manufacturer Valli&Valli.
Taylor Smyth Architects: Titanium/zinc alloy cladding from VM ZINC.
Taylor Smyth Architects: Ciot’s resinset river stones.
Kuth/Ranieri Architects: The 36-inch rangetop from Wolf Appliance.
Kuth/Ranieri Architects: RSA Lighting’s COMBOLIGHT is a recessed multilamp fixture for a variety of applications.
Kuth/Ranieri Architects: Quantum’s Euroglide lift-and-slide door system.
Studio A: Green roof waterproofing systems from Soprema.
Studio A: Smith & Fong’s Plyboo planks.
Studio A: Glass tiles from Waterworks.
Bercy Chen Studio: US Lumber Brokers Birch plywood cladding.
Bercy Chen Studio: Oldcastle Glass gray-tinted architectural glass for increased energy efficiency.
Sprocket Design-Build: Wood/resin panels from Prodema.
Sprocket Design-Build: Concrete with color admixture from Davis Colors.
XTEN Architecture: Riga Form birch plywood overlaid with a phenol film.
XTEN Architecture: Ford-Brady glass tiles in a straight bar design.
E. Cobb Architects: Western red cedar cladding.
E. Cobb Architects: Base reveals from Gordon’s Interior Specialties Division.
Alterstudio Architects: CaesarStone quartz surfacing.
Alterstudio Architects: Parma faucets from Danze.
Alterstudio Architects: Chroma by 3form is a transparent polyresin plastic surfacing.
Blip Design: Cembonit panels from Cement Board Fabricators.
Blip Design: Stonco Roughlyte industrial fixture from Genlyte.
Blip Design: PaperStone’s Certified Series countertops.
Nandinee Phookan Architect: Poliform USA closet systems.
Nandinee Phookan Architect: FSB’s 1058 handle.
Nandinee Phookan Architect: Architect Arne Jacobsen faucet designs for Vola.
Large-format tile collection's basic model measures nearly 3 feet square, and the largest is almost 3 feet wide and 4 feet tall.
Stainless steel 15-inch-wide refrigerator drawers—touted by the manufacturer as the world's first—are well-suited for lofts, wet bars, master suites, and any compact space.
Protruding a mere ½ inch from the ceiling, smoke alarm from Kidde delivers innovative technology, via an ionization sensor, in a stylish package.
Turnstyle Designs feature drum-dyed, bridle leather-wrapped door levers and pulls.
Using a CMYK ink-jet printing process, a Spanish tile manufacturer can produce a full-bleed transfer of photo-quality images on porcelain tile, allowing homeowners to transform their walls or floors into their favorite photograph or drawing.
added plus
The new +Wardrobe Collection from cabinet guru Poggenpohl features sixty closet system finishes and can be fabricated to fit spaces of any size.
copper tone
CopperPlus combines the strength, light weight, and affordability of a stainless steel core with real copper that will patina naturally as it ages.