After a chance meeting at a dinner party in 1945, the two embarked on the design of one of architecture’s most canonical homes, the Farnsworth House. Pimentel-Reid’s own work as a designer, shown at the end of the book, showcases his range and talent for putting color and antiques to use in striking ways. Postmodern architecture emerged in the 1970s and ’80s as a backlash to the slick International Style that had captured much of the world’s attention in the first half of the 20th century.

Lockdown downtime is simultaneously a blessing and a curse: Suddenly, we have the time to tackle all of those pesky home projects yet somehow that to-do list has quadrupled.AD PRO has selected 18 such volumes that are sure to offer both escape and inspiration during these trying times. A good book, however, has the unique power to carry us to new worlds—all from the comfort of a favorite chair.

With most of the world sequestered indoors, there is no better time to appreciate spring’s signature blossoms. We gave interior designers Laura Hodges, Patrick Mele, and Xavier Donnelly a photo of the same empty NYC cafe—then asked each of them to transform the space in their particular style, however they pleased with no restrictions. 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. There’s no doubt that those tile setters, painters, and stone-carvers came in handy when it came to creating the rooftop kitchen’s custom shelves and tiled floor, countertop, and backsplash.Since 1920, Architectural Digest has celebrated design talents, innovative homes, and products--providing endless decoration, lifestyle, and travel inspiration. After all, Klein, whose résumé also boasts her modeling career and work as an author, is the former spouse of Calvin Klein.

A pictorial experience—serving as a guide through the stages of design—this stunning book will help readers explore their unique aesthetic; Harry N.Throughout these pages, you will encounter the floppy-eared Impy, Pixie, and Rupert (three of Kit Kemp’s family of Cavalier King Charles spaniels), the patrician Tristan Peregreine Sebastian D’Arundel (Carlos Sánchez-García’s leggy whippet), and Jack— Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen’s French bulldog, shown here amid an array of blue-and-white china. In the beginning, the pair was besotted with each other, speeding off to the building site in Farnsworth’s Chevrolet coupe, with her pet cocker spaniel in Mies’s lap. 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. Ranging freely between present and past, the book features the personal spaces of dozens of private celebrities like Barack and Michelle Obama, David Bowie, Truman Capote, David Hockney, Michael Kors, and Diana Vreeland, and includes the work of top designers and architects like Frank Gehry, David Hicks, [and others]"--Publisher marketing.