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Architects and Furniture

September 2025

Architects have designed some of the most iconic items of furniture. This AD features ingenious architect-protagonists of this genre and explores the recent history and chronology of architectural involvement in the discipline.

Furniture augments architect-designed environments, contributing to the holistic ambiance of a space and displaying in microcosm architects’ preoccupations with material palettes, haptic sensitivities, and structural invention. It can take the form of props for commercial purposes including business meetings and offices, for spaces susceptible to the weather, or for convivial, domestic settings. Whatever the programmatic imperative, architects have contributed in the most aesthetic ways. This issue honors some of the best.

Volume 95: Issue 2
144 pages - 8.5” x 11”

Editors: ASHLEY SIMONE AND NEIL SPILLER

Featured architects and designers: 4/16 ARCHITECTS, AL_A, RON ARAD, SHIGERU BAN, CRAB STUDIO, FOSTER + PARTNERS, FRANK GEHRY, ZAHA HADID, STEVEN HOLL ARCHITECTS, GREG LYNN, PAULO MENDES DA ROCHA, MORPHOSIS, GEATANO PESCE, OYLER WU COLLABORATIVE, REISER+UMEMOTO, AND ANDREW SKEY

Contributors: NIGEL COATES, JOHAN DEURELL, CARRIE EASTMAN, NICK ELIAS, TODD GANNON, KIKI GOTI, VANESSA GROSSMAN, DIMITRA TSACHRELIA, SANDY JONES, DEAN MALTZ, NANA MENDES DA ROCHA, EOIN SHAW, JOHN SZOT, AND WILLIAM RICHARDS

Keywords: ARCHITECTURAL FURNITURE, TABLE, CHAIR, RUG, LIGHT, BENCH, PUBLIC REALM FURNITURE, ARCHITECTS AND FURNITURE

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