Laura Mauk writes about architecture and design for Dwell, Wallpaper*, the San Francisco Chronicle, SHLTR, and Spaces. She worked as an editor for Architectural Digest, Allure, and Western Interiors & Design and started her career in New York in the late nineties, when she was first published in Paper magazine and wrote a column for Artforum's Bookforum.

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