The United States of Shame.

United States Courthouse, Salt Lake City by Thomas Phifer and Partners

Herzog + de Meuron used a variety of industrial materials throughout Dominus Estate. After ascending the stairwell to the second level, one is met by brutalist, concrete floors, a wire-mesh ceiling, floor-to-ceiling glass, and sunlight that shines through the gabions. A varnished-wood handrail contrasts with the metal, stone, and glass, adding warmth to the otherwise cool setting.

Linens from Society Limonata hang in the shop.

Makeshift Society is opening a Brooklyn outpost in early 2014, which will feature co-working spaces for creatives.

A selection of handmade hats from one of the last remaining millineries in the United States.

The Asia Society Texas Center, which was established in 1979 in part by former First Lady Barbara Bush and former Ambassador Roy M. Huffington, is today housed in an otherworldly, Yoshio Taniguchi–designed building. The Japanese architect is best-known for his renovation of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

The 16,000-square-foot home base for the Boston Society of Architects features a grand green staircase that connects levels and is visible from the exterior.

The modern candelabra that started it all: Jens Fager's Raw candelabra for Muuto (we love the bright green!). $250 at A+R.

A floor plan shows an example of the space's configuration.

Here's a snapshot of the 1,000-square-foot San Francisco location.

At the time of the opening of United Artists Theatre in New York, its owners proclaimed this building "the most beautiful, comfortable and up-to-date theatre in the world." As part of a United Artists Theatre series of buildings in Detroit, L.A., and New York, the idea was based a ‘movie palace’—a huge, all-encompassing destination where movies, recording studios, theater, and symphony performances, could all intermingle inside dazzling interiors.

Colour Mania, published by Viction:ary, distributed in the United States by Gingko Press

Design Play, published by Viction:ary, distributed in the United States by Gingko Press

Simply Packaging, published by Viction:ary, distributed in the United States by Gingko Press

The seeds for Frank Lloyd Wright's collaboration with prefab builder Marshall Erdman were planted when Erdman hired the architect to design the First Unitarian Society meeting house in Madison, Wisconsin. [Photo credit courtesy The Kubala Washatko Architects (TKWA) via ArchDaily]

Spread from Simply Packaging, published by Viction:ary, distributed in the United States by Gingko Press

Spread from Simply Packaging, published by Viction:ary, distributed in the United States by Gingko Press

Spread from Simply Packaging, published by Viction:ary, distributed in the United States by Gingko Press

Spread from Design Play, published by Viction:ary, distributed in the United States by Gingko Press

Spread from Colour Mania, published by Viction:ary, distributed in the United States by Gingko Press

Spread from Colour Mania, published by Viction:ary, distributed in the United States by Gingko Press

Spread from Colour Mania, published by Viction:ary, distributed in the United States by Gingko Press

Spread from Design Play, published by Viction:ary, distributed in the United States by Gingko Press

Spread from Design Play, published by Viction:ary, distributed in the United States by Gingko Press

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Using insulted metal panels that were rejected from the construction of a tennis center nearby, this sustainable home in Kansas by Studio 804 was inspired by the prefab Lustron houses that were developed in the United States after World War II.

Jongerius also touched upon the importance of a designer having an aesthetic signature. She used the dots that appear throughout her creations as an example. “It’s a magnificent moment to see an object have an independent life.” Here we see the massive Knots & Beads Curtain, created with hand-knotted yarn and 30,000 porcelain beds made from Dutch clay by Royal Tichelaar Makkum, that appears in the new interior for the United Nations North Delegates’ Lounge in New York, 2013. Jongerius worked alongside Rem Koolhaas, Irma Boom, Gabriel Lester and Louise Schouwenberg on various aspects of the space.

Even if domes and arches were considered bad for acoustics, Crane made use of them in the hundreds, pushing the limits of aesthetics for the pure decadence of it. In it’s almost Catherdralesque proportions and ambiance, United Artists Theatre in L.A., now the Ace Hotel, is a luxurious example.

Here, the bathroom in the States Street Tandem house.

East elevation of Buffalo City Hall, circa 1981. Image courtesy the United States Library of Congress' Prints and Photographs Division.

The home is called The Barn, as it was inspired by the American barns that the couple admired on travels throughout the United States.

Plaster model of United States Capitol , Model by Timothy Richards, Bath, England. Image courtesy of RIBA Library Drawings and Archives Collections

A grid of illuminated glass-and-bronze chairs, laid out in rows to represent which floors of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building each victim was during the bombing, light up at night, becoming beacons of hope. Two gates mark the edges of plaza and memorial; the 9:01 Gate (the last moment of innocence) and the 9:03 Gate (the start of the healing process). (Credit: Jimx, creative commons)

The company, which has already completed 500 projects, mostly in Russia, is now taking pre-orders for Europe and the United States.

Plaster model of United States Supreme Court , Model by Timothy Richards, Bath, England. Image courtesy of RIBA Library Drawings and Archives Collections