Platner worked for Eero Saarinen in the early 1960s, overlapping with Kevin Roche, Cesar Pelli, Robert Venturi, Ralph Rapson, Gunnar Birkerts, Niels Diffrient, and photographer Balthazar Korab.

Warren Platner portrait

Platner designed his own house in Guilford, Connecticut, in 1970, as a set of pavilions centered on a great room. At the center of the great room was a fur-covered sofa surrounded by more furniture, in tones of taupe and tan, of Platner’s own design.

“The concept is similar to a chateau in the Loire Valley,” Platner said of his own house in Guilford, Connecticut.

The house included a number of interior windows and window seats, which he called “terraces,” including one with a view of the dining room.

Warren Platner designed the American Restaurant in Kansas City in 1974 as part of a complex of modern buildings commissioned by the Hall family of Hallmark Cards. He described the bentwood, brass and lipstick-red interior as “like a huge lace Valentine.”

This fall, Knoll celebrates the 50th anniversary of its Warren Platner Collection with a new 18k gold-plate finish, seen here on the designer's armchair and stool.

One of Platner’s last projects was a pair of English cross-channel ferries, the Fantasia and the Fiesta, for which he designed yellow Union Jack carpeting and lavender chairs.

A 500-pound executive status symbol? Yes, in the form of a $6,000 leather, wood, and bronze desk designed by Platner. “I thought of these things as trees,” he said.

The dining chairs are by Warren Platner for Knoll.

Platner’s own wire series chairs for Knoll were used in the reception rooms at Windows on the World, the restaurant located on the top floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center and completed in 1976.

Kent Memorial Library, Location: Kent CT, Architect: Warren Platner

In the master bedroom is a four-poster bed by Javier Rubio and a vintage Warren Platner chair.

While Aumas designed the gilded table, Warren Platner gets credit for the vintage lounge chair for Knoll.

“There’s no right answer except to play and experiment,” says interior designer Jonathan Adler in regards to the Shelter Island getaway he shares with his husband, fellow design expert Simon Doonan. Custom ceramic wall tiles, a few plants, and a self-made rug, stool, and coffee table all add to the home's inimitable decor.

Drawing from Croatia’s rich—and only recently acknowledged—tradition of socialist design, Numen / For Use's Polygon chair is small, comfortable and easy to move.

A far cry from minimalism, the renovated 900-square-foot Paris flat belonging to Nicolas Roche, a scion of the French furniture company Roche Bobois, is decked out with vivid hues and vintage furniture. A 1960s orange lamp by Luxus is suspended over the Warren Platner dining table and chairs. The 1950s rosewood glass cabinet is from Soriano. Pod Lens pendants by Ross Lovegrove for Luceplan hang from the ceiling.

Green wall paint marks the bar area of the tasting room, where Warren Platner-designed chairs from Knoll encircle a Jean Prouve-designed table.

In the living room, local artwork and an elegant redwood ceiling watch over a side chair by Warren Platner for Knoll and an Easy Edges side chair by Frank Gehry for Vitra.

A modular Tufty-Too sofa by Patricia Urquiola for B&B Italia fills a corner of the lounge area. It's paired with side tables by Warren Platner.

Finds included Bertoia barstools, a J. Wade Beam coffee table, and a chrome Thonet-inspired chair in Unit One and a Warren Platner coffee table and chair in Unit Four.

In the living room, local artwork and an elegant redwood ceiling watch over a side chair by Warren Platner for Knoll and an Easy Edges side chair by Frank Gehry for Vitra.

This 1959 Alexander home features vaulted tongue-and-groove ceilings, porcelain tile floors, and classic furnishings from Warren Platner, George Nelson, and the Eameses. It is available to rent on HomeAway.

A playful approach to furnishings defines the interior. A mix of traditional items and modern pieces, among them an Eames chair and Warren Platner coffee table in the living area, define the home.

The long hallways do as much to delineate the home's space as the windows do. A pair of Wire series chairs for Knoll by Warren Platner add a space-age modern feel to the home's leafy vibe.

The architects preserved the existing beamed ceilings, which give the open-plan living area an airy feel. The living area is dressed with a vintage tête-à-tête sofa by Edward Wormley, a Warren Platner chair, and an Isamu Noguchi table.

The long hallways do as much to delineate the home's space as the windows do. A pair of Wire series chairs for Knoll by Warren Platner add a space-age modern feel to the home's leafy vibe.

Opulent modernist Warren Platner didn't shy away from using bold metallics for his interiors; in fact, he embraced all manners of flash, glitz, and bling—applied in an architecturally appropriate way, of course. Here, the floor-to-ceiling doors leading into the subterranean auditorium are plated in gold.

Modernism Week in Palm Springs.

Silhouetted partygoers enjoying the atmosphere.

Loris Lora’s paintings, from her new book Eventually Everything Connects, reference icons like Charles and Ray Eames.

Another Lora piece from Eventually Everything Connects.

A comprehensive timeline traces growing global environmental awareness. Photo by Pat McElnea. Images provided courtesy The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Archive of The Cooper Union.

Because the property slopes to the rear, the home’s eastern view is of treetops right outside. In the dining nook, Executive Armchairs by Eero Saarinen join a Warren Platner table beneath a Serge Mouille ceiling light. A patterned rug by AVO rests on the terrazzo tile floor.

A Philippe Starck standing lamp and an Eames chaise longue bracket the living room; two Lawrence Weiner prints hang behind a pair of Warren Platner chairs and a table purchased from a River Oaks estate sale; at far left of the room, a partial wall of new cinderblocks hides a return air vent.

Platner Side Table by Warren Platner for Knoll, $930 for metallic bronze base with bronze glass top