Architecture is dedicated to discovering the essence of place.

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Laura C. Mallonee is a New York-based writer. Her articles have appeared in The Guardian, The Atlantic, and The Paris Review.

CB2 is a modern destination from Crate and Barrel that first opened in Chicago in the year 2000 and has since grown to 14 urban store locations. CB2 is known for affordable modern design for apartment, loft, and home.

MADE is an innovative design firm distinguished by our belief in integrating the designer and builder at every stage of the construction process. By combining a design studio, a fabrication workshop, and a contracting team under one roof, we offer a range of services unmatched by conventional design practices. More importantly, with the talents of informed designers and the skills of inspired builders, MADE creates spaces that are intelligently designed and ultimately refreshing in sensibility and aesthetic.

Arcbazar is the first-of-its-kind competition platform for architectural, interior and landscape design projects. At Arcbazar, you can launch a design competition for a new home, your remodeling project, an addition to your existing home or landscape - or any other home & garden design project. You describe the project, upload images, and provide an award and timeline. Designers from all around the globe submit their designs, and you pick the best solutions.

RESOLUTION: 4 ARCHITECTURE is an internationally published and highly acclaimed ten-person firm, completing projects in the residential, commercial, and public realms. Founded in 1990 by Joseph Tanney and Robert Luntz, RES4 is dedicated to addressing 21st century conditions through intelligent architecture and design. The firm consciously works to enhance sustainable practices that address the current and long-term challenges facing our dynamic communities. Through iterative investigation, RES4 works to shape the palpable, illuminate the obscure, and understand the interface of architecture, its users, and its context.

National Forest is a full-service creative think-tank with an expertise in execution. We create visual languages that can last a season or a lifetime. Our art directors, designers, photographers, and receptionists apply their respective artistic backgrounds, love of culture, and a collaborative approach to every endeavor. Although we firmly believe "the concept" is the foundation of any impactful campaign, we are dedicated to developing and reinventing new aesthetics and approaches to keep our work graphically forward.

Woodlabo is a passionate team who design and manufacture interior lighting in wood. Spacecraft from a borderless world, an invitation to travel between nature and space. Woodlabo, set up in Finland in 2010 and now based in France, shares a love of human values, simplicity, challenges and expertise. Woodlabo takes on architects’ bespoke projects: rescaling, lighting, fitting, adaptation for outdoors and creating new forms developed from standard models. The lights are designed to produce minimum offcuts, which are then reused to heat the workshop. We only use wood from European sustainable forests. Packaging for the lights is also wooden. Our partners, whose expertise complements our own, are all located within a radius of 300 km. www.woodlabo.com

In our ten years of operation we have pursued an architecture of expressive modernism across projects of varied typologies and scales.

1 + 2 ARCHITECTURE is a multi-award winning practice focusing on the delivery of high quality contemporary architecture. The directors bring with them a breadth of local, national and international experience in projects ranging from residential design to large commercial and institutional buildings. We believe that a successful outcome is best achieved by an investment in the quality design services that we offer.

Joy Rondello is an interior designer specializing in residential and retail. She founded J+Studio in Seattle, designing homes and boutique retail shops for clients in the Pacific Northwest and internationally.

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Astrid Design Studio is a boutique interior design firm dedicated to creating elegant and sustainable residential and commercial spaces. Based in Marin County, California, Astrid Design works in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York City and Miami Beach. Principal, N. Astrid Lindo is a Colombian born artist and was formally trained as an interior designer at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. She holds Certificates in Green Building and Permaculture and received her LEED accreditation in 2006. Having launched Astrid Design in 2008, Astrid has been working directly with her clients to create beautiful spaces. Astrid hones her talent in being able to intuitively curate and design interiors that highlight her client's innate sensibilities. Astrid's 17 years in the industry and her constant thirst for knowledge in all cutting-edge technologies and practices, enriches her as a designer and writer. These elements provide an understanding and application of the nuances that distinguish her in her trade. Her distinctive competence and inspiration lies in her fluency in Spanish and her training in Spain, Italy, New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Miami Beach. Her broad education, experience and travels have provided her with a profound understanding of culture and aesthetic, facilitating an innate capacity in interior and lifestyle design. In 2012, Astrid was chosen as one of ten Influential Women in Cleantech: Top 10 Women of Sustainability. With education being at the core of all change, she strongly believes that in continuing to cultivate herself and share that knowledge, she can help facilitate inspiration, thought and ultimately positive change. Astrid is currently taking on projects in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York City and Miami Beach.