The 2023 AD 100 is a list of the best architects, interior designers, and landscape architects working today – and in today’s article, we will explore the Top European Designers.
Top European Designers
Dimorestudio
Britt Moran and Emiliano Salci of Milan, the creators of Dimorestudio, continue the tradition of visionaries who were not afraid to go bigger, bolder, and more colourful than ever before in Italian design history. However, they actually shifted their focus backwards in order to advance their own aesthetic.
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Studio Peregalli
Laura Sartori Rimini and Roberto Peregalli, the late mentor and legendary decorator Renzo Mongiardino’s spiritual heirs, bring history to life with their evocative commissions at Studio Peregalli in Milan. The scholarly duo imagines a wide range of bygone aesthetics, from Renaissance magnificence to Victorian exuberance, realised by professional crafters using age-old techniques, as demonstrated in their mesmerising books, The Invention of the Past (2011) and Grand Tour (2018), both published by Rizzoli.
Vincenzo De Cotiis
Vincenzo De Cotiis, a Politecnico di Milano graduate, works at the intersection of architecture, interior design, and furniture design, following in the footsteps of Italian masters such as Gio Ponti and Carlo Scarpa and emphasising superior craftsmanship above all else. His sculptural furnishings, which are for sale and on display at Carpenters Workshop Gallery, serve as inspiration for his interior design projects, which include yachts, retail jobs, and homes in Ibiza, Paris, St. Moritz, and Cyprus.
Casiraghi Architecture d’Intérieur
Fabrizio Casiraghi, an Italian-born Parisian, has created an entrancing body of work since beginning at the Dimorestudio in Milan. His work includes stores for Kenzo and Cire Trudon, as well as a skilful renovation of Paris’s renowned Drouant restaurant and boutique hotels in prime locations. When he furnished an opulent Parisian apartment with skirted yellow sofas and bronze painted-filigree plasterwork, the internet went crazy. “A beguiling harmony flavoured with African and Asian allusions,” describes Casiraghi’s aesthetic. More is on the way, with three audaciously realised hotels currently under construction in London, Sydney, and Paris.
Elliott Barnes Interiors
Elliott Barnes, an American living in Paris, learned his trade under the late Andrée Putman and served as the firm’s director before opening his own office in 2004. Barnes had the opportunity to lecture at American institutions as well as the ENSAD (National School of Decorative Arts) in Paris at the start of his career. With his own firm, the Cornell University alumnus expertly blends residential and hotel projects, such as The Ritz-Carlton, historic Parisian Maisons, and Javier Pastore’s home.
Joseph Dirand Architecture
After graduating from the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville, Joseph Dirand became known as a rigid modernist who was enamoured with minimalism’s blank slate. Dirand received the assignment to design the interiors of Junko Shimada’s Paris store at the age of 25, quickly demonstrating his exceptional talent. Over time, the designer has developed a distinct narrative approach to his work that feels noticeably more energetic.
Laplace
Luis Laplace, an Argentine native, graduated from the Universidad de Belgrano in 1995 with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in architecture and urbanism. Later, he worked with Annabelle Selldorf in New York before moving to Paris and co-founding a company with his French colleague Christophe Comoy. Laplace is especially drawn to art; once telling AD that “Art, art, and art!” best represented his sense of design; as a result, he creates interiors that are both creative and ideal settings for art collections.
Studio KO
The architects at Studio KO first met as undergrads at Paris‘ École des Beaux-Arts more than 20 years ago. Olivier Marty and Karl Fournier founded their business after falling in love, and it is now well known for its handcrafted, rustic minimalism. According to Fournier, the human touch should be emphasised rather than eliminated. Imperfections in the process are unavoidable. Despite the fact that it is our language, you can only tell if you can feel it. The design team has worked on projects all over the world, including Yves Saint Laurent’s Musée in Marrakech, Balmain boutiques in New York and Los Angeles, and André Balazs’ Chiltern Firehouse hotel in London.
Pierre Yovanovitch
Pierre Yovanovitch established his own studio in Paris in 2001 after transitioning from clothing design for Pierre Cardin to interior design. Since entering the interior design field, Yovanovitch has developed a particular love for going back in time and giving old buildings a contemporary makeover. “I frequently work on 17th- and 18th-century residences,” says the AD100 designer, “but I believe they must live in our day.”
Beata Heuman
Beata Heuman, a bubbly native Swede who studied under British style guru Nicky Haslam, believes that “the best design combines form, function, and personality.” Her mischievous, family-friendly aesthetic is described as combining “a Scandinavian attention to detail with the desire to create something unique and characterful.” bespoke furnishings (imagine a bed perched atop white-wood lion’s paws) meet fabrics and wallpaper of decidedly mirthful mien in the fresh-faced rooms that Heuman conjures from Nantucket, Massachusetts, to Hamburg, Germany, to the United Kingdom (a dining room appears to be entirely encased in pencilled doodles).
Francis Sultana
Francis Sultana celebrated the tenth anniversary of his design firm with a special line of furniture honouring his late mother Marie-François. “My mother was, if you will, my first client; she allowed me to try out looks on her house,” Sultana says. As you turn the pages, two themes emerge: first, the strong Mediterranean-meets-classicism influence of Sultana’s native Malta; and second, a fondness for the fine arts, which accounts for his clientele of art collectors from all over the world.
Rose Uniacke Interiors
Before becoming an interior designer, Rose Uniacke worked as an antique dealer and furniture restorer; both jobs had a significant impact on her current work. The AD100 designer creates sparsely furnished, soul-stirring spaces for her predominantly British clients, who include Peter Morgan, Jo Malone, Victoria, and David Beckham. Unfinished floorboards, pale hand-plastered walls, vintage Scandinavian furniture, and a scattering of evocative antiques are frequently used in these settings. Her style has evolved to include, if not as a distinguishing feature, blending the ancient and the new.
Veere Grenney Associates
Veere Grenney’s interiors are characterized by three essential characteristics: harmony, clarity, and balance. “Pared-down classicism, like that practised in the early-19th century by the architect Sir John Soane, continually serves as inspiration,” says Grenney, who, before founding his London-based business two decades ago, was a director at the prestigious British decorating firm Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler. The designer combines modernism and classicism, the modest and the spectacular, but notably beauty and comfort, for his residential buildings around the world, from Mustique to Morocco to London.
Bjarke Ingels Group
A spiralling, partially underground museum dedicated to Audemars Piguet watchmaker. A futuristic city built to test self-driving cars. A former ferry converted into a floating house with a one-of-a-kind design. a Malaysian archipelago with a focus on sustainability. A collaboration with NASA to build 3D-printed homes on the moon. This multinational company, founded by Danish design icon Bjarke Ingels, creates modern icons that broaden the concept of what the built environment might look like—and how it can improve our lives and the world—or worlds—we inhabit.
Martin Brudnizki Design Studio
“Context, culture, and the client—the end result must be a response to how they wish to live,” says Martin Brudnizki. It’s a good thing for the stylish interior architect and designer from Stockholm that his followers, which include ultra-covert financiers and industry titans like Soho House, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, and The Birley Group, value high style that’s been significantly boosted by irreverent maximalism. His stunning 2018 renovation of Annabel’s, the infamously seedy London exclusive club, includes a disco with golden columns shaped like palm palms, a mirror ladies’ lounge with a ceiling covered in pink artificial peonies, and more trelliswork overall.
Vincent Van Duysen
Given the almost monastic purity that distinguishes his quietly stunning assignments, it is not surprising that Vincent Van Duysen was influenced by the work of architects such as Luis Barragán, Le Corbusier, and Louis Kahn. Fine touches like silky plaster finishes, dry wood textures, and hazy colours add depth to the Belgian designer’s sparsely furnished rooms. Vincent Van Duysen’s most notable designs include the Kvadrat store in Milan, the Winery VV by Vinetiq in Puurs, Belgium, and several rooms at Kim Kardashian’s Calabasas estate.
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