As the international design authority, Architectural Digest features the work of top architects and designers, as well as the best in style, culture and travel. Every year, AD release the AD100: a list of the world’s renowed names in the interior design and architecture industry. And this year, was not exception, but Arquitectural Digest list was organized in an different way: by categories. From Connoisseurs to American Beauties, talent is the unifying element among such renowed interior designers and architects.

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As one of the best interior design magazines, recognize that “This year’s honorees—plus ten top tastemakers who have been elevated to the list’s first-ever Hall of Fame—are the men and women who are changing our world, one room, one building, and one garden at a time“.

The list was separated in thirteen different categories:

The Avant-Garde

8 architectural powerhouses whose soaring structures are reshaping the world’s skylines.

The Classicists

4 superstar talents refreshing history’s lessons for contemporary life.

The Modernists

9 cutting-edge architects who put a poetic spin on pure forms.

American Beauties

Classic American decorating never looked better in the hands of these homegrown talents.

The Connoisseurs

The sophisticated stylists who know how to curate five-star interiors.

British Invasion

England’s leading lights create stylish rooms admired around the world.

French Connection

Maestros of the chic and luxurious with a Parisian point of view.

The New Traditionalists 

Savvy interpreters of the past who breathe new life into the tried and true.

The Daredevils 

5 audacious visionaries whose rooms are all about shock and awe.

Young Guns

The next generation of trendsetters, tastemakers, and design gurus.

Hitmakers

7 superstars who put the magic into today’s hottest hotels and restaurants.

Color Geniuses

These decorators are fearless when it comes to bold colors and brash patterns.

Groundbreakers

5 landscape design firms that conjure the most glorious gardens in the world.

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