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ADAM LEVINE in hollywood Celebrity Photography by roger davies Homes 2 ADAM LEVINE In Hollywood 5 brooke shields In New York 9 sting & trudIE styler In Tuscany 11 ROb lowe In Montecito, California 13 Ricky & ralph lauren In Jamaica 17 giorgio armani In Switzerland 19 sheryl crow In Hollywood 21 prince charles In Scotland 25 gerard butler In New York 27 sir elton john In Los Angeles 29 jennifer aniston In Beverly Hills
Cover: Brooke Shields in her Manhattan home. Portrait by William Waldron; see page 5.
Reprinted from the editorial pages of Architectural Digest. Copyright © 2012 by Condé Nast. All rights reserved under the International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photo copying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval Musician Adam Levine—of the band Maroon 5 system, without written permission from the publisher. and NBC’s The Voice—with his prized vintage Porsche near his Los Angeles home, which was decorated by Mark Haddawy. “I fell in love 1 with the location and the privacy,” he says. Levine filled his 1940s ranch-style house with midcentury design classics. “Furnishing a home is no different than making music,” he says. “You want to make sure that every stitch has a context uniquely yours.” Clockwise from above: The living room features a well-edited selection of vintage pieces. In the kitchen, a Florence Knoll table is paired with Arne Jacobsen chairs. One end of the master bedroom includes a Wurlitzer baby grand piano and a work on paper by Ed Ruscha.
3 Brooke Shields (below, with her two daughters in her kitchen) toured brownstones all over Manhattan before finding the perfect home to share with her girls and her husband, Chris Henchy, a writer and producer. The circa-1910 Greenwich Village townhouse “needed a complete gut,” she says, “but after a quick walk-through, I could see our future there.” Left: Interior designer David Flint Wood chose Louis XVI–style armchairs and a 1970s Lucite-base cocktail table for the living room. A Keith Haring painting, a gift from the artist, hangs on the wall between portraits by Will Cotton of Shields’s daughters.
BROOKE SHIELDS in NEW YORK
Architecture by made inte rior design by david flint wood P hotography by william waldron
5 “Our shared ideal was the sort of confident old house that has been lived in for generations,” says Flint Wood. In the dining room, a tole chandelier is paired with Jansen chairs and a vintage Ralph Lauren Home marble-top pedestal table. Zuber wallpaper lines the room; the wide-plank floor is stained black. Opposite, clockwise from top: The family room is filled with portraits of Shields alone and with her children, including images by Robert Mapplethorpe and Annie Leibovitz, alongside works by Richard Avedon, Adam Fuss, and others. The master bath includes a freestanding tub, a custom-designed vanity by MADE, and a Walker Zanger tile floor. In the master bedroom, an Anglo-Indian tester bed is dressed in John Robshaw block-printed linens; the oil portrait is Edwardian.
8 London-based landscape designer Arabella Lennox-Boyd transformed the once-stark grounds of Villa Palagio—the Tuscan estate purchased by Sting and Trudie Styler (opposite, bottom) in 1997—into a lush oasis. “Arabella believes more is more in a garden, with lots of color and texture, and I applaud her for that,” Styler says. Overlooking the elegant parterre is an ancient cedar of Lebanon. Opposite: A terrace offers views of the couple’s biodynamic vineyards and the Chianti hills beyond.
STING & TRUDie STYLER IN tuscany
Landscape design by arabella lennox-boyd Photography by giancarlo gardin Portrait by jaime travezan
10 The dwelling is nestled on four exqui- sitely landscaped acres near Santa Barbara. “It’s a large house,” Phoenix says, “but the scale fits the property. It’s very peaceful, very relaxing.” Below: An English dog painting is displayed over the living room fireplace, while a photograph by Lyndie Benson hangs above the Dutch secretary. “Sheryl loves beautiful things and is definitely a collector,” the designer says. The sisal rug is by Stark.
Rob Lowe (above right) and his wife, Sheryl, looked to East Coast precedents when designing their 20-room Georgian-style home—conceived by architect ROB LOWE Don Nulty and decorated by David Phoenix. “We all liked the clean, in montecito, california efficient lines and proportions of traditional Virginian detailing,” Architecture by Don Nulty Nulty says. Above: Perennials Interior design by David Phoenix fabric covers the seating around Landscape architecture by Mark Rios the pool and spa; the landscape Photography by Mary E. Nichols was designed by Mark Rios.
12 Fashion designer Ralph Lauren and his wife, Ricky (below), bought High Rock, a Jamaican villa on Round Hill, near Montego Bay, some 25 years ago. “It’s very serene, a different world, far away from everything,” he says. Left: “We live on the veranda,” Ralph says of the loggia/dining terrace. “The greenness of Jamaica is gorgeous. The air is very mild. It feels like a paradise. There’s a naturalness and ease of living.”
r icky & ralph L auren in JAMAICA
Photography by Durston Saylor Portrait by Richard Corman
13 Asian accents, such as antique ginger jars and chinoiserie mirrors, contribute to the exotic feel of the living room. “The goal was to make our family comfortable in a luxurious setting,” explains Ricky, who wrote a book inspired by Jamaica called My Island.
Just down the hill from the main house is the Laurens’ guesthouse, named the White Orchid; Ralph notes its boatlike feel. Clockwise from top: The guesthouse’s expansive pool deck. Marble floors were installed in the living room; the hurricane lamps are by Ralph Lauren Home. The interior courtyard.
16 giorgio armani in switzerland
Photography by roger davies a rm ni it courtesy of giorgio giorgio of courtesy a it portr
At his winter getaway near Saint Moritz, Switzerland, fashion designer Giorgio Armani (top right) and his team transformed a rustic retreat into a mahogany-filled take on traditional alpine style. Left: In the aptly named Polar Bear House, as the residence is known, the high-ceilinged living room was adapted from an existing 17th-century barn. Above: The living room’s lantern lamps, sofa fabric, and rug are all by Armani/Casa.
18 Crow decorated each room herself, piece by piece, taking a highly personal, richly layered approach to interior design. “I’m a collector of oddities,” she adds, “stuff that is some- how off-center or off-kilter, things that have their own inner lives and implore you to use your imagination.” In the living room, the sectional sofa and vintage table are from 22 Bond St., while the vintage Italian pendant lamp was purchased at Obsolete. Opposite, bottom: The kitchen is lined with sub- way tiles and equipped with a commercial-style Wolf range.
SHeryl crow in hollywood
Landscape design by Jonny Appleseed Landscaping Photography by Roger Davies Portrait by Jim McHugh
The 1926 Spanish Colonial Revival home of singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow (above) features an infinity-edge pool, designed by Jonny Appleseed Landscaping, that overlooks Los Angeles. “This is an incredibly magical place,” Crow says of her Hollywood Hills location. “It has the best of everything California has to offer. The land has a fascinating energy.”
20 Several years ago, when historic Dumfries House teetered on the verge of sale and dispersal, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales (below) stepped in and negotiated the estate’s purchase. Designed by the brothers Adam, furnished by cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale, and now preserved for posterity through the efforts of the prince, the Palladian villa is considered the most gloriously intact 18th-century house in Scotland.
Pr ince Charles in scotland
Photography by derry moore
21 The elaborate interiors were over- seen by two of England’s preeminent designers, David Mlinaric and Baron Piers von Westenholz. The goal was to make the estate “like a grand British country house should be—comfortable and elegant,” says Westenholz. Emblems of the harvest are carved into the paneling of the Pink Dining Room; the painting is by Venetian artist Jacopo Bassano, and the curtains are orna mented with antique tassels and trim.
Top: The mahogany chairs and settee in the Blue Drawing Room were supplied by Chippendale in 1759; he also created the rare rosewood breakfront bookcase. The Murano-glass chandelier is original to Dumfries House, the chinoiserie mirror is by William Mathie, and the gilt-wood table is by George Mercer. Left: Portraits fill the walls of a skylit gallery. Above: A team of 20 artisans restored the Chippendale four-poster in the Family Bedroom; brilliant blue silk damask covers even the canopy’s cresting.
24 “I wanted something elegant and gorgeous and at the same time rather masculine and raw,” Butler says of the loft’s overall tone. The sofa and ottoman in the living area are by ABC Carpet & Home.
Gerard Butler (left) worked with architect Alexander Gorlin and film production designer Elvis Restaino on his 3,300-square-foot loft in Manhattan. “I wanted a home in the middle of the craziness,” the actor says. Above: “Your possibilities when working with a production designer are endless,” Restaino says. For the dining area, they commissioned a custom-made table the designer calls “thick and heavy and permanent.” Gerard Butler in NEW YORK
Architecture by Alexander Gorlin Architects Interior design by Elvis Restaino Photography by Durston Saylor
26 Sir Elton John and his husband, filmmaker David Furnish (shown at left with a work by Damien Hirst), asked decorator Martyn Lawrence Bullard to develop a 1970s-inspired design for their Los Angeles residence. “Elton’s only directive,” says Bullard, “was sir elton john a period vibe as backdrop for his art and in los angeles color photographs.” Below, left: The kitchen features a circa-1970 chandelier that once hung in the Grand Hotel in Milan; a William Interior design by Martyn Lawrence Bullard Claxton photograph of Peggy Moffitt is Photography by Tim Street-Porter displayed on the wall. PORtrait by deborah anderson/vistalux
The living room offers sweeping city views. A Dale Chihuly glass basket is on the side table, at rear, and the onyx-and-chrome low tables were designed by Bullard; the carpet is by the Rug Company.
27 Jennifer Aniston (opposite, bottom) collaborated with designer Stephen Shadley to transform a 1970 residence by Harold W. Levitt in Beverly Hills into an inviting retreat. “The making of the house was as significant to me as the living in it,” says the former Friends star. Shadley extended the eaves of Aniston’s home, which were clad in cumaru wood, and installed travertine flooring; the umbrellas are from Janus et Cie. “Designing a house is like doing a movie,” the actress says. “Once you’re done you want to say, ‘I hope you all enjoy it.’ ”
Jennifer A NISTON in BEVERLY HILLS
Renovation architecture and interior design by Stephen Shadley Landscape design by Coral Browning and Marcello Villano Photography by Scott Frances Portrait by Peggy Sirota
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