Rooms that tell tales of its inhabitants
It took a pandemic to drive us indoors, and an elegant room could charm you into staying in. Excerpts from Phaidon's best-selling Interiors: 'The Greatest Rooms of the Century', which is not just about people who care about spaces in which they live, it is also about spaces that speak of how these people live
Image by : Courtesy of Ashleigh Wigley
Image by : Courtesy of Ashleigh Wigley
Sir Edwin Lutyens, Little Thakeham, for Ernest Blackburn, drawing room, near Storrington, West Sussex, England, UK, completed in 1902
Image by : Fernando Guerra
Image by : Fernando Guerra
Studio MK27, V4 House (for private client), living space, São Paulo, Brazil, completed in 2011
Image by : François Coquerel © Succession Yves Klein c/o DACS 2019
Image by : François Coquerel © Succession Yves Klein c/o DACS 2019
Yves Klein (designer and client), Klein Residence, living room, Paris, France, completed in 1949
Image by : Kate Martin/Jan Showers
Image by : Kate Martin/Jan Showers
Jan Showers, Belgravia Townhouse, for Lauren Gurvich King & Jeremy King, reception room, London, England, UK, completed in 2015
Image by : Courtesy of Ashley Hicks Studio
Image by : Courtesy of Ashley Hicks Studio
Ashley Hicks (designer and client), Hicks Set in The Albany, living room, London, England, UK, completed in 2015
Image by : Vicente Wolf Associates
Image by : Vicente Wolf Associates
Vicente Wolf, Factory Loft (for private client), living space, Sag Harbor, NY, USA, completed in 2012
Image by : Yannick Labrousse © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2019
Image by : Yannick Labrousse © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2019
Chahan Minassian (designer and client), Minassian Residence, living room, Paris, France, completed in 2015
