Our annual compendium of top interiors features a range of projects that manifest inherent architectural strategies to organize and embellish space, from a structurally raw design museum in Lisbon to the urbane transparency of Derek Lam’s New York City shop.

Pictured: Graduate Aerospace Laboratories at Caltech (GALCIT), Guggenheim Building; Photo © Benny Chan / Fotoworks

Record Interiors 2008
Our annual survey of remarkable interiors includes 14 projects for which materials matter: A downtown Milwaukee bar by Johnsen Schmaling Architects, a minimalist Beijing restaurant by CL3, one of Tokyo’s latest Bathing Ape (BAPE) boutiques by Wonderwall, and a list of other projects that pair striking details with impeccable execution.

Themes and Variations
We examine the work of seven multifaceted architecture firms that use visual leitmotifs to create context and aura in their spaces.

Pictured: Collection Boros; Photo © Hanns Joosten

Record Interiors 2007
Six interiors by designers and firms including Ryuji Nakamura, John Pawson (Our lady of Novy Dvur, pictured), and Asymptote are featured in this year's Record Interiors. The featured spaces reveal an eye for drama with a delicate touch, characterized by a pale and nuanced palette.

Pictured: Our lady of Novy Dvur, Photo © Hisao Suzuki

Record Interiors 2006
From a dental clinic in Berlin to a beauty salon in Tokyo, each project in Record Interiors 2006 began with existing structures (even if, at an earlier time, the interior architect also designed the shell). And in each case, the new insertions compellingly alter our perceptions of the space.

Photo © Hiepler Brunier

Record Interiors Past Issues
Now available each edition of the annual Record Interiors issues from 2003-2007.

Record Interiors features projects that are intriguingly multilayered—some more enigmatically than others. Past features include the Nobel Peace Center - Oslo, Norway and  Morimoto New York - New York City.