This book defines the history of modern interior design through the reuse of existing buildings. This approach allows the history of the interior to be viewed as separate from the history of architecture and instead enables the interior to develop its own historical narrative.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Home
• Introduction
• Maison de Verre, Pierre Chareau and Bernard Bijvoet, Paris, France, 1928–31
• Beistegui Apartment, Le Corbusier, Paris, France, 1929–31
• Casa Devalle, Carlo Mollino, Turin, Italy, 1939–40
• Total Furnishing Unit, Joe Colombo, New York, USA, 1971–2
• Callender School Renovation, George Ranalli, Newport, USA, 1979–81
• Penthouse at 23 Beekman Place, Paul Rudolph and Donald Luckenbill, New York, USA, 1977–88
• Pawson Family House, John and Catherine Pawson, London, UK, 1996–9
• Bunny Lane House, Adam Kalkin, New Jersey, USA, 2001
• Glenlyon Church, Multiplicity, Victoria, Australia, 2004
• Chapter 2: Work
• Introduction
• Bürolandschaft, Eberhard and Wolfgang Schnelle/Quickborner Team, Germany and elsewhere, 1959–
• La Llauna School, Enric Miralles and Carme Pinós, Badalona, Spain, 1984–6 and 1993–4
• Metropolis Recording Studios, Powell-Tuck, Connor & Orefelt, London, UK, 1990
• DE Shaw Offices, Steven Holl Architects, New York, USA, 1991–2
• Reactor Studios, Brooks + Scarpa (formerly Pugh + Scarpa), Santa Monica, USA, 1998
• Utrecht Town Hall, EMBT, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2000
• TBWA\HAKUHODO, Klein Dytham Architecture, Tokyo, Japan, 2007
• Birkbeck Centre for Film and Visual Media Research, Surface Architects, London, UK, 2007
• Chapter 3: Shop
• Introduction
• Knize Tailors, Adolf Loos, Vienna, Austria, 1910–13
• Olivetti Showroom, Carlo Scarpa, Venice, Italy, 1957–8
• Retti Candle Shop, Hans Hollein, Vienna, Austria, 1965
• Issey Miyake, Shiro Kuramata, Tokyo, Japan, 1987
• Mandarina Duck, Droog, Paris, France, 2000
• Alexander McQueen, William Russell, New York, USA, 2002
• Santa Caterina Market, EMBT, Barcelona, Spain, 1997–2004
• Dover Street Market, Rei Kawakubo, London, UK, 2004
• Selexyz Dominicanen Bookshop, Merkx+Girod, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2007
• Chapter 4: Display
• Introduction
• Castelvecchio Museum, Carlo Scarpa, Verona, Italy, 1958–73
• Hedmark Cathedral Museum, Sverre Fehn, Hamar, Norway, 1967–73/1979
• Deutsches Architekturmuseum, O.M. Ungers, Frankfurt, Germany, 1979–84
• Picasso Museum, Roland Simounet, Paris, France, 1976–85
• Galleria Nazionale, Guido Canali, Parma, Italy, 1977–87
• Grande Galerie de l’Évolution, Paul Chemetov and Borja Huidobro, Paris, France, 1994
• Great Expectations, Roger Mann, Dinah Casson and Craig Riley, New York, USA, 2001
• British Music Experience, Land Design Studio, London, UK, 2009
• Chapter 5: Leisure
• Introduction
• Willow Tea Rooms, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh, Glasgow, UK, 1904
• American Bar, Adolf Loos, Vienna, Austria, 1908
• Haçienda, Ben Kelly, Manchester, UK, 1982
• Royalton Hotel, Philippe Starck, New York, USA, 1988
• MAK Café, Hermann Czech, Vienna, Austria, 1993
• Georges Restaurant, Dominique Jakob and Brendan MacFarlane, Paris, France, 2000
• Brasserie, Diller + Scofidio, New York, USA, 2000
• Town Hall Hotel and Apartments, Rare, London, UK, 2010
• The Waterhouse at South Bund, Neri&Hu, Shanghai, China, 2010
• Chapter 6: Culture
• Introduction
• Glasgow School of Art Library, Charles Rennie Mackintosh/Honeyman and Keppie, Glasgow, UK, 1897–9/1907–9
• Royal Exchange Theatre, Levitt Bernstein with Richard Negri, Manchester, UK, 1976
• Trust Theater, Mecanoo Architects, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1996
• Müncheberg Church and Library, Klaus Block, Müncheberg, Germany, 1997
• San Marcos Cultural Centre, Ignacio Mendaro Corsini, Toledo, Spain, 2002
• Maison de l'Architecture, Chartier-Corbasson, Paris, France, 2003
• Architectural Documentation Centre and Lecture Hall, Aparicio + Fernández Elorza, Madrid, Spain, 2004
• Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of Design, Office dA, Providence, USA, 2006
• CaixaForum, Herzog & de Meuron, Madrid, Spain, 2008
• Further reading
• Author's acknowledgements