Interior designer Mariette Himes Gomez and architect Oscar Shamamian together handled the conversion of two separate apartments into a single, unified whole for a Manhattan family. The resulting 5,000-square-foot duplex penthouse’s entrance hall has a circa 1820 cherrywood center table and a circa 1830 French mahogany fauteuil, both from Lee Calicchio. Chair fabric, Rogers & Goffigon.

Living Rooms

Designers Stephen Sills and James Huniford, of Sills Huniford, worked with architectural designer Robert Rich to expand a couple’s 18th-century saltbox in upstate New York into a weekend retreat. The designers retained the living room’s original wood floors and incorporated a soothing palette. “This house is not about moldings,” says Huniford. “It’s about light and comfort.”

Richard Meier

In designing the interior architecture and décor of an apartment in one of Richard Meier’s Glass Towers on Manhattan’s Hudson river, Peter L. Shelton and Lee F. Mindel carved out serene spaces while honoring the building’s modernist aesthetic. Midcentury furnishings, like the Poul Kjaerholm rattan chairs in the living area, set the tone.

For the Rachofsky House in Dallas, Meier created a space for both an individual to live as well as an international private collection of artwork. Meier made “art a part of the experience” in the house, with a focus on light and hard lines.