Over the past few years the philosophy of showroom and art gallery design has been gradually converging in terms of solutions, materials, and composition: the common objective of installation design is to display for show, or display to sell. Be they works of art or clothes, sculpture or shoes, paintings or specific products, the objects on show are foregrounded by the display space - entrance lobbies, corridors, special temporary exhibition areas, converted lofts, warehouses, or former garages. This is the subject for the fifth book in the series "International Architecture & Interiors," a special series which, after spotlighting various aspects of contemporary architecture in the United States - from apartments to the fascinating single-family house, from restaurants to offices - now proposes a companion study focused on the complex typological category of showrooms and art galleries, so as to widen our overview of interior design and architecture in the United States.

PREFACE / PREFAZIONE Matteo Vercelloni

SHOWROOMS

BROWN SHOE COMPANY NEW YORK, NY 1997. B Five Studio

CASSINA NEW YORK, NY 1994. Dario Caimi - France Asnaghi Architects

EMANUEL/EMANUEL UNGARO NEW YORK, NY 1997. B Five Studio

GIORGIO ARMANI CALZE NEW YORK, NY 1990. James D"Auria Associates Architects

G.H. BASS & COMPANY NEW YORK, NY 1995. Parson + Fernandez-Casteleiro, PC

HERMAN MILLER NEW YORK, NY 1996. Fox & Fowle Architects, Design Consultants Carbone Smolan Associates

HERMAN MILLER, INC. SEATTLE, WA 1995. NBBJ

HOT SOX NEW YORK, NY 1993. James D"Auria Associates Architects

INTERFACE FLOORING SYSTEM NEW YORK, NY 1994. Joel Leonard Design

JHANE BARNES INC. NEW YORK, NY 1995. Matsuyama International Corporation

JIL SANDER NEW YORK, NY 1996. Gabellini Associates

JOOP! JEANS USA NEW YORK, NY 1995. Baratloo-Balch Architects

LIGHTOLIER TECHCENTER FALL RIVER, MA 1996. Robert Luchetti Associates

PERRY ELLIS INTERNATIONAL SHOWROOM NEW YORK, NY 1995. James Harb Architects

SIMINT FASHION CORPORATION NEW YORK, NY 1993. Resolution: 4 Architecture

GALLERIES

ALVAR AALTO EXHIBIT WASHINGTON, DC 1996. Carbone Smolan Associates

ART E INDUSTRIE GALLERY NEW YORK, NY 1998. Rick Kauffman, Stephen Cassell

CHALK & VERMILLION GALLERY NEW YORK, NY 1987. Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects

CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS LIBENSKY/BRYCHTOVA EXHIBITION CORNING, NY 1993-94. Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects

THE DECADE SHOW NEW YORK, NY 1989. Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects

MARY BOONE GALLERY NEW YORK, NY 1996. Richard Gluckman Architects

MUSEUM FOR AFRICAN ART NEW YORK, NY 1993. Maya Lin - David Hotson, Architects

PAULA COOPER GALLERY NEW YORK, NY 1996. Richard Gluckman Architects

ROTUNDA GALLERY BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, NY 1993. Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects

SECURITY PACIFIC ART GALLERY SEATTLE, WA 1991. NBBJ

STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE NEW YORK, NY 1993. Steven Holl Architects e Vito Acconci

WHITNEY MUSEUM RENOVATION NEW YORK, NY 1998. Richard Gluckman - David Mayner Architects