Contemporary City

On the 21st floor of a Barbican tower block, the flat of Royal Academician Michael Craig-Martin mirrors his artistic aesthetic, with clean lines, blocks of colour and careful placement of artworks and the design classics that feature in his work

It is no surprise that art dominates the west London house of photographer and curator Steve Lazarides. But this is no austere, gallery like space: it is a characterful, comfortable family home thanks to Maria Speake of Retrouvius and her skilful use of bold colours and salvaged materials

Working with the owner of this Edwardian house in London, interior designer Alex Dauley has created just the right balance of old with new, minimalism with warmth, and elegance with practicality to achieve her client's vision.

Known for her ability to make every room sing, Beata Heuman was the ideal choice to decorate a musician's family home. By introducing texture, colour and ingenious design details, the interior designer has softened the contemporary lines of this London house and brought the spaces to life

It has been 15 years since House & Garden last featured the king of French decorating, Jacques Grange's Paris apartment. With new photographs from renowned interiors photographer Ricardo Lebougle's new book ‘Inside Paris’, the recently renovated space and his vast and eclectic collection gets better and better

As co-founder and creative director of sought-after clothing brand Rixo, Orlagh McCloskey is used to designing under pressure. Even so, buying and decorating a new house and a flagship store simultaneously is quite a feat.

This light-filled house in Bruges is a rare example of 1930s Dutch architecture and its artist owners have made it the perfect canvas for their creative pursuits

Well known for their elegant hotel projects, designers Martin Hulbert and Jay Grierson have transformed the dark and dated interiors of this townhouse using warm colours, mirrored surfaces and eye-catching lighting to open up the space

With her innate sense of proportion and symmetry, interior designer Pallas Kalamotusis has capitalised on the lofty dimensions of a hotchpotch mansion flat in west London to create a harmonious home

Entrusted with the mission of bringing light to a gloomy ground floor flat, Studio Peake leant on her client's love on textiles and art to bring warmth to their London bolthole

With lacquered surfaces, large-scale mirrors and enticing hints of gold and silver, this Toronto house has been given a dramatic look by Colette van den Thillart that is both glamorous and easy to live with. 

Interior designers Nicholas Spencer and Sophie von Wedekind have created a stylish family home for themselves and their children by joining two houses in west London

Combining their talents, garden designer Atticus Branch and fashion photographer Ahmed Hassan have transformed their shared flat

Interior designer Cath Beckett, co-founder of Yellow London, has made her own flat the perfect showcase for her bold, expressive use of colour and pattern

For illustrator and homeware designer Alfred Bramsen, home is much more than a place to relax and the decoration of his Hackney flat is an expression of his creative pursuits

A newbuild in central London has been transformed into a pied-à-terre with personality thanks to the subtle layering of materials and use of warm, earthy shades by New York-based interior designer Jessica Schuster

A handsome Victorian house in Cambridge that had seen better days has been respectfully rejuvenated by the architect Neil Dusheiko, taking inspiration from the renowned mid-century Case Study Houses in California

Elegance meets urban bohemia in this Manhattan apartment designed by Augusta Hoffman

With her children starting their own families, the owner of this Belgravia penthouse was ready for a fresh start and turned to interior designer Natalia Miyar for a chintz-free transformation

Gary Searle, vice president of Kravet in North America, recounts how he and his partner Leighton McDonald relocated from South Africa to Canada and, after living in a Lutyens-style house for seven years, took inspiration from various designers they admired for the decoration of this penthouse in Toronto