Shawn Gilliam

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The 2024 Residential Architect Design Awards (RADA), featuring jurors Rene Gonzalez, principal and founder of Rene Gonzalez Architects in Miami; Ashley Heeren, principal at Low Design Office in Austin, Texas; and Roselie Enriquez Ledda, principal at Paulett Taggart Architects in San Francisco, evaluated a robust field of more than 200 submissions to identify the forefront of housing innovation.

Jan 7, 2025 | mspmag.com | Shawn Gilliam

Treasures from India aren’t all that fill Khazana, Anju Kataria’s beloved boutique in Minneapolis. So do rich travel tips, and Kataria’s eyes sparkle when she talks about Kerala. “If there’s one place on this planet where time seems to slow, beauty takes center stage, and history swirls through every street corner, it’s Kerala,” she says of the lush Indian state nestled between mountains and the country’s southwest coast.

Dec 17, 2024 | mspmag.com | Shawn Gilliam

Hot pink and aqua ranks high on interior designer Lisa Peck’s list of favorite color combinations. “It’s the bougainvillea and the sea, and I’ve always been drawn to it,” the founder and principal designer of LiLu Interiors says. Besides color, Peck finds herself taken with patterns when in Greece. “So much of our visual language in architecture and design was developed there,” she says. Here’s where she found some of her best inspiration. Sailing around Skopelos.

Dec 10, 2024 | mspmag.com | Shawn Gilliam

Experiencing the seasons in a different way excites Todd Miller and Brian Duis more than almost anything else about their new home. “When you have these wide-open spaces and views of a thunderstorm, you have vantage points you can’t appreciate from the city,” Todd says. “We’ve seen the northern lights four times from here, and you can actually see the stars.” Since their move to White Oaks Savanna near Stillwater in May, the couple has embraced the best of summer and fall.

Oct 15, 2024 | mspmag.com | Shawn Gilliam

Skyscrapers extending as far as the eye can see define São Paulo’s architectural landscape. And while the largest city in the Western Hemisphere (barely edging out Mexico City, by most estimates) can feel overwhelming at first, exploring it at the neighborhood level reveals its charms, particularly for fans of modern design.