Best of Chicago Design 2010

42 Go-To Shops, Spaces, and Design Pros to Know

Gina Bazer and Jan Parr, with Lisa Cregan and Lisa Gartner

Gold Standard

Nate Berkus creates a gleaming interior for a new home in the Palmolive Building

Lisa Cregan

Oh, Beautiful

In an Evanston front yard, a conventional turf lawn is replaced with amber waves of ornamental grass

Dennis Rodkin

It’s Elemental

Distinctive modern architectural components add up to beauty, warmth, and light in a new house in Lincoln Park

Gina Bazer

Black, White, Euro All Over

A designer’s century-old graystone evokes her childhood in Vienna and her adulthood in the here and now

Monica Ginsburg

Make It Mondrian

Walls of windows and smart design give a mid-century split-level a boldly modern new look

Lisa Skolnik

Nice Curves

Gina Bazer