Our annual roundup of top interiors ranges from a Shanghai hotel carved from a ruin to a busy Manhattan media office.

Pictured: Art Collector's Loft; Photo © Iwan Baan

Burj Khalifa and CityCenter: Illuminating two massive projects.

Plus much more in our lighting archive.

Pictured: Burj Khalifa / Photo © Hedrich Blessing/Nick Merrick

Blair Kamin, Denise Scott Brown, and others weigh in on the Burj Khalifa and CityCenter, Las Vegas.

Plus, view past Project Portfolios, with multimedia features including videos and interactive walk-throughs, and links to the people and products behind the projects.

Three firms devise transitions for their clients’ spaces—a Chicago furniture showroom, a Washington, D.C. office, and an Arizona yoga studio—via unique spatial arrangements, material choices, and contextual references, as well as the subtle integration of light and color. 

Pictured: Yoga Deva; Photo © Bill Timmerman

Engineering News-Record, RECORD’s sister publication, recently published a special feature on “Progressive Project Delivery,” including an opinion piece observing that “Architects Move Belatedly to the Light” and another column, “Could Big Change Happen here?” that warns: “new methods of project acquisition [in Britain]… should send shudders down the spines of American architects and engineers.”