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I shape independent reporting and criticism on design, architecture, and culture. My work examines interiors, architecture, media moments, and trends, tracing the aesthetic forces that define the spaces we inhabit.
Lauren Buxbaum Gordon Can Take on Any Project and Live to Tell About It ELLE DECOR | April 2025 | Cover Story
The Historic Apartment Worthy of a Truman Capote Swan Is Still the Grand Dame of New York Abodes—Only Shinier ELLE DECOR | September 2024
Are Tiny Paintings the Next Big Thing? ELLE DECOR | March 2025
This Refined Upper East Side Apartment Is the Stuff of Adulting Dreams ELLE DECOR | November 2024
The Taper Candle Renaissance Is Upon Us ELLE DECOR | May 2025
Inside Casa Lever’s Sensational Makeover ELLE DECOR | June 2023
In California, an Architectural Stunner Finally Gets Its Moment in the Sun ELLE DECOR | November 2023
History Was Created From Scratch in One of Houston’s River Oaks Majesties ELLE DECOR | October 2022
Is the Dog Room the New Luxury Must-Have? ELLE DECOR | June 2025
Longchamp’s New York Flagship Gets a Gleaming Makeover ELLE DECOR | May 2025
Discover a 19th-Century Australian House with a Secret Lower Floor ELLE DECOR | February 2023
This Bucolic Cottage Was Designed with Summertime Snoozes in Mind ELLE DECOR | August 2023
America’s Most Spectacular Gilded Age Gardens Bloom Anew, Thanks to a $250 Million Renovation ELLE DECOR | November 2024
Amid a Sea of Generic McMansions, This Beverly Hills Estate Is a Livable Painting ELLE DECOR | June 2023
On Park Avenue, a Formerly Bare-Bones Apartment Gets a Dramatic New Beginning ELLE DECOR | May 2024
Color of the Year Reportage
This Paris-Inspired Apartment Is the Ultimate Love Letter to Mom ELLE DECOR | December 2024
The ‘Strega Nona Fall’ Kitchen Is the New TikTok Sensation That’s Straight Out of a Storybook ELLE DECOR | October 2024
This Whimsical Georgian House Is a Storybook Escape ELLE DECOR | July 2025
What Does It Take to Maintain Blenheim Palace? Velcro Strips and Nerve ELLE DECOR | August 2024
Farmhouse Chic Gets a Youthful Update in This Ultra-Colorful Country Home ELLE DECOR | March 2024
How a Doorknob Inspired an Entire New York Apartment ELLE DECOR | July 2024
Why “Intentional Clutter” Is the New Maximalism ELLE DECOR | May 2025
5 Interior Design Trends Making a Comeback in 2025, According to Pros ELLE DECOR | December 2024
5 Furniture Trends That Will Dominate 2025, According to Designers ELLE DECOR | February 2025
See How the Magic Is Made at Jonathan Adler’s New SoHo Headquarters ELLE DECOR | June 2022
How Bookshelf Wealth Became the Ultimate Status Symbol ELLE DECOR | March 2025
CULTURE
Meet the American Artisans Who Helped Resurrect Notre Dame Cathedral ELLE DECOR | December 2024
The Met’s New Exhibition on Chinoiserie Is Anything But Pretty. That’s the Point ELLE DECOR | April 2025
One Year Later, Looking Back on the Historic Landmarks Lost in the Los Angeles Wildfires ELLE DECOR | January 2026
A Sumptuous New Met Exhibition Sheds Light on the Secrets of the Tudor Royals ELLE DECOR | October 2022
At the Met, Tadao Ando’s Quiet Backdrop Sets the Stage for Karl Lagerfeld’s Larger-Than-Life Creations ELLE DECOR | May 2023
Why Is That Step Ladder at TEFAF Over $700,000? ELLE DECOR | May 2025
The Met’s ‘Sleeping Beauties’ Exhibition Was Designed to Be Smelled ELLE DECOR | May 2024
The True Story Behind Christian Dior and Coco Chanel’s Infamous Rift ELLE DECOR | February 2024
Who Was Babe Paley? Naomi Watts Tells All ELLE DECOR | February 2024
How ‘The Gilded Age’ Reveals a Secret Side of Newport ELLE DECOR | June 2025
Inside the Spectacular Filming Locations of ‘The Crown,’ Season 5 ELLE DECOR | November 2022
11 Behind-the-Scenes Set Secrets in ‘The Crown’ Season 6 ELLE DECOR | December 2025
Britain's National Media Museum Loses More Than Just a Treasured Archive TIME | February 2016
Christie’s Is Auctioning André Leon Talley’s Prized Possessions ELLE DECOR | January 2023
The Morgan Library’s New Garden Is the Ultimate Alfresco Experience ELLE DECOR | June 2022
On the Set of China’s Latest War Films TIME | April 2015
Inside the Quiet Lives of China’s Disappearing Tibetan Nomads TIME | September 2015
These Are the Faces of Egypt’s Revolutionaries TIME | October 2015