For AN Interior’s third annual top 50 list, published in the Fall 2020 issue of AN Interior (out soon), we gathered the architects and designers from across the United States creating the most exciting interiors today. While the future of design is anything but certain, especially in 2020, these firms offer hope that the environments in which people play, work, and learn can continue to become more beautiful and humane.
A+I
New York
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Adjaye Associates
Accra, Ghana; London; and New York
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Alda Ly Architecture & Design
New York
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ARCHITECTUREFIRM
New York and Richmond, Virginia
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![](http://cdn.aninteriormag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Katie-M_AF_bw-853x1280.jpg)
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Architecture Research Office
New York
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![](http://cdn.aninteriormag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Rothko-Chapel-Suzanne-Deal-Booth-Welcome-House_Elizabeth-Felicella-1280x853.jpg)
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Bestor Architecture
Los Angeles
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bld.us
Washington, D.C.
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Büro Koray Duman
New York and Istanbul
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Charlap Hyman & Herrero
New York and Los Angeles
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CIVILIVN
New York
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Dash Marshall
New York and Detroit
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Design, Bitches
Los Angeles
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Float Studio
New York
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General Assembly
New York
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Hacker
Portland, Oregon
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Heliotrope Architects
Seattle
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Husband Wife
New York
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Inaba Williams
New York
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IwamotoScott Architecture
San Francisco
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Jaklitsch / Gardner Architects
New York
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Leong Leong
New York
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LOVEISENOUGH
New York
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LUBRANO CIAVARRA Architects
New York
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Maria Milans Studio
Madrid and New York
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Marlon Blackwell Architects
Fayetteville, Arkansas
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Michael Hsu Office of Architecture
Austin, Texas, and Houston
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Montalba Architects
Lausanne, Switzerland, and Los Angeles
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Michael K Chen Architecture
New York
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Morris Adjmi Architects
New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia
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Norman Kelley
Chicago and New Orleans
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Olson Kundig
Seattle
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OMA New York
New York
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Peterson Rich Office
New York
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PRODUCTORA
Mexico City and New York
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Slade Architecture
New York
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Stayner Architects
Los Angeles
![](http://cdn.aninteriormag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Miles-C-Bates-House_Tim-Hirschmann_2.jpg)
Spiegel Aihara Workshop (SAW)
San Francisco
![](http://cdn.aninteriormag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CottonStreetResidence_Photo©BruceDamonte_24.jpg)
SO–IL
New York
![](http://cdn.aninteriormag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Shrem_16-11_SO-IL_BCJ_4999.jpg)
Studio Blitz
Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco
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Studio O+A
San Francisco
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T.W. Ryan Architecture
New York and San Francisco
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Thoughtbarn
Austin
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tres birds
Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco
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Utile
Boston
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Vladimir Radutny Architects
Chicago
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Wolfgang & Hite
New York
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WORKac
New York
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Worrell Yeung
New York
![](http://cdn.aninteriormag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/191207-EP-WorrellYeungChelsea-039-Web.jpg)
WRNS Studio
Honolulu, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle
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