The “feature wall” has become the ultimate architectural cop-out. A single slab of book-matched marble glued to the center of a painted drywall room is no longer a symbol of luxury. It is a compromise. It signals that the budget ran out, or worse, that the designer lacked the courage to commit to a singular vision.
In modern high-end architecture, we are abandoning piecemeal decoration. We are witnessing the rise of the Immersive Vault.