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When InterContinental Hotels Group hired Bangkok-based architect and landscape architect Bill Bensley to design their 197-room resort on Vietman's Son Tra Peninsula, they knew they'd end up with many firsts, ideally related to their "Green Engage" program. More
Overseas work has been growing steadily since 2008 and now has nearly doubled. Some 36 percent of a firm's projects are international work and that will trend up. Asia is projected as the greatest potential growth center for the next two years by 66 percent of hospitality Giants. More
The bland sameness of shopping malls caused Jordan Mozer to pull a 180 when it came to designing an outlet of Stacked, a fast-growing restaurant chain. More
More than three billion square feet of building space worldwide is registered to achieve a green rating. That figure comes from the World Green Building Council, which represents some 20,000 organizations. And it implicates enough concerned professionals to pack a powerful punch. More
Hospitality income has been a powerhouse coming out of the Great Recession. Fees jumped 24 percent in 2012, from $444 million the previous year to $550 million. More
Ancillary data bears out the boom: The total number of jobs popped from 2,267 to nearly 2,800. Square footage has risen from a recessionary low of 143 million in 2010 to 168 million in 2012. Next year, it's expected to approach 190 million square feet, the highest in four years.
Also of note is the undulating wood ceiling, which mimics the rolling hills of the vineyard and is accented by small pendulant lights meant to represent evening stars. It is reclaimed timber from the 2002 Biscuit Fire that scorched more than 500,000 acres in Southern Oregon. A wall of North-facing floor-to-ceiling windows provides natural light (artificial lighting is controlled by motion sensors) and vineyard views. More
Laminam by Crossville is a new concept in decorative surfaces with universal potential for the building, architectural and interior design world. It is a versatile and flexible solution with high aesthetic appeal and outstanding technical performance. More
When does an object transcend basic form and simple function? When it engages-and charms-the user. Motif, by Omvivo principal designer Thomas Coward, begins with a round glass bottom that is hand-etched in one of three patterns- Forest, Kaleidoscope, orPebble-formed in a kiln, and then fused with a band of white solid surfacing.
Sculture Evento pedestal sink, toilet, and bidetin porcelain in white and red by Marazzi Group. More
You might not expect to find a Japanese bathhouse nestled in the towering timber forests of northwest Montana. But a Zen sanctuary addition was exactly what a couple of globe-trotting clients- natives of Whitefish, a picture-postcard former logging town rimmed by the Northern Rocky Mountains- wanted for their 15-acre estate. Working on the three-year, 3,500-square-foot project with architecture firm CTA, Envi Design principal Susie Hoffmann used her sense of interior space to create the clean, low-key aesthetic the clients' sought. More
Although Oprah Winfrey was already a devoted fan of the Miraval Arizona Resort & Spa, majority owner-and AOL cofounder-Steve Case saw a need to exfoliate the property's inessentials to installa Clarins brand Life in Balance spa. Brought in to perform the treatment, Interior Design Hall of Fame member Clodagh realized: "This wasn't a hair and make up job. It was drastic surgery." Fortunately Clodagh Design had already partnered with architecture firm Mithun in 2006 on the Sonoran Desert resort's master plan, so the team was already familiar with the 400-acre, wind-sculpted setting. More
The doors of perception are thrown open with Tape, Monica Armani's redesign of the shower cubicle for Boffi. Instead of a hinge, this door rotates on a pivot that partially cuts into the plane-both inside and outside the brushed stainless steel framing as it opens and closes. Made of tempered, extra-light float glass, the door comes 82 . inches high and either 31 . or 35 inches wide. More
Design's Top 75 Hospitality Giants, and puts them together with influential purchasers, owners, operators, brand executives, and vendors. More
With an asset-management office in Midtown, Lauren Rottet has truly arrived in the big city More
MTI has designed and produced an exclusive collection of high-end, design-savvy products for the bathroom. Each product is a hand-made work of art that will transform the bathroom into a showcase of the extraordinary. More
Nearly two centuries after Michael Thonet established his studio in Germany, the master has arrived stateside. The long-deferred debut comes courtesy of M2L, recently named a distributor for GebrüderT 1819, the company now headed by Thonet's fifth-generation descendants. Of course, his reputation precedes him. Who doesn't recognize the Vienna coffee house chair? More
"One of the most beautiful and ornate Gilded Age spaces in New York."