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FEATURES

Color stories

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Colors, both present and future

Interview

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WONDER

PEOPLE Ole Scheeren

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Form Follows Fiction

PEOPLE Alex Michaelis & Tim Boyd

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The best version of themselves

PEOPLE Andrew Zobler

146 Mix master

12 New York | The Vessel | Heatherwick Studio

14 Harbin, China | Harbin Opera House MAD Architects

16 New York | Kips Bay Decorator Show

Projects review The Retreat GrindavĂ­k, Iceland

House 2018 | Sasha Bikoff

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The call of nature

88 Hangzhou | JOOOS Fitting Room | X+Living

3Beirut

40 Urban regeneration

9 0 Dalen, Norway | Soria Moria Sauna Feste Landscape / Architecture

92 Guilin, China | The Other Place | Studio 10 140 Plasencia, Spain | Congress Center and Auditorium | Selgascano

142 Odaiba, Tokyo | MORI Building Digital Art Museum | Mori Building and teamLab

144 Tianjin, china | Tianjin Binhai Library MVRDV, Tianjin Urban Planning and Design Institute (TUPDI)

176 Paris | Simone | Joana Vasconcelos 178 Kanpur, India | The Pink Zebra aka The Feast

India Co | Renesa Architecture Design Interiors

180 Rome | Hotel Palazzo Dama | Antonio Girardi

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Bally Milan

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From space comes space

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Amanyangyun Shanghai Nature and history provide nourishment for the soul

XYZ Lounge Ghent, Belgium

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Spacial meetings in the XYZ Lounge

The Ramble Denver

River North District

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Davines Parma, Italy Family-working environment

Paramount House Hotel Sydney

The Pantheon Iconic Rome Hotel

60 Creativity in Denver’s Historic

70 Action!

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The spirit of Rome

Sinan Books Shanghai

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Colours at full volume

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Morpheus Macao The God of dreams

The Jaffa Hotel Tel Aviv

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132 New world 136 A stay like none other 152 A multi-faceted gem 158 New Renaissance 162 Between Yin and Yang 168 Luxury done to perfection 172 A completely French allure

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Design inspirations

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229 A preview of the upcoming global projects

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Europe at the centre of changing design PAOLO BLEVE | Editor-in-chief

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year ago, on occasion of the March book, we wrote about Africa’s progress as a continent of emerging culture and about the inexhaustible energy in Asia Pacific (especially China). Today we are (metaphorically) coming to terms with the recovery of Europe, which has made an important contribution to the world of design, creating hybrid concepts and configurations: from the workplace, to the hospitality sector, to the home, and back.

The world of work – which takes up much more time than that usually dedicated to our private lives – is simplified: walls disappear, partitions are moved, décor becomes more colourful, and spaces are shared. All of these changes are conditioning the way we work, as well as the way we live and design.

An excess of technology, connectivity, and input meets new generations (paradoxically those considered digital natives) who know how to filter and select information and who have a less individualistic approach. This new way of being evidently needed the right kind of space: less formal, more social, and at times contemplative and spiritual.

Great luxury will become even greater (see Bulgari in Beijing), but also and above all more unique (admire the Blue Lagoon Retreat or the Amanyangyun). We must also pay attention to the WeWork phenomenon and to the advancement of the Room Mate model which was the first to indicate this new direction. As always, the ColorWorks® experts already predicted almost everything in the first two Color Stories, so we know what to expect in 2020.

Happy reading, and let yourselves be seduced.

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WONDER. NEW YORK | THE VESSEL | HEATHERWICK STUDIO In the new Hudson Yards development, The Vessel is a social landmark that can be climbed and explored by everyone. With its 2,500 steps, 154 flights, 80 landings and 16 storeys, it has a mesmerizing visual

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effect and reveals views across the Hudson River and Manhattan.

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WONDER. HARBIN, CHINA | HARBIN OPERA HOUSE | MAD ARCHITECTS

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Appearing as if sculpted by wind and water, the building is designed in response to the spirit of the city’s untamed wilderness and cold climate as a transfusion of local identity, art, and culture.

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WONDER. NEW YORK | KIPS BAY DECORATOR SHOW HOUSE 2018 | SASHA BIKOFF

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To transform the staircase, “I was inspired by the shapes and motifs (such as zig-zags, polka dots, squiggles and pyramidal triangles) in the work of Memphis Milano designers Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini”.

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Colors, both present and future Expert ColorWorks® designer Judith van Vliet reveals the 2020 trends in color, in a journey of exploration that begins with society and its innovations

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he society of today, as it gets ready to enter the second decade of the second millennium, is one of stark contrasts. The technological dimension (from hyper-connectedness to the constant presence of digital services in our daily activities) is in opposition to man’s search for a more introspective dimension, one related to the growing need to safeguard both personal and planetary wellness. This is a first and general definition of the future trends identified by ColorWorks®. The technology and design centre of Clariant’s Masterbatches business unit (whose objective is the creation of a ‘color forecasting guide’ entitled ColorForward®, which groups together the next colors for the following year) begins its research right here within this multifaceted company: changes, innovations, developments in the widest range of fields, movements that are grasped, perceived, and explored at their inception by the international experts of ColorWorks® and by its four centres (San Paolo, WestChicago, Merate, and Singapore). Identified and divided into four macro-themes or ‘stories’, these are perfectly represented in terms of hues. Each story is assigned a palette of five colors, for a total of twenty, which define ColorForward® for the following year. It was from this year-long study and a global field of research that the Color Stories, which narrate the Color Trends of 2020, were born. The 2020 palette, abandoning neutral nuances in favour of strong, lively, and fresh tones, and representing society’s conflictual nature and subsequent search for balance, grafts itself to a 20 | IFDM

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trail of color that has much in common with ColorForward® 2019, in which a greater sense of positivity and determination emerged through cleaner and more vivid hues. In fact, at the centre of the care-LESS theme is mankind, whose empathy towards current events and worldwide catastrophes is called into question: a personal dimension that is turned upside down in Genevolution, a theme that brings up the topic of biochemistry and of the genetic mutations made possible by new developments in technology.

There is also a significant focus on digital technology, so predominant in daily life that it has become invasive and even conditions behavioural rating systems. While society seems ‘stuck’ in this technological progress, futuristic companies are preparing to tear down the boundaries of space and time, attempting to conquer the universe.

This is explored in Eye Am Watched and Be Right There, respectively. Guiding us through this journey, with exclusive rights granted to IFDM and subdivided into a seasonal double episode in the two publications, is Judith van Vliet, ColorWorks® Designer and leader of the ColorForward® team. Here are the first two stories.

Trend

Author: Veronica Orsi

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FIRST STORY.

Aesthetics

Hug me not

Sensorial gate

Full.Stop.

Unshockable

SQUIRREL!

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care-LESS

Terrorist attacks, plane and car crashes, climate change disasters, civil wars, political scandals… How much do these events still manage to strike an emotional cord within us? The answer to this question is in the title of the story. We care, but less. Less as compared to a past when Al Qaeda attacks shocked us, when climate change frightened us, when we were not yet bombarded on a daily basis by negative information which today has left us more and more immune, desensitised, and inactive in the event of such tragedies. ‘Less’ also quantitatively speaking: a phenomenon of ‘selective empathy’ has emerged, a reaction which causes us to filter out and select only a portion of the current events that we are fed each day and to which we have an emotional reaction, in an instinctive effort to safeguard our mental health.

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Chris Marlow, founder of Help One Now and author of the book Doing Good is Simple: Making a Difference Right Where You Are, talks about ‘compassion fatigue’. A study by the University of Sussex has demonstrated how online media can negatively transform our mood into one of anxiety and sadness. Moderating our emotions with apathy is, therefore, a healthy reaction, which the story visually interprets using the symbol of a cactus, its spines keeping everyone at a proper distance. A solution to the entire problem comes from Yale University, with its course “Psychology and the Good Life” (the most highly attended in the university’s 300-year history) which teaches students to live better and more happily. Within just two days of its launch, 90,000 people had already enrolled in this free online course!

The concept of teaching happiness was also being developed at the same time on the other side of the world, in India. The first school whose mission it is to teach children how to be happy and compassionate, before focusing on skills and knowledge, will be completed in Chennai by the end of 2020. The Riverbend School will not, therefore, offer traditional classes and subjects (art, meditation, and sports will be encouraged) and even the architectural structure of the campus will be designed in accordance with this objective. Chromatically this trend translates into a color palette with strong accents, softened by the light mint green of Hug me not, the same color as the cactus. The concept of ‘selective empathy’ is translated by Sensorial gate, a light and transparent red in the tactile aspect of the texture, to symbolise our mind and the process by which it selects information before becoming saturated by negative news stories: a situation represented by the intense green of Full.Stop. While the bright yellow of Unshockable, up until now a color of warning, loses its attractive strength in 2020, exactly like our capacity to be surprised by current events, ultimately becoming paralysed by feeling of guilt: and then there’s the ice blue of SQUIRREL!

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Be Right There

We leave the daily grind and project ourselves into a more futuristic dimension. This story represents man’s innate desire to push beyond the known limits of space and speed. In fact, in 2020 the first hyperloop, a magnetic levitation train capable of travelling at 1200 km/h in low pressure tunnels, will be marketed. Also set to arrive soon is the hyperloop conceived by Elon Musk which will connect Los Angeles and San Francisco. If it seems as though the barriers of time are being shattered, even more so are those of space, in the wake of a renewed enthusiasm for conquering the universe. However

it’s no longer the most powerful nations that are competing, but private companies seeking to make space travel ‘cheaper’ and more accessible in order to encourage the development of ‘Space Tourism’.

Leading this movement is Virgin Galactic, founded

by Richard Branson (owner of Virgin); Blue Origin by Jeff Bezos (founder of Amazon); and, lastly, Spacex by Elon Musk (who has always been fascinated by Mars) with its most recent achievement related to Rocket booster retrieval. Without waiting too long, it’s already possible to get a taste of a spacial experience within the European Space Agency’s exclusive Airbus A310 Zero-G, which makes parabolic flights that simulate the same microgravity that astronauts experience on board the International Space Station. This “space race” raises the following questions: “Who is responsible for all of the orbital garbage that is created as a result of these explorations? And for the possible accidents this garbage may caused?”. It is estimated that approximately 29,000 pieces of debris measuring more than 10cm in diameter orbit the Earth at a speed of 28,000 km/hour. Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde created the Space Waste Lab project (in collaboration with the ESA) to emphasise the topic. Orange returns in a ‘vibrant’ hue with Blastoff, which recalls space rocket launches. Then there’s the inevitable dark blue, which combines serenity and tranquillity, called Find your Karman, a tribute to the Kármán line which, at a height of 100 km above sea level, commonly represents the border between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space. In addition to this is space junk, chromatically identified by the anthracite grey of The junky zone. This is juxtaposed by the synthetic green of Paradise this, as visionary and progressive as Jeff Bezos idea which would turn Earth into a new ‘paradise’. And lastly, the silvery lilac of The swooossh commuter, a clear reference to technology and to the upcoming invention of the hyperloop, reminding us that the future is closer than it seems.

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Blastoff

Aesthetics

Find your Karman

The junky Zone

Paradise this

The swooossh commuter

THE STORIES CONTINUE GENEVOLUTION and EYE AM WATCHED stories will be narrated in the next FALL-WINTER issue

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STRONG AND PANIC ROOM THE SAFE HEART OF YOUR HOME

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Ole Scheeren

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Ole Scheeren

FORM FOLLOWS FICTION “Architecture is imagined as a matrix of hybrid narratives from which to construct future realities.”

Ole Scheeren

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erman architect Ole Scheeren has impressed the Chinese with the project CCTV Headquarters Tower, popularly nicknamed Big Trousers due to its unique shape.

From MahaNakhon tower in Bangkok, the Interlace in Singapore to Empire City in Vietnam, his works have always challenged the concept of skyscrapers, and put emphasis on the interaction between skyscrapers and people. “In my work, form always follows fiction”, the German architect said. Back in Karlsruhe, Ole Scheeren had shown his talent in architecture since he was a teenager. Inspired by the work of Rem Koolhaas, he frequented Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) at Rotterdam. When he helped the studio to win the design competition, Ole was given the opportunity to stay. During this period, he attended the London Architectural Association and won the prestigious RIBA Silver Medal for excellence in education. When he returned to Koolhaas, he joined the project of Prada’s flagship stores in New York and Los Angeles. Seven years later, he became a partner of OMA. He launched his own studio, Buro Ole Scheeren, in 2010.

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What do you mean by “form follows fiction”?

When I design a building, I am thinking about the stories, some of which could take place within it, and some that might happen around it. I consider what kind of role the building will play in the story of a city and the memory it leaves behind. People live and work in the building. How do they interact with each other? Excellent architecture tells a story.

How do you explain the controversy over your work?

I don’t believe there is ever a set pattern of architecture. All skyscrapers are different. Different requirements demand different answers. I’m interested in how to break down the inertness of the skyscraper so as to reveal the presence of human life within these structures, which is an urban lifestyle of extreme density. I hope these skyscrapers tell these stories, and I am proud of the people who live inside them.

What brought you to becoming an architect?

My father was an architect. I grew up as a toddler in architecture school. At that time I started to realise that the notion of space is a meaningful component in our lives. My father taught me a lot. But the most important thing I learned from him was to find my own way, and he gave me the freedom to seek it.

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How do you translate your fictions into reality?

What matters most is that I translate my ideas into reality, because to directly affect things, they have to see the light of day. With CCTV, I asked my team to keep an eye on the radical shift in scale, which was far beyond the largest thing they’d ever experienced designing before. I even made the entire team cut 10,000 little sticks and glue them on the model to represent all the employees who were going to work in it. The physical labour and the time and effort it took to do that really helped us understand the difference between 100 people and 10,000 people.

As for the latest project in China, Guardian Art Center, what are the challenges?

Guardian Art Center is a hybrid auction house and cultural institution featuring a museum, galleries, conservation facilities, restaurants and a hotel. Located around the corner from the Forbidden City, it is a particularly sensitive and important site. Over the last 15 years, prior to our winning the project, over 30 architectural designs had been completed, and all of them were declared inappropriate by the Beijing Planning and Preservation Commission. For us, the only problem was how one could potentially conceive

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DUO | Singapore

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The Interlace | Singapore

a contemporary piece of architecture in such an historically meaningful context, allowing the past and the future to merge and co-exist in a structure that would address both conditions equally.

In 2012, our design was finally approved. The ‘pixelated’ volumes of the lower portion of the building subtly refer to the adjacent historic urban fabric, echoing the grain, colour and intricate scale of Beijing’s Hutongs, building upon its surroundings and ‘layering’ into its base the sediments of history. The upper portion of the building responds to the larger scale of the surrounding contemporary city in the form of a floating ‘ring’ that creates an inner courtyard for the building and further resonates with the prevalent typology of the courtyard houses in Beijing. By combining both the intimate and the monumental, and creating a diverse collection of spaces within this structure, the entire mass integrates itself into the sensitive historical and cultural environment and resonates with Beijing’s strength and imposing presence through an explicitly understated monumentality.

You’ve travelled all around the world, what are the differences between Asia and Europe?

In Asia, we create something new to respond to its urbanisation and modernisation challenges on an enormous scale and at enormous speed. In Europe, there are quite a few new architectures so the key challenge is how to deal with existing

buildings. My first project in Europe is Riverpark Tower in Frankfurt. And a new project is starting in Vancouver. We are glad to be involved in projects in different places. I have lived in Asia, America and Europe, and have learned a lot from the locals. It is important to live in the country of the project. You can only start to build when you know the local life.

MahaNakhon | Bangkok

CCTV Building | Beijing

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Ole Scheeren

Guardian Art Center | Beijing

What is your concept in your projects?

It’s a fact that our cities and the entire built environment are largely funded by private capital, purpose-built to be part of a system of commercial transaction, rather than to address a responsibility towards the public or the city. That brings about a necessity of finding ways, even with large privately-funded projects, to enhance the relevance of public space. With all my projects, we are trying intensively to develop value systems that prove that economic value can be achieved by a sense of generosity towards the public domain.

My design is never isolated. It has to be connected with the surroundings. For example, the ground floor of DUO is free 24/7 for public use, as are the surrounding squares and gardens, so as to avoid the feeling of a gated community or privatised space. There was a sense that the symbiotic

relationship between two towers would ultimately have a much greater positive impact on the wider context. The political and urbanistic messages almost coincide, because I conceived the building in the context of requalification of a derelict and isolated part of the city into a new civic nucleus.

What do you think about future developments?

I will continue to investigate moments of extreme density and scale. There’s going to be an inevitable transformation of many of the basic typologies we’ve known in the past as we completely rethink what we need for the future. And my buildings will continue to embrace the power of stories.

With my projects, as a speculative tool of design, I will continue to imagine the freedom I can create for people in their lives as they use our buildings.

Form will continue to follow fiction.

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The call of nature At the margins of the famous Blue Lagoon in Iceland, the five-star The Retreat is nestled between the lava formations to give its guests a unique experience in which to relax, explore and regenerate themselves

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unar landscapes, black lava as far as the eye can see, glaciers tossed into the sea and pools of warm water from which puffs of vapour rise and then fade out in the Arctic light.

Iceland is a solitary, isolated land, the ideal destination for those who love to travel for real. And communion with a primordial nature that manifests itself in all its strength is inevitable. Among the most beautiful gifts of the tormented Icelandic subsoil is a geothermal lagoon with Caribbean reflections where you can close your eyes and forget yourself. Located in the peninsula of Reykjanes, the Blue Lagoon is a basin of turquoise water rich in silica, algae and minerals that is found in a lava expanse created after the eruption of a volcano over 800 years ago. An extremely popular place for its incredible revitalising and curative effects that starting this year has reserved, for an exclusive public, a luxurious retreat of 62 suites with an underground spa, direct access to the lagoon far 32 | IFDM

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from the crowds, the Icelandic Moss restaurant, a library and a room for practicing yoga. The Retreat is a place where guests can leave the world behind and enter a timeless realm of relaxation, regeneration and exploration. Its minimalist architecture and experience design were respectively designed

by Basalt Architects and Design Group Italia to harmonise with the crevices and the moss that gives more shades to the green-brown lava. The external cement has been treated to recreate different textures and tones that evoke the colour of the white silica and the grey of the solidified lava, while the façade and the windows of the rooms that overlook the spa area are in dark grey tones and show perforations that bring to mind the surfaces of the igneous rock. Even the interiors are inspired by the shapes, colours and motifs of the landscape with surfaces of cement, rock and lava combined with warm walnut woods, containing elements that enliven the spaces, establishing a connection with contemporary movements.

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The resulting style is timeless and sophisticated, but also an absolute novelty in the Icelandic luxury sector. B&B Italia has created and supplied all the millwork and furniture for various areas of the hotel, as well as the decorative lighting of the hotel, restaurant, library and wellness centre.

The furnishing elements include products from the B&B Italia and Maxalto collections, including the Mart armchairs, the Michel Club seating system and the Maxalto Febo armchairs.

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Design Group Italia exclusively for The Retreat.

Examples are the reception desk in lava stone, black lacquered wood and cognac-coloured leather created in collaboration with Icelandic companies specialised in the processing of volcanic rock, or the large wooden sideboard placed at the entrance, lengthwise to the lobby, which becomes a sort of frame for the lagoon. In the Moss restaurant, the Contract Division of B&B Italia was in charge of the production of the tables in Canaletto walnut and black oak, designed

by Design Group Italia, and of the C-shaped table in the centre of the room.

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Grindavík, Iceland

Owner: Blue Lagoon Iceland hf Main Contractor: Jáverk Architecture: Basalt Architects Experience design: Design Group Italia Interior design: Basalt Architects and Design Group Italia Furnishings: B&B Italia, Minotti Lighting: Liska, Oluce, Vibia Bathrooms: Axor Engineering: EFLA Author: Antonella Mazzola Photo credits: courtesy of Blue Lagoon Island

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While the Icelandic artist Ragna Róbertsdóttir has been entrusted with the wall installation where, in a minimal aesthetic, the lava fragments reappear.

In the suites, full-wall windows annul the visual boundaries, while the nuances of the furnishings perfectly match the surrounding nature, reflecting the colours: green tones recall the moss in the rooms on the upper floor, the blue on the lower floor instead cites the Lagoon. The Retreat’s wellness centre has been created directly inside the centenary lava flow and is completed with wooden elements and lighting capable of enhancing the different textures of the materials used and the sculptural effect of the walls hewn from the rock itself.

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Beirut

Urban regeneration Beirut has become a very interesting city in today’s global architectural landscape. Many renown architects have designed buildings there, including the Foster + Partners studio which, with the 3Beirut residential complex, has now completed its first project in Lebanon

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eirut offers a stimulating and ambitious testing ground, having embarked on a process of reconstruction in the 1990s with the Solidere (Société Libanaise pour le Dèveloppment et la Recostruction) master-plan, the objective of which is to transform the city centre into a modern western city, where multistory residential buildings rise alongside financial and institutional offices. The arrival of big names from the world of architecture has fur-

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ther improved construction standards, increasing safety criteria in the Lebanese capital. The Foster + Partners complex, located in the Beirut Central District, is made up of three distinct towers of varying heights (32, 23, and 18 floors), clad in limestone and designed with environmental sustainability as a focus. A project that, in addition to adding to Beirut’s prestige in terms of tourism, commerce, retail, and entertainment, also introduces green to the neighbourhood. In fact,

Owner: 1397 Hosn Developer: SV Properties & Construction Main Contractor: SV Properties & Construction Architecture & Interior design: Foster + Partners Collaborating architects/Structural Engineer: Samir Khairallah & Partners Lighting Consultant: Speirs & Major Landscape design: Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture Author: Francisco Marea Photo credits: Nigel Young, Foster + Partners

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Beirut

3Beirut includes a system of pedestrian walkways alternating with green spaces, which connect the historic centre to the south with the marina to the north. The project’s master-plan was designed with recesses in the layout specifically intended to create courtyards and gardens. At street level the buildings will house stores, cafÊs, restaurants, a fitness centre, an art gallery, and public spaces, while the lobbies are connected at the ground floor via infinity pools, which flow from the inside towards the outside and which include waterfalls created by changes in level.

The southern facades of the three soaring towers were conceived with recesses to create terraces and vertical gardens, designed in collaboration with the Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture studio, while the northern facades are predominantly covered in windows in order to provide these apartments with a spectacular view

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of the port as well as to allow the warm Mediterranean light to enter through the strip windows. The staggered floor plan ensures that each apartment has its privacy, thus avoiding that residents’ views overlook neighbouring units.

The functional apartment layouts are available in various sizes, from approximately 200 square meters (with terraces and balconies) for the smallest, to over 1000 square meters for the three penthouses that occupy the tops of these three skyscrapers which dominate the city skyline. Recreational space, a 26-meter swimming pool, a gym, and a McLaren showroom are just a few of the services with which 3Beirut helps to animate the city centre, as well as a series of temporary exhibits on display in the art gallery on the ground floor, which also hosts artistic and cultural events.

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Milan

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From space comes space For the new Bally headquarters in Milan the design of Storage Associati aims at a rigorous and versatile theatrical realism that tells the story of contemporary luxury and legendary memories

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ontemporary and globally recognisable, Bally has recently moved from the London office into what was once a place of entertainment and recreation in the heart of the Belle Époque. The historic brand with Swiss origins has in fact chosen Milan and the robust late Liberty architecture in viale Piave, built at the beginning of the last century by the architect Achille Manfredini, to establish its new headquarters. The design by Storage Associati keeps the key elements of this building from the glorious past intact, which debuted as a theatre to be then transformed into a cinema and subsequently chosen as a setting for Gucci’s fashion shows and sales campaigns. The building offers 2,400 square meters, of which 836 are now destined to the showroom and the rest are distributed on several levels, designed to accommodate the style offices and the marketing and communication divisions.

The concept arises from the desire to bring Bally’s story back to life and the creative evolution that has extended the original footwear vocation to the line of accessories and luxury prêt-à-porter.

Owner: Bally Interior design: Storage Associati Furnishings: Viroc, Vitra Author: Antonella Mazzola Photo credits: Alberto Strada

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The story unfolds through surfaces, shapes, colours and lights in a confrontation reiterated with the beauty of time and its architectural legacies to define an atmosphere attentive to details and to the allure of design, already identifiable from the street thanks to the new windows that have replaced the original dark ones. A magnificent entrance, the premise of the important proportions common to the entire ground floor, imbues the octagonal dome with white and the intrados decorations by announcing with a succinct formula only a few, but distinctive, ‘biographical’ elements: the hanging chandelier in the shape of a ring marked by neon letters that follow each other to compose the name of the brand and the characteristic red arabesque marble with elegant white veins, combined with brass, both for the huge reception desk and for the monolithic chair that 46 | IFDM

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anticipates it, and also for the three portals leading to the showroom. They are not just passages, but whenever necessary, their wheels let them participate in the presentation of a changing layout.

The exhibition space also enhances the heights, matching the two different levels of the ceiling with the same number of areas, further marked by a large continuous brass-coloured band that runs along the walls and intrudes upon the ground as a bright interval between the grey resin expanse.

The first area has been conceived as an open-space amphitheatre: the shoes are arranged on concrete and brass fibre steps, variably configurable thanks to rotating devices. Disseminated in scenarios that are always potentially transformable, the customised tables with a structure in black and brass and a grey marble top are combined with the chairs designed by Jean ProuvĂŠ and to the compact drawers with coloured fabric covering and brass handles.

On the reinforced concrete walls, the Okumè dark wood modular shelves display the accessories, while the clothes are hung on thin brass rails positioned along the peripheral walls. And if the cement is an ode to Swiss architecture, the velvet carpets and curtains, personalised in powder pink and blue, certainly bring to mind the curtains and the theatrical experience of the building’s origin.

The design narrative by Storage Associati unfolds through surfaces, shapes, colours and lights in constant confrontation with the beauty of time and its architectural legacies

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Nature and history provide nourishment for the soul The latest Aman resort in China, Amanyangyun is the result of painstaking efforts to preserve cultural heritage and a magnificent tribute to the human and natural history of Jiangxi province

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manyangyun, in Shanghai, is a fine example of what can be achieved when a hospitality project combines a mission to preserve cultural and natural heritage with a superhuman effort from those involved. In 2002, Ma Dadong - president of Shanghai Gu Shan and Shanghai Gu Yin Real Estate - took the momentous decision to save a centuries-old camphor forest and an ancient village from destruction following the Chinese government’s plans to create the Liao Fang Reservoir in Jiangxi province, Dadong’s native land. In the ten years that followed, a team of botanists, engineers, architects and craftspeople worked tirelessly to remove and preserve thousands of camphor trees, as well as dismantling traditional dwellings dating back to the Ming and Qing eras piece by piece. This painstaking conservation effort culminated in the complicated relocation of the trees and the village over 700 kilometres away, in Maqiao Town, on the outskirts of Shanghai.

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Thanks to an agreement reached in 2011 with the then president of the Aman group, Adrian Zecha, the forest and village have now become the physical and spiritual heart of the design for the fourth Aman hotel in China, which followed Aman Summer Palace, Amandayan and Amanfayun by opening at the start of 2018. In addition to the 1,000 replanted camphor trees, the resort combines the old relocated buildings with more contemporary structures. The materials and structural elements salvaged from the village have been carefully reused to create 26 apartments in the new resort. Alongside 13 Antique Villas featuring four bedrooms, gardens and a private pool, Amanyangyun also offers 24 new-build Club Suites with private courtyards and outside bathrooms, while the rest of the old houses are for sale as Aman Residences, alongside other new rooms.

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The winner of the Prix Versailles 2018 architecture award, the design by Kerry Hills Architects strikes a harmonious balance between more contemporary elements and styles and the old structures. The stern façades in grey stone are offset in the interiors and internal courtyards by the warmth of wood, which is used throughout, the columns and restored high ceilings and floors, the wood panelling and the modern, simple furniture. Large windows open out onto the gardens and stunning natural surroundings, flooding the mineral surfaces and neutral flooring in the main areas and bathrooms with light.

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create an atmosphere of serenity, introspection and silence, a feeling heightened by the ancient trees, ornamental water features and gardens combined in a landscaping project by the London-based Dan Pearson Studio. In addition to the villas, also hidden amongst the green is the Aman Spa and Wellness Centre, with gym, outside and inside swimming pools and communal areas. There is a wide range of cosmopolitan food on offer, from Chinese cuisine from Jiangxi Province served up by a full six chefs at Lazhu to Italian food at Arva and Japanese - or Washoku - at Nama. On top of that, there’s The Bar, specialising in cocktails, and a Cigar Lounge.

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Owner: Aman Architecture & Interior design: Kerry Hill Architects Landscape Design: Dan Pearson Studio Furnishings: on design by Kerry Hill Architects Author: Alessandra Bergamini Photo credits: courtesy of Aman

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Situated right in the heart of the new resort Is the most precious of all the rebuilt structures.

Nan Shufang, named after the royal reading pavilion in the Forbidden City, is a cultural space designed to share knowledge of the arts of ancient China and provide visitors with a space for contemplation. The structure will also be used for performances of Kunqu Opera, tea and incense ceremonies and courses spanning anything from calligraphy to wood carving and guqin, the traditional Chinese stringed instrument.

Even the name of the resort is a way of celebrating ancient Chinese history. Three hundred years ago, the words “Yang Yun” were added to the Yang Xing Zhai pavilion in the Forbidden City by the Qianlong Emperor. Translated into English, these evocative words mean “nourishment of the clouds”, a reference to the nourishment of the human heart, love for the natural world and respect for the rhythms of the universe.

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The interior design by Kerry Hills Architects strikes a harmonious balance between more contemporary elements and styles and the old structures

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Ghent, Belgium

Spacial meetings in the XYZ Lounge Alchemist by definition, Didier Fiúza Faustino recaptures the ability to visualise the future, which has declined over the years, and incorporates it within a cultural context of pleasantly ambiguous interiors

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hough an overall first impression inevitably evokes retro-futuristic memories and calls to mind cinematic images related to the Space Age, XYZ Lounge pursues the concept of a “fantasy future”, turning it into an atemporal space that’s open to various interpretations.

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Fiúza Faustino the ambiguity of time also nurtures unexpected spacial scenarios in which relationships are conditioned by construction materials and by their meanings. The commission came from Zebrastraat, the cultural centre of Ghent, located on the ground floor of a large oval-shaped complex conceived at the start of the 20th century

Owner: Fondation Liedts-Meesen Architecture & Interior design: Didier Fiúza Faustino Furnishings: custom-made based on designs

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by Belgian architect Charles Van Rysselberghe.

Faustino’s project covered an area measuring 360 square meters, in which he designed the main bar; the smaller, adjacent one; side rooms equipped for projections, cocktail hours, and DJ sets; and mezzanines connected by a spiral staircase in which meeting areas and a terrace were developed. An environment dedicated to encounters and social festivities that favours physical trajectories and proximity, stressing an authorial intentionality aimed at weaving together architecture, bodies, and identities in an effort to, in this case, get away from cultural, social, and gender stereotypes.

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XYZ Lounge pursues the concept of a “fantasy future”, turning it into an atemporal space that’s open to various interpretations and dedicated to encounters and social festivities And though the name could be seen as a ‘nonname’, acknowledging all of the generations (X, Y, and Z), it nevertheless represents an ageless space devoted to neutrality. The dominant colours are complicit: ‘gender-free’ blush-pink launched by the Millennials and now capable of transversally seducing today’s creative world; and olive green, a military shade that sheds is gender-based connotations to evoke nature rather than war. Upon entering one has the sense of walking down the central nave of a cathedral in which the graphic positioning of the stucco moulding and of the pink Carrara marble panels on the walls emphasise the vanishing point, drawing your gaze upward to the elevated sculpture/installation by artist Panamarenko, a ‘grounded’ aviator, prior to Faustino’s project, with one of his unlikely aircrafts. Laterally the height is reduced, but the application of open, very thin (pink) beams on significant portions of the ceiling and walls, permits light to enter. The furnishings were custom made and include pieces in pink marble, like the Y-shaped counters, the islands, and the suspended lighting fixtures; and sound absorbent panels in the same green as the tables and stools with painted tubular structures, common also to the army of Delete Yourself chairs which, intentionally anonymous and of questionable comfort, force the body into a social, almost performative and communal, act.

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Creativity in Denver’s Historic River North District The Ramble hotel was designed by JNS in Denver and Los Angeles-based Avenue Interior Design to reference the neighborhood’s industrial history and creative present while creating a welcoming and engaging environment

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enver, Colorado keeps finding new ways to embrace its rugged Western roots with refined style. This evolution is now expressed at The Ramble Hotel, which opened this past May in the city’s thriving arts-oriented River North District (also called “RiNo”). Avenue Interior Design principals Andrea DeRosa and Ashley Manhan crafted the public spaces and guest rooms to blend new and old elements, incorporating vintage furnishings and accessories with bespoke details. Vintage

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rugs sourced from importer and retailer Lolo contrast with dramatic velvet drapery, custom tufted headboards and throws by Parisian brand Khadi & Co. that accentuate the deep blues and moody tones. Other furnishings come from vendors including Currey & Company, Arteriors and Fin Art Co. in Denver. Death & Co., the iconic Manhattan bar that was instrumental in catalyzing the ongoing craft cocktail revival, is another major draw to this independently owned and operated boutique hotel.

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Its partnership with the Ramble Hotel is the bar’s first expansion beyond the East Village in New York City, and Death & Co. is instrumental in shaping all elements of the cocktail program — from the lobby bar to the intimate Suite 6A lounge with only 20 seats, as well as the room service menu. Other food and beverage venues at the Ramble Hotel include the DC/AM daytime cafe, The Garden for casual lounging, and the Latininfluenced Super Mega Bien overseen by chef Dana Rodriguez. The Ramble Hotel functions as a new cultural hub for RiNo, since it also houses Vauxhall, a live performance venue that contains an additional entrance off the street. Special event space totals 5,000 square feet/approximately 465 square meters (both indoors and outdoors).

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significantly add to RiNo’s innovative community spirit, which is distinguished by its art galleries, artists’ studios, public murals, design offices and craft breweries and distilleries.

The Hotel’s developer and owner, Ryan Diggins, via his Gravitas Development Group, also constructed the neighboring 25th & Larimer project that’s composed of repurposed shipping containers. Furthermore, Denver-based consultants and curators at NINE dot ARTS selected works by local artists to display throughout the Ramble Hotel, and Denver craftspeople and artisans were involved in all aspects of fabrication. The design team looked farther afield for more inspiration, turning to the historical figure of Madame Rambouillet, a 17th century salon hostess in Paris, as a guiding spirit of sorts.

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Owner/Developer: Ryan Diggins/Gravitas Development Group Main Contractor: Sprung Construction Hotel operator: Gravitas Development Group Architecture: JNS Interior design: Avenue Interior Design Lighting design: AE Design Furnishings: bespoke furniture, Arteriors, California’s Finest, Composition, Currey & Company, Fin Art Co., HAY, Lily Jack Lighting: Allied Maker, Chelsom Limited, Circa Lighting, Currey & Company, El Sol, Pottery Barn, School House Electric, Shades of Light, Spike Lighting, Visual Comfort Bathrooms: Mirror Image, Schoolhouse Electric & Supply Company, Waterworks Fabrics: Casamance, Lee Jofa, Lelievre Paris, Moore & Giles, P/Kaufmann Contract, Opuzen, Robert Allen, Tiger Leather, Valley Forge Rugs: Lolo Bed Throws: Topo Designs Art Consultant: NINE dot ARTS Branding: Studio Mast and AAmp Studio (for Death & Co.) Author: Jessica Ritz Photo credits: Adam Larkey, Adam Ripplinger, Elliott Clark, courtesy of The Ramble Hotel

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Family-working environment The quality of an architectural work is always the result of teamwork between the architect and the client. If the common goal is ‘sustainable beauty’ the result is assured, as in the new Davines Village in Parma

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ominated by Istituto Italia (in 2008) as one of the best 100 companies to work in, Davines, specialised in professional hair and skincare products, inaugurates its new headquarters near Parma. The project was born from the pencil of Matteo Thun&Partners, with Luca Colombo as the technical director and with an interior project designed by the interior de-

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signer Monica Signani and realised by Molteni & C|Dada Contract Division. “The starting point was the wellbeing of the employees, a key factor that has guided us throughout the design of the offices, production facilities and warehouse.

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expressed around the greenhouse and the ample green spaces” – these are the words of the architect Thun. The project was conceived by subtraction, on a surface area of 77,000 square metres.

The new headquarters occupies 20% of the area (11,000 square metres) and includes spaces dedicated to offices, training, a research and development laboratory, production plant, warehouse and a large greenhouse area occupied by restaurants and co-working spaces. The green areas, designed by the del Buono Gazerwitz studio, comprise the rest of the area with various spaces including two internal courtyards with a pool of water and a scientific garden designed for the cultivation of some plant species used in the cosmetic products.

Another subtraction that characterises the Davines Village is that of the masonry elements: the two-storey natural oak wood structures, with

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Owner: Davines Architecture: Matteo Thun & Partners, technical director Luca Colombo Interior design: Molteni&C|Dada Contract Division, design by Monica Signani Landscape architect: del Buono Gazerwitz Furnishings: Molteni&C|Dada Contract Division Lighting: Flos (corridor), Viabizzuno (offices) Bathrooms: Zucchetti Wood laminar façade: Uniform Roof covering: Zintek Greenhouse, iron walls and glass offices structures: Vetreria Busnelli, Secco (profiles) Author: Francisco Marea Photo credits: Max Zambelli

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titanium zinc roofing, are kept to a minimum to leave space for the use of the glass that gives to each work station a view overlooking the green areas. The warehouse is a prefabricated building, where the use of white and grey prevails, with self-cleaning concrete façades and polycarbonate and zinc panels. White is also the colour of the reception area, where the sculptural architectural volume of the counter, clad in white Sivec marble, with etched brass edges, seems to rise directly from the resin floor. Monica Signani has also taken care of the design of custom-made furniture with materials and finishes designed to the most minute detail, from galvanised bronze bases to linoleum tops, from etched brass edges to natural woods with oil finishes and back-painted glass tops.

For the furniture, the master Gio Ponti has been chosen with the drawer D.655.1 and the bookcase D.357.1 re-edited by Molteni&C. The large bistro has a retro taste, with tables of different types and sizes, panelling in gris du marais blue grey marble and lacquer with a craquelĂŠ effect on the lava stone of the tops.

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Action!

It is a very theatrical nature, that of the building that houses the Paramount House Hotel in Sydney, the former headquarters of the famous American production house, transformed

by Breathe Architecture and now ready for a brand new take: that of hospitality

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leasantly theatrical and prone to a sense of the set that runs through its veins. The Paramount House Hotel, in Sydney, could not help but listen to the voice of its past, that of the Paramount Pictures headquarters, which in this very building on Commonwealth Street, in the trendy Surry Hills neighbourhood, was home to its Studios for 80 years. The structure, restored and connected to the adjacent former warehouse by an initial intervention lasted 9 years by local architect Fox Johnston, was ‘taken over’ by the team of Melbourne Breathe Architecture. At the request of the owners Russell Beard, Ping Jin Ng and Mark Dundon, the designers have transformed the last two floors of the extension built

by Johnston into a hotel, but with precise directives. “We wanted to keep intact the imperfect rough shape of the building and that Art Deco feel that had so much history, at the same time, we were interested in the creation of 29 guest suites where we would mix original and contemporary details.” An attractive proposal taken up without hesitation by Breathe Architecture, not without some difficulties: “It is not easy to intervene on an architectural fabric with so many already existing challenges. Defining them one by one was an IFDM | 71

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Developer: Nil Hotel operator: Paramount House Hotel Architecture & Interior design: Breathe Architecture Heritage consultant: Urbis Brand strategy: Matt Vines Consulting Furnishings: Jardan, Loom, Something Beginning With, Stump Co. Lighting: Anaesthetic, Artemide, ISM Objects, Special Lights, Volt Lighting Bathrooms: Caroma, Consolidated Brass, Reece, Roca, Wood and Water. Custom-designed joinery. Custom steel accessories. Custom-designed mirrors made by Middle of Nowhere Graphics: The Company You Keep Author: Manuela Di Mari Photo credits: BowerBird

opportunity that led us to obtaining an unconventional project and one that is definitely intriguing for the guests.� The first nonconformist element that catches the eye is the façade. A series of copper tesserae arranged in a herringbone pattern defines and delineates the extension that houses the hotel, visually detaching itself from the existing brick portion below. A new-found theatrical presence that aims at capturing the spirit of the Gold72 | IFDM

en Age of films. The same motif is repeated inside, in the reception-lounge, where metallic wall portions have been created in what was the vault to store the films. In the rooms, there are even more contrasts. Brick walls are combined with warm wooden floors and exposed concrete ceilings.

And even in the bathroom, the hot-cold visual contrast works with wooden bathtubs combined with terracotta floors. Many of the suites have a

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terrace with greenery, secluded and separated by glass and iron dividing panels. And ‘bursts’ of colour come from the elements of furniture and fabrics chosen in shades of orange, forest green, deep blue.

“Rather than having a specific theme for each room, we preferred to emphasise comfort, flexibility and a robust tactile effect,” the architects explain. Instead, the hotel staff proudly tells us: “Our rooms are a concentration of a legacy that shines through the new. Being a guest here means being a friend.”

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Rome

The spirit of Rome Traditional and contemporary canons combine with one another in the reconversion project of the building that houses The Pantheon Iconic Rome Hotel, in the historical centre of the capital. A diamond worked by the expert hands of Studio Marco Piva

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t is not easy for an architect to intervene on the sacredness of a place as unique as the centre of Rome. It means operating on a building with a stratified past. Reinterpreting symbolic architectural elements that are one with the surrounding environment. Studio Marco Piva has been able to move with great delicacy on a terrain presenting so many challenges, that it decided to start the project - especially in the choice of shapes, surfaces and colours - from the observation of that particular Roman light that changes along with everything that it touches. It succeeded, side by side with Pacini Building Workshop, realising the reconversion project of the new The Pantheon Iconic Rome Hotel, part of the Unica Collection in collaboration with the Marriott brand The Autograph Collection. A 5-star hotel oriented to an international clientele that now allows the building that hosts it to take back its original function, after having been, in fact, first a hotel and later a seat of the offices of the Senate of the Italian Republic. Only eleven months of construction from the planning phase to completion have brought with it a careful historical investigation, a process of restoration and renovation, together with attentive interior design.

For a result that is an expert graft of contemporaneity and monumental styles, escaping every clichĂŠ, and which culminates on the sixth floor with a terrace that is, to say the least, spectacular, delimiting a territory made of calm and relaxation, far away from the tourist frenzy that populates the city. For the 79 rooms distributed over 5 floors and for all the other

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Owner: Trophy Value Added Developer: DeA Capital Real Estate SGR Main Contractor: MDM Hotel operator: Unica Collection (Pacini Building Workshop), “The Autograph Collection� Marriott Group Architecture/Interior design: Studio Marco Piva Furnishings: Antonacci Design, Atmosphera, Brand Glass, Divania, Mandelli, Minotti, Riccardi Bronzista, Sealing Porte, Simmons, Smart Ice Italy, Tempotest Kitchens, Bars: Grossiproget, Zanussi Lighting: Artemide, Puraluce Bathrooms: Arca Mobili, Caleido, Duravit, Fir Italia, Galassia, Geberit, Jacuzzi, Treesse, Victoria + Albert Systems: Adolfo Latini, Aquilanti, Glt, Kone, Urmet Floor and surfaces: Atmosphera, Casalgrande Padana, Ege, Ecocontract, Florim, I Conci, Listone Giordano, Margaritelli, Oikos Curtains, Fabrics: Rubelli Author: Manuela Di Mari Photo credits: Andrea Martiradonna

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environments, the architects have carried out a sophisticated work of chromatic variation, characterising each level with a specific personality using different combinations of materials and colours, blending elements of strong formal and emotional appeal - like the original arches brought back to light in the architectural recovery - to the creativity and the flair of a designer. The material is intentionally a protagonist, offering guests the feeling of living in a refined Roman noble palace. One therefore finds stone, bronze, the large slabs of polished black porcelain stoneware of the flooring, the gold Calacatta marble of the reception desks and lobby bar, the hide that covers the boiserie of the rooms, the textured wood and the brushed brass decorative elements. And there is more, the red Lepanto marble combined with glass in the bathrooms that give emphasis to the Roman classicism of the nearby Pantheon. Many of the furnishing elements have been designed by Marco Piva himself and made by trusted local craftsmen chosen by the Pacini family. To these are added artworks and art objects specifically created for the hotel that, once again, recall archetypal forms of monuments architecture. While a series of prestigious brands of Made in Italy product design enriches the various spaces with contemporary luxury. A substantial contribution comes from Artemide, with whom Studio Marco Piva has established a synergistic alliance to ennoble lighting that, within the project, carries a 76 | IFDM

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fundamental weight, both for the architectural part and for the internal environments. The company is not only present with its collections, but has also created customised solutions following the design characteristics to perfection, such as the particular LED lighting system that geometrically frames the whole area of the ground floor, recalling the compositional principles that are at the base of classical architecture.

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Colours at full volume Wutopia Lab has transformed Sinan Mansion’s Building 25 into a new bookstore: Sinan Books.

An incredible polychrome space dedicated to study and reflection, inspired by the body and the psyche

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uilding 25 is one of the many colonial buildings created in the 1920s and 1930s in the former French concession of Shanghai, in what was once called Rue Massenet.

Until 1943 it was under the sovereignty of France and then the subject of a controversial initial building boom, the entire area has been redeveloped in recent years and now brings to mind the vaguely European atmosphere characterised by its elegant villas, small buildings in dark brick and by its tree-lined thoroughfares. Upon the invitation of Shanghai Century Publishing Group and Yongye Group, Wutopia Lab has transformed one of these buildings into a place of culture with unpredictable interiors. More easily imagined only if associated with the strongly artistic approach that Wutopia Lab usually uses to spice up the architectural practice with the development of new worlds and of multi-coloured, symbolic, evocative magical realities. Thus, animated by the rhythm of curved lines and shapes, by cylindrical corridors, a chromatic scheme that ranges from forest green to the shades of salmon and by the textures of the parquet floors, Sinan Books has been designed as a guiding light along people’s learning path. Inspired by the body and mind of an individual, the space measuring 460 square metres - distributed on four levels that ideally IFDM | 79

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Owner: Shanghai book, Sinan Books Branch Developer: Shanghai Zhuzong Group Construction Development Architectural design: Wutopia Lab Interior design: Yuchen GUO Furnishings: Shanghai shebao furniture Author: Antonella Mazzola Photo credits: CreatAR Images

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correspond with the subconscious, the heart, the eyes and ears and higher than that, with the brain - is articulated like a human’s system of acquisition of knowledge while discovering the self and the world. Colour, closely related to emotions and feelings, will be perceived and experienced depending on the light of the day and the mental state of the user at a given time. The entrance, located on the second floor, chromatically connects the exterior and interior through a red tunnel that, in the symbolic and expressive alphabet, leads to an attitude of openness. On this level there is a café, an area dedicated to literature books and a public, but quiet, living room. Various shades of green characterise the exposition spaces on the third floor, conveying tranquillity and a spirit of reflection, while the golden and shiny surfaces that introduce the reading room, transmitting a feeling of optimism and liveliness, are surprising.

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On the fourth floor the “writer’s studio” represents the “thoughts” of the bookstore and is conceived as a place of conversation and debate: the spaces in white and black should therefore be conducive to the exchange of thoughts and ideas.

On the terrace, white marble creates a light and ethereal surface under which textures of history and layers of knowledge rest. The basement level, conceived as the subconscious of the bookstore, contains the volumes of history and philosophy organised in a labyrinth of shelves that are positioned to offer the public secluded corners for reading. On the western side of the maze there is a special selection of the London Review of Books, Sinan Books’ sister bookstore, while on the eastern side a large study room hosts a central table that displays design objects. Finally, two very intimate reading rooms have been created in the spaces underneath the two staircases.

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Morpheus, the God of dreams The most recent project by the great Zaha Hadid, the Morpheus Hotel dazzles not only with the vast range of services it offers, but also with its webbed exoskeleton which morphs and transforms, reintroducing itself as a presence in the interior spaces as well in order to define surfaces, pathways, and magical luminescent effects 84 | IFDM

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dizzying and contemporary dream, unique in its concept, as well as the final piece in the major development of the Melco Resorts and Entertainment ‘City of Dreams’, in the bustling region of Macao.The Morpheus Hotel breaks free from traditional architectural styles with the decidedly unconventional appearance of its 40 above-ground floors, conceived as a sort of extrusion of the pre-existing foundation, the remnant of an unfinished apartment building. The basis of the project by Zaha Hadid Architects is a pair of towers that are connected at the level of the podium and roof by bridges which house restaurants, bars, and guest lounges reserved for Michelin-star chefs like Alain Ducasse and Pierre Hermé. Enclosing and forging the hotel’s

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Owner: Melco Resorts & Entertainment Architecture: Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) Interior design: Jouin Manku, Leigh and Orange, MC Design, Remedios Studio, Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher, Zaha Hadid Architects, Westar Architects International Lighting design: Isometrix Author: Antonella Mazzola Photo credits: Ivan Dupont, Virgile Simon Bertrand, courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects

complex interior is a structural steel exoskeleton, independent and external with respect to the glass enclosure, which wraps the entire volume in continuity. This membrane, whose three-dimensional embroidery becomes progressively sparser towards the top, made it possible to free interior spaces of vertical supports like walls or structural columns, guaranteeing not only the utmost flexibility of use, but also a greater enhancement of the spaces destined for various services offered. In addition to its 780 rooms, Morpheus also houses a casino, about twenty restaurants, two theatres, super-luxury suites on the top floor, a spa, and a rooftop swimming pool. The building assumes the appearance of an organic sculpture especially due to the plays of negative and positive space created in the facade by the three large horizontal openings: spectacular

“urban windows” onto which the rooms of the hotel look out and which, in addition to contributing to a more slender appearance, define the theatricality of the internal layout, increasing the amount of natural light. The entrance brings guests directly into the large lobby, a space that is 40 meters high and in which the tension and compositional intensity of the building’s overall architectural figure is monumentally reflected, vertically traversable by twelve high-speed, panoramic elevators. Walls and suspended ceilings appear as sculptural volumes, variously contoured with faceted surfaces based on a complex tetrahedral geometry that adapts itself to the many variations within the space, concealing illumination, ventilation, and smoke detectors. The atrium develops laterally, with a coffee bar to the west and the reception area to the east.

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Here the triangular pattern is reintroduced on the white marble cladding of the wall and counters which, like the chairs, sofas, and vases, bear the signature of Zaha Hadid Design. The scenic design also extends to the marble flooring, always white but with golden stone inlays to encourage circulation, used in the seductive Chinese restaurant, Yi, on the twenty-first floor as well. The dining room occupies the open floor of one of the three bridges, animated by a series of pod-shaped semi-transparent dividers made from hundreds of aluminium leaves capable of generating golden kaleidoscopic reflections when the sunlight strikes them, but which clearly also serve to regulate the acoustics of the space, while providing privacy and thermal comfort as well. The numerous rooms and eight villas, while unique in their configurations and sizes, bring together luxury, innovation, and technology thanks to the interior design of American designer Peter Remedios, who drew inspiration from the nautical language of super-yachts, with their tailor-made fabrics and furnishings.

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WONDER. HANGZHOU | JOOOS FITTING ROOM | X+LIVING Fitting Room is located at the door of the ground floor of the Commercial Street Phase II on Xingguang Avenue. The dressing philosophy of women’s clothing is interpreted through the use of different techni-

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ques in designing four spaces for four collections, and a new shopping experience is created through multiple possibilities of display.

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A shingle-clad structure stands on the shore of the Bandak lake. A project developed by the Telemark canal regional park in collaboration with Tokke municipality as part of Tales of the Waterway.

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Created with the seamless transformation achieved with 2D and 3D as well as optical Illusion elements, The Dream-and-Maze-themed rooms in the guesthouse are inspired by the works of M.C. Escher.

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Hammer design Favaretto&Partners

Hammer, elegant and sophisticated, is the result of the creativity of Favaretto&Partners. The combination of the different elements – steel tube, die-cast aluminium element and cold injected polyurethane foam – contribute to define a product of great value. Hammer is an armchair and a lounge armchair available with low or high back and stands out in every environment, from home to contract: lobbies, meeting rooms, hotels, collaborative areas.

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THE BEST VERSION OF THEMSELVES From 1995 each project by Michaelis Boyd is a bespoke concept suited to its environment. A creative process which has led to a hugely varied portfolio of completed projects in four continents in both the residential and the hospitality realms

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lex Michaelis, a Parisian by birth, after a trip to Italy decided to devote himself to building and enrolled first in the London Architectural Association and later at the Oxford Polytechnic, to then collaborate with several architectural firms. Tim Boyd, at 18, worked as an apprentice for the Chinese architect Kenneth Ko, who cemented his love of design and he went on to study architecture at the Royal College of Art in London. The professional paths of Alex and Tim crossed when they both worked for John Miller and Partners, and in 1995 they founded Michaelis Boyd, starting with projects for the Moro restaurant in Exmouth Market and for the bar of Soho House Greek Street, the first of many members clubs for the Soho House Group. One of them fascinated by new structures, the other fascinated by historical architecture, together they have developed in over 20 years of professional association – with a portfolio of achievements in 4 continents – a design approach inspired by an all-encompassing concept of sustainability, linked to the reduction of the consumption of natural resources, especially as regards respect for places, the context, the historical heritage, cultural identity – whether it is a resort in the African savannah, a ‘listed’ building in London or a new building.

The shared goal is to give the best to their clients and to create architecture or interiors that are “the best version of themselves”, always trying to favour “flow, light, space and simple design solutions”. A simplicity that is anything but simple.

author: Alessandra Bergamini portrait photo: Ed Reeve projects photo: Ed Reeve, Yongkwan Kim, Dook

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Your projects all look different from each other, is re-interpretation of the context and diversity your main key ideas in your work?

Tim: Definitely. We spend a lot of time at the beginning of a project speaking to the clients and getting to know their ideas and learning about the site itself. Location and context play a crucial role in our designs, as the surrounding landscape of a project and its local history can have a huge impact on the design.

Alex: As an example, it was key to us that Arijiju House in Kenya sank into the natural landscape, rather than dwarfing it. By tucking the house into a southern slope, it not only enjoys breath-taking views of Mount Kenya, but is almost hidden from view unless you know where to look - a perfect hideaway!

Along with an environmentally conscious design of course, and that’s part of your firm’s DNA? Alex: Sustainability is a key ethos in our firm, and a mindset that I bring to all of my projects, including homes that I have designed for myself.

One of our earliest projects that put us on the map was our idea to install wind turbines on the roof of former Prime Minister David Cameron’s London home. Whilst it admittedly might not have been the right location for wind turbines, it certainly brought attention to the need for all architects and home owners to make more environmentallyconscious choices for their homes.

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Today luxury is more about experience and possibility, especially in hotel or home design: guests are more environmentally conscious than ever before and care about the ethical and environmental processes behind the creation of the hotel, and the furniture themselves

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Tim: In our projects we try to use as much local material as possible and try to come up with new ways to take advantage of the location’s natural resources. For example, making use of sun, solar and wind power whenever possible. Whilst working in Nepal with the Gurkha Welfare Trust, we took advantage of the

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Your work if often associated with the notion of ‘simplicity in design’. How would you define this idea of simplicity?

Alex: Our clients have always wanted good design: flow, light, space and simple design solutions.

Simplicity to us can range from the choices of

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climate to reduce the energy demand of the building, thus lowering its long-term running costs and impact on the environment. We achieved this by using insulation and introducing cavity wall construction, enabling the buildings to retain heat in winter. We also added solar thermal panels and low energy LED bulbs to reduce demands on electricity generators.

How do you manage to enhance the relationship between design, the place and its cultural/historical context? And the relationship between the place and the people who will use it?

Tim: One of my favourite areas to work in is the refurbishment of English country houses, which reflects my interest in period architecture. Working with listed buildings is always a challenge, as you have to ultimately respect the history of the building whilst updating the interiors to reflect modern living. There is a sense of achievement at completion to know that you have played a part in the building’s continuing pathway through history.

finishes [clients used to prefer manufactured finishes, now we have seen a rise in natural finishes which will weather and wear with the natural passage of time] to the idea that the home is increasingly seen as a place of refuge from the increasingly busy and hectic world outside.

Sustainability, location and context play a crucial role in our designs, as the surrounding landscape of a project and its local history can have a huge impact on the design

And your idea of luxury? How has it changed in the last two decades?

Alex: I would say that in the past luxury was defined by opulence, extravagance and exclusivity. However now I would argue that our culture views traditional forms of luxury as outdated, and frowns upon ostentatious displays of wealth. In 2019, luxury is more about experience and possibility. We have seen this especially in hotel design: hotel guests are more environmentally conscious than ever before and care about the ethical and environmental processes behind the creation of the hotel, and the furniture in the rooms themselves.

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Regarding change, how has London evolved since you’ve started working? What is your point of view on the city now and in the near future?

Tim: The London landscape has changed massively in the twenty plus years that we have been working together. In Notting Hill especially, we saw a huge increase in demand for basement and double basement extensions, which was a world away from the modest refurbishments and extensions requested in the nineties.

Alex: Not only has there been a huge increase in underground building, but also in high rise luxury residential projects. We have been very lucky to work on two such developments; Battersea Power Station and Hexagon Apartments in Holborn, both due to complete soon. The demand for luxury apartments reflects the new culture of modern living in London - and I am very interested to see how London continues to grow and adapt to the challenges of being a metropolitan city.

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You’ve worked on commissions in Asia and Africa as well. Do African countries offer new and diverse opportunities?

Alex: We have been incredibly lucky to have worked on numerous projects in Africa such as the Sandibe Safari Lodge in Botswana, Arijiju House in Kenya and Benguerra Lodge in Mozambique. The landscape offers such inspiration and you have the freedom to be as creative as you wish. We found inspiration for Sandibe from the Pangolin and worked with amazing contractors to create a unique building that really showcased the local materials and is an example of ingenuity and creative freedom.

Tell me about your most challenging project...

Alex: We build a relationship with our clients to work with, and sometimes challenge, their vision - we push boundaries to create really great results.

When designers are pushed to the edge, creativity can flourish.

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...And the one you would like to design in the future Tim: We would love to do more work with charities. We have built three care homes in Nepal for retired Gurkhas in collaboration with the Gurkha Welfare Trust. Working in Nepal was very grounding, it brings back into focus what is important and counterpoints the higher end projects we are well known for.

How did it happen that you started working together?

Tim: I met Alex whilst I was working for my old professor John Miller. We worked on one residential project together then went our separate ways.

We then crossed paths again six years later, when we merged our small practices together and began work on Babington House. The rest, as they say, is history!

Alex: We’re very proud of the last twenty or so years, from our humble beginnings in my flat to employing over 40 people in 2019 - it’s been a fantastic journey that we hope doesn’t end!

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hand at the start of every project, and I in particular obsess over all of the smallest details - we are always aware that we have a duty to both the client and the building itself to make it the best version of itself.

Alex: I am very involved in the design process.

One of my favourite parts of my job is to visit the site, breathe it in and draw inspiration from the surroundings and the client brief. I take my notebook and pencil everywhere with me to record all my thoughts and ideas to take back to the office.

And what projects are in the pipeline or close to completion?

Tim: We are looking forward to the completion of 11 Hoyt in Brooklyn, our first residential project in the US in collaboration with Tishman Speyer, Studio Gang and Hollander Design. We have designed the interiors for all of the residential apartments and the amenity spaces. We love working in America – we now have a New York Office – and cannot wait to work on more projects there.

We’re very proud of the last twenty or so years, from our humble beginnings in a flat to employing over 40 people in 2019

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Of uniqueness, contaminations and roots The Jaffa Hotel: the legacy of a thousand-year-old history narrated through the minimal filter by the English architect John Pawson

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ituated on a small promontory overlooking the sea, south of Tel Aviv, Jaffa brings with it a history of conquests, glories and prosperity, but also a lengthy series of destruction and an extended period of profound forgetfulness. With time, due to its uniqueness and the stark contrast with the “white city”, despite its proximity and belonging to the same municipality, Jaffa has transformed from being a place at the outskirts into becoming itself a place for artists to live, a home for the lovers of the astonishing labyrinth, not only physical but also temporal, in which its multiple identity has been written. Part of this secular stratification can be admired in the incredible and brand new hotel created from a neo-Romanesque building erected in the nineteenth century to house a French

hospital, and even before that, a convent, in the maze of cobbled alleys that lead to the port. Its name is The Jaffa – in fact the first hotel in Israel of the famous New York chain, Marriott The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resort – and it is the result of meticulous restoration by the London architect John Pawson, in collaboration with a team of experts led by the local architect Ramy Gill. The five-star hotel has 120 rooms to which one adds 32 extra-luxury residential units created in a new adjoining building, all with independent access and the possibility of using the hotel’s facilities, including a swimming pool in the internal courtyard, lounge areas, a state-of-the-art fitness centre, a spa and two restaurants. Throughout the complex the beauty of the differences is expressed in a rarefied atmosphere that speaks of IFDM | 101

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uniqueness and contaminations, of the past and of contemporaneity. Pawson, without losing sight of the principle of subtraction that refers to the ideal of rigour and essentiality that is very dear to him, to the semantic charge of architecture juxtaposes strongly iconic and coloured furnishings.

In the nineteenth-century chapel, which has undergone a meticulous restoration that has preserved its marble interiors, decorative attributes, polychrome stained glass and sandstone surfaces, the lounge bar has been set up with the legendary three-legged Botolo chairs by Cini Boeri, the counter and the black and white giant prints of the stars of the Fifties take the place of at the altar and the sacred vestments. Even in the lobby created in the new building the remains of a wall built by the Crusaders in the thirteenth century socialises with some icons designed by Shiro Kuramata and Pierre Paulin, and with the large canvas by the eccentric Damien Hirst. The rooms

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are permeated by an almost monastic calm, uniformed by light colours and by the fruit trees photographed by the Israeli artist Tal Shochat that underlie the homage to the (also) agricultural heritage of the area. In the historical part, beams of light cut the white and beige environments highlighting the walls and vaults, while in the residences of the new body the minimal and Nordic refinement of Pawson heats up, filtered by the meshes of the metal screens combined with large windows that refer, in their geometries and function, to the traditional mashrabiya.

Owner: RFR Hotel operator: Marriott The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resort Architectural design: John Pawson, Ramy Gill Interior design: John Pawson Furnishings: B&B Italia, Cappellini, Carlos Motta, Getama Danmark A/S, Thonet, UnopiĂš Author: Antonella Mazzola Photo credits: Sharon Derhy, Amit Geron

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Seoul

A place to be Much more than a workplace. A destination open to the general public. Element of mediation between local and global, public and private, formal and informal. The headquarters of the Korean group of Amorepacific cosmetics sets its roots in Seoul thanks to the ‘enlightened’ intervention of David Chipperfield Architects

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cube to express a vision. That of an industrial group that is making its way up in the cosmetics market with vertiginous growth and with the desire that its headquarters becomes the mirror of this effort.

The innovative building designed by David Chip-

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perfield Architects sets its foundation in the heart of Seoul, perfectly nestled within the urbanisation of the green Yongsan district. But it lays the foundations above all on corporate values that embrace social responsibility, tradition and progress, inner health and external beauty, naturalness and artifi-

Owner: Amorepacific Corporation Architecture & Interior design: David Chipperfield Architects Furnishings: e15, Vitra Lighting: Erco, Selux, Viabizzuno Bathrooms: Dornbracht, Duravit, FSB, GEZE Carpets: Interface, Ruckstuhl Textiles: Kvadrat Exposed concrete: Hyundai, Peri, Seoyong Façade: Hanglass, Hyundai Aluminum, Saint Gobain Internal glass partitions: Eagon, Schüco, Unifor Elevators & escalators: ThyssenKrupp Natural stone: Samji Stone Acrylic stone: Du Pont, LG Hausys Author: Manuela Di Mari Photo credits: Noshe

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ciality. Principles expressed through a very strong dynamic identity aimed at involving the whole community and that, for this reason, makes flexibility and fluidity its own. The form follows this goal and Chipperfield’s architecture addresses the city not only from a substantial point of view, offering it a museum, a library, a tearoom, some stores, an auditorium, restaurant and childcare facilities, but also structurally, with a building that is a cubic volume, simple and elementary, open on 3 points and cleverly developed around a central courtyard that optimises ventilation and natural light. The entire project ennobles the social, cultural and professional ambition of the Korean company that defines itself as a “beauty creator” in all respects, managing to masterfully combine the workplace with public activities. Also through the use of architectural references of the historical heritage that have been reinterpreted

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by modernity. The faรงades are the most striking example, consisting of a series of matt aluminium shading wings distributed at regular intervals over the entire vertical surface that in no way hinder the view of the surrounding park and mountains.

A thermal substratum, made of full-height panels in transparent and opaque glass, ensures natural ventilation in the intermediate seasons. In this double skin shell, illumination and sustainability go hand in hand, once again inspired by the tradition seen through the lens of technology.

To minimise energy consumption as much as possible, advanced technologies for the accumulation of solar energy have been adopted, redistributed in heating, cooling and ventilation. And a whole family of lighting has been specially designed, focusing on high-efficiency cutting-edge LED technology, specific for each functional context.

For the configuration of the interiors in the offices, connection is the keyword. Areas for team-

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work and individual workstations alternate and form a landscape that stimulates informal communication on multiple levels. Facilitating this is the fact that architectural barriers have been reduced to the absolute minimum or ‘modified’ in favour of the exchange, such as the internal stairs equipped with multi-relational hubs. A dynamic that, always accompanied by natural warm light and visuals that look toward the horizon, creates an innovative work environment that invites the staff to choose where to spend the workday and is able to reduce hierarchies, in favour of an egalitarian and collective organisation chart.

Materials and furnishings follow the same ideal.

The internal fit-out consists of wool rugs, fabrics brimming with colour, self-supporting shelves, desks and chairs arranged in flexible solutions according to the degree of privacy desired. With the nature that, lastly, permeates the entire building with the roof garden and the Pocket park, the new headquarters of Amorepacific is firmly rooted in its time, place and history.

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Florence, Italy

Owner & Hotel operator: The Student Hotel Group Architecture & Interior design: Rizoma Architetture, Studio Archea, TSH Design Experience Team Furnishings: Ahrend, Arper, De Vorm, Ethimo, Hay, Ikea, Menu, Missana, Modus, Morentz, Muuto, Nanni Sald, Ombrellificio Veneto, Ok Design, Pedrali, Ravasi, Sottile, Vellardi Kitchens: Electrolux Lighting: Gubi, Louis Poulsen Bathrooms: Fonte Alta Musical instruments: Roland, Stagg, Steinbach Author: Manuela Di Mari Photo credits: courtesy of The Student Hotel Group

Out of the ordinary Co-living, co-working, hotel. It is the global living project of the Student Hotel Group, a unique hybrid destination for an international community that believes in sharing.

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HS (The Student Hotel Group) is continuing to climb even higher peaks. Already present in 12 European cities and ready to open in Bologna, Madrid and Berlin in 2019.

Scheduled in 2020 are the cities of Paris, Porto, Rome, Florence Belfiore, Delft and Vienna, and in 2021 those of Carcavelos Lisbon, Toulouse, Florence Manifattura Tabacchi and Barcelona. Objective: reaching 65 properties in various European cities over the next five years. The operation is 112 | IFDM

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driven by the Group’s vision of an international ‘complete connected community’ comprised of students, workers and guests who live and work in a communal setting, a business model based on sharing. The opening of the TSH Firenze Lavagnini in July 2018, the first step on the Italian horizon, launched the Group’s flagship hybrid concept hotel. It has a strategic location that is very close to the city centre. There is a renewed breath given to the building that houses the structure. A building of the mid-1800s, dubbed by the Florentines as the “sleeping palace”, restored with an investment of 50 million euro, which is a source of pride for the founder and CEO Charlie MacGregor. “The Florence Lavagnini has exceeded all expectations, it is simply splendid - he declares - and is the best example of our ‘community’.” The entire operation of redevelopment, including furnishing and design solutions, is an effort of multiple companies, overseen by Rizoma Architetture, Studio Archea together with the internal THS team, which gave life to 20,000 square metres and 390 rooms, with custom made furniture by Modus and divided according to the target - 50% of the rooms reserved for students, 45 rooms for the hotel, 5% for short stays.

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The creative team has mixed original elements, such as marble floors, frescoes and majestic staircases, with others of modern inspiration: the most evident, a steel and glass body added to the existing building that connects two towers. Right here, in the TSH Collab, global nomads can rent flexible or fixed desks or offices that allow them to work in groups on different projects. The transparency of the faรงade and the relaxing colours create a calm and luminous atmosphere that is visually connected to the rest of the hotel. The environments are the mirror of those who live there, indeed, of their needs. That of breathing in an energetic and stimulating atmosphere that encourages connectivity.

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also mixing various kinds of materials: wood, cork, stone and leather combined with industrial metal meshes, enamelled iron, ceramic tiles and resin finishes, for a contrast with an exciting effect. Some special features: the Playroom for VIP occasions, the hotel’s true suite with a private terrace over-

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looking the Duomo, furnished with a combination of Memphis and Radical Architecture styles.

The Rooftop lets one go from the pool to the bar among exotic plants and Pedrali chairs. The original OOO restaurant (Out of the Ordinary) is run by the staff of the famous La Menagere.

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Iconic office spaces Content and container engage in a lively dialogue with one another in one of London’s most representative examples of post-modern architecture, designed by James Stirling. WeWork recently inaugurated its 28th location in the emblematic One Poultry building, located in London’s financial district

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stimulating location, full of history and architectural value, capable of sparking inspiration and encouraging collaboration among the WeWork members who use this location for their companies’ offices and co-working spaces and for their creative projects.

One Poultry, completed in 1998 and designed by architect James Stirling, is one of the most recent Grade II* listed buildings in England. Three levels of listed buildings, or rather buildings that are included in a registry of architectural preservation, exist: Grade I, II*, and II, and very few of those that have been granted the privilege of these safeguards are of recent construction. One Poultry, considered the quintessential commercial building and post-modern public space, is among them. The WeWork offices, which provide office space for 2300 people, occupy five floors, including a ground floor with shops and higher

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floors with a restaurant and a hanging garden.

The interior design project takes advantage of the abundant natural light which spills into the large rooms, also thanks to the central, semi-circular courtyard, surrounded by walls clad in blue tiles, interrupted only by the CMYK (cyan blue, magenta, yellow, and black) coloured windows. The layout of the offices, in harmony with the postmodernist style, was designed to encourage collaboration and productivity in a welcoming and domestic atmosphere, enhanced by the use of ceiling and floor lamps for the general illumination.

White walls, light wood floors, and a selection of vintage furniture are paired with touches of colour chosen for the leather sofas and for the arm chairs, tables, magazine holders, and throw blankets scattered around the spaces. The leitmotiv of all of the WeWork spaces, and here at One Poultry as well, is a sensibility towards art, which is featured in the

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spaces with paintings, murals, and luminous installations. In this case the Arts & Graphics team chose ironic pieces, like giant shoes (about to slip on banana peels) or neon pink and blue that represents London taxis, with flaming tires. The five floors of WeWork include wellness centres, meet-

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ing rooms, and sitting rooms with views of the bustling financial district, like the lounge located in the tower and furnished with red chairs that recall the hands of the clock, through the glass face of which one has a commanding view of the entire neighbourhood.

Owner: WeWork Architecture: James Stirling Interior design: WeWork in-house design team Author: Francisco Marea Photo credits: courtesy of WeWork

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Mission of memory Special. Exclusive. Magical. The escalation of adjectives isn’t enough to define a historical Parisian monument - both on a human and architectural level - that reopens after 4 years of rigorous transformative restauration. Hotel Lutetia shines once again thanks to the expertise of the architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, together with the studio Perrot & Richard

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here is an entire history spanning over 100 years behind the hotel Lutetia in Paris, at 45 Boulevard Raspail, in the area of St. Germain-des-Prés on the Left Bank.

A memory written in architecture, a splendid example of the stylistic transition from Art Nouveau to Art Déco, with its undulating facade and interiors made of stuccos and frescoes. A memoir written by the great personalities of art and culture who left their traces here in the rituals of the Café and conversation: Joyce, Beckett, Hemingway, Picasso, General de Gaulle, Cocteau, Sartre, Josephine Baker (to whom a suite is dedicated) and many others that have forged the soul of the place in an indelible way. It is a heritage that has never interrupted its function as a place of welcoming over the years. Its construction began at the behest of the Boucicaut family in 1910, founders of Le Bon Marchè, the first Parisian 120 | IFDM

department store, intelligent escamotage that allowed the wealthy clientele from outside the city to stay right next to their ‘object of desire’. Various interventions were stratified between the ’60s and ’70s, continuing to host artists from the more recent past: fashion designer - Yves Saint-Laurent above all - as well as film and music stars. Now, the time has come for the sediment of hotel Lutetia to establish another layer. Set necessarily on contemporaneity. Purchased by The Set Hotels, part of the Israeli group Alrov, Lutetia reopened its doors on 12 July 2018, after a total renovation lasting more than four years and costing two hundred million euro. An extraordinary achievement by the team that worked on a project by the French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte - already the author of prestigious restorations such as those of the Louvre and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam - in collaboration with the Perrot & Richard

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studio, responsible for monitoring the respect of the inheritance left by a similar colossus. The very careful intervention, both external and internal, turned out to be quite ambitious because it was both conservative and innovative at the same time.

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area of 700 square metres, and diversified common areas - Bar JosĂŠphine, Salon Saint-Germain, Orangerie, Salon Crystal, Brasserie. The common point of each environment is natural light, strongly desired by Wilmotte and the basis of the project itself. But the success of the extraordinary versatility of intervention is also due to the substantial contribution of some of the best Italian companies, able to develop customised and tailormade furnishing solutions. For each environment, public or private, each piece has been designed

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and made to measure, from a design by Wilmotte, to meet the precise stylistic and technical requirements of the client. The absolute typological completeness of the offer comes from specialised Contract divisions such as those of Lema, which with a turn-key supply has furnished 175 rooms and the suite named after Josephine Baker, provided flooring, ceiling covering, wood panelling for walls and bow windows, doors in precious woods, glass and decorated with gold, boiserie, three-dimensional finishes of the highest level

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of cabinet-making. Poliform Contract instead has dealt with all the common areas, to enliven the spirit of the original project without altering its charm and historical value. Porro has created both indoor and outdoor elements, involving almost every area of the hotel: standing out are the refined tables with leather tops that are in tone with ceiling frescoes and the Lasa marble tops of those in the Patio. The Contract Division of Paolo Castelli has intervened with building, technical installations, coverings, flooring and fittings for the wellness & spa areas and 5 suites - each

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with its own unique concept - in addition to the supply of special furnishings and decorative lighting for all the common areas and for the suites themselves. Lastly, the grey veins of Carrara marble in all the bathrooms combine with the material qualities of the stainless steel of the CEA taps, specially designed and renamed Lutezia, to interpret classicism through technology and innovation. On the 6th arrondissement, a piece of history is rejuvenated, from the design to the interiors, from gastronomy to service. But the spirit has remained intact.

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Owner: Alrov Hotel operator: The Set Hotels Architecture/Interior design: W&A Wilmotte & AssociÊs Architectes, Perrot & Richard Furnishings: Lema Contract, Paolo Castelli Divisione Contract, Poliform Contract, Poltrona Frau, Porro Contract Bathrooms: Cea Design Technology: Creston, Bang & Olufsen Systems, Floor and surfaces: Paolo Castelli S.p.A Divisione Contract Fabrics: Hermès Author: Manuela Di Mari Photo credits: David Esser, Mathieu Fiol, Amit Geron

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Exclusive skyline Designed by the award-winning architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Rockwell Group, in the heart of New York, Fifteen Hudson Yards is a tapered skyscraper that envelopes luxury private residences in the sign of contemporary living

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new luxury destination in New York, Hudson Yards – the most impressive real estate project in the United States – inaugurates a part of its “creative epicentre” as imagined by the stars of contemporary architecture. In Chelsea, the redevelopment of the West Side area overlooking the Hudson River, with a direct connection to the High Line, is revealed in all its avant-garde splendour. Including a kinetic performing arts centre, an exclusive mall and the gourmand experience signed by star chefs, diz128 | IFDM

zying skyscrapers, five-star hotels, headquarters of haute de gamme designers, it transforms the entire skyline of Manhattan. Imagined by the acclaimed Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Rockwell Group, Fifteen Hudson Yards is the first residential skyscraper to open within the majestic complex. “In the last ten years we have had the opportunity of creating an urban ensemble consisting of a recreational, cultural and residential project for three different contacts: we worked with New York for the High Line, with The Shed

Developer: The Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group Architecture & Interior design: Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Rockwell Group Fitness Center: design by The Wright Fit Automation: Lutron Kitchen & bathroom: Dornbracht Domestic appliances: Miele Custom-made oven glass: Bendheim Author: Anna Casotti Photo credits: Timothy Schenck, Scott Frances, courtesy of The Related Companies

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for a new cultural start up and now with Related for the first residential tower inaugurated in Hudson Yards,” explains Elizabeth Diller, founding partner of the studio. “The tower is detached from the orthogonal logic of the streets of New York in its sinuous morphology that resembles a four-leaf clover, oriented so as to capturing the surrounding skyline at 360°, and the glass façade makes a typically fragile and rigid material into one that is organic and elastic.” With a refined double-height lobby surrounded by walls in travertine and accentuated by unique works of art, its sinuous architecture rises for 88 floors and 270 metres in height.

Inside, a collection of 285 living units – equipped with the most innovative systems and conceived in different layouts from one bedroom to the duplex penthouse – sets itself apart for a stylistic refinement among marble cladding, sophisticated furnishings that mix classic and modern, refined finishes, eclectic wallpapers. An interior design in which there are striking white oak floors, highest quality materials, details and custom finishes that change according to the nuances chosen between Tonal and Contrast. In the kitchen area the storage units are in oak in the shade of dove-grey with champagne or oak metal accents with black tints and bronze-coloured metal finishes; worktops in Italian Michelangelo marble or Grigio Tramb-

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iserra marble; Miele domestic appliances, opaque equipment in brushed stainless steel, and for the large-sized residences a double oven equipped with custom hand-painted glass. In the master bathrooms – with radiant heat floors in brushed Italian limestone or Blue De Savoie stone – and in the secondary bathrooms with floors and walls in Greek Solakas polished marble, the furniture in dove-grey oak is combined with the Estremoz

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honed stone, while in the version in oak with dark spots on polished Blue De Savoie stone. An attention to detail that is also revealed in the services and amenities that extend over 4,000 square metres: the 50th floor is entirely dedicated to wellness with a fitness centre designed by The Wright Fit, yoga studio, Spa, swimming pool surrounded by exciting horizons; on the 51st level, entertainment spaces are instead open between business centres, private dining suites, performance rooms, golf club lounges and wine tastings. “Our goal was to create interior spaces that were ‘calm and strong’ at the same time,” says David Rockwell, founder and President of Rockwell Group. “We have thus developed a rich and meticulously detailed range of natural materials, taking full advantage of the building’s orientation and daylight, to highlight the extraordinary views of a dynamic, ever-changing skyline.”

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New world Room Mate Bruno brings to mind the explorations of sea voyagers on their trips overseas and, like an adventurous captain, leads guests to the discovery of unknown universes.

It is the latest addition to the Room Mate Hotels chain, just inaugurated in Rotterdam.

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o use a term popular in casinos, Room Mate Hotels has ‘beat the house’.

Ever since Kike Sarasola founded it in 2005, the Spanish hotel chain has forged ahead with an unstoppable expansion. 23 hotels in 6 countries in 13 years, with a growth of 180.5% in the last year. Another 11 hotels are in progress for new destinations including Rome, Paris, Naples, the Canary Islands, Mallorca, Lisbon. ‘Rien ne va plus’ for the competitors, but Sarasola is still placing their bets, since in the meantime it has carried off as many awards as it could hold: Medal of Merit of Tourism by the Spanish Council of Ministers, Best Innovation in Digital Marketing Award at the Worldwide Hospitality Awards, nominated in the Travvy Awards as the Best Overall Hotel and, the most rewarding of all, a record of online IFDM | 133

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reputation in the hospitality industry, according to ReviewPro, with a 90% share. It is with these numbers that Room Mate Hotels inaugurate, in Rotterdam, Bruno, first ‘point’ in the city, the second in the Netherlands for the chain. The location of Bruno is its true strength, indeed the soul that gives it life. It is one of the few historic buildings remaining in the Kop Van Zuid district (recognised as the Dutch Manhattan), a 19th-century spice warehouse in the city’s port area, brought back to life in an exclusive area housing the most important cultural activities and becoming an architectural benchmark in Northern Europe.

Identity and memory have been maintained with conviction by the Italian architect Teresa Sapey, who directed the project and was able to combine tradition and avant-garde trends within a building that preserves its original structure. In the 217 rooms and in the common areas, there are many recurring evocations to the sea, to travels and to the stars, reminiscent of the ships that departed from the port of Rotterdam full of exotic spices

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from Indonesia, the Moluccan islands or Sumatra.

Colour, nautical elements and Flemish paintings play a very important role in the furnishing of the hotel. “We wanted to preserve the naval identity of the building - says Teresa Sapey - but also bring some of the warmth, atmosphere and colours of Spain in Northern Europe”. Each guest is thus catapulted into a voyage, a different adventure on every floor of the hotel, with graphic references on walls and ceilings that recall the cartography used by sailors, the linearity of shapes and geometric figures and exuberant chromaticism.

With a hint of suggestion given by the internal ‘frozen garden’ wrapped in the colours of blue, and an island made of iron that embraces a tree with orange-coloured leaves. Surprising, like the unusual services offered, such as breakfast until noon and the WiMate, free Wi-Fi not only in the hotel but throughout the city, which has earned it yet another award.

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Owner: Room Mate Hotels Developer: Een VolkerWessels Main Contractor: Aannemersbedrijf Van Agtmaal Oudenbosch Interior design: studio Teresa Sapey Furnishings: Dvelas, Ecus, Expormim, Gebrueder Thonet Vienna, Kartell, Marte 360º Design, Missana, Pedrali, Sillería Vergés, Simes, Stellar Works, Talasur, Torre.it, Vondom Kitchens: Pilsa Lighting: Flos, Normann Copenhagen Bathrooms: Agape Curtains: Textil Contract Author: Manuela Di Mari Photo credits: Mads Morgensen

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A stay like none other The architectural concept of Jean Nouvel, the culinary vision of Caviar Kaspia, and the passion for art of the Fondazione Alda Fendi – Esperimenti are the foundation of The Rooms of Rome – palazzo rhinoceros

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the traditional sense, but rather as ‘open-able areas’, steel containers that reproduce spaces and facilities (kitchen, bathroom, closet) with a modern interpretation, contrasting with the crude nature of the original structural elements. Amazing mirrored panels that respect the historical stratifications and reflect images from the past. Everything was designed and created specifically for the client, also integrating the latest automated technology. The Rooms of Rome – palazzo rhinoceros, where art is a strong presence, is a truly special place. Not just because of the building itself, but because the collection and temporary exhibits of the Fondazione Alda Fendi – Esperimenti blend with the accommodations. An intentional choice that is in line with the philosophy of the foundation, which since 2001 has been promoting artistic experimentation that pushes the conventional limits between various disciplines, from the visual to the performing arts. Open to Romans and tourists, on the fifth and sixth floor of the building with two terraces overlooking the city centre, is Caviar Caspia, the historic French culinary brand known for its luxury cuisine and here tempered by Italian tradition. Culture and architecture that accompany one beyond the confines of tradition.

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Owner: Fondazione Alda Fendi – Esperimenti Apartment operator: Room Mate Architecture: Ateliers Jean Nouvel Interior design and furniture: Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Jean Nouvel Design Furnishings: tailor-made furniture; Artemide, B&B Italia, Cassina, Figueras, Flos, Molteni&C, Pallucco, Troll, Unifor, Vitra, Wittmann, Zanotta Lighting: Viabizzuno Author: Manuela Di Mari Photo credits: courtesy The Rooms of Rome – palazzo rhinoceros

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With the concept of “borderless”, the aim of the digital-only museum is to tear down the borders between “art and visitors” and “oneself and the others” by allowing visitors to melt into art and become part of it.

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An interior, topographical landscape house a luminous spherical auditorium and floor-to-ceiling cascading terraced bookshelves. Both sit within a sheltered topped with cathedral-like vaulted arches.

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MIX MASTER “I couldn’t do a NoMad in isolation. All our hotels are about being part of a neighborhood.”

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ndrew Zobler, Founder & CEO of Sydell Group, explained from the soaring threestory, new NoMad Restaurant lined with some 25,000 vintage books. This setting in Las Vegas is the latest hospitality project to open from the Sydell Group, which he founded in 2005. (The company is named for his maternal grandmother who was an antiques dealer; Zobler would regularly travel to Europe with her on buying trips as a kid growing up in New York, and help staff her store.) In this case, however, Zobler had to in essence help create a neighborhood. Sydell Group’s arrival in Sin City might seem like a counterintuitive departure, given its presence in urban centers boasting an eclectic and culturally sophisticated bent. Its portfolio of NoMad in Manhattan and Los Angeles, The Line in L.A., Austin and Washington D.C., Freehand in Miami, Chicago, L.A., and New York, and The Ned in London doesn’t exactly scream, “We should be in Las Vegas.” And yet learning about how and why Zobler — a former attorney who worked for André Balazs Properties, then served as a real estate developer on bringing the Ace Hotel to Manhattan before creating and operating hotels under his Sydell Group umbrella — wound up in the Vegas market, this professional narrative makes sense.

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Sydell Group brings his vision of soulful hospitality to an exciting and surprising new location: Las Vegas. Tell us about the process behind NoMad Las Vegas and working with leading design firms, including Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch of Roman and Williams, Commune, Sean Knibb, and Studio Jacques Garcia.

The 293 guest rooms at NoMad Las Vegas, plus its casino, meeting rooms, swimming pool, retail operation, NoMad Restaurant, and NoMad Bar are a resort-within-a-resort concept, a completely kitsch-free zone on the iconic Vegas Strip enhanced by the distinctive touch of Jacques Garcia’s luxurious interior design, and Daniel Humm and Will Guidara’s lauded Make It Nice food and beverage team. Sydell Group collaborated with MGM Resorts International on the $600 million rebrand and revamp of the building envelope and offerings within Park MGM (formerly the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino) to set a fresh, hipper tone. The Park MGM property contains another 2,400 guest rooms, plus venues such as the beloved Eataly Italian marketplace, Los Angeles chef Roy Choi’s buzzy Best Friend restaurant, On the Record nightclub, and the Park Theater, where sold-out crowds flock to see Lady Gaga perform.

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Did you ever imagine you would be doing this?

Depends how many years you’re cutting back.

I think what you’re asking is if I’m a big Vegas person. No, but not because of any good reason. I wasn’t especially focused on Vegas; it wasn’t in our plan. But I do really like the town.

How did NoMad Las Vegas and Sydell Group’s involvement with Park MGM come about?

Jim [ James Murren, CEO of MGM Resorts International] started staying at the NoMad in New York and really wanted us to do NoMad here.

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So, we listened. I wasn’t especially interested in doing 300 rooms and figuring out how to fit into the rest of the project that we had no imprimatur over. We just kept talking and we really liked him.

Culturally, it was a good fit between our company and their company. Frankly, I started to get excited about painting with a bigger, broad brush on a large scale. We obviously wouldn’t have done it without them because that would have been crazy.

But one of the things that really intrigues me is, in some ways Vegas is way ahead of the curve, and in some ways they’re behind the curve.

You mean you wanted to do a larger hotel with a soul?

What I mean by that is: I think there’s a big future in hospitality in larger hotels that have meeting space being more interesting, having more soul, having better food and beverage. Kind of what they do in Vegas, where they try to make it more entertaining and try to bring in great chefs and make these meeting houses more of a full-on experience.

I like to think we do it well, but everyone is crowded into this space of 150 to 250 rooms. There’s a whole world out there of people who want a richer experience, so I like the idea of doing bigger hotels.

We started to do it a little bit with The Line. The Line in L.A. is 400 rooms. Austin is 400 rooms.

Probably our biggest property from an F&B and entertainment perspective is The Ned in London.

It’s a big food and beverage-focused property.

So when you brought Jacques Garcia on board to do this project, how resistant was he?

He wasn’t resistant. Generally I find him lovely to work with. He’s very collaborative. The first NoMad we drove him crazy a little bit, because we edited like crazy his work. At the time, it was our first hotel that we really did on our own. I was obsessed with every detail in a way that I can’t be anymore.

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The 293 guest rooms at NoMad Las Vegas at the Park MGM, plus its casino, meeting rooms, swimming pool, retail operation, NoMad Restaurant, and NoMad Bar are a resortwithin-a-resort concept

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It was very involved. When it opened, it was so well received. He realized we created something really special. Any good professional will do their best work for a good client. The way you edit them, the way you push them. He was very good about it.

At what point did you feel like you were ready to take on a project this size?

If you look at what we did on The Ned versus what we did here in Vegas, it’s the opposite. Nick [ Jones, the founder of Soho House & Co] knows London and design. Our job was, we built it, we put the money together, and he ran things off of me.

And not to say we weren’t involved in the creation process, but we brought it in on time and on budget, and let him do his thing. Here, what MGM

wanted was someone who was more of the creative partner. So they built it, and we did the work on the creative and vision side. We do what we need to do. We’re kind of chameleon-like. I think that’s maybe the secret of why we’ve done so many different things concurrently that are quite different.

So now that you’ve done this, can it be done in a market like, say, Dubai, or translate to other places?

I think there’s more to do here in Vegas, and we’re looking at doing larger hotels in non-gaming markets. I don’t know exactly what form it’s going to take but we’re definitely going to do some larger hotels with some soul. The next opening is June 2020 for NoMad London. Then probably in ‘21 and ‘22, you’ll see some more.

I think there’s a big future in hospitality in larger hotels that have meeting space being more interesting, having more soul, having better food and beverage. We started to do it a little bit with The Line. The Line in L.A. is 400 rooms

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There seems like such a steep learning curve and so much adjusting to do after you open a hotel.

There’s a million things. Honestly, we would’ve failed miserably if someone had just given us a checkbook and told us to do it on our own. It was really working with MGM. They know this town. We brought in more than anything else our taste and worldview, and they helped adopt it to what works here.

What major adjustments have you had to make in terms of design or food at Sydell Group hotels, and at what point do you decide something’s not working?

Never and constantly. NoMad in particular and Freehand to some extent, we try to do things we feel are timeless as opposed to of the moment. I don’t know if we’d ever go in and do a wholesale change. You constantly have to look at things that work and don’t work. Everybody has these wonderful plans, but you’re foolish if you don’t really watch and see. You have to learn. It’s an evolving thing and you have to watch how people use stuff. Maybe we’re not the best creative people in the world, and maybe we’re not the best business people in the world. But we’re reasonably good at both, and we can bring that all together.

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A multi-faceted gem The 5-star Bvlgari Hotel Beijing, set amidst a lush green landscape, emulates the workmanship of precious stones, ‘cut’ by architects Antonio Citterio and Patrica Viel, together with KPF

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he new Bvlgari Hotel Beijing, inspired by the hospitality of its mother structure in Milan, follows, by nature and inclination, the same creative process as that of the precious jewels for which the company is world ambassador. Its multi-faceted shape, the work of the KPF studio, calls to mind Italian architecture from the 1930s and is ‘set’ like a gem within the Genesis project along the banks of Liangma River in Beijing, surrounded by the lush gardens designed by landscape designer Enzo Enea, an art foundation by Tadao Ando, an amphitheatre, and numerous stores. The intention of the project was to combine Italian style and luxury with the unique nature of the location; a dialogue between Italy and China which Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel, the designers of the entire project (both interior and exterior), were able to exalt.

The Bvlgari Hotel Beijing offers a true brand experience that is coherently in line with luxury jewellery and immediately recognisable thanks the use of extremely high quality materials.

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The marble especially is of fundamental visual impact. Architects and artisan craftsmen visited quarries in various countries in search of the best slabs, selecting them one by one according to their cut and veining. Among the most interesting varieties is the polished, bookmatched onyx used in the bathroom of the Bvlgari Suite: cut from the same slab, polished on both sides, and then placed side by side for a striking mirrored veining effect. The white travertine paired with black granite in the common areas, and the Breccia di Seravezza used for the exterior and for the cornice of the main entrance also contribute to the structure’s incredible beauty and extreme quality.

And then there’s the majestic spiral staircase, an important feature of the central hall, forged like a sophisticated metal around the imposing chandelier that hangs down from the ceiling, created specifically for Barovier&Toso by master Murano glassmakers. The staircase and many of the furnishings present throughout the structure were

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tailor-made by Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel for the property, while others were chosen by the architects from among Italy’s high-end brands and include products by B&B, Maxalto, Flos, and Flexform. The 119 rooms and suites manifest a sense of grandeur in their extreme spaciousness (as does the rest of the hotel), with floor plans that range from a minimum of 58 square meters to a

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maximum of almost 400 square meters: that of The Bvlgari Suite, the crown jewel of the hotel, with extras like private sauna and large jacuzzi.

And if that’s already reserved, there’s the Spa, with 25-metre pool and 11 treatment rooms, which the architects enhanced with gold leaf marble, mosaics, and a series of columns which evoke images of the ancient Roman baths.

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Owner/Hotel operator: Bvlgari Hotel & Resorts Architecture: KPF (Building Facade Design), Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel Interior design: Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel Lighting design: Isometrix Landscape design: Enzo Enea Furnishings: B&B Italia, Brera Jacuzzi, Devialet, Flexform, Maxalto, Salviati Lighting: Barovier&Toso, Flos Fabrics: Enzo degli Angiuoni Collaborations: Amala, Berluti, Devialet, Kinesis, La Mer, Maserati, Master and Dynamic, Momo Bike, Refinery Shang Xia, Technogym Author: Manuela Di Mari Photo credits: courtesy of Bvlgari Hotels & Resorts

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New Renaissance The Williamsburg of New York inaugurates The Hoxton, hotel that gives the stage to local creativity

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ndustrial archaeology meets contemporaneity through a restyling signed by Perkins Eastman and interior design conceived by Ennismore Design Studio. The Hoxton Williamsburg is born, a melting pot of cultures among companies, designers, artists and artisans. .. made in Brooklyn. A skilful renovation of the Perkins Eastman studio has incorporated the historic brick structure of the former Rosenwach water tanks factory into the new building, trans-

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forming it into a New York dwelling dedicated to hospitality. Inaugurated in one of the most creative areas of Brooklyn, overlooking the enchanting panoramas of Manhattan, the 175 rooms with interiors designed by Ennismore Design Studio are revealed in two different types - Cosy and Roomy. The interior is characterised by a delicate style, among brass details, rough concrete ceilings, mohair headboards in the green nuances of sage, port and marina, custom-made, exclusive fabrics

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Owner: Ennismore Architecture: Perkins Eastman Interior design: Ennismore Design Studio Furnishings: ALX, Fenton&Fenton, Hive, Made goods, Un-crated, Zachary A design, WSA Hospitality Lighting: Allied maker, Atelier Areti, Bambeco, Cedar and moss, Circa, CRW, HB Architectural Lighting, Horne, Ladies and gentlemen, Rich brilliant willing, Triple seven home, Y lighting Upholstery: Martin Albert interiors, Samuelson Rugs: ABC home Artwork: A medium format, Rosa and Jeremiah Author: Anna Casotti Photo credits: courtesy of The Hoxton Hotels

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by the Brooklyn-based designers Dusen Dusen.

And it is the attention to local artistic expressions to translate the vision of the various The Hoxton hotels - from the first opened in London in the Shoreditch area to the subsequent openings of Holborn, Amsterdam, Paris - inspired by the originality of the streets and neighbourhoods, melting pot of cultures and meeting place for guests and local creatives. “Hox Friends” was therefore born as an initiative to bring the social fabric of an area of the city inside the Williamsburg hotel spaces: 175 people among entrepreneurs, artists, artisans, influencers were recruited to select and curate of the rich library of each room and share their ten favourite books. And it is in collaboration with the exclusive Soho House that Ennismore Design Studio has also shaped the refinement of the interior in the restaurants managed with Brightside hospitality by Jud Mongell of Five Leaves and Zeb Stewart of Cafe Colette, Union Pool and Hotel Delmano: from the cocktail bar Backyard at Klein’s characterised by an elegant outdoor kitchen by the Italian company Molteni, to Summerly, inaugurated in the summit of the rooftop.

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A natural feeling for the project

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Between Yin and Yang The aura of spirituality and powerful energy of the volcanic island of Ulleungdo, in South Korea, envelops the Healing Stay KOSMOS resort, a structure that was masterfully designed by the architects of The System Lab and that is in perfect harmony with the local forces of nature

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was to create a spiritual dimension, but through the use of avant garde technology and design. The shape of the structure, made from extremely high performance cement, recalls the vortex of the sun’s and moon’s movements in meteorological and astronomical readings: elliptical portions created to be in dialogue with the landscape and to connect guests to their ‘qi’ energy, the individual ancestral essence within each of us. With these structural ‘attitudes’, the hotel is divided into two entities: Villa Kosmos, a residence with four rooms available to guests as a whole unit; and Villa Terre, with eight rooms of varying sizes and capacities, including one with Korean On-dol (beds). The interior design project, also by The System Lab, adheres to this ascetic style as well and seeks to capture the spirit of the universal elements through various motifs and materials – Mars (fire), Mercury

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by Emilio Nanni, Ghost by Cini Boeri, and the GJ Bow Chair by Grete Jalk. Of course body and mind are inextricably connected and so, at Villa Kosmos, there is no shortage of saunas and jacuzzis filled with water mixed with snow collected from the Nari basin. Guests can enjoy a magnificent view of

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the sunrise and the sunset, gathering energy from the sun and basking in that of the moon, with areas specifically created for this purpose. Contemplation of the landscape is not secondary: from the dining room, which seats ten around a large tailormade oak table, or from the bar with its volcanic rock floors, guests can look out over Elephant Rock and Songgot-bong, reconnecting with their inner memory, wisdom, and peace.

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Owner: Kolon Glotech Main Contractor: Kolon Global Corporation Hotel operator: Healing Stay KOSMOS Resort Architecture & Interior design: The System Lab Concrete Engineer: Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology Custom Graphics: Studio DD Lighting design: EONSLD, Intech Landscaping Consultant: JWL Furnishings: Cherner Chair Company, Catellani&Smith, Fiam Italia, Flexform, Kettal, Knoll, Nanimarquina, Poltrona Frau, Tacchini. Custom made by Eagon Industrial, Hun Jeong Lee, Naechon Custom Furnishings Workshop: Kidea Partners Lighting: FontanaArte, Gloster, iLED, LED Flex Author: Manuela Di Mari Photo credits: Kim Yong Kwan

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Luxury done to perfection At Le 27 at Boulevard de Waterloo, Brussels, the historic leather goods brand Delvaux borrows the rules of museology to tell the story of its visionary and unconventional spirit

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elvaux, “quintessentially Belgian maison� that in 1908 gave birth to the stock exchange precisely as we understand it today, has just inaugurated a new store in the heart of Brussels: Le 27. The project, designed by the Italian studio Vudafieri-Saverino Partners, which is in fact curator of various expositions of Delvaux throughout the world, celebrates the philosophy and heritage of the brand by encouraging a visual story that blends into the museographic set-up, in the indefinable space of contamination, animated by an expressive choral spirit that triggers the sensation of a multiple stratum of time. To enrich the interiors of the sumptuous villa that houses the boutique, already heirs of a historicist eclecticism that combines nineteenth-century mouldings, medallions, mirrors, frescoes and materials such as marble, wood and wrought iron, is the contribution to the colourful collection of twentieth-century ceramics, some among the most emblematic pieces of the twentieth century Belgian design - created by Jules Wabbes, Pieter de Bruyne, Renaat Braem, Emiel Verannema - and the more contemporary ones by Nathalie Dewez, Alain Berteau, Ben Storms and the Italian Gino Sarfatti. While the photographic portraits of the Argentine artist Romina Ressia embellish the

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temporal illusion by combining everyday artefacts, most often kitsch but in any case ironically unsettling, with light, poses, dresses and hairstyles of clear sixteenth-century derivation. Delvaux bags and accessories, by their very nature a playful and eccentric interpretation of luxury, are enhanced in an intimate dialogue with the works through the interaction of modular elements that combine geometric rigor and trompe-l’oeil supports.

The wall displays are designed as abstract paintings, whose design is a clear tribute to the De Stijl art movement of Mondrian. Their geometric and classical shape is balanced by light grey vertical bands, which interrupt the symmetry. These are combined with shelves and consoles: designed to restore a combination of minimal asymmetrical shapes and embellished with materials such as marble or polished nickel, commonly used in furniture design during the Art Deco period.

The combination of the apparent simplicity of the Mondrian-style wall-mounted display furniture, the Baroque finishes of the wardrobes and the irreverence of the off-centre stripes highlight the balanced contrast between classic and modern, between rule and exception, which is substantially the reflection of Delvaux’s surrealist soul, in whose collections classic and rigorous forms dialogue with extremely modern and pleasantly playful insertions.

Owner: Delvaux Interior design: Vudafieri Saverino Partners Furnishings: Barth on designs

by Vudafieri Saverino Partners Lighting: Studio Amort – Emotional Lighting Design Author: Antonella Mazzola Photo credits: Santi Caleca

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A completely French allure Haussmanian ornaments, contemporary décor and constant references to nature unfold like a harmonious ecosystem at the Hotel Le Belleval, a new Parisian place to be

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otel Le Belleval has ‘blossomed’ with its four-star hotel in Rue de la Pépinière, designed to be a secret garden in the heart of the lively shopping district of SaintLazare. The name evokes the father of scientific botany Pierre Richer de Belleval, and the architect Jean-Philippe Nuel pays homage to him by identifying nature as the fil vert, the joyful and vital element - albeit artificial - of the project that has remodelled the interior of an incredible Haussmann style building. The entrance has been transformed into a monumental hall whose historical stratifications have been exalted; the central feature is the circular arrangement of sofas in capitonné leather, around which revolves the coming and going of guests and external users who have easy access to the bar and the restaurant on either side. Also on the ground floor, the reception leads to a large internal courtyard where the plant motif also climbs up the walls in the mural painted by the street artist Gola Hundun, leading to a library and an office. These are places of encounter and interaction in which the decoration combines trends and references capable of restoring soft atmospheres and a common domestic dimension.

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Owner/Hotel operator: Algonquin, Laure Bienvenu Hekayem, Waleran Guinard Interior design: Studio Jean Philippe Nuel Furnishings: Agenceur Fast ou Insight, La Palma, Muuto, Objet de Curiosité, Prostoria, Vincent Sheppard Lighting: Gallotti & Radice, KIKI l’éclaireur, iGuzzini, Modular, Rockett Saint George Bathrooms: Grohe, Ideal Standard Textiles, carpets, curtains: Galerie B, Guild, Lelièvre, Massimo Copenhagen, Rubelli Flooring tiles: CMR, Vicalvi Contract, Winckelmans Artists: Delphine Messmer (mosaic: entrance carpet), Gola Hundun (fresco in the interior court) Author: Antonella Mazzola Photo credits: Nicolas Matheus

The 52 rooms are conceived as unruffled but welcoming refuges reached through exuberant corridors of flowers, in the all-over version on the distinctive carpets of Galerie B, or stylised and monochromatic like the illustrations from old botany books that decorate the walls, with the dark boiserie of the frames restraining an explosive triumph of a wilder nature. The plant motif is continued in the rooms in the delicate floral patterns that adorn the carpets and some tapestries, in the graphics of the upholstery fabrics of armchairs and cushions by Guild, Rubelli and Lelièvre, and 174 | IFDM

in the vintage citation of elements that alternate preciousness and sense of humour, with furnishing solutions that are different for each room. To bring together all the interiors is instead the wall behind the bed, painted in blue tea leaf that rises high and models the space, creating contrast with the other volumes and large, full-height openings.

The bathroom wall tiles are also coloured in blue tones, which align the key decorative subject with the retro wall compositions by Vicalvi Contract.

The hotel also has a gym created under the magnificent vaulted ceiling of the basement.

WONDER. PARIS | SIMONE | JOANA VASCONCELOS A strange and invasive aerial suspension, floating under the glass roof of Le Bon MarchĂŠ. The immaculate organic form hugs the escalator, goes around the iron and steel pillars, and hovers silently over the

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sections of the store. It is a Valkyrie, one of the sprawling, sensual creatures that first appeared in the artist’s work in 2004.

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Extreme symmetry and restricted color palettes create a surreal, self contained world reinterpreting both British Raj’s colonial order and Wes Anderson’s set concept.

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BOLOGNA, ITALY | NH BOLOGNA DE LA GARE CALLIGARIS

A new look for the NH Bologna De La Gare Hotel, located in close proximity to the town’s historic centre. Inspired by a more elegant and captivating design, its new image consists in an entirely reconceived interior project for the 156 rooms, including 8 junior suites and the 1 Suite which stand out not only for their extraordinarily high level of comfort, but also for their breathtaking views. Among the furniture pieces selected, those by Calligaris Contract stand out, varying in terms of type, finish, upholstery, and colour depending on the area of the hotel in which they are used, and present not only in the rooms (with the Electa armchairs and Stellar coffee tables), but also in common areas like the meeting rooms and the restaurant (with the Cocktail and Vortex tables, Foyer chairs, and Hall armchairs). The Etoile stools in the bar area and the Coco armchairs accompanied by the Stellar coffee tables in the lobby also make an impression.

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MUMBAI | TRUMP TOWER | BOCA DE LOBO

The majestic Trump Tower in Dubai is undergoing renovations, due to a recent acquisition and according to a sleek design by Hirsch Bedner Associates. The high demands of the client in terms of details, quality, and perfection were fully met thanks to the choice of Boca De Lobo’s contemporary style. The crown jewel is the lobby, where a series of select designer pieces create an overall vision that recalls the ocean; a first impression accomplished by a rug with a rich and varied blue colour palette and emerald green borders, delicate cushions, and decorative arm chairs. Though the true pièce de resistance is the Lapiaz Oval, a central table with a strong artistic identity, that looks like it broke off of a rocky geological formation, its cracks ready to leak golden magma. Made from polished brass and stainless steel, it expresses an incredibly lavish concept.

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MILAN | HOTEL SHERATON DIANA MAJESTIC | BAXTER

Always more cosmopolitan, the Sheraton Diana Majestic Hotel of Milan has undergone a recent restyling that has made it even more eclectic and contemporary. Reception, lounge and restaurant have been designed for breathing in all the effervescence of a city that is always in movement, thanks to precise stylistic choices. Like the inserts characterised by crisp and defined textures, revisited also on the walls of the restaurant, and the Baxter furnishings, that enhance the environments with the elegance and style of the refined collections. In the spaces, there is the flow of enveloping nuances like black, cobalt blue, cognac and mustard, all exalted by the use of materials such as the brass of the lamps and the resins and marbles of the tables.

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BARCELONA | HOTEL KAKTUS PLAYA HI-MACS® BY LG HAUSYS

Easily maintained and durable spaces with a warm and inviting design that conveys spaciousness and functionality. This is the input that the Byko Studio collected for its recent renovation of the Hotel Kaktus Playa in Calella de Mar, on the Catalan coast. To meet these requirements, for the structure’s 200 rooms the architects chose HI-MACS® acrylic stone in Lunar Sand and Alpine White, for both the ceilings and most of the furniture, like the bedside tables and desk with mini-bar. Although the focal point of each room is actually the bed’s floor-to-ceiling headboard, made of pure white slabs characterised by soft lines that recall the swell of the sea, sand dunes, or billowing wind. Here the illumination plays a key role with a LED system that creates a dynamic effect and emphasises the natural translucence of HI-MACS®, used exclusively during night time hours, with indirect and adjustable lighting that infuses the space a warm glow.

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YACHT, SILVER FOX | BAGLIETTO | FLEXFORM MOOD

Forty-eight metres long, 342 square metres the living area for 12 guests and 100 square metres for the 9 crew members, steel and aluminium respectively for the hull and structure, with displacement hull for a twin-propelled Motor Yacht. These are the dizzying figures of the mighty Silver Fox Yacht produced by the Baglietto shipyards, which has taken care of the construction, naval architecture, engineering and interior design, while the exterior design has been entrusted to Francesco Paszkowski Design. In this luxurious pleasure boat, the Flexform furniture, with the Edmond and Newbridge sofas by Carlo Colombo and the Judit armchair by Roberto Lazzeroni for Flexform Mood, enhance with style the large living space dominated by large, full-height windows.

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MYKONOS | HOTEL BILL & COO | ETHIMO

A unique location like the new Bill & Coo Coast Suites Hotel would never allow the perception of the suggestive Cyclades islands’ atmosphere to be left to chance. The magic of the island, a combination of nature and colours, is reflected in the design chosen for the interiors, striking a balance between traditional and modern influences. Here Ethimo’s Mediterranean and contemporary style is perfectly integrated with the unique architecture of the context. The Knit armchairs and dining tables, designed by Patrick Norguet, are featured at the pool-side restaurant, dominated by natural teak and, for the chairs, Comfortable Flat Rope, an exclusive, lava-coloured, woven rope by Ethimo, a material that is extremely resistant to the sun and to sea salt. Quality and perfect details for a luxurious structure that is a member of the Leading Hotels of the World, a multi-award winning group in the hospitality industry.

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MONITOR MOSCOW | ARARAT PARK HYATT | GIORGETTI

Choices of décor create the identity of a space, as in the Ararat Park Hyatt, located in the heart of Moscow just steps from the Bolshoi Theatre, Red Square, the Kremlin, the Moscow Art Theatre, and the Conservatory. Giorgetti was involved in the hotel’s modernisation project, in particular that of the Neglinka Lounge, where guests can savour a truly Italian experience. Situated on the same floor as the lobby, surrounded by an elegant glass staircase, the space welcomes individuals who aren’t guests at the hotel as well, offering an elegant coffee service and light dishes. The Lounge is furnished with Giorgetti icons, like the Progetti collection, with its highly recognisable contours, so recognisable in fact that the company’s logo was created by borrowing the shape of the pau-ferro armrest which recalls a walking cane. The room’s elegant atmosphere is also defined by the comfortable Mobius armchair and by the geometry of the round Oti tables.

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HAMBURG | FONTENAY BAR | DEDON

Located on the sixth floor, on the terrace of the new 5-star hotel The Fontenay Hamburg, with breathtaking views of Lake Alster and just steps from the most fashionable district of Hamburg, the Fontenay Bar has all the credentials to be among the best trends of the city’s day and night people, as well as for the guests of the structure. Not just cocktails at sunset and top-tier dinners – even private ones – as well as relaxing moments for customers coming from the Atrium Lounge and the Spa, all comfortably ‘accompanied’ by furnishings by Dedon with the Seashell, Wa, Rayn and Seax collections. “The Fontenay is an extraordinary project and is already the most talked about in Hamburg” – says Jan van der Hagen, CEO of Dedon. “The exceptional architecture of Jan Störmer and the location on the shores of the lake are the perfect setting for our award-winning design. Additionally, we were pleased to be collaborating with an international hotel that is so close to our base.”

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STOCKHOLM NATIONALMUSEUM | ARTEK

A long and intense renovation has completely renewed the public and private spaces of Stockholm’s Nationalmuseum, a neoclassical building that houses one of the most important collections of artwork in all of Scandinavia. The project by architect Joel Sanders and the Kardorff Ingenieure Lichtdesign lighting design studio transformed the museum into an open and accessible building in which art, from the 16th century to today, can be experienced on both a large and small scale. The TAF Studio played an important role in the arrangement of the restaurant and auditorium spaces, collaborating with Artek in designing the Atelier Chair (inspired by an iconic piece by architect Sven Markelius): a slenderly proportioned wooden chair with simple lines, also available in other textures and colours, and with horizontal supports embracing the lowest part of the legs.

Photo Š Erik Lefvander

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VERONA | BOUTIQUE PARAH | JAB ANSTOETZ

The first results of the artistic direction of FORO Studio are the Parah brand’s new boutiques in Verona and Forte dei Marmi. An expression of the ensemble of the five Milanese professionals Claudia Oldani, Alessandro Pennesi, Giuseppe Ponzo, Fabio Romenici and Salvatore Ponzo, each with their own skills, the project for both spaces focuses on the identifying points of the brand, such as exclusivity, luxury and femininity, with a colour palette, contrasting materials and a new system of furnishings that enhance without overpowering the storytelling of the products. The Verona environment has a more intimate and muted dimension, thanks to the padded panelling that covers the entire perimeter, overlaid with Jabana fabric by Jab Anstoetz, a powder pink suede effect, and divided into vertical bands that give spatial rhythm. Adding a counterpoint to the fabric are the horizontal display cases in Silipol, a stone compound composed of porphyries, granites and fine grained marbles bound by white cement with very high resistance.

A project for which the studio was awarded the IF Design Award 2019.

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BEVERLY HILLS | MR C HOTELS GALLOTTI&RADICE

All the experience of Cipriani Living in the 5 exclusive residences within the Mr C Hotel in Beverly Hills, designed by architect Ray Kappe and designer Marcello Pozzi. A prestigious result not only for the spacious rooms and the vast glass walls that frame the view of the city, but also thanks to the precious contribution of furnishings by Gallotti & Radice, each one personally chosen by Pozzi from among the company’s most iconic items, to make the living room unique and in keeping with the Californian style. Here then, the series of tables designed by Ricardo Bello Dias in different heights and sizes, the Eros table designed by Pierangelo Gallotti in 1971, the 0414 chairs and the Lebel 10 mirror with the high artisan value by Studio G & R, the elegant trolley born from the pencil of Andreas Weber in 1998 and the luxurious Air Desk W by Carlo Colombo for a private home office space.

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COMO | CASA PICCI | LUALDI

The Bianchi Clerici architectural firm oversaw the expansion and raising of an existing residence, Casa Picci, which enjoys an exclusive view of Lake Como. Originally two stories high, the building, which is positioned in the middle of a 1500 square meter garden, now has three floors, each with a large independent apartment. A pool, solarium, and underground garage have also been added to the property, as well as a top floor penthouse that opens up to the sky with a 70 square meter terrace. Outside, walls and garrets in coloured béton brut (in some areas clad in Moltrasio stone) have been added to the stone facade. Meanwhile, the interiors are enhanced by original wall coverings in white béton decorated with the outline of fossils and real leaves, floors in various coloured marbles (laid in the Palladian style to create designs), and Lualdi’s Shoin sliding doors in opaque lacquered brown and Rasotouch 55s swing doors in a lacquered white finish, which disappear entirely within the surrounding space.

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RICCIONE | HOTEL THE BOX WALL&DECÒ

In the imagination, a box brimming with wonderful surprises. In reality, a strong reference to the style of the 1950s. These are the two paramount elements – imagination and form – of The Box hotel of Riccione, born precisely in those years that have inspired its style, which over time has modified itself and is now undergoing a new design project that seeks to render homage to its past. The language is wilfully playful, with an ample use of decoration and wallpaper, thanks to the partnership with Wall&decò that has also developed personalised products. The result is a strong and distinct personality for each floor of the hotel, with corridors defined by different decoration – from the geometric ones to the ‘optical art’ texture – with a strong and suggestive visual impact.

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PARIS | ALLÉNOTHÈQUE RESTAURANT | LIGNE ROSET

Not just an elegant restaurant in which to enjoy the finest French cuisine, but a multi-faceted and sophisticated space that combines restaurant, wine cellar, and art gallery. Allénothèque is a unique ‘territory’, the alter ego of Michelin-starred chef Yannick Alléno who, together with his wife, Laurence, created it in Beaupassage, Paris, a new dining district on the Rive Gauche. Conversation, tastings, and cultural events are accompanied by Ligne Roset designer furnishings which stand up to the couple’s demands. The curved CM 131 chairs by Pierre Paulin are found in the restaurant on the ground floor, paired with the specially designed tables by Ligne Roset Contract. Meanwhile, the unrivalled comfort of the Tadao chairs by Eric Jourdan welcome guests to the wine cellar.

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OURANOUPOLIS, HALKID | EAGLES VILLAS CERAMICHE REFIN

40 luxurious villas with heated private pools and a view of the bay of Ouranoupolis in Halkidiki, northern Greece, make the Eagles Villas one of the most prestigious resorts on the peninsula. Architect and interior decorator Fabienne Spahn oversaw every detail, paying homage to the marvellous Mediterranean garden in which it is immersed. One of the stylistic choices is the Fossil Brown 60x60 porcelain stoneware surface by Ceramiche Refin which clads the hall and interior common areas, cocktail bar, lounge, and restaurant. The collection’s graphic pattern, designed by Kasia Zareba, revisits the primordial imprints left by plants and animals on rocky formations and is the product of an effort on the part of the company’s creative laboratory to define formal solutions and develop completely new techniques.

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MILAN | CAFFĂˆ FERNANDA | PEDRALI

Within the Pinacoteca di Brera, in Milan, the new Caffè Fernanda and the museum set-up, completely redesigned in its 38 rooms, breathe in unison in a reciprocal exchange. Positioned on the same floor, they dialogue thanks to the intervention of rgastudio on the dining area, endowed with visual and emotional continuity.

The museum narration, in fact, does not stop, but continues with the presence within the cafe of works of art, such as the Conversion of the Duke of Aquitania by Pietro Damini, The Three Graces by Bertel Thorvaldsen, the bust of Fernanda Wittgens - director and first woman to run a State museum in Italy - by Marino Marini, and her portrait by Attilio Rossi. A story accompanied by the presence of Pedrali furniture, perfectly inserted within the context with the Nolita collection, the Modus, Nemea and Nym seating, the Jazz armchairs and the Inox tables.

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BOISE | JUMP | FANTONI GROUP

An acronym for Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, JUMP is a tribute on the part of the Simplot family, entrepreneurs in the agri-food industry in Idaho, to the memory of Jack, the company’s founder, as well as a legacy to the community of Boise. JUMP is a shared recreational space which houses the company headquarters, an external auditorium, and a cafeteria open to the public and also provides areas for meetings, recreational activities, brainstorming, event receptions, and studios for recording, creating 3D prototypes, filming and editing, cooking in innovative ways, or dancing. The enormous spaces and large volumes forced the designers – the Adamson Associates architectural firm in Los Angeles and interior design studio Lauck Group in Dallas – to focus primarily on sound absorbent materials in order to balance the acoustics which were compromised by the structure’s many windows. The Climacustic and 4akustik products (18,000 square meters in all) supplied by the Fantoni Group contribute significantly in all of the spaces: the former with a one-of-a-kind heating and sound-absorbent wood base that can be adapted to the conditions of the ceiling and that also boasts decorative qualities; the latter through a curved panel, modelled and customised by the architects. Both are in compliance with the F4 star standard that adheres to JIS regulations, certified by the Japanese government and considered to be the most stringent in the world.

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POLIGNANO A MARE MASSERIA LE TORRI | TALENTI

Following an impeccable restoration which took into account the unique characteristics of the location and local construction techniques, the ancient fortified farmstead Le Torri returns to its 17th century splendour. The original functional and rational quality of the rooms’ arrangement remains, as does, in the modulation of the internal and external spaces, the building’s harmony with the surrounding landscape. Externally, the structure is enhanced by a pool surrounded by dry-stone walls and sprawling grassy areas. Talenti’s outdoor furniture – present around the pool, in the central patio, and on the rooms’ private terraces – creates sophisticated settings in consistently milky shades, yet modern, with simple lines and innovative materials. Chairs, deck chairs, and small tables from the Touch collection are arranged beneath the shade of the Apollo umbrellas, with their aluminium structures painted the same shade of white as the textilene upholstery. The pieces from the Cleo//Alu collection, designed by Marco Acerbis, are part of the patio arrangement, accompanying the lunch tables from the Maiorca collection.

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MALLORCA | VILLA CAP ADRIANO | MINOTTI

Villa Cap Adriano exudes the pure essence of Majorca thanks to an architectural design by Gras Reynés Arquitectos and an interior design by Terraza Balear which, together, were able to draw vital energy from the surrounding natural environment, re-establishing grace and beauty. Starting with the large opening that frames the sea and floods the living area with light, providing a breathtaking view of the Malgrats Islands. From here one can enjoy the salty sea air, comfortably seated on Minotti furniture, soothed by the natural shades of the fabric and of the finely crafted weaves. Minotti’s footprint is recognisable throughout the entire 800 square meters of the residence, which includes 6 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, 3 living areas, a gym, and an outdoor pool. A charisma that is also present in the carefully applied accessories, in the high quality wood and stone materials, and in a colour palette that reflects the island.

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MANCHESTER MANA RESTAURANT | PORADA

It is in the ‘Nordic’ neighbourhood of Ancoats, in the city of Manchester, that Chef Simon Martin has decided to open Mana, the restaurant with which he intends to rediscover Britain’s culinary identity. And he does so with a wealth of experience in his pocket after having cut his teeth with Michelin-starred chefs René Redzepi and Gordon Ramsay. The interior design project reflects this strength. The James Roberts Design studio wanted to create a space that called to mind the strength of nature’s elements, like those that are the foundation of Martin’s cuisine. The result: an atmosphere rather than an easilydefined style, to which the dark wood flooring, grey walls, and obsidian black tables paired with the solid Canaletto walnut wood Nissa chairs, designed by M. Marconato and T.Zappa for Porada, contribute.

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SAN SEBASTIAN | ARIMA HOTEL | KETTAL

Arima means ‘soul’ in Basque, and this hotel in San Sebastian wears the name with pride. The Arima Hotel has a sustainable soul, surrounded by the Miramon woodlands and certified by the German Passivhaus standard (the first hotel in Spain), supplying most of its internal energy through passive systems, with a 70% reduction in consumption as compared to conventional construction criteria. With wood as its main element, the entire structure is designed to ensure acoustic isolation, the right balance of heat and humidity, and low levels of CO2, as well as geothermal solutions for the supply of hot water. The furnishings provided by Kettal, for both exteriors and interiors, with Kettal Park Life designed by Jasper Morrison, Kettal Net, Kettal Landscape by Kettal Studio, and Triconfort Riba are perfectly in line with this philosophy.

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SOFIA | INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL SOFIA | MELOGRANOBLU

Respectfully elegant, Intercontinental Hotel Sofia is located in one of the most important areas in the city. Its aesthetic principles, while outwardly discreet thanks to its glass facade, in tune with the adjacent Alexandr Nevski Cathedral, give way to sophisticated and original interiors, characterised by brass elements and pink and blue nuances. Capturing the centre of attention, in the foyer of the hotel, is the spectacular “Harmony of Art and Light” installation, created by Alex Kovachev together with the Idea International Studio (which oversaw the interior design project), made using glass objects from Melogranoblu’s Hydra collection. Communicating with one another in an ethereal image are a delicate wire sculpture of a girl and a shower of illuminated forms which resemble flower petals; a metaphor for harmony and fragility. This extravagant and poetic contrast welcomes guests as they enter the lobby.

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MONITOR BEVERLY HILLS | BETTE DAVIS MANSION | VISIONNAIRE

It was once the home of Bette Davis, one of Hollywood’s iconic actresses, and is now the property of a well-known Los Angeles developer who completely renovated it before putting it on the market for $45 million. The house has a surface area of over 900 square meters, as well as surrounding property with a pool, tennis court, and gym. Visionnaire participated in the elaborate interior design project, contributing to the original and luxurious concept. The colour palette remains primarily neutral, enhanced by metallic details. The ample proportions are balanced by a sophisticated mise en scene that begins at the entrance, with the imposing Brunilde 30-horned lighting fixture, and continues throughout the other spaces with the equally theatrical Bird illuminated objects and the 32-bulb Brando chandelier.

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LUGANO | KELLERHALS CARRARD | MDF ITALIA

Contemporary austerity and elegance are concentrated in the offices of an important forensic studio in Lugano - Kellerhals Carrard. A professional and efficient mood inhabits spaces characterised by the utmost comfort thanks to Axim SA architect Simona Bonora and the contribution of MDF Italia and to the dynamism and simplicity of its décor.

La Grande Table in the entrance serves as a reception desk, customised with personalised modesty panels and paired with the Yale sofa and Flow coffee table for waiting clients. The Tense Material table in the meeting rooms demonstrates all of its versatility, with a different finish for each space, alongside ‘accessories’ like the iconic and coloured Random bookcase and the upholstered version of the Flow Chair.

The logistical organisation is entrusted to the Minima 3.0 and Minima 42 bookcases and to the Desk 3.0.

Even the break area showcases the simplicity of the T Table coffee tables in steel and aluminium and the functionality of the M1 stackable chairs.

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ZURICH | SWISS RE | OCCHIO

A true company campus overlooking the shores of Lake Zurich: the project for the new offices of the Swiss Re insurance company, designed by the Diener & Diener studio in Basel, follows architectural criteria with high qualitative standards. Canons dictated also by the forward-looking philosophy of the company, focused on sustainability and on low-cost resource management. Throughout the entire building, the extremely high efficiency lighting solutions by Occhio, which use only next generation LED light bulbs, satisfy strict requirements. 1,500 Più Piano spotlights by Occhio, equipped with glass lenses, have been integrated into the ceiling as downlights, as well as serving as accent lighting near the walls. The ‘perfect color’ LED bulbs (CRI 97) from the Più series thus combine maximum efficiency with best quality of light.

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CASTELROTTO | HOTEL SCHGAGULER | CARL HANSEN & SON

Completely redesigned by Peter Pichler Architecture, Hotel Schgaguler in Castelrotto, Bolzano, in the vicinity of Alpe di Siusi, is a modern reinterpretation of the Alpine style and plays with vernacular elements like the traditional inclined roof, bringing to life an elegant boutique hotel with a simple and timeless architecture.

The furniture by Carl Hansen & Son is the perfect complement: in the rooms and suites with the iconic CH24 Wishbone Chair and CH36, both by renown Danish designer Hans J. Wegner; and in the reception area, restaurant, lounge, and some public spaces, in which the MG501 Cuba chair, designed by Morten Gøttler in 1997 according to a modern concept for folding chairs, and the Colonial table in open-pore black lacquered oak, designed by Ole Wanscher in 1964, make an appearance.

Photo Š Martin Schgaguler, Rene Riller

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PLUME | CHRISTOPHE PILLET | OLUCE SKIN | MARCO ACERBIS | DESALTO

Its generous dimensions achieved through an extreme technological research, the Skin table – available in fixed and extendible versions – has extruded aluminium frame and toughened glass or ceramic 6 mm tops. In the extendable version, the folding leaves are in the same material as the top.

Plume, designed by Christophe Pillet, a family of lamps consisting of a floor lamp and two wall lamp versions, one with a long arm and the other with a short arm. The lighting project conceptually originated from a collection created by the French designer for the Sezz Hotel in SaintTropez, designed especially through the Oluce Bespoke Tailoring service, re-evoking a more ornamental version of Plume.

LITTLE GIRAFFE™ | ARNE JACOBSEN | FRITZ HANSEN

Arne Jacobsen is the designer behind this beauty, and it was part of his total design of SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. Jacobsen played around with the Giraffe and made different versions, and the one we know today is the Little Giraffe, characterised by a lower back and a four-legged base.

GAKU | NENDO | FLOS

A wooden frame (‘gaku’ in Japanese) hosting and interacting with lamps and a variety of matching objects, conceived as something in between accessories and furniture. An adjustable-height pendant lamp hangs down inside a frame, while a wireless version features inductive charging functionality to power a luminescent lamp. Normally laying on the charging dock, the lamp can be moved around freely when lighting is needed elsewhere.

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PANORAMIQUES | ÉLITIS

Panoramiques is a collection of 72 precious wallpaper murals. Like ancient frescoes, their design enlivens the entirety of the wall. Exquisitely creative in nature, they are made possible by a stunning combination of original paintings by the Élitis artists, embossed vinyl and an innovative digital printing technology. From mineral to metallic, through raphia-like, the textured effects are unique in this domain. Available in standard size (3h x 2,8x 4m) or custom size.

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SUAVE | MARCEL WANDERS | VONDOM

The collection includes a modular upholstered sofa, comfortable poufs, a coffee table and table lamp. The first collection in the company’s history that binds new materials, textures and fabrics, and blends the boundaries between indoor and outdoor furniture achieving a higher level of softness, comfort and relaxation. A family of ornamental planters completes the collection.

ULTIMATE BLISS | MAE ENGELGEER | CC-TAPIS

An evolution on the Bliss aesthetic, the Ultimate Bliss increases the sculptural and 3D effect which characterizes the collection, creating an extremely sophisticated textile landscape. The rounded shapes play with subtle colors which are enriched by a variety of pile-heights in Himalayan wool and pure silk.

OFFICINA | RONAN AND ERWAN BOUROULLEC | MAGIS

The pillow-like cushions of the Magis Officina Armchair and Ottoman present an intriguing visual contrast to the minimal frames of welded iron rods. The wrought iron structure, with slight imperfections characteristic of artisanal forging, is available in galvanized finish or painted black. Cushions come in a variety of luxurious textiles.

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BEUGEL | GERRIT T. RIETVELD | CASSINA

As a tribute to Gerrit T. Rietveld, the Dutch illustrator Joost Swarte – best known for his New Yorker covers - has designed a graphic motif for the Beugel chair. Conceived in three elements, the chair’s two identical looped steel frames support a laminated wood seat that has been customised with a monogram. Through this design Swarte pays homage to the Cartesian knot that Rietveld based his research on to develop the joint that unites the base of his iconic Red and Blue chair.

This limited edition is available in three variants, pearl white, blue and mustard, 200 per colour for a total of 600 pieces.

LAN COLLECTION | NERI&HU | GAN

The Asian inspiration is easily recognisable in the new LAN collection, with which GAN has taken a step forward with the customisable spaces project. Different elements can be combined, such as the seating modules with or without backrest, cushions, trays, and movable screens, combining textures, patterns and the colour indigo, the word for which translated from Mandarin gives the collection its name.

REFLEX | AL STUDIO | ANTONIOLUPI

Reflex is the first transparent bathtube by antoniolupi made of Cristalmood, the new patented generation of colored, transparent resin. The bathtub is characterized by neat shapes and now is available in nine new colors: Nebbia, Ocra, Bottle, Petroleum, Ginger, Cobalt, Sangria, Amber and Lime, which give elegance and liveliness to the plastic volumes. The chromatic variations that follow the geometry and the curved lines of washbasins and tubs give plastic behavior to the elements in a constant dialogue with the light.

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VOSTRA WOOD | WALTER KNOLL TEAM | WALTER KNOLL

Since 1949, Vostra has been synonymous with modern living. Initially standing on tubular steel legs, the chair also rested on softer-looking wooden legs from the 1950s. Clear, modern and with discreetly upholstered button tufting, it drew a fine line in the design of the fifties

SWING | PATRICK NORGUET | ETHIMO

Two new pieces that fit perfectly into the Swing collection: a small armchair and a high stool defined by an architectural interplay in teak.

The narrower armchair is set to complement the already existing lounge chair and will sit comfortably in relaxation areas: in the garden, by the sea, in the countryside and even in an indoor lounge. As with the armchair, the high stool also echoes the overtones of the Swing collection and is well-suited for private homes, as well as hotels or restaurants.

TIARA | STUDIO VIGANĂ’ | NUBE

Armchair with internal curved wooden frame covered by shape retaining polyurethane foam. Oven painted aluminium base available in the following colours: silver, black, white, black nickel and auburn. Not removable cover.

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CREEK | JEAN MARIE MASSAUD | POLIFORM

Consisting of two overlapping trays, in wood, stone or lacquered, resting on a finely brushed metal frame, Creek is a collection of freely matching coffee tables and furnishings. The colours and finishes of each tray can be combined to taste, in order to offer all the wealth of expression of a decidedly sober architectural feature.

SOLANAS | DANIEL GERMANI | GANDIABLASCO

Solanas is a family of outdoor furniture that features great simplicity of forms, comfort and resistance (to UV rays, scratches and staining). It is conceived as a modular system that can be adapted to any situation. The aluminium structures are available in different tones such as grey, blue, green and orange with several different finishes in various Dekton® by Cosentino collections, including the Dekton® Solid Collection range, solid and true colours of a very fine grain, the Dekton® Natural Collection, with textures that recreate nature’s finest, the Dekton® Industrial Collection.

BIKINI ISLAND | WERNER AISSLINGER | MOROSO

Bikini is a landscape which is a child of its times and the society it represents. The components are varied in both look and function so that, unusually, they can be used in any setting. Stools, tables, coat racks, containers, shelves, screens, work surfaces, seats: every element combines to create interaction and communication.

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ECHINO | SEBASTIAN HERKNER | ZANOTTA

The Echino small table features two different sizes and can be placed side by side. It has three barrel-shaped legs made of three-layered blown glass available in four colour shades – smoky grey, light-blue, amber or blue – combined with a steel sheet top, with either natural or black nickel-satin finish, or a mirror top is placed on.

TRENDY | DESIGN STUDIO INDA | INDA

A series of shower enclosures in the sign of continuous esthetic research, exploring the many different styles and inspirations. Sliding doors with attention to detail and exceptional variety of glasses finishes interpreting perfect solution decreased in the actuality which go to always in greater individuality.

COVER LOUNGE CHAIR | THOMAS BENTZEN | MUUTO

The chair hints towards archetypical design and Scandinavian traditions.

With a sturdy oak frame and wide and curved backrest that stretches into armrests, the chair has an inviting expression through extensive comfort while taking up only little space in the room. The design comes in various colors as well as with an upholstered seat in either textile or leather, allowing for customization to any home or professional space.

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MEDUSA RHAPSODY | ROSENTHAL

Adding the Versace touch to the table and the dining room, the collection of fine porcelain is a ‘rhapsody’ of color and detail. The Medusa and baroque flowers are painted in opulent golden shades, while key items feature the Versace 90s Vintage logo label. The collection consists of tableware, coffee and tea sets, étagères and home décor such as vases, ashtrays and decorative dishes. Along with the main line are two smaller collections – Medusa Rhapsody in Blue and Red – which reimagine the classic, opulent design in bold color hues; the gift range features plates, bowls and small home décor elements.

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CONTOUR CHAIR | BØRGE MOGENSEN | CARL HANSEN & SON

A distinctive design by Børge Mogensen first shown at the Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild Furniture Exhibition in 1949. The lounge chair has a solid wooden frame with angled legs and a curved and backward-sloping veneer seat. The backrest, which gives the chair its distinctive look, is a slender, form-pressed veneer shell with two organically shaped cut-outs, enabling it to be securely fixed into the chair seat.

SVEVA | CARLO COLOMBO | FLEXFORM

Sophisticated and welcoming, the armchair has a shell made of rigid structural polyurethane and then upholstered in saddle hide accommodating the soft, goose down filled seat and seat back cushions. The cast aluminum swivel base comes in versions with four or five spokes.

Finish options for the support base are: satin, chromed, burnished, black chromed and champagne finished metal. The armchair can be paired with its own namesake ottoman.

QUADRADO | MARCIO KOGAN | MINOTTI

Inspired by the classic teak duckboard used in the yachting industry to facilitate the outflow of water, the Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan developed Quadrado, a modular system consisting of suspended square platforms that furnish outdoor spaces with exceptional lightness and flexibility.

The Japanese Metabolist architecture of the Fifties and the Sixties, defined by modular volumes, inspired Kogan to develop the Quadrado concept, an ideal system to furnish large open-air spaces, even of considerable sizes, where you can immerse yourself in nature and relax.

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LINESCAPES | NEMO STUDIO | NEMO

Linescapes is a modular system that is completely changing the approach to high performance diffused direct and indirect lighting. The different elements allow the composition of continuous lines and edges, with a luminous efficiency and an excellent diffusion degree, through an opaline diffuser in polycarbonate.

CONTEMPORARY COLLECTION | WALL&DECĂ’

The Contemporary Wallpaper 2019 collection transcends any kind of cultural and stylistic limit. A world made of different inspirations, the coexistence of different languages, from minimalism to glocal, each with its own stories and suggestions. Progressive Anarchy loves monochrome, pairing primal geometry with bold brush strokes, Intimate Layering contributes a new 3-D value to vertical surfaces, in a ton-sur-ton aesthetics, and Global Natives celebrates the craftsmen in a global village.

REVA | PATRICK JOUIN | PEDRALI

A three-seat sofa, a lounge armchair and a sun lounger convertible into a sofa: Reva is an outdoor collection with smooth lines and generous sizes that calls to mind relaxing and dreamy atmospheres. Its clean design is underlined by the four tapered legs that support a thin extruded aluminium frame.

The sun lounger has a reclinable backrest that can be lifted up to find the most comfortable position. Two upholstered armrests and a backrest convert the sun lounger into a sofa, once inserted.

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TODO MODO | JEAN MICHEL WILMOTTE | TECNO

Re-edition of a 1993 project originally conceived for the Louvre – to offer seating designed to allow the viewing of artworks on every side –, Todo Modo now finds its place in waiting rooms, reception areas, offices and co-working environments.

HUB | GABRIELE AND OSCAR BURATTI | PORRO

The system of containers for the night area comes in a wide range of pieces, bedside table, long bedside table and central drawer unit, in multiple variations. The Hub central unit features structures where wood is integrated with other materials to respond to the functional and aesthetic needs of a bedroom, of a dressing room or a luxury boutique.

INK SYSTEM | LINEA LIGHT

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A system made up of several extraordinarily versatile items, united by the same concept. The elastic and thin cable, in the stretched version, houses a high performance strip LED and acts as a conductor on which it is possible to hook different devices: light profiles with diffused emission or UGR <19 thanks to special darklight cells, adjustable spotlights and pendant lamps. The range includes wall and ceiling paths, modular modules-channels with various junctions and endings that house the conductor cable and transform it into an elegant graphic sign.

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ERA SOFA | DAVID LOPEZ QUINCOCES LIVING DIVANI

The new Era Sofa is perfect for relaxing in a tête-à-tête meeting suspended in a dreamlike dimension: the slender metal structure holds, as if by magic, a full and soft padded volume, which reveals the mastery in combining weights and measures.

VINTAGE EDITION 1906 | LEDVANCE

The Vintage Edition 1906 by LEDVANCE brings new life into historic shapes of lamps and luminaires. Real design highlights combined with efficient LED lighting technology. Guided by timeless styling, lamp classics such as Globe, Edison, Oval and Tubular allow light to shine at its most beautiful. The Bubble Glass family has spherical color stained glass and stainless steel bodies. The pendant comes in orange and fumé, and the table version is available fumé, orange, pink and green.

SOLID | LIONEL DOYEN | MANUTTI

Solid is fashioned from solid teak and reputed for its infallible durability. Its lines simultaneously evoke the power of an extensively crafted wood, solidity with a backrest joined to both the legs and the arm rests, and comfort thanks to its delicately crafted plush seating that perfectly moulds the body.

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The first luxury residential community of the Italian brand founded by the Lamborghini family will rise in the Meydan district of Dubai, the city of the future.

At the expansive 4.6 million square-foot site, the upcoming iconic Tonino Lamborghini Residences Dubai will include 10,000 highend bespoke apartments with the concept design and furnishings of the Tonino Lamborghini Home line. The project will also include branded restaurants, cafĂŠs, gyms, spas, and offer a full spectrum of convenient amenities and retail services.

Tonino Lamborghini Residences Dubai is inspired by the timeless

design of the Bull brand: a combination of clean and aerodynamic lines, a mix of dynamism and refined style influenced by the mechanical DNA of the Lamborghini family. The top quality finishes and contemporary design of the brandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s furnishings, smart home automation and lush green landscapes will be the added values of the Tonino Lamborghini Italian living experience.

The project has been conceptualised for the modern buyer and will be especially attractive for international professionals who want stylish luxury, high-end technology and top quality materials and finishes. This includes customers who plan to buy-to-live and private investors living in the UAE, as well as India, China and KSA.

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ENGAGING THE FUTURE This year more than ever, MIPIM’s agenda revolved around topics related to economic development, sustainability, and the city of the future This year has marked the 30th edition of MIPIM and to celebrate it looked not to the past, but to the future. At a time in which real estate is increasingly becoming a flywheel for world economic development and for the transformation of urban contexts, the theme chosen this year for the rich programme of meetings and conferences, “Engaging the Future”, is a declaration of intent and an occasion to stimulate debate on topics that are fundamental to the future of our planet: sustainable economic development, civic unity, durability,

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long-term benefits and quality of life, environmental protection, and efficient use of resources. Included within this discourse of the near future is the inaugural conference, held at Palais des Festivals in Cannes, led

by Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations from 2007 to 2016 and promoter of the Climate Change Summit, which put this theme in the international political agenda and led to the signing of the 2016 Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Good practices and sustainability in architectural and urban

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design are dominant themes in the over 100 projects presented in all sectors of real estate (office, residential, hospitality, retail, industrial, logistical) and from 30 different countries, while the topic of medical treatment and healthcare in the urban context also emerged, examined by investors, developers, architects, and municipalities for the first time in the forum “Health & the City”. Also new this year was the Young Leaders’ Summit, as well as the invite-only special events ReAllocate and ReInvest, which joined the customary Regulation & Legal Forum, Mayors & Political Leaders Think Tank, and Proptech Lab. The Proptech Labs organised in collaboration with MetaProp NYC in 2018 in Paris, New York, and Hong Kong triggered the fourth MIPIM Start-up Competition. The final round of the in Cannes named Spaceti, Prague, as the start-up that came up with the most innovative digital and technological solution to determine utilization and occupancy of space as well as indoor air quality. The over 200 candidates for the MIPIM awards came from all over the world. The jury, presided over by Méka Brunel, CEO of Gecina, selected 12 winners among the 45 finalist projects from 21 countries: Polyclinique ReimsBezannes, France (best healthcare development), Club Med Cefalù, Italy (best hotel & resort tourism), Greenwich Peninsula Low Carbon Energy Centre, London, UK (best industrial & logistics development), The Student Hotel Florence Lavagnini, Italy (best mixed-use development), Laborde, Paris, France (best office & business development), Kosmo, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France (best refurbished building), Woodie Hamburg, Germany (best residential development), Hirakata T-Site, Japan (best shopping centre), Rebuilding Frankfurt’s old centre, Germany (best urban regeneration project), Mille Arbres, Paris, France (best futura project <150,000 sqm), Future Park, Yorkshire, UK (best futura mega project ≥ 150,000 sqm) and Zaryadye park with a multifunctional concert complex, Moscow, Russia as Special Jury Award.

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130 WILLIAM | NEW YORK DAVID ADJAYE ASSOCIATES WITH HILL WEST ARCHITECTS

It is an audacious 66-storey architectural wonder, commissioned by Lightstone that will soar in Lower Manhattan. The residential tower has been inspired by the antique masonry buildings of New York with a façade having a rhythm set by arched windows, luxurious interior design for the 244 private residences, 2000 square meters of commercial space and a new public park. Conceived in variable dimensions, the residences – complete with Penthouses and Loggia – express the exclusivity of the tower among carved marbles and selected precious materials from every part of the world, white oak plywood flooring and burnished bronze finishes. Enveloped by a sought-after vision of living, the amenities narrate the quintessence of luxury among infinity pools, wellness centres, hot and cold pools, a basketball court, private IMAX movie theatre, dining hall with dedicated chef, charming terraces and an enchanting rooftop with never-before-seen views.

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NANJING | ZENDAI HIMALAYAS CENTER MAD ARCHITECTS

The mixed-use development has an overall area of 560,000 sqm comprised of commercial, hotel, office, and residential programs.

The scheme unfolds like a village-like community and seeks to restore the spiritual harmony between humanity and nature through the integration of contemplative spaces that, while immersing inhabitants in nature, still meets the conveniences of modern day living. A mix of low-rise buildings connected by footbridges are nestled into the landscape.

Curving, ascending corridors and elevated pathways weave through the commercial buildings. Along the edge of the site are mountain-like towers that are defined by white, curved glass louvres and ‘flow’ like waterfalls, reflecting Nanjing’s surrounding mountain ranges and meandering rivers. Currently in the third and final phase of construction, the Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center is expected to be completed in 2020.

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MIAMI | BRICKELL FLATIRON LUIS REVUELTA, MASSIMO IOSA GHINI

Located at 1001 South Miami Avenue, Brickell Flatiron is slated on Miami’s only Flatiron Park. Distinct in shape and prominent position at the epicenter of downtown Miami’s financial district, this 64-story glass tower will accomodate 548 residential units, comprised of 1,2,3,4 and 5 bedrooms, as well as a limited collection of penthouse and duplex residences. The tower, designed by architect Luis Revuelta, has interiors created by Massimo Iosa Ghini, who has blended sinuous architectural elements, furnishings, bold textures, and dynamic amenity spaces and art. The grand lobby, will incorporate large scale paintings by Julian Schnabel produced exclusively for Brickell Flatiron. In addition to full service amenities, Brickell Flatiron’s rooftop pool, spa & fitness center will offer its residents inspiring 360° unobstructed, panoramic views of Biscayne Bay and downtown Miami’s glimmering cityscape.

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STOCKHOLM | NEW SLUSSEN | FOSTER + PARTNERS

Slussen, built in 1642, is the lock that separates the sea from the fresh water of Lake Mälaren. The project by Foster + Partners for New Slussen seeks to create a dynamic urban quarter, responding to its historic context and transforming the city centre. It will provide state of the art transport links alongside prominent new public buildings, animated by new restaurants, cafes and cultural amenities. The pedestrianized ‘Water Plaza’ and an accessibile quayside will be the central features, while a range of mixed-use buildings are brought together enhanced by an elegant new road and pedestrian bridge. Once complete, the new public terraces will give visitors spectacular views over Stockholm.

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NEW YORK | 760 MADISON AVENUE | THE ARMANI GROUP, SL GREEN, COOKFOX ARCHITECTS

The 97,000-square-foot property at 760 Madison Avenue will be fully reimagined to be home to new flagship Giorgio Armani boutique and 19 luxury residences. Giorgio Armani will conceive the residential interiors while New York architecture firm COOKFOX will serve as architect on the project and redesign the new building to reflect the evolution of both the Upper East Side Historic District and the Armani brand. The building’s natural stone materials, including brick and limestone, will contribute to and balance the existing neighborhood, and will include a series of setbacks and outdoor terraces that break up the massing, create definition from the street and provide a visual connection to Central Park. The team also includes New York’s premier historic preservation consultants, Higgins, Quasebarth and Partners, and zoning consultants, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, to help ensure that each aspect of the building design will be appropriate for the Historic District. Construction is expected to begin in 2020 and be complete in 2023.

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SHANGHAI | SHANGHAI LIBRARY EAST SCHMIDT HAMMER LASSEN

Construction works have begun on the site of a new city library designed by Danish practice Schmidt Hammer Lassen and won following a two-stage international competition. The building, to be completed in 2020, will provide 115,000 square meters of space in the Pudong district and will sit immediately close to the Century Park – the largest green space in the city spread over 40 hectares. According to the architects “the project is conceived as a singular monolithic object floating above the tree canopy within the park”. The main library volume floats above two pavilions that will house a 1200 seat performance venue, exhibition and events space and a dedicated children’s library, that will all open up towards a series of landscaped courtyards and gardens.

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BAHRAIN BAY | WATERBAY RESIDENCE ROBERTO CAVALLI GROUP

For the Waterbay real estate development, located in front of the prestigious Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay overlooking The Avenues Mall and the Manama skyline, Bin Faqeeh Real Estate Investment Company S.P.C. has signed a partnership agreement with Italian luxury Fashion house Roberto Cavalli, which will exclusively design the interiors of the Eastern Tower. In keeping with the DNA of the RC Home line, the Roberto Cavalli Group will deliver interiors showing a charming mix of exotic prints and wild animal motifs for a vibrant and contemporary effect. Inside the luxurious spaces, the brand will recreate a flamboyant yet sophisticated atmosphere with the wide offerings of interior design options, spanning from jungle-inspired wallpapers, modular bookcases and sofas mixing leather and precious fabrics, luxurious chaises longue and lamps, coffee tables and dressers, all embellished with metallic decorative elements. The projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s target delivery date is set for 4th quarter of 2019.

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Overview

America maintains first place in a shifting scenario

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he United States confirms its first place position in terms of high-end hotel construction, though its leadership is now being threatened by China, which shows a higher rate of growth. In absolute terms: 1,424 hotels are currently under construction in the United States, representing 18.8% of the world total. The city with the highest number of new projects remains New York, with 66 new construction sites as compared to 52 at the start of 2018, followed by Los Angeles, where new constructions have almost doubled over the past year, arriving at 44, and Nashville (42). However the largest hotel under construction is in Las Vegas, which will have 6,583 rooms. There are 678 new projects underway in the Middle East, a slight drop from last year. The country with the most new constructions continues to be the United Arab Emirates (244). In India the sector’s numbers are still relatively small, with a slight decrease as compared to last year: 2,017 top hotels are under construction, of which 118 will be completed within 2020. With 14 projects each, Mumbai and Bangalore are the cities which sustain this market. Of the geographical areas examined, despite China’s boom, the largest new constructions are all concentrated in the United States and the Middle East. The 5 largest top hotels in the United States will, in fact, provide 18,788 rooms, just slightly more than the 18,399 rooms in the Middle East. In China the five largest top hotels will not exceed a total of 5,629 rooms and in India 2,819. It’s also in the United States that four of the five most important international hotel chains maintain their highest degree of interest.

ONGOING HOTEL PROJECTS

Marriott International CONSTRUCTIONS: 2,169 CONSTRUCTIONS IN TOP COUNTRIES: USA: 890 - CHINA: 333 - INDIA: 81 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 45 - MEXICO: 44

Hilton Worldwide CONSTRUCTIONS: 1,542 CONSTRUCTIONS IN TOP COUNTRIES: USA: 723 - CHINA: 156 - UNITED KINGDOM: 61 RUSSIA: 45 - TURKEY: 39

InterContinental Hotels Group

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1,424

678

207

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MIDDLE EAST

INDIA

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STATUS

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VISION 33 PRE-PLANNING 164 PLANNING 493 UNDER CONSTRUCTION 516 PRE-OPENING 135 OPENED 83

VISION 5 PRE-PLANNING 55 PLANNING 155 UNDER CONSTRUCTION 334 PRE-OPENING 112 OPENED 17

VISION 2 PRE-PLANNING 27 PLANNING 40 UNDER CONSTRUCTION 123 PRE-OPENING 9 OPENED 6

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2019-2020 1035

2018-2020 444

2019-2020 118

CONSTRUCTIONS: 844

PROJECTS IN TOP CITIES

PROJECTS IN TOP CITIES

PROJECTS IN TOP CITIES

CONSTRUCTIONS IN TOP COUNTRIES:

NEW YORK 66 LOS ANGELES 44 NASHVILLE 42 ATLANTA 31 MIAMI 30 ORLANDO 26 CHARLOTTE 21 BOSTON 19 SEATTLE 19 CHICAGO 17

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 244 SAUDI ARABIA 165 TURKEY 70 QATAR 43 OMAN 37 IRAQ 20 ISRAEL 18 GEORGIA 16 JORDAN 15 KUWAIT 14

MUMBAI 14 BANGALORE 14 NOIDA 8 GURGAON 7 AHMEDABAD 7 KOLKATA 6 LUCKNOW 4 HYDERABAD 4 NEW DELHI 4 SRINAGAR 3

USA: 230 - CHINA: 116 - GERMANY: 73 UNITED KINGDOM: 48 - INDIA: 20

AccorHotels CONSTRUCTIONS: 594 CONSTRUCTIONS IN TOP COUNTRIES: CHINA: 63 - GERMANY: 56 - RUSSIA: 50 SAUDI ARABIA: 40 - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 23

TOP PROJECTS

Hyatt Hotels Corporation CONSTRUCTIONS: 434 CONSTRUCTIONS IN TOP COUNTRIES: USA: 157 - CHINA: 63 - INDIA: 20

USA Kuhn and sons in Las Vegas

MEXICO: 9 - SAUDI ARABIA: 8

source: TopHotelProjects.com

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Phase: Under Construction 4 star - 6,583 rooms

MIDDLE EAST Prohaska, Kautzer and Leuschke in Makkah, Saudi Arabia Phase: Under Construction 5 star - 10,000 rooms

INDIA Fairmount Hotel Mumbai Airoport in Mumbai Phase: Planning 5 star - 650 rooms

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