The interior design style you select with your restaurant designer or hospitality business directly relates to your clientele and location. Ambiance really plays a big part when it comes to making you enjoy your dining experience and for some, it determines if they will be returning to the restaurant or not.
This is the interior of Diego, a Mexican restaurant located at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. (more…)
Located in the heart of the Chicago Loop, the historic Palmer House Hilton, the longest operating hotel in North America, is soon to undergo a renovation to produce a more contemporary hotel experience. Renowned design firm ForrestPerkins has been commissioned for the renovation by Thor Equities L.L.C., the property’s new owners. While staying true to the historic legacy of the Palmer House, the contemporary renovations will allow for the redesign of hotel guest rooms, bathrooms and corridors as part of the hotel’s $150 million renovation, slated for completion the Fall of 2008.
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Located in the heart of the Chicago Loop, the historic Palmer House Hilton, the longest operating hotel in North America, is soon to undergo a renovation to produce a more contemporary hotel experience. Renowned design firm ForrestPerkins has been commissioned for the renovation by Thor Equities L.L.C., the property’s new owners. While staying true to the historic legacy of the Palmer House, the contemporary renovations will allow for the redesign of hotel guest rooms, bathrooms and corridors as part of the hotel’s $150 million renovation, slated for completion the Fall of 2008. (more…)
Yury Avvakumov, leader of the so-called “paper architects,” is finally commissioned to design a real building – in the United Arab Emirates.
Yury Avvakumov became a leading figure in Russian architecture by building communities rather than buildings. In the mid-1980s, he collected drawings and designs from his peers’ studios and curated exhibitions abroad, reviving the term “paper architecture” to define their lyrical and imaginative works. More recently, he has led an initiative to reconstruct and use a languishing gallery at his alma mater, the Moscow Architectural Institute. His colleagues admire the intelligent and nuanced interpretations of 1920s Constructivist architecture in his projects, which, despite having won several competitions, have never been built. (more…)
Plants die. Sweaters go out of fashion. Chocolates get gobbled fast. But design books are gifts that keep giving.
It’s true. Sumptuously illustrated books about well-designed objects, inviting interiors, and extraordinary homes are forever useful, always up there on the shelf offering ideas or the occasional escape into a more comely world.
So add a trip to the bookstore to your last-minute shopping rounds and look for these selections from among this year’s notable releases: (more…)
