
London based interior designer Kelly Hoppen is well known for an opulent clean interior style which created the perfect match for the UK’s premier shutters installation company Shutterly Fabulous. Together these two expert interiors companies have launched a stunning new range of wooden shutters. Kelly Hoppen is renowned for creating designs for private and commercial clients across the globe and has used Shutterly Fabulous for window coverings...

William Jessup University’s newly constructed student apartment building recently won an Award of Honor from the American Institute of Architects San Joaquin Chapter. The organization awards buildings and architects that are contributors to a high quality and standards of excellence. As part of the AIA San Joaquin’s bi-annual awards program, eligible projects and architects from the region are submitted for award consideration. The Award...
Architecturally designed & decorated, by the renowned award winning Stott Structure, in associated with the exclusive Le Mercier’s Fine Furniture, Baltimore’ guarantees to mesmerise and truly impress. Uncompromised in design, spaciousness and lavish inclusions, Baltimore tiers across four storeys,2 blocks and offers more than 2200 square meters of palatial living. Be prepared to be captivated the moment you enter the 9m high elegant...

Morgans Hotel Group Co. opens Ames in Boston, the latest addition to the company’s collection of Originals. Benjamin Franklin meets a supermodel with Morgans Hotel Group’s newest property, Ames in Boston. Morgans Hotel Group, known for introducing the boutique hotel with the opening of Morgans in 1984, is making its next bold move by bringing its provocative style to this rich and historic city. Ames represents a singular and authentic addition...

Patrick Square, Clemson’s first traditional neighborhood development (TND), has opened three fully furnished models of its Village Homes. The models represent the various sizes and price ranges of the seven distinct Village Home styles. Featuring Colonial, Carolina, Craftsman, Greek Revival, Georgian, and Victorian architecture, the Village Homes were designed by renowned TND Urbanist/Architect of Whole Town Solutions. Including home sites, standard...

This grand and elegant neo-Italian Renaissance mansion is exceptionally wide (45’) and one of the largest and most important townhouses in New York. Commissioned in 1922 by Julius Forstmann, a prominent German merchant, the house was designed by C.P.H. Gilbert, the renowned architect who created majestic mansions for the leading families of the city. Behind a stately and distinguished limestone façade are five floors with an additional garden level...

The affluent consumer market is on the rise. The Luxury Consumption Index (LCI) shows that consumer confidence is increasing, as the average dollars spent on luxury goods is up ytd and from first quarter to second quarter of this year. Buyers, brokers and developers alike express optimism, forecasting that the more than two-year decline in homes sales is over and that the consumer market is emerging from the recession, putting purchasing power back...

The Kai Stania private house, near Vienna, is a unique and stunning example of modern domestic architecture using large glazed walls framed with black Trespa Meteon panels. A stunning glass and black clad house has recently been completed near Vienna. The house was designed by well-known designer and architect Kai Stania to live and work in and to act as a marketing tool for his design business. It is situated on a tree-covered hillside with a stunning...

The world still has very famous historic hotels which still maintain the charm and atmosphere of times gone by, when royals, aristocrats, artists and other celebrities in the world of politics, culture, science, entertainment used to walk over the red carpets laid for them. One of these examples is without doubt the Gran Hotel Duchi of Trieste, which overlooks one of the most beautiful Italian squares, the Piazza Unità d’Italia in Trieste. In...

Located in the northern part of Dresden, a spectacular museum development is taking shape – an eye-catching structure from the renowned architect, Daniel Libeskind. His concept, split between the old and the new, was the eventual winner of the architectural design competition: the former Saxonian arsenal building restored to its original state and supplemented by an integrated, modern new structure. A bold, almost 100-metre long wedge construction...