Bentley x Starck Power Dock is a modern art piece: durable, real and avant-garde high tech

  “I wanted the maximum of intelligence with the minimum of materiality. I wanted it to be a modern art piece: durable, real and avant-garde high tech.” – Philippe Starck From everyday products such as furniture and lemon squeezers, to revolutionary mega-yachts, hotels and restaurants that aspire to be wondrous, stimulating and intensely vibrant places … Read more

Hong Kong named top real estate market for the second year, followed by New York City and London

Sales volumes of second-home and resort lifestyle destinations grew by 19 percent, up from a seven percent annual decline in the prior year. Luxury Home Sales Grow 11 Percent Worldwide, says Christie’s International Real Estate Luxury Defined Report. Hong Kong ranked as the world’s most luxurious housing market, followed by New York and London. With … Read more

Montenegro’s most exceptional resort of 2018 is a fusion between Montenegrin culture and Italian sophistication

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Maison Heler Metz is an out-of-scale phantasmagoric architecture

 

Located on Metz’s former freight station, the new Maison Heler Metz by creator Philippe Starck and the Hilton Group is the most ambitious urban planning development launched in the region for a century. Maison Heler Metz is a unique 14-storey hotel which will operate under Curio Collection by Hilton. Maison Heler Metz is complemented by its immediate proximity with the Centre Pompidou-Metz, the Muse shopping centre and the Congress Centre which will diversify and strengthen the attractiveness of this landmark hotel.

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Maison Heler Metz; photo: www.starck.com; maison-heler.com

The monolithic and monochromatic building topped by an 18th century traditional Alsatian home will be a unique destination for guests and local residents to enjoy. The house will rise on 14 floors including a rooftop terrace and garden, peppered with local trees and offering breath-taking views of the entire city. The 119 guest-rooms and suites are comfortable and elegant, complemented by cozy and poetic restaurant and lounge bar situated in the house, and a gym.

In the heart of the newly developed Quartier de l’Amphithéâtre, Maison Heler Metz will be the first hotel entirely created and developed from the ground up in Europe by the French creator Philippe Starck. He has imagined this extraordinary construction in resonance with the Centre Pompidou Metz, like a habitable, surreal and poetic work of art, becoming a strong symbol for the region.

“This project is an out-of-scale phantasmagoric architecture. It’s a game about uprooted roots, a symbolic construction of Lorraine”, explained Philippe Starck.

“Maison Heler Metz is a fantastic addition to the Quartier de l’Amphithéâtre. Improving the region’s hotel offering, the hotel will be a destination in its own right”, said Jean-Luc Bohl, chairman of Metz Métropole.

“Metz is going through a revival. The opening of the Centre Pompidou Metz and the wider Quartier de l’Amphithéâtre redevelopment is attracting investment and drawing household names such as Philippe Starck and Curio Collection by Hilton. It’s great to see projects of this caliber come to Metz and there are exciting times ahead for the city”, said Dominique Gros, Mayor of Metz.

Curio Collection by Hilton is a portfolio of nearly 50 remarkable, upper upscale hotels and resorts handpicked for their unique character and personality. Maison Heler Metz joins more than 20 Curio Collection by Hilton hotels, trading or under construction in Europe.

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Maison Heler Metz; photo: www.starck.com; maison-heler.com

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The pure-electric BMW iNEXT is presented as BMW’s building kit for the future

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