The City of Essen, which is the only European city to have been awarded the titles Capital of Culture (2010) and European Green Capital, is entering into a green decade in 2017. The City of Essen is officially the European Green Capital. The Lord Mayor of Essen Thomas Kufen launched the title year. The award … Read more
Forest City – a futuristic smart green city for Malaysia. Forest City is a new 20 square kilometre green smart city in southern Malaysia. Imagined by Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA), the masterplan, a proposed city for 700,000 people, will function like a forest’s ecosystem, reusing all its resources. Located on reclaimed land between Malaysia … Read more
Luxury travel agency Virtuoso revealed the hottest hotel openings around the globe for this winter season and beyond: Adare Manor, Ireland Situated on the banks of the Maigue River and surrounded by medieval ruins, the 19th-century neo- Gothic Adare Manor will unveil an 18-month, multimillion-dollar renovation in September 2017. Architects Reardon Smith, known for their … Read more
The MV Agusta F4Z presented by Zagato at this year’s international Concours d’Elegance Chantilly Arts & Elegance, goes beyond traditional customization to become a collectible Atelier motorbike. The starting point was the notion that a motorbike expresses its owner’s lifestyle a lot more than a car. MV Agusta has attained international renown for its advanced … Read more
The green lifestyle is gathering attention around the globe. More and more people are making changes to their way of life. Although ecology and technology are sometimes perceived as opposites, technology itself can be one of the best ways to manage and encourage more eco-conscious living. Discover six of the best apps on the market … Read more
Nature is home in Brooklyn. Located at Pier 1 on Brooklyn Bridge Park, just south of the iconic bridge in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood and minutes from downtown Manhattan, the 10-story sustainable ground-up development is designed by New York- based architecture studio Incorporated and will feature 194 guest rooms with sliding floor-to-ceiling windows —most offering … Read more