Sustainable design: Eco-friendly “Petite Floret” Faux Leather

Hybrid, Digital Printing – Vibrant & Eco-Friendly. EnviroLeather by LDI announces “Petite Floret” – a nature-inspired design pattern by interior product designers Tara Rae Hill and Martiele Sineath – using EnviroLeather’s breakthrough, eco- friendly, hybrid digital printing technology. The EnviroLeather sustainable upholstery printing process allows for a vibrancy and variety in color that have been … Read more

Miami’s new vice – an addiction to star architects

The Florida city’s main asset was once a TV police series. Now, with an influx of money and art, it is America’s fastest-changing city. Can it do better than build a series of trophy buildings?

Winners of the 2014 Building of the Year Awards. The best architecture of the year

2014 ArchDaily Building Of The Year Awards. Due to their beauty, intelligence, creativity, or service to the community, these quality buildings represents the best architecture of the year in archdaily‘s vision, the ultimate source of inspiration for architects. Over four weeks, 60,000 readers reviewed 3,500 projects, selecting 14 stunning winners. Winners vary from up-and-coming architects, … Read more

Japan’s first urban resort: The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto

The Ritz-Carlton luxury hospitality group opened its fourth Ritz-Carlton in Japan, in the beautiful city of Kyoto. Dubbed Japan’s first urban resort and heralded as one of the most highly-anticipated openings of 2014, the new establishment “offers a timeless window to Japan and complements perfectly 85 other Ritz-Carlton properties around the globe.” A peaceful sanctuary, … Read more

On Board SPARKMAN & STEPHENS 30

  The Providence Boat Show (Jan. 31 – Feb. 2, 2014) was an occasion to see the award winning Sparkman Stephens 30 presented by Bluenose Yachts of Newport and Warwick, Rhode Island. One of the most exciting daysailing, racing, weekending, fun new boats, designed originally by Olin Stephens and newly engineered by S&S. The Bluenose … Read more

Finally a cat that looks like a yacht: Horizon Power Catamarans PC60 Skylounge

Horizon Power Catamarans PC60 Skylounge Debuts at Miami Yacht & Brokerage Show. Horizon Power Catamarans, the manufacturer of the highly acclaimed PC60, PC52, and PC80 luxury power catamaran yachts, debuts PC60 Skyloungeat Miami Yacht & Brokerage Show. The PC60 Skylounge is quite possibly the most elegantly styled power catamaran to grace the U.S. shores, according … Read more