Making light of it
Good lighting can dignify indifferent design and used creatively can transform hospitality spaces. Zara Horner looks at developments in the industry and speaks to...
Big Designs on Culture, Art, and History
Paying homage to local culture, art, design and history was top priority for The Dhara Dhevi Chiang Mai 10 years ago and Zara Horner...
Beautiful baths
Hotel bathtubs are becoming increasingly sophisticated, with ‘anything goes’ being the trend for boutique and international operators, writes Rebecca Lo
For travellers, the two most...
Kyoto opening
Interior design firm, Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA), has completed the highly-anticipated design of the new Four Seasons Kyoto, located within one of the best-preserved historic cities, with intact palaces,...
Artistic ingredients
When a restaurant promotes itself as ‘honest about art, serious about food’ you know you’re in for an interesting time. Zara Horner visits Duddell’s
Is...
Have a seat
Designing custom furniture to facilitate a memorable dining experience provides many challenges and rewards for veteran architect Andre Fu, writes Rebecca Lo
These are exciting...
House Keeping
The most labour intensive and logistically demanding of any area of operations, housekeeping is slowly dragging itself into the 21st century, with not a...
Branding Mövenpick
Since its inception in 1948 with the opening of its first restaurant in Zurich, the Mövenpick brand has expanded to encompass wine, fine foods,...
Conceptual brasserie
Bizou is the latest offering from Dining Concepts. The "American brasserie features a seriously balanced menu of flavours and textures by world-renowned Michelin-starred chef,...
A sense of place
Guestrooms are perfect vessels for telling stories about their host country, especially one with such a colourful history as India. Wilson Associates...