The Marriott Marquis Chicago has made its debut in the city’s entertainment and convention district of McCormick Square.
Anderson/Miller and Gensler Collaborate on the Marriott Marquis Chicago
Marshall’s Landing, Chicago, USA
Chicago’s iconic Merchandise Mart, the colossal art deco multi-use office building in the city’s downtown Loop, has just received a culinary update thanks to local group DMK Restaurants, which has opened Marshall’s Landing atop the Grand Stair on the second floor with views overlooking the Chicago River.
A Historic Day at Steve Jobs Theater
The Steve Jobs Theater rests on a hill outside the main ring of the Apple Park. The entry level is a 165 foot in diameter cylinder made from 20 foot tall glass and topped with a metallic carbon fiber roof.
Apple’s iPhone event marks debut of Steve Jobs Theater on new campus
Hospitality and the Tech Boom
The overlap of business and leisure typical of workplace culture at tech companies has undoubtedly influenced hospitality design
Marriott has the largest construction pipeline of any franchise company in the U.S.
Guest Experience: A Lesson in Flexibility
Some huge cultural shifts in the way people use the built environment are tearing across building typologies, geographies and demographics, and conversations at the proverbial watercooler reveal that designers at CallisonRTKL have taken note.
Biophilic Design – Key to Successful Designs in Hospitality
As humans, we are part of the natural world. We are hard wired to appreciate natural elements and analogues to nature. Clever designers are recognizing that biophilic design is an evidenced-based strategy for creating beautiful and economically viable hospitality environments.
NoMad's New MADE Hotel
EMC2 Hotel Chicago
Do you want to make your visit to NeoCon 2018 special. Then you might want to get your hotel reservations in today. David Rockwell and his team have designed a new 195-room hotel in Chicago that merges science and art in a new 21-storey building designed by Koo & Associates.
The Lobby Experience Opens Doors- Q+A with Hospitality Designers
There has been a big shift in hospitality during the last five years. Public spaces in hotels, especially the lobby, are officially the front and center attraction. While they have always been the first thing guests see, there is a new focus. This relates to setting the stage for experience while simultaneously creating engaging spaces where people want to hang out, and importantly, spend money.
Chicago has become a testing ground for the next wave of restaurant design
Though Chicago may be best known for deep-dish pizza and hotdogs, the food scene in the past decade has been defined more by several highly experimental restaurants such as the Michelin three-star micro-gastronomy restaurant Alinea.
JOI-Design Bridges Past with Present at the Capri by Fraser Berlin
While contemporary hotels are fun to experience, the real beauty of visiting a new city is getting to know its history and culture. With this in mind, JOI-Design bridges the past and future of Berlin at the new Capri by Fraser Berlin hotel. Located on Spree Island at the Petriplatz city square, this modern hotel integrates with a museum and church to give guests a unique destination to explore, all the while learning about the city’s heritage.
At a Chicago Embassy Suites, Sky Garden is as Local as It Gets
The hotel industry has embraced the farm-to-table movement, so much so, it’s no longer a novel idea but a practical way to source fresh ingredients locally and strengthen the guest’s connection to the land. From an onsite rooftop garden to a vertical hydroponic farm, it’s as local as local food gets.
The Detroit Foundation Hotel
WeWork and WeLive will take over an entire 36-story mixed-use tower in Seattle
A new 36-story mixed-use tower designed by Perkins + Will in Seattle will be the new site of WeWork’s expanding WeLive co-living residential program.
A coworking hotel: Bob Hotel, Paris, France
While co-working spaces are nothing new in Paris, there’s never been a hotel devoted to the cause until now. Previously a social housing centre, the Bob Hotel, say design duo Dorothée Delaye and Daphné Desjeux, was inspired by a curious and friendly imaginary character. The name, however, is an acronym for ‘business on board’ and the hotel is the first in the city to formally offer its public spaces for locals and guests to work in.
How Hotelier Ian Schrager Made A Luxury Hotel For Budget Travelers
Though Public is poised to compete with boutique hotels, Schrager also sees the brand, which he plans to expand to gateway cities such as London and Las Vegas, as a response to the “mortal threat” that Airbnb poses to the hospitality business. Here’s his formula for building a new breed of hotel.
West Elm picks Portand, Maine, for a sixth hotel
West Elm named Portland, Maine, its sixth site for a boutique hotel location with a 150-room property planned to open near the waterfront in 2020.
Classic West Meets Contemporary Cool at the Anvil Hotel in Jackson, Wyoming
New York City-based Studio Tack transforms a 1950s motel into a modern property that incorporates local culture into its cosmopolitan design and execution.