Architecture and Design Projects

The Landscape Inspires This Peaceful Sonoma County Retreat

To make it happen, she asked the home’s original architect, Edan Asturi, to consult on the renovation, and a new kitchen was born. With the wall removed, that once-hidden window takes a starring role. The real estate gained by uniting the rooms meant Northart could include a pair of islands. One serves as a work…
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Discover A Saltbox-Inspired Hamptons Dwelling With European Touches

“All of our design work is based on historic precedent,” says architect Elizabeth Dillon. “We’re not literal, but we love to look to the past and learn from tradition.” It follows, then, that when clients approached her to build a Hamptons vacation residence, she found inspiration in the early homes of the area. Saltboxes—named after…
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Starbucks Opens First Container Store in Taiwan

Starbucks Taiwan opened its first store in Asia Pacific built from recycled shipping containers. The new Starbucks is the first retailer to open a storefront in the yet-to-be opened Hualien Bay Mall, which is located in a tourist destination known for its cuisine and beautiful landscape facing the Pacific Ocean.

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Ferguson Opens Brooklyn Showroom

Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting Gallery increased its foothold in Metro New York with the opening of a 9,000-square-foot showroom in Brooklyn’s waterfront neighborhood, Brooklyn

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Factory-Built Components Offer Savings For Custom Builders

Using factory-built components to build a custom home is becoming increasingly common because it saves time and money and results in a stronger house. Many projects can be completed in less than a year (music to the client’s ears), and the aesthetic appeal of a prefabricated home can rival or even exceed a stick-built home.

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2018 Best of BDNY Awards

The Best of BDNY Product Design Competition recognizes designers and manufacturers of products that demonstrate functional and aesthetic progress and above all innovation in their respective category. Winners are selected by a jury of hospitality design professionals.

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