Hospitality Design

Nota Bene

When chef and owner David Lee first set out to open Nota Bene in the popular Queen Street West neighborhood of Toronto, he enlisted local firm +tongtong, which had previously…

Photos: Nota Bene

Orange County, Hampi

Set on the fringes of UNESCO World Heritage city Hampi, the capital of the 14th-century South Indian Vijayanagara Empire, George Ramapuram, managing director and head of architecture and design at…

New Jaleo Outpost to Open in Disney Springs

José Andrés’ ThinkFoodGroup has announced plans to launch the latest outpost of its Jaleo brand at Disney Springs in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Designed by Barcelona-based designer and longtime Andrés…

Akyra Thonglor Bangkok to Debut First Phase of Redesign in Late 2017

The Akyra Thonglor Bangkok is set to unveil the first phase of its redesign during the third and fourth quarters of 2017. Spearheaded by locally based architecture and interior design…

Ampeer Washington, DC Flagship to Debut this July

The historic Patterson Mansion in Washington, DC will open this July as the rebranded luxury concept Ampeer. Spanning 92 units in the city’s Dupont Circle neighborhood, Ampeer will pioneer the…

Interview: Sharan Pasricha

Sharan Pasricha is having too much fun. The self-proclaimed jack-of-all-trades—he had a media startup, ran a factory, and dabbled in distressed debt private equity—has found his true calling as a…

Recent Projects: Sharan Pasricha

Interview: BD Hotels

In the mid-1980s, Ira Drukier and Richard Born abandoned their careers—Drukier was an electrical engineer with a penchant for microwave transistors, and Born was in the midst of a surgical…