The Great Escape
For a trio fleeing the big city for a tranquil life in Patagonia, Chilean architect Sebastián Irarrázaval created a hotel that serves up much more than a cool place to crash.
Green Pumps
Bling is king and eco-style everything at bp’s new emissions-free gas station.
Woman on Top
With hotel, gallery and Showroom interiors now on her to-do list, patricia Urquiola, the spanish queen of the italian design scene, has hit her stride.
Going Coastal
British Columbia’s rocky shoreline offers the ultimate getaway from the urban rat race. It also provided Vancouver architect Tony Robins with an unusual challenge: building a family vacation home on solid granite.
By Carolann Rule
A Room with a View
To embrace the idyllic nature on Norway’s Hardanger Fjord, architects Todd Saunders and Tommie Wilhelmsen crafted a retreat that’s all about its vantage point.
By Susan Nerberg
Big in Milan
For one week in April, the city is over-run by design junkies, and every conceivable space is commandeered for design shows. This year, the size of the crowds was matched by the scale of some of the work.
By Elizabeth Pagliacolo and Nelda Rodger
Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming, By Paul Hawken
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