Offering a one-stop shop for high-end design — architecture, landscape architecture and interior design services under a single roof on Los Angeles’ famed Miracle Mile — is Studio William Hefner.
Innovative pastry chefs around the world are presenting cutting-edge creations while respecting centuries-old traditions. Most celebrity chefs specialize in savory courses while those who master sweets — the very dishes that put an exclamation point on any memorable meal — toil in relative obscurity.
The Great Game is a tailored journey that includes challenges, clues, puzzles and chance encounters to help you discover a location in a completely new and engaging way.
Ditch overused gold and silver trends for charming copper hues that will add to your home’s modern, yet cozy atmosphere.Copper’s versatility is why you should incorporate it into your decor this year. The range of shades, from pale soft tones to rich and deep copper allows for designers to work with a material and color that is complex. Silver and gold are classic, but copper is an exciting touch of diversity amongst tradition.
Offering variety, convenience and a sense of community, these food courts for grown-ups are being embraced across the country. Teenagers hanging out at the local shopping mall may consume greasy pizza and hot dogs on sticks, but reimagining the food court with high epicurean standards is a hot development trend. Across the country, sophisticated food halls are filling historic buildings in reenergized downtowns.
The Internet may have killed the travel agent, but increasing demand for customized and curated experiences has created a new niche. To some, “travel agent” may be a term of the past. Replaced in part by technological strides and the rise of the internet, travel agents have been in decline in recent years and that trend is set to continue over the next decade. Yet, a new class of travel experts altogether are gaining traction — travel designers, who offer high-end curated trips based on their own personal travel expertise.
Handcrafted in America since 1945, True Residential’s commitment to American-made products goes all the way back to its beginnings as a commercial refrigeration company in St. Louis. In today’s world, where design is specialized and unique for every home, particularly in the kitchen, the brand remains vital to the industry. A team of designers at True Residential spoke with Unique Homes about the brand’s influence on kitchen design, both in the home and commercial spaces.
Reimagining outdated design, architects are constantly predicting the needs and desires of the next generation in an attempt to create trendy, innovative looks. Whether in the hospitality, mixed-use or residential space, here is a peek at what’s trending in design this year. The following article originally appeared in the Spring 2018 issue of ERA Real Estate Distinctive Properties Magazine.
Reminiscent of traditional Japanese architecture, the Zen Roller is an innovation in the roller shade product category. The Zen Roller is reminiscent of Shoji screens, which in Japanese architecture function as room or window dividers; these traditional screens are made from a wood or bamboo lattice lined with thin, translucent paper made from delicate materials such as papyrus or rice paper.
