Toward a More Hospitable Earth

Though the hospitality industry is becoming more sustainable, the transition has been bogged down in apathy and bureaucracy. Three hotel giants, Hyatt, Marriott, and Wyndham, have decided to make their own rules and up the ante. More

Style & Substance

Meshing the principles of transit-orientated development, eco-friendly materials, and luxury, the W Hollywood Hotel & Residences battled the financial collapse and came out on top More

Welcome to the HSPC

Cofounders Alan Benjamin and JoAnna Abrams explain what their new consortium is and why it’s trying green the industry’s global supply chain More

Diego Burdi

Our Designer to Watch leads a tour of the W Atlanta and discusses his inspirations for the hotel and the challenges of designing for a global hospitality brand More

Jersey Shore Facelift

Ironstate Development seeks to revitalize an underused portion of low-density New Jersey shoreline with its magnificent Pier Village and Bungalow Hotel More

thumb

New Kid on the Block

Preserving its 1920s facade and filling its guest rooms with organic and recycled materials, Hotel Felix snagged the title of first LEED-Silver hotel in Chicago and has created an entire environmental culture More

thumb

Lights Out, Sin City

With a mandate for spectacle, Fisher Marantz Stone dims the lights for the Marquee Nightclub and Dayclub, a, yes, spectacular but also surprisingly energy efficient Las Vegas hotspot More

genslerPalomar_

Hotel Palomar Philadelphia

Go inside what once was an Art Deco building in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square neighborhood, where Gensler’s Hotel Palomar Philadelphia delivers both luxury and sustainability More

thumb

Intrepid Hospitality

Boston’s hippest hospitality space isn’t a hotel. It’s Hostelling International’s design-forward boutique hostel, which reused a 19th-century office building and is set to blow away the state’s energy codes. More

Seattle

Anatomy of a Masterpiece

The 20-year-old 1201 Third Avenue was already so efficient that a minimal renovation earned Wright Runstad & Company a LEED-EBOM Platinum certification for its iconic Seattle office building More

thumb

Sugarcane Creations

Designers and others are looking at bagasse, the fibrous byproduct of sugarcane processing, as the next big building material. But it hasn’t yet earned a clean bill of health. More

thumb

An Innovator with Heart

Millard T. Pratt could be called the Thomas Edison of architecture. The sole proprietor of MTP Architects discusses his career, his focus on sustainability, and his big win with a Traxon LED concept. More

thumb

From Stem to Stern

Using plants and trees from every stage of the lifecycle, Buck O’Neill Builders pulls out all the stops—and all their wood scraps—for its new, contemporary, healthful office space More