Seminal hotels in the history of 20th-century destination design.

How Margi Glavovic Nothard turned a wedding gazebo commission into an arts-themed park, sparking the renewal of Hollywood, Florida’s downtown.

www.isayweinfeld.com

Through his radical rethinking of the bricks-and-mortar bookstore, Isay Weinfeld has given new meaning to the term Brazilian Amazon.

The façade of Livraria da Vila in the posh Jardins neighborhood serves as both sign and advertisement for its wares. Entry is through pivoting bookshelves encased in glass.

Livraria da Vila in the leafy, upscale São Paulo neighborhood…

Vinyl Group mixes business with design in China.

Los Angeles-based designer sheds light on glass.

Tokyo-based design firm is making waves with its insight and verve.

Corian

Using digital tools, Herzog & de Meuron turned street art into forward-looking luxury.

When Ian Schrager’s luxury condo 40 Bond, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, was completed, the press went wild over its startling imagery. A 21st–century rethinking of the cast-iron construction so characteristic of its NoHo neighborhood, 40 Bond’s façade is a Cartesian grid…

Out of a former utility closet, Bonnie Roche has conjured a theater of wonder.

Bonnie Roche has renovated theaters at Lincoln Center, designed homes for the likes of Paloma Picasso and John Loring, and helped conceive such major civic projects as San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center, yet she counts among her proudest work her transformation of…

Robert Allen’s Room Service

www.kartell.it

In Fulcrum’s launch issue, we interviewed Lorenza Luti, the Marketing and Retail Director for Kartell. Sales have nearly doubled at the company since 2006, when Luti, took over as Marketing and Retail Director. The directional plastics manufacturer is a true example of business Italian style. Kartell’s owner and chairman is Lorenza’s father, Claudio…

Kartell’s marketing and retail director talks fashion, marketing and innovation.