Six years after leaving Martin Brudnizki Design Studio, Stephanie Barba Mendoza has established a small but internationally active hospitality practice that balances exuberant colour with quiet, textural restraint. In an interview for SPACE | International…
Radit Mahindro’s Paras reframes Bali’s built environment as the product of a century-long negotiation between local material traditions, colonial and post‑colonial modernism, and the commercial logics of global tourism. What begins as a chronological survey…
Stephanie Barba Mendoza’s interview in SPACE profiles a designer who has translated a decade of senior hospitality experience into an independent studio with a distinct sensibility: warm, tactile interiors that read as both theatrical and…
Chris Meyers, principal of Meyers+Associates, explains how his firm navigates competing brand rulebooks for Marriott and Hilton while pursuing context-sensitive design, adaptive reuse and operational efficiencies. The interview outlines practical tensions — from dimensional constraints…
Peter Marino’s multi-phase overhaul of the venerable Hotel Cipriani on Giudecca Island recasts the 67-room Belmond property as a hybrid of conservation project, mid‑century revival and contemporary art gallery. Marino frames the redesign around three…
De.Tales, the Milan‑based studio co‑founded by Igor Rebosio and Giuseppe Varsavia, frames design as a mode of storytelling rather than decoration. Recent coverage by DesignWanted lays out an approach that treats narrative as the organising…
Standfirst: Peter Marino’s multi‑phase renovation of Venice’s Hotel Cipriani, a 67‑room icon, marks an intentional dialogue between bespoke contemporary interventions and the city’s layered artistic heritage. The first phase, which included a redesigned lobby and…
Chris Meyers, principal of Meyers+Associates, outlines how an architect navigates competing brand standards for major chains while preserving context, operational efficiency and sustainability. His work—more than 100 hotels including an adaptive‑reuse AC Hotel in Columbus—illustrates…
Chris Meyers, principal of Meyers+Associates and a recurring collaborator with both Marriott and Hilton, discusses the practical tensions of working inside strict brand systems while delivering site-specific, creative hotel designs. In a September 23, 2026…
Peter Marino’s multi‑phase renovation of Hotel Cipriani on Giudecca stages a deliberate conversation between Venice’s layered past and the mechanics of contemporary hospitality. The project—covered by Tatler Asia—sees Marino, a longstanding advocate for integrating art…