Sculptors and builders, through the centuries, have prized marble for its luminosity and durability. GranitiFiandre’s Marble Lab series celebrates the stone by interpreting specific varieties in the more approachable medium of porcelain.

Sheraton Hotels & Resorts today announced the reopening of the iconic Sheraton Cairo Hotel & Casino, a city landmark for more than four decades. The hotel emerges after extensive renovation to reveal a distinct and vibrant aesthetic with modern interiors, refreshed public spaces and innovative and revitalized dining concepts.

LED tunable lighting is beneficial to client health and allows architects and lighting designers to design more freely.

At Common House, a social club in Charlottesville, Virginia, by Wolf Ackerman Design, the café boasts rattan pendant fixtures and an acrylic mural by Ryan Trott. Photography by Andrea Hubbell.

Privately-held investment group Waramaug Hospitality III LLC and Sidra Real Estate, Inc. unveiled the reimagined traveler experience following an extensive $7 million renovation of the Marriott Southwest at Burr Ridge, in Burr Ridge, Illinois.

Officials with Trust Hospitality said they’re not beholden to hotel industry “myth” in their efforts to grow their business.

Sustainability in hotel design has become much more than LED lighting; it’s incorporated into elements from the development process to the interior-design stage.

LAS VEGAS—The Green Building Initiative (GBI) announced that MGM Resorts International has earned Four Green Globes certifications for 26 retrofit building projects at various MGM Resorts’ Las Vegas properties.

The project was created and implemented in 2016 by MARTINarchitects. Two-level apartment are located in LCD “White Chocolate” and represent an open space of 65 sq.m.

The Osram Oslux S2.1 multi-chip packaged LED mixes color temperature to match ambient lighting and optimize photos and video, while new Lumileds COB LEDs extend flux output to 30,000 lm for street-light and high-bay lighting.

Feilo Sylvania is upping its smart lighting game, launching a technology integration program designed to mix and match different luminaires, sensors, chipsets, and other components from information technology partners, from smart lighting startups, and from its own lighting portfolio, LEDs Magazine has learned.

G6 Hospitality has been rooted in the economy segment for 55 years, but the company’s tech-focused strategy looks toward the future.

County Materials Corp. donated 14 tons of concrete masonry units to this year’s masonry diploma course through the Milwaukee Area Technical College.

The multi award-winning studio Grupo Arquitectura, established in 1980 by Daniel álvarez in Mexico City, has picked the Lithos Design Primes line for a luxury project in his home city, a private residence in the Santa Fe district.

The Quartier des Spectacles Partnership in Montreal has announced the call for its Luminothérapie 2018-2019 Competition. Registration deadline is Aug 21, 2017. Proposals due Aug. 30, 2017.

Ten projects were honored at the New York City Section’s Lumen Awards Gala on June 15.

WEST CALDWELL, N.J.—MaxLite, a leading provider of energy-efficient lighting solutions, announced the launch of AlphaMax Channel Letter Modules and Double-Sided T8 Lamps as part of a new category of long-lasting, high-quality LED products for sign lighting applications.

The growing, health-oriented restaurant chain Dig Inn, has taken its nutritious offering to Boston with an appropriately stylish home designed by ASH NYC.

Pascale Girardin makes ceramics for architecture. The Montreal-based artist specializes in creating large-scale clay works for major hospitality and retail clients—recent ones include Saks Fifth Avenue, Four Seasons, and Nobu.

Tarkett, a global leader in innovative and sustainable solutions for flooring and sports surfaces, has launched a new DESSO carpet collection, aptly-named ‘Make It Your Own’ – designed to inspire architects and designers to play with textures, colours and materials to tell their own unique story across the floor.