Ayesha Khan

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    New Haven’s Hotel Marcel Revives a Brutalist Icon as a New Net-Zero Property

    This former office building pays homage to the past while looking to the future

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    An IKEA parking lot just off I-95 in New Haven may not seem like the most attractive vacation destination, but this one also happens to be home to a rare architectural specimen: an icon of Brutalism designed by Marcel Breuer and known as the Pirelli Tire Building. Built in 1970, the two-tiered structure was first the corporate headquarters for Armstrong Rubber Company, but Pirelli acquired …

    Touring Lyle Washington DC with Creative Director Jacu Strauss

    Lore Group's new hotel captures a residential sensation

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    Earlier this year, boutique hotel brand Lore Group opened its second property in the US capital. Designed as the antithesis to its more serious sister, Riggs (named for the bank that funded many political campaigns and Washington socialites since the turn of the century), Lyle is set on a tree-lined street in the city’s tony Dupont Circle neighborhood. “The whole narrative here is about capturing …