Honoring a winning track record unrivaled in motorsports, the McLaren 650S Can-Am will be another sure victory for the British racing marque. Named after the Canadian American Challenge Cup (Can-Am) series from the 1960s and ’70s, the car commemorates the 50th anniversary of the first cup competition—in St. Jovite, Quebec, Canada—and captures the innovative, boundary-breaking spirit those races inspired.

Designed by the McLaren Special Operations (MSO) division and based on the McLaren 650S Spider introduce…

Flitting across the sky, butterflies create a whimsical kaleidoscope of iridescent color. And though their life span is short, their beauty will be preserved forever in Harry Winston’s Premier Precious Butterfly Automatic 36mm watch collection.

In an effort to create truly original timepieces, Harry Winston’s designers spent 3 years researching how to harvest the exquisite powder on butterfly wings. The powder is then painstakingly applied to the watch dials by hand (a technique never before used in the wat…

Originally published in the Fall 2015 issue of Robb Report Health & Wellness as “Reset and Rejuvenate”

Can a wellness boot camp at a medical center feel like a luxury retreat? 

Upon entering the center where the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program is headquartered, in Rochester, Minn., it is hard to remember that the building belongs to a medical center. Designed to maximize open space and sunlight, the architecture itself conveys a sense of health and well-being. Sun streams into stairwells, mak…

Originally published in the October 2015 issue of Robb Report Collection as “India Ink”

Vikas Khanna, an Indian chef based in New York City, changed the recipe for a book launch last spring when he introduced what may be the most lavish cookbook the world has ever seen at the Cannes Film Festival. Utsav: A Culinary Epic of Indian Festivals is a 1,200-page, 35-pound, gold-embellished homage to Indian culture and cooking, with a first printing that comprises a mere 12 copies. The large-format tomes, hand-inke…

Cordis, Hong Kong, formerly Langham Place, has become the first—and flagship—property of the newly launched Cordis hotel brand. Announced by the Langham Hospitality Group earlier this year, the brand’s first hotel sits in the heart of the Mongkok district, having undergone an approximately $25.8 million redesign that added a host of amenities, including a 1,500-piece contemporary art collection, two more restaurants, and a 36th-floor club lounge with vertigo-inducing views of the city below. The hotel has 664 …

BMW M2 price yet to be announced.
BMW M2 release date set for spring 2016.
The car will accelerate from zero to 60 mph in 4.2 seconds.
A 365 hp, 6-cylinder inline engine provides 369 ft lbs of torque.

When compared to the other impressive driving machines from Bavarian Motor Works’ M series, the 2016 BMW M2 (announced yesterday) promises to be like that jealously inspiring younger sibling that seems to do everything better. It is powerful, agile, and presumably more fun behind the wheel. Instantl…

On October 15, Swann Auction Galleries in New York will present its Icons & Images: Fine & Vernacular Photographs auction, demonstrating how, regardless of subject matter, the finest photographers reveal hidden majesty within even the most run-of-the-mill moments. The collection comprises 362 lots of images by masters of the medium, capturing the legendary and ordinary with equal artistry.

In the vernacular vein, Dorothea Lange’s penultimate portrait, Migrant Mother ($9,000 to $12,000), defines the …

Originally published in the October 2015 issue of Robb Report Collection as “Night at the Museum”

Before guests even enter the new Art Hotel in Denver, they are greeted by a shimmering installation by Leo Villareal—the mastermind behind the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge’s The Bay Lights—fashioned from more than 22,000 white LED nodes that create perpetually shifting patterns in the ceiling of the porte cochere. Just inside lies a Claes Oldenburg steel-and-aluminum sculpture, along with Sol LeWi…

The photographs that accompany the recipes in The NoMad Cookbook ($100 retail) look so mouthwateringly delicious that taste buds around the globe are sure to jump for joy. The full-page color photographs highlight everything from the signature roasted chicken with foie gras and brioche to the butter-dipped radishes with fleur de sel. Created by chef Daniel Humm and his business partner Will Guidara, the 329-page hardbound cookbook, which was released today, gives step-by-step instructions for creating the rust…

Nothing says fall like crisp weather, pumpkin spice lattes, and graphic sweaters. Cozy up in the following designs, which can transition from work to play all season long.