Sneak Peek: Park Hyatt Busan, South Korea

The Park Hyatt Busan has opened in the Haeundae Marine City section of Busan, overlooking the ocean and the Gwangan Bridge. The hotel offers the largest rooms and suites in the South Korean city. The arched shape of the futuristic-looking 33-floor glass building is inspired by the images of a sail filled with wind, the waves of the ocean, and the camellia. The Park Hyatt Busan has 269 rooms and suites, each with French-oak floors, granite bathrooms, and floor-to-ceiling windows with expansive views of the ocea…

What’s Hot: New York’s Latest High-Flying Residences

The city that never sleeps is also the city that never stops growing. Each of the following new high-rise developments from top architects presents prospective homeowners with the opportunity to live in a work of art.One Museum Mile Residences: Located at 1280 Fifth Ave. with views of Central Park, the 20-story building was designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects and features interiors by Andre Kikoski. The 113 residences, half of which have been sold, were completed late last year and range from 838-square-f…

Spain Attraction

It would be easy for the view to steal the show from this Tequesta Point penthouse (on the market for $4.1 million furnished), which is featured on the cover and in the Smart Showings section of Robb Report Home & Style’s March/April issue. However, carefully chosen furnishings by Javier Martin, the principal designer for the Spanish furniture company Baltus, make the interiors just as compelling as the seascape beyond the Miami home’s 50-foot-high glass walls. The Rinconera Madrid linen sofa (pictured, $2…

Rocks Star: Jay Carlile

Jay Carlile has been a top behind-the-scenes jeweler in Beverly Hills for more than a decade. Now he is stepping into the spotlight with his own eponymous jewelry collection, Jay Carlile and Co. The line features a mix of blockbuster diamond earrings; fanciful pieces like a dragonfly brooch in opals, sapphires, and tsavorites; and cocktail rings with colorful, oversize center stones, including fire opals, spinels, and tanzanites. Carlile’s goal is to create “quality, wearable pieces that aren’t just for the re…

The 2014 Corvette Stingray: Faster, Smarter, More Refined

The arrival of a new Corvette has always been an occasion. From its debut at GM’s 1953 Motorama show, held in the ballroom of New York’s Waldorf-Astoria hotel, Chevy’s dynamic two-seater—America’s sports car, as it has come to be known—has always attracted attention. And this year, the model’s 60th, Chevrolet pulled the wraps off the seventh generation of its halo model at the Detroit auto show. It was a launch heard ’round the world.
Fortunately, the 2014 Corvette Stingray lives up to the fanfare. The car lo…

Modern Family

Now open to the public, the Marchesi Antinori Chianti Classico Cellar, located about 30 minutes from Florence, is a modern-day tribute to the family-owned winery’s 625 years and 26 generations of winemaking. The new 67,000-square-foot facility, the development of which began in 2005, includes a restaurant, an auditorium, a wine shop, a library, and a visitors’ center (tours start at $27), all designed by the architect Marco Casamonti of Archea Associati. From the exterior, the structure blends unobtrusively in…

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