The list of Restaurant and Chef nominees for the 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards, the nation’s most prestigious honors for culinary professionals, has been announced. Selected from thousands of online entries, the prestigious group of semifinalists in the 19 Restaurant and Chef categories represents a wide variety of culinary talent,…

Copenhagen-based architecture firm MAPT has won the 1st prize with Alliance Arkitekter with their design “Bølgen” for a cafe in the Aker Brygge harbor in Oslo, Norway. This is how the architects describe their concept: With Bølgen we tried to achieve very…

Houston-based Morris Architects took top honors for its two entries to Radical Innovation in Hospitality, an international design competition co-sponsored by the John Hardy Group and Hospitality Design magazine. Projects from around the world were submitted by hospitality brands, designers, and consulting professionals.

SHANGHAI – JIA Shanghai, the city’s first design-led boutique residence, scooped ‘Best Hotel Design of the Year’ award in the annual Interior Design China (IDC) Hospitality Design Awards. JIA Shanghai won the top prize for overall Best Hotel Design. The competition also included five other categories for the design of…