The first HA+D Awards for innovation in product design plus excellence in project design were handed out recently at a packed ceremony in Hong Kong. To see all the winners and runners up visit: www.HAplusD.com/awards.

Brisbane gets a hip and gutsy boutique hotel that adds a dash of fortitude to its eponymous locale.

Shangri-La's Villingili Resort and Spa, Maldives welcomed its first guests, marking it as the first international luxury resort on the southern-most tip of Addu Atoll.

World Heritage Site provides a muse for imperial aspirations for Amanresort’s first Chinese foray

It would be great to say that the days of beige and cream paint and woodchip beige wallpaper are long gone but unfortunately my least favourite colour still seems to be de rigueur even in the most luxurious of properties ––especially in their public areas and sadly as the base for most guestrooms too. Do design firms get their supplies in bulk? Are the manufacturers colour-blind? Do colour trends run in decades instead of seasons? What the flock is happening?

Amantaka sits in the heart of Luang Prabang, Laos, a town declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995 to protect its 32 precious temples, classic French colonial architecture and former royal palace.

What's with the open bathroom thing?

Iconic Japanese designer Kenzo Tange reinvents a modern classic Neapolitan office building as a classically modern waterfront hotel

A savvy Frenchwoman and compatriot designer bring urban light to Club Med Bali's beach village

A modern iconic brand seeks solace in a fantastically weird fairy tale world.