INSIDERS

A successful developer must be both a creative visionary and a disciplined businessperson, one that imagines bold, original ideas, while also mastering practical execution.   When I think about our clients – entrepreneurs and developers – I often visualize them as a brain composed of two halves. One half represents the visionary mindset; the other represents the business mindset. Both are essential. Neither can succeed without the other. The visionary mind is deeply ingrained in luxury hospitality entrepreneurship

Efficiency in design is often misunderstood as a constraint, something that limits creativity or forces compromise. In complex projects, however, the opposite is usually true. When approached thoughtfully, efficiency creates clarity, protects intent, and allows design teams to focus on what matters most. Over years of working across hospitality, mixed-use, and adaptive reuse developments, I've witnessed inefficiency emerge not from lack of talent or ambition, but from misalignment

Chad Oppenheim is not your typical architect. Since founding Oppenheim Architecture in 1999, he has pursued a vision of design that is as much about feeling as it is about form. With offices in Miami and Basel, his practice spans six continents, yet every project is deeply rooted in its own unique context. From the deserts of Saudi Arabia to the shores of the Red Sea, Oppenheim’s work reads the land, the history, and the culture, transforming those insights into spaces that are both monumental and intimate.

Seuk Hoon Kim, founder of Studio Eccentric, designs spaces that are unconventional, slightly unusual, and delightfully unexpected – qualities that his professors once described as “eccentric” during his time at Columbia University, and that ultimately inspired the name of his studio. Rooted in a Korean philosophy of reinterpretation

Italy has long been a crown jewel in global tourism, but over the past few years, its hospitality market has taken on a new strategic significance for foreign investors. In 2024 alone, hotel investments in Italy surged to €2.1 billion – a 30% increase 

“An architect is both an artist and a technician.” Paolo Conrad Bercah knows this dual role intimately. As founding director of c-b a, his practice defies easy categorization – balancing rigorous technical precision with a poetic, often rebellious, aesthetic vision