SEPTEMBER 2016 VOLUME 12 | ISSUE 7 56 66 36 46 SPACE EXPLORERS | 26 Built Inc., LAVA and MAPOS LLC take flight with high-tech/ high-talk design processes that allow their projects to boldly go where none have gone before. STORY TELLERS | 36 Rottet Studio left no historical stone unturned in creating the visual script for the Gilded Age-referenced revamp of The Driskill hotel in Austin, part of Hyatt's new Unbound Collection. AMERICAN IDOLS | 46 DEPARTMENTS FROM THE EDITOR | 8 IN THIS ISSUE | 10 THE BUZZ | 12 DESIGN DECONSTRUCTED | 22 PRODUCTS: FURNITURE | 74 PRODUCTS: CARPET + RUGS | 90 EXIT INTERVIEW | 96 The EAST, Miami, Hilton Cleveland Downtown and Thompson Seattle hotels light up the stage with creative showcases that justify the "new" in new-build. Q+A: GIANT AMBITIONS | 56 Jeff Ning of China's Dalian Wanda Group talks about the challenges and opportunities of being the new kid on the U.S. hotel "block"-and how design will help this venture succeed. STARCK RAVING COOL | 66 Famed French designer Philippe Starck creates an "avant-garde laboratory" for millennial-minded travelers within the walls of M Social's debut hotel in Singapore. 6 boutiquedesign.com SEPTEMBER 2016 ON THE COVER Jeff Ning, Dalian Wanda Group Photo: Xia Tianhttp://www.boutiquedesign.com