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HFZ Capital and the Ugliest Divorce in Manhattan Real Estate
Nir Meir, Ziel Feldman, and Helene Feldman. Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photos: Shutterstock/Getty Images This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Ziel Feldman is in good company. At least that’s what the real-estate developer at the center of one of the most spectacular meltdowns in recent memory has been telling himself. The Manhattan real-estate industry is a game of winners and losers, Feldman says, and even titans lose big sometimes. Over the past 18 months, Feldman’s firm, HFZ Capital Group, has been obliterated by foreclosures and investor lawsuits, a collapse that has dredged up unflattering details about the company’s…
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No Architects: renovation of a maisonette in ?i?kov Prague
The most striking thing about the interior design of Daniela Baráčková and Jakub Filip Novak (No Architects) is their ability to draw inspiration from setting and place of origin to design something new, staying true to a single theme. In the case of the maisonette in the Žižkov district in central Prague, the common thread joining past and present is the clients’ love of art. When we discussed No Architects’ recent renovation of an apartment in Dejvice, we emphasised the details, designed not as arbitrary decorations, but imagining they were building a bridge with elements of the original style of the early twentieth-century building. The design of the upholstery…
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Zen makeover: The direction your bed is facing may be making you sick!
New study claims that the way your home is set up could be affecting your health, your finances, and even your work productivity Co-author: ‘Modern medicine now recognizes the powerful effects of the ‘envirome’ on health.’ FAIRFIELD, Iowa — Could your interior design skills actually save your physical and mental health? A new study explains that just by pointing your bed and other furniture in the right direction, your well-being could greatly improve! A team from Maharishi International University looked at 40 years of research into the practice of Maharishi Vastu architecture (MVA). Whether you call it “Zen” or “flow,” they found that where certain objects are inside a building…
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Garden design business takes root
Phil Gilbride in one of his plant nurseries at his Killeshandra Garden Centre. Published: Sat 14 May 2022, 12:08 PM Killeshandra Garden Design is the new business venture by horticultural expert Phil Gilbride. While only in its infancy the design and landscaping enterprise based at Killeshandra Garden Centre is already blossoming through word of mouth from satisfied clients. Phil brings a wealth of horticultural experience and knowledge to the art of garden design. With his own plant nursery and garden centre he has a cost-effective supply of trees, shrubs, bulbs and materials. He has also just completed a post grad diploma in garden design at UCD. Phil has a team…
