Cynthia Rosenfeld

2 months ago | untappedjournal.com | Cynthia Rosenfeld |Charlie Weak

If there is one thing that Los Angeles teaches you, it is to become highly sensitive to “vibe.” The notion of vibe supercharges this city—which is evidenced by its robust history of cults. Vibe is intangibility, ambiguity, and so is also a dark art. For those places or people or things able to possess it, or manufacture it, vibe is also power. Power and, we should say, a major economic driver. More and more, we seem to live in a vibe economy (and a vibe politics) = a very polite way of putting it.

Jul 25, 2024 | time.com | Cynthia Rosenfeld |Michele Bigley |Bailey Berg |Annabel Illingworth

By Cynthia RosenfeldJuly 25, 2024 7:04 AM EDTBamboo is a family affair for John and Cynthia Hardy. The couple opened the bamboo-built Green School in Bali’s bucolic interior in 2008, as well as a rustic retreat with four simple double-occupancy Javanese teak gladak houses. They called it Bambu Indah, meaning “beautiful bamboo,” but only now—after a dozen years of ad hoc additions followed by a newly completed reno—has the 23-room sanctuary fully grown into its name.

Feb 4, 2024 | untappedjournal.com | Fred A. Bernstein |Ian Volner |Cynthia Rosenfeld |Siobhan Burke

In the world of residential architecture, the phrase “net-zero” has become ubiquitous. This sprawling glass-and-steel house deserves the label, according to The New York Times; so does this luxury-filled craftsman-style dwelling, The Washington Post reports. The trouble is, it’s hard to imagine any house more complicated than an igloo actually making the cut. These two houses don’t even come close. And it matters.

Dec 22, 2023 | msn.com | Cynthia Rosenfeld

Dec 22, 2023 | cntraveler.com | Cynthia Rosenfeld

There is so much more to Marrakech than the European rock stars who have famously partied here and the iconic expats, like Yves Saint Laurent, who adopted it as their home. The past two decades have seen this North African city become accessible to more travelers as an armada of courtyard homes, or riads, within the ochre walls of the medina have been transformed into chic but affordable boutique hotels, providing options beyond the lavish hotels owned by Morocco's king.