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BUSINESS NEWS THE ICON OF NEWMACAU EARNS GLOBALACCLAIM MORPHEUS HOTEL AT CITY OF DREAMS IS NAMED ONE OF THE “WORLD’S GREATEST PLACES 2018” BY TIME MAGAZINE Just two months after its grand opening, Morpheus Hotel at Macau’s legendary City of Dreams resort was hailed as one of the “World’s Greatest Places 2018” by TIME magazine, as the only Macau entry on the list. This sought-after accolade is part of a new annual list culled from nominations by TIME editors and experts around the world to recognize 100 new and emerging destinations and locations that are breaking new ground, leading industry trends and offering guests an experience that is truly unique. To create the list, TIME solicited nominations across a variety of categories – including museums, parks, bars, restaurants, theme parks, cruises, and hotels – from TIME editors and correspondents around the world, as well as dozens of industry experts. TIME evaluated each one based on several key factors, including quality, originality, innovation, sustainability, and influence. The result is a list as diverse as the world it reflects, with entries spanning six continents and 48 countries. A revolutionary architectural masterpiece designed by the late Pritzker Prize-winning architect Dame Zaha Hadid DBE, Morpheus has been described as “The Icon of the New Macau” and is the first hotel brand to

be wholly developed and created by Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Since opening with a star-studded gala in June, the hotel has set a new benchmark for ultra-luxury hospitality in Macau, and features a spectacular collection of “world firsts”. This includes being the world’s first free-form exoskeleton high-rise architectural structure; the first spa concept in the world to feature a Snow Garden with real snow; and the world’s first hotel to feature an entire floor dedicated to legendary chef Alain Ducasse, with two Ducasse restaurants and a bar. The hotel, which offers 770 guestrooms, suites, and villas, including six duplex villas and a lavish 510-square-meter pool villa, features an unparalleled range of unique attractions and world-exclusives. Gastronomic highlights include The Universe of Pierre Hermé, the first partnership between Maison Pierre Hermé Paris and a hotel property in Greater China, bringing the unique combination of tastes, sensations and pleasures created bythe “Picasso of Pastry” and 2016 World’s Best Pastry Chef, Pierre Hermé, to Macau; Yí at the Sky Bridge, which offers a one-of- a-kind blend of regional Chinese cuisines served in a ‘non-menu’ style that is a first in Asia. Guests at Morpheus can also enjoy an innovative 12,000-square-foot retail destination housing sought-after luxury

brands like Proenza Schouler, Thom Browne, and Repossi; a stunning collection of specially commissioned installations by acclaimed artists such as Charles Pétillon, Shinji Ohmaki, and KAWS; the Morpheus Spa, which features a range of globally acclaimed brands and cutting-edge treatment programs, as well as the signature in-house Spa Butler concept; and the awe-inspiring Sky Pool located at a dizzying 130 meters above the ground. “We are thrilled to receive such a prestigious accolade from TIME magazine so soon after opening,” said Lawrence Ho, chairman and CEO at Melco Resorts & Entertainment. “At Melco, we continually strive to provide our guests with one-of-a-kind experiences that raise the bar in terms of luxury and design and Morpheus is the perfect expression of that vision. With Morpheus, we have solidified our position as a pioneer and innovator in premium travel, leisure and entertainment, and we are proud to help drive Macau’s reputation as the World Center of Tourism and Leisure.” Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid was an Iraqi- British architect. She was the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize, in 2004. She received the U.K.’s most prestigious architectural award, the Stirling Prize, in 2010 and 2011.

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use the recycled water for flushing toilets, irrigation, and cooling towers. Stanford University has developed a new nano-technology filter system that can make the water potable, which is too expensive with current systems. While this is not required for all recycled water uses, we’d like to try it in our project if and when it is commercially available. “The color temperature of the light can adjust during the day to emulate outdoor lighting conditions, or in the case of one application I’m investigating, to be used for indoor farming.” Construction technologies are evolving rapidly. It is our duty as practicing professionals in architecture, interior design, and engineering, to keep abreast of new products and innovative systems that are coming available on an almost daily basis. If you’ve made some interesting discoveries lately that you feel your fellow professionals would benefit from, please forward them to me, and I’ll add them to a future article to help us all keep up with our rapidly evolving world. Never stop learning! EDWARD FRIEDRICHS, FAIA, FIIDA, is the former CEO and president of Gensler. Contact him at efriedrichs@zweiggroup.com.

inspections for initial installation or modifications. Along with power supply and control systems, the lamps themselves have been dramatically improved to allow greater color tunability. In other words, the color temperature of the light can adjust during the day to emulate outdoor lighting conditions, or in the case of one application I’m investigating, to be used for indoor farming where the light can be tuned to the color temperature that will allow specific fruits and vegetable to grow optimally. One company I’m working with has developed LED streetlights, with very low energy requirements. That company is doing an installation in South America between two towns that are 22 kilometers apart. Photo- voltaic panels are affixed to the top of every fifth light standard which are linked together with low voltage cable to a battery supply, allowing the batteries to be charged during daylight hours for night-time illumination. The cables can also include the ability to distribute Wi-Fi signals to become a data transmission line. Another important step has been taken to further improve water and waste recycling systems. We’ve been working on the development of a recycling system for our project here in Reno, a high desert climate where water is a scarce resource and evaporation is high from cooling towers and irrigation. We’ll use 50 percent less water in our project compared to hooking each user to a water meter. We’ll

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