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"Design Suites Calafate | Calafate, Argentina A room with a view reaches new heights at the five-star Design Suites Calafate on the shores of Argentina&amp;#039;s Lake Argentino, just steps from Patagonia&amp;#039;s Perito Moreno Glacier. Designed by Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott, the gorgeously angular hotel, which includes a spa, a heated pool and an art gallery, cuts its own striking form along with the nearby glacier and features local wood and stone both indoors and out. The bonus is that each guest is guaranteed a breathtaking view, as all 60 suites are graced with floor-to-ceiling glass windows that face either the lake or the steppes. Rooms from $155 (54+11/5199-7465, designsuites.com). De La Costa | Chicago Prepare yourself for a bit of theater in Nuevo Latino star chef Douglas Rodriguez&amp;#039;s latest restaurant, De La Costa, next to the city&amp;#039;s hopping Navy Pier. The 12,000-square-foot space, dreamed up by designer-architect Suhail, is surprisingly intimate, with dramatic jewel-toned fringed curtains delineating one dining-lounging space from the other. Features include a ceviche and a sangria bar and private cabanas in the solarium. Popular entr\u00E9es are churrasco De La Costa, a Uruguayan beef tenderloin, and olive oil\u2013poached halibut. Main courses range from $21 to $38 (465 E. Illinois St.; 312/464-1700, delacostachicago.com).  Open House: Architecture and Technology for Intelligent Living | Pasadena, CA The future of architecture looks high tech, according to Open House: Architecture and Technology for Intelligent Living, an exhibition that runs from April 14 through July 1 at the Art Center College of Design. Ten architectural firms selected from a global competition were charged with incorporating the latest in communication and material technologies with architecture and with dreaming up futuristic yet feasible ways of living. The result? Technology that goes far beyond home automation. The show features a house that purifies rainwater through a skin of titanium dioxide\u2013coated cavities and a village of geo-textile-covered towers (shown) designed by Korean firm Mass Studies (950 S. Raymond Ave.; artcenter.edu).  Farm | Napa, CA The hilly Carneros region, which circles the northern reaches of San Francisco Bay, is legendary for cultivating fine wines. Now it has food that lives up to the area&amp;#039;s world-class reputation. The Carneros Inn recently opened Farm in collaboration with the PlumpJack group. The restaurant, designed by William Rawn Associates, resembles a sleek barn with cathedral ceilings and has an overscale indoor-outdoor fireplace. The seasonal, locally sourced menu, overseen by executive chef Kimball Jones, has included Sonoma lamb and ricotta ravioli with lamb jus and rabbit rag\u00F9 with acorn squash, currants and spinach pappardelle. Main courses begin at $20 (4048 Sonoma Hwy.; 707/299-4882, carnerosinn.com).  Hotel ZaZa | Houston The city&amp;#039;s landmark Warwick Hotel, a 12-story neoclassical building, has been completely renovated and rechristened Hotel ZaZa. It now has 315 rooms\u2014including suites and pool-side bungalows, a second-story pool with gardens and terraces, the Monarch restaurant and ZaSpa. Although the place has a lot of history, you can make your own. Rooms from $219 (5701 Main St.; 713/526-1991, hotelzazahouston.com). Inform Interiors | Vancouver, BC Inform Interiors, the furniture and lighting showroom that Danish-born furniture designer and manufacturer Niels Bendtsen opened in 1980, recently relocated to a stunning, nearly 30,000-square-foot space in the city&amp;#039;s historic cobblestone section known as Gastown. The store carries all the who&amp;#039;s-who lines of contemporary furniture, including B&amp;amp;amp;B Italia, Zanotta, Fontana Arte, Artemide, Kartell and Classicon. Bendtsen, whose Ribbon chair is included in the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, also sells sleek pieces from his own furniture company, Bensen (50 Water St.; 604/682-3868, informinteriors.com).  Philip Johnson Glass House | New Canaan, CT Architecture enthusiasts have a new modernist mecca to flock to as the famous Philip Johnson Glass House opens its doors to the public. A National Trust for Historic Preservation site, the 47-acre property includes 14 buildings. The Glass House itself, built by Johnson in 1949, is a one-room structure supported and divided by black steel pillars. The compound was a campus for Johnson and his late partner, the curator and collector David Whitney, to showcase their innovations in architecture, art and landscape. Ninety-minute tours of eight to ten people leave by van from a new, 2,000-square-foot visitor center in downtown New Canaan. Visit philipjohnsonglasshouse.org for reservations (199 Elm St.; 203/594-9885). "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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