NEW YORK, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Paige Rense, Editor in Chief of Architectural Digest and Charles S. Cohen, President/CEO of Cohen Brothers Realty Corporation today announce their exclusive partnership covering a series of major to-the-trade design market events that will take place at the Decoration and Design Building (D&D) in New York City, the Pacific Design Center (PDC) in West Hollywood, CA, the Design Center of the Americas (DCOTA) in Southeastern Florida and the Decorative Center Houston (DCH) in Texas.

As sole publishing industry sponsor for these major to-the-trade market events, Architectural Digest, the world's leading design magazine with a readership of over 5 million, will showcase the AD 100, its selection of the industry's top designers and architects whose works have been featured in the magazine over the past several years. Members of the AD 100 will participate in keynote panel discussions, showroom programs and presentations during the national market events.

  --  The D&D Building Fall Market on October 10 and 11, 2007 will feature a
      panel discussion moderated by Architectural Digest's Paige Rense,
      along with other showroom programs.
  --  The DCOTA Winter Market 2008 will continue the series on January 29
      and 30 with two days of dynamic programming.
  --  The PDC will host the Westweek Market on March 26 and 27, 2008.
  --  The DCH Spring Market day will take place on May 6, 2008.

"Sponsoring this series of design market events is a marvelous opportunity for Architectural Digest to celebrate the decorators, architects and manufacturers whose work and product lines grace the pages of the magazine," observed Ms. Rense. "The partnership with Charles S. Cohen and his company's design centers is truly symbiotic." According to Mr. Cohen, "The partnership with Architectural Digest reflects an ideal alignment of the design centers' goals and the magazine's editorial reputation - both mediums are the destinations for luxury home furnishings and design expertise. We look forward to working with the Architectural Digest team on this exciting national endeavor."

During the market events in each city, Architectural Digest will hold "open auditions" for residential interior designers. Each day, a panel of Architectural Digest editors will meet with candidates and evaluate their work. Winning submissions will appear both in a future issue of Architectural Digest and on the magazine's website: www.architecturaldigest.com

The fall market at New York's D&D building will also mark the inauguration of the prestigious "Stars of Design" awards in the New York metro area. The "Stars of Design" awards were established in 1994 in Los Angeles, and the recipients are selected based on the individuals' contributions in their respective areas of design and design related fields that merit recognition. In January 2007, DCOTA's Winter Market welcomed the "Stars of Design" awards to southern Florida for the first time, a tribute to recognize the best of the region's designers. Past honorees include: Barbara Barry, Saul Bass, Michael Berman, Dale Chihuly, Frank O. Gehry, Robert Graham, Jack Lenor Larsen, Thom Mayne, Richard Meier, Mary Nichols, Helmut Newton, Cesar Pelli, Andree Putnam, Edward Ruscha, Michael S. Smith and Rose Tarlow, among others.

About Architectural Digest

Architectural Digest is the world's definitive design magazine, reaching an audience of 5 million readers each month. The magazine features the work of world-class authors and photographers and regularly presents a "first look" at the homes of leaders in the fields of entertainment, fashion, business, society and the arts. For more information, visit www.architecturaldigest.com

About Charles S. Cohen

Visionary developer Charles S. Cohen is known for his brilliant repositioning of commercial real estate. Mr. Cohen heads a multi-faceted real estate development company that develops, owns and manages more than 12 million square feet of prime office and showroom space in Los Angeles, Manhattan, Florida and Houston, including several of New York City's most prestigious Class A office building addresses.

Source: Cohen Brothers Realty Corporation

CONTACT: Mary Loving, , or Maura Duggan,
, both of Loving & Company for Cohen Brothers Realty
Corporation, or Ellen Rubin of Architectural Digest,

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