Thessaloníki
Housed within a building that dates back to the early 1900s, Thessaloniki boutique hotel The Modernist combines old-world grace with casual luxury, local architectural studio FORMrelated restoring the property in a style that runs a design genre...
Montreal
In stark contrast to the long and harsh winters Montreal is known for, hip restaurant and bar Jack Rose is a a tropically-themed haunt for all those laid-back and artsy folk that make up the city's Mile End quarter. Located on boulevard...
Santorini
Carved into caves and cliffs high above the mesmerising Aegean Sea, Vora Villas is a three-bedroom boutique hotel that celebrates both the architectural traditions of the island of Santorini and its crater-edge location; contemporary styling...
Washington D.C.
When your new hotel project gets billed as "hell on Earth" by an internationally-known 'journalist', one might think you were on to a loser. But if said internationally-known 'journalist' was the regrettable oxygen-drain, Alex Jones, you might think...
Madrid
Upon arrival at 2060 The Newton Hostel & Market, guests are greeted with some very specific messaging accompanied by a drawing of an apple: black text against a white background reading 'welcome to the end of the world'. A nod to a certain Mr Isaac...
London
Housed in a Grade II* listed building that dates back to 1863, The Belrose—a neighbourhood pub with its own on- site microbrewery—serves up a menu of Italian-inspired dishes, signature house IPA, and boasts a sizeable, south-facing beer garden,...
Connecticut
Embodying the concept of luxury with a philosophy rooted in community, aesthetics, and comfort, The Blake is a hotel steeped in authenticity for locals and travellers alike—a gathering place for likeminded souls to learn about and embrace the...
Dolomites
Originally built as a refuge shelter in the middle of the 19th century at 2,200 meters below the rocky Sassopiatto, the Zallinger Hut was accompanied by seven barns and a church, the barns to be replaced by a single building some years on. In...
Milan
When brothers Salvatore and Matteo Aloe opened their first pizzeria fresh out of University in 2010, little did they know that less than a decade later, two would turn into a team of roughly 90, with nine restaurants in their native Italy, and two...
Tokyo
Fashion, music, food and lodgings collide at Hotel Koé Tokyo, a complex in the commercial heart of Shibuya set over three floors and offering a new concept in hospitality. Calling their concept 'new basic for new culture', Koé is a lifestyle and...
Philadelphia
A magnet for creative types, Philadelphia's Fishtown neighbourhood buzzes with cultural energy—brimming with galleries, studios, bistros, beer gardens and music venues. Befitting then that Lokal Hotel chose the area to lay the foundations for...
Calgary
It is said that once upon a time two guys by the names of Phil and Sebastian, disappointed by the lack of quality donuts in their vicinity, decided to create their own. Fast forward a few years, perhaps a few more pounds put on 'testing' their...
Journal
It's little after 08.00 and I'm being led to the beach, a salt-baked pineapple welcome drink beginning to revive my senses following a lengthy journey. Passing the hotel's open-sided restaurant bustling with breakfast guests, we reach white sands...
City Notes
Shamil and Kavi Thakrar's much-lauded group of Indian restaurants informed by the old Irani cafés of Bombay has opened in Manchester; whipping the folk of Cottonopolis into a frenzy, with hungry bustle along Bridge Street a regular sight as fans...
City Notes
You’re in a dark, seductive basement somewhere in Barcelona’s old city. A dwarf urges you to swallow ‘the blue pearl’. You do. And nothing's quite the same for the next few hours. It’s a swirling, contorting, perplexing trip—the sort...
City Notes
With humbling views over Palatine Hill, The Rooms of Rome palazzo rhinoceros are the residential quarters of a historic palace reimagined by the Fondazione Alda Fendi – Esperimenti to promote artistic experimentations that go beyond conventional...
Dispatches
Calling all designers, artists, architects, brands, design agencies and all other ambitious creative souls. There is still time to submit your potentially-award-winning work to the next edition of the A' Design Award and Competition—allowing your...
Dispatches
Wales is a beautiful, often untouched country. Raw and majestic, dramatic mountain ranges, rolling hills and breathtaking coastline. And, if you’ve ever heard Super Furry Animals or Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, it can be downright weird too. Wood...
Dispatches
If your New Year's resolution list contained anything about 'bettering your career' or 'getting your work in front of more people', the A' Design Awards could well be the opportunity you've been waiting for. And now is your last chance to make those...
Dispatches
Sleep is often overlooked in favour of those things we do during our conscious hours. We feel that we can’t control it, we desire less of it in the quest for productivity, but that mindset—says sleep scientist Matthew Walker—is killing us....