New York
Prepare your tastebuds New York, things are getting spicy in Brooklyn with the opening of Balinese restaurant Selamat Pagi. Anyone who knows anything about Bali won't be surprised to hear that there's an Australian involved somewhere in this...
Lyndhurst
Just googling Lime Wood Hotel gives you the provincial goose-bumps. In the New Forest National Park where the wild ponies graze, you wonder how nice it would be to actually live in Hampshire. Fortunately for us Londoners, the hotel and its...
Kyiv
If all you have in your loft are some magazine back-issues, a half-built train set and the entire cast of extras from Arachnophobia, you may be thinking of sprucing the space up a bit. You'll need some serious real estate and the design chops of...
's-Hertogenbosch
It must be a little bittersweet to complete an interior design project for a restaurant - you hand over your baby to its adoptive parents and then to all intents and purposes disappear. The owner of Dit and Dit Ook, two venues separated only by the...
Taipei
The design concept for this cupcake bakery in Taipei is much like the design of the classic cupcake itself: a rigid, plain shell in which is held all the sweet ingredients. J.C. Architecture designed the cup of Les Bébés Cupcakery with the simple...
Oakland
Restaurant. Bar. Event space. Music venue. Bodega. Café. Art gallery. These days you'd better be prepared to offer your customers more than just a plate of good food if you want to capture their imaginations, and that is what chef Paul Canales and...
Basel
The folks at Volkshaus Basel have hit the architectural jackpot, bagging one of the world's finest design teams to spruce up their multi-use venue; Herzog & de Meuron carry a considerable reputation, but one that's always entirely founded. The...
Littlehampton
Inspired by the washed up objects found on a beach, the modernist wonder of Thomas Heatherwick's East Beach Café in Littlehampton is as rare an architectural treat you may find in Britain. Heatherwick, famed for the majestic UK Pavilion at...
Stockholm
Metal, garage, trance-formation...the opportunities for wordplay and punning are so plentiful at this former car park turned restaurant and nightclub that I'll let you have some fun with a few of your own while I get on with telling you how...
Utrecht
The designer of Stan & Co. clearly likes to engage with the customer, as everything at the restaurant in Utrecht is on display, and within reach. Good health and clean living also permeate this fresh feeling place on Ganzenmarkt, in the heart of the...
Bucharest
You've heard of products flying off the shelves when they become popular, but how about things falling from the ceiling. Well don't worry, there's no need to bring a helmet to Origo coffee shop in Bucharest, Romania – everything is tightly secured...
Melbourne
Too much of a good thing is wonderful, according to Mae West, and if you're a fellow hedonist heading out in St Kilda, Melbourne, there's a new palace of pleasure to include on your itinerary – the Acland St Cantina. That St is definitely St for...
City Notes
Bringing understated Scandinavian elegance to the edge of Warsaw’s historic Old Town, PURO Warszawa Stare Miasto is the latest addition to the design-led hotel group’s growing Polish portfolio, and possibly their most considered space...
City Notes
In Milan’s ever-evolving Isola district, MOGO has arrived on the scene, offering a destination where music, mixology, and modern Japanese cuisine come together in a high-design setting that will have aesthetics addicts frothing at the mouth. A...
City Notes
Opening its doors in February 2025, Ned’s Club Washington, DC marks the second collaboration between Soho House’s luxury brand and the design and architecture experts at Stonehill Taylor. Set across the 9th to 12th floors of two historic...
City Notes
After a century spent as apartment residences, and following a meticulous two-year transformation, Hotel Granada reopened its Spanish Colonial archways to guests in August 2024. Located at 1302 West Peachtree Street NW, this 120-room property now...
Dispatches
In a country where club floors open with Buddhist chants and Ladyboys offer dawn alms in corsets and stilettos, Elizabeth Waterman has found a world of contradictions too vivid to ignore. Over the past three years, and across four extended trips,...
Dispatches
Hard water. It's one of those household nuisances everyone talks about, but what exactly is it, and why is it such a big deal? Essentially, hard water is water that contains high levels of dissolved minerals, primarily calcium and magnesium. These...
Dispatches
For those designing the future, few accolades carry the weight of the A’ Design Award & Competition. With the submission period for the 2025—2026 edition well under way, this international juried competition calls on designers, innovators and...
Dispatches
Running a business in Frisco means keeping your property clean and inviting, which includes tackling the risk of pests before they can cause problems. Frisco businesses stay bug‑free by partnering with local experts in Frisco pest control,...