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On Mayfair’s Mount Street, a new dining room has recently opened behind an unexpected threshold. Automat, now open at number 127, introduces a contemporary American dining concept that looks back to early and mid-century Americana while remaining...
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Huachiao Vibrant Sports Park located in Kunshan, Suzhou, offers a confident vision for how contemporary public space can weave together culture, sport, and everyday life. Although completed in March 2024, the park remains worthy of mention in 2026,...
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Botanicafé is a health-focused restaurant and specialty coffee bar in Buenos Aires’ Retiro district, conceived as a laidback counterpoint to the bustling city life outside. Designed by Ohio Estudio as an interior landscape rather than a...
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The Zetter Group is set to deepen its connection to the UK capital with the opening of The Zetter Bloomsbury in March 2026, a 68 bedroom hotel housed across six interconnecting Georgian townhouses moments from Russell Square. Sitting directly...
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World Design Rankings offers a global snapshot of design excellence, measuring countries by the number of designers who have received the A’ Design Award. Nations don’t enter the rankings themselves; instead, they are represented by...
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URBANAUTS has opened its latest Vienna address, hideauts hotels Villa R, set within the leafy cottage district of the city’s 19th district. Surrounded by embassies and grand villas, the Art Deco building offers a quieter counterpoint to the...
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Dandelion is the latest cocktail bar to land in downtown Manhattan, opening in the West Village by Eytan Sugarman and Will Makris, the pair behind Zero Bond, White Horse Tavern and Made in New York Pizza. It’s a familiar roll call, but this...
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TOKKIA is a new addition to Covent Garden, and Europe’s first luxury Korean matcha house. Founded by Sooji Im — who previously introduced London to Korean tea culture with be-oom in Exmouth Market — the project brings a focused look at Korean...
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Set within the ground floor retail space of a landmarked Berlin building, Flip-N-Fry's flagship hamburger restaurant sets out to be upbeat, family-friendly and unmistakably memorable. Designed as a repeatable prototype, the interior uses colour,...
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Bunkhouse Hotels expands its Houston presence with the opening of Hotel Daphne, a 49 room refuge in the historic Houston Heights. Following the success of the exquisite Hotel Saint Augustine in Montrose, the Austin-based brand continues its mission...
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In Kyiv, a much-loved neighbourhood coffee shop has been reconditioned, emerging with an interior that feels familiar yet cinematic. The venue, known to locals simply as Frank, had remained unchanged for nine years, and when the time came to refresh...
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An intimate hideaway shaped by quiet luxury and a sense of dreamlike calm, NABOA Hotel arrives on the Yucatán's Riviera Maya as the first expression of a new global hospitality vision. Set between lush jungle and the turquoise hues of the...
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Reopened in the centre of Megève, Hotel Saint-Georges returns as a thoughtfully reimagined alpine retreat with a new visual language and razor-sharp focus. Set within a traditional chalet, the five-star hotel has been reimagined by Paris-based...
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The Zetter Group is set to deepen its connection to the UK capital with the opening of The Zetter Bloomsbury in March 2026, a 68 bedroom hotel housed across six interconnecting Georgian townhouses moments from Russell Square. Sitting directly...
City Notes
TOKKIA is a new addition to Covent Garden, and Europe’s first luxury Korean matcha house. Founded by Sooji Im — who previously introduced London to Korean tea culture with be-oom in Exmouth Market — the project brings a focused look at Korean...
City Notes
Bunkhouse Hotels expands its Houston presence with the opening of Hotel Daphne, a 49 room refuge in the historic Houston Heights. Following the success of the exquisite Hotel Saint Augustine in Montrose, the Austin-based brand continues its mission...
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Human hair extensions have quietly become one of the defining materials of contemporary self-presentation. Once confined to salon makeovers and celebrity transformations, they now sit at the intersection of personal branding, performance, and...
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In most modern history, all these years, “doing more” usually meant “hiring more”. Growth was believed to be directly proportional to headcount because the work was manual. More customers created more tickets (issues), more orders created...
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The story of how a billion-dollar casino hotel that reinvents itself while guests sleep, and why precision documentation is the invisible foundation of every great renovation. At 3am on a Tuesday, while high rollers chase fortunes on the casino...
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Being a carer is one of the most special things a person can do. Some people with disabilities require extra help, whether it’s just help around the house or around-the-clock care; the people who care for people with disabilities or chronic...