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HBA San Francisco has completed the redesign of Sofitel New York, delivering a refreshed vision for the brand’s US flagship in Midtown Manhattan. The project brings Parisian savoir-faire into conversation with the pace and precision of New York,...
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We don’t often feature residential projects, but for Cielo we're making an exception. Located in the heart of Nagpur, Maharashtra, Sanjay Puri Architects' almighty Cielo rises as a compact, climate-conscious building. Designed on a modest 900...
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SLS has landed on Saudi Arabia’s Shura Island, and with it arrives one of the Red Sea’s most visually charged new resorts. Now officially open, SLS The Red Sea brings the brand’s unmistakable mix of bold design, social energy and playful...
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AINEN, located within the Tersane İstanbul shopping centre, is a burger joint that’s as smart as it is delicious. Designed by URBANJOBS, whose previous projects Esca in Izmir and Scalla in Istanbul have been featured on these fair pages, the...
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This is it. The final call. The door is almost shut on the 2025—2026 edition of the A’ Design Awards & Competition, and if your work is sitting on a hard drive waiting for the right moment, this is that moment. With submissions closing on 28...
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Long-time devotees of Barcelona’s open-air dance circuit will need no telling that SOUNDIT has confirmed itself as the city’s go-to regular day rave for those with a more discerning taste for electronic music. Having welcomed the likes of...
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Gambit Bar has opened beneath Newman Street, a moody subterranean addition to Fitzrovia’s late-night landscape. The new venue comes from London hospitality group Kinsfolk & Co, set within The Newman hotel on the corner of Newman and Goodge Street,...
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blanchette archi.design presents Siège Social bistro and Café Social, a new hybrid hospitality space on the ground floor of 1111 Saint-Charles Street West in Longueuil, Quebec. Commissioned by Groupe Mercille and delivered by PR Desjardins, the...
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ROOST Rainey has arrived in Austin, marking Method Co.’s first Texas property and eighth apartment hotel nationwide. Spread across four floors of Paseo — LV Collective’s 48 storey mixed-use tower at 80 Rainey Street — the 59 unit hotel...
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ERE has opened in Montreal’s Cité du Multimédia, positioned at the intersection of Griffintown and Old Montreal. Occupying a 4,415 square foot ground floor corner unit within a seven storey office building, the fitness and community space is...
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Set along South Africa’s Garden Route in the Western Cape, Tamodi Estate & Polo Reserve presents a considered approach to rural hospitality. Surrounded by the rolling slopes of the Tsitsikamma mountain range and tempered by a gentle ocean breeze,...
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MasaHouse is a new Mexico City restaurant by Estereotomia Architects where food and design are given equal billing. The project brings together steel, wood, glass, and light in a space that offers diners an experience shaped as much by its...
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Salon Volta is a new barbershop in Laval, Quebec, that rethinks the familiar codes of grooming through a concept centred on craft and community. Moving away from the traditional model, the project positions itself as a space where barbering unfolds...
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Interior design studio and creative consultancy Ste Marie has completed Olia Ristorante and Mimi Bar, a pair of hospitality venues conceived as a day-to-night sequence at the base of new residential tower Citizen on Jasper. Commissioned by Corso 32...
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On a private estate in central Ukraine, YOD Group has reimagined the traditional mazanka — the archetypal rural home — for the contemporary era. These 50 square metre guesthouses reinterpret the vernacular, translating thick whitewashed walls...
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Situated at the edge of Montmartre, where Pigalle’s energy meets Parisian rooftops, Hôtel Rochechouart is a 1929 Art Deco landmark given a contemporary pulse. Design duo Festen has restored the building’s historic details while threading a...
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Traditional birdwatching frequently seems like a commitment. It may involve long-haul flights to remote locations, getting up early in the morning, and spending hours in uncertain weather. Even then, sightings can never be guaranteed. For many, the...
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In today’s fast-paced world, finding simple and effective ways to improve mental wellbeing is more important than ever. One of the easiest and most accessible solutions is bringing nature indoors through house plants. Beyond their aesthetic...
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The evolution of botanical wellness has reached a significant crossroads as the focus shifts from raw plant material to molecular precision. For decades, the industry relied on whole-leaf preparations, valuing the earthy, unrefined nature of...
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There’s a particular kind of clarity that arrives late. Not the dramatic, cinematic kind—but something quieter. A slow realization that the way your mind has always worked might finally have a name. For many, that name is adult onset...