City Notes
An Italian café by day, come nightfall, Mediterranean-inspired Shoreditch eatery Spelzini transforms into a cocktail and wine bar focussing on spuntini, antipasti and trammezzini under the guise of Luigi’s Bar. Located on Shoreditch...
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A neighbourhood spot to enjoy authentic Italian pizza made from local and homemade ingredients, Montreal's Vesta, is appetising, welcoming and generous. Accompanying a pizza menu that includes everything from the classic Margherita, to...
Stuff Crush
Captivating creatures, a butterfly has four different stages in its life cycle. Each with a different goal. Butterflies are also more often than not polymorphic, which means they have the ability to take on many forms. Final destination:...
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Born from founder Victoria Paltina’s frequent trips to Tel Aviv, HAYA is a new neighbourhood restaurant in London's affluent Notting Hill with a strong focus on Mediterranean sharing plates and quality; seasonal ingredients served amid a lively...
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From creative hub to collaborations, lunching to afterwork boozing, revelry and everything in between, new Hoxton multi-arts bar and club, Colours, is set to shake-up the East London scene with an explosion of colour and culture on Hoxton Square....
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Known for its reputation as a crashpad for indie and rock royalty, built in 1956 and having been frequented by the likes of Neil Young, David Bowie, Kurt Cobain, and Pearl Jam, the Phoenix Hotel underwent a loving restoration in 1987; noted hotelier...
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Tucked away discreetly on a quiet street in Philadelphia's Fishtown neighbourhood is HIROKI, an immersive Japanese dining concept deeply embedded in Japanese culture. A first for the area, introducing a new hospitality experience to the hip...
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Rina Lovko Studio have finished some staggering work for wholesale flower store, Dicentra, making for a second collaboration between the Kyiv-based studio and flower brand. Creating a retail space within their enormous warehouse—which is situated...
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Located in Weert, a small city in southeastern Netherlands, Chinese Box Club is no ordinary takeaway. in fact, thinking outside of the 'box' was integral to owners Lide and Aihua Chung, and designers Zware Jongens, who together sought to shake up...
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Taking aesthetic cues from its surrounding beauty and its name from the wild grass that grows on the sand dunes around the property, 96-room hotel Marram—the only oceanfront resort in the evocative Long Island village of Montauk—is a place for...
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Venture firm PUBLIC and workspace accelerator Huckletree have collaborated on a shared workspace that will nurture startups, investors, and innovators; the open-plan office enabling them to build relationships primarily with civil servants and...
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Rural and serene, stepping foot into Can Sastre—a plush yet rustic boutique hotel on the Isla Blanca, Ibiza—is somewhat akin to finding a secret slice of paradise. Located close to the small inland village of Santa Gertrudis, flanked...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
The first impression of your home isn't simply a matter of architectural design or interior decor. Curb appeal, the undeniable charm and allure of a property as viewed from the street, has an inexplicably powerful influence on property value....
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,...
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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...