Beijing
UCCA
One of the many notable things about the People's Republic of China is that it's bloody huge, and the cities are no different. The capital, Beijing, is so big it even has a designated art district – the rather coolly-named 798 Art...
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Post-Mao artisans forge a new future...
You have five seconds to name a Chinese designer or artist. Go. A cursory pat on the back if you came up with Ai WeiWei or Neri&Hu, bonus points for Li Wei, but take a huge bow if you managed any of the names featuring in the exhibition Chinese...
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Starchitect's latest a mind-warping vision of the future...
Plug into the mainframe baby, and download data pack FutureIsHere™ v3.0 - here's a behemoth of a structure that is likely to cause irreparable heart damage to anyone who still wears denim jackets with heavy metal patches. For many years,...
Beijing
EAST Beijing
Our partnership with Swire Hotels, and their very own culture and design blog You'd Be Much Better Here, continues this week as they celebrate the launch of their latest Asian property. "A business hotel with life" runs the strapline at Beijing's...
Shanghai
MATTO Bar & Pizzeria
Shanghai, the world's biggest city and a figurehead for the super-powered development of China. Re-invention, re-genesis, development, all by-words for the city, and indeed Asia as a whole. So it's a pleasant surprise to find a restaurant in this...
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revered designers unveil staggering retail space...
Regarded as one of China's finest architecture and design practices, Neri&Hu (Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu) were asked to reinvent a building in Qingpu, a town on the outskirts of Shanghai. Home to Design Collective, a group of design-led contemporary...
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Dramatic, asymmetrical space for new gallery café...
Spiky geometric interiors, sharply contoured walls punctuating spaces with razor-edged elegance; it's all so en vogue don't you know? Situated within a 3,000 sq ft, three-storey gallery in Hangzhou, Arthouse Café - by Hong Kong agency Joey Ho...
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City Notes
A lavish new Midtown members club serves the modern Manhattanite a heady cocktail of culture, wellness, hospitality, and community...
Moss opens at 520 Fifth Avenue, immediately at home among Midtown Manhattan’s architectural mix. Set across four expansive floors, the concept unites culture, wellness, hospitality, and community for a new generation of New Yorkers who want their...
City Notes
A new Borough Yards outpost carries Plaza Khao Gaeng’s southern Thai cooking into the atmospheric Stoney Street arches...
Plaza Khao Gaeng opens its second London restaurant in Borough Yards, bringing its Michelin Bib Gourmand-recognised Southern Thai cooking to a new setting beneath the historic Stoney Street arches. Following the success of the original Tottenham...
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Concrete Afterlives: An emotional exploration of Brutalist icons Park Hill, Trellick Tower and the Barbican, both then and now...
Stand at ground level at Park Hill and you can almost smell yesterday’s pub food drifting out from the cafés and hear the ghost-clank of milk floats the decks were once designed to carry. The Grace Owen nursery sits on its small patch of...
The Edit
Alex Da Corte leads a Parade of pop culture, personas, and psychological tableaus through New York's Matthew Marks Gallery...
Devotees of high-concept visual worlds and razor-sharp cultural remixing have reason to clear space in their calendars, Matthew Marks Gallery having unveiled Alex Da Corte: Parade, the artist’s first solo outing in New York in over five years, on...
Dispatches
Dispatches
Does your design have what it takes to compete with the best? This is your call to join 2026's edition of the A' Design Award...
Those of you who've been reading We Heart for some time will already be familiar with the A’ Design Award. It’s a competition we’ve partnered with for many years, and one we genuinely enjoy shouting about; mainly as time and time again it...
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Discover the best destinations for long holidays, travel tips, and inspiration to relax, explore, and enjoy unforgettable adventures...
Long holidays are rare gifts—extra days that give you the freedom to slow down, explore farther, and truly enjoy the journey. Unlike short weekend trips, a long holiday allows you to immerse yourself in a destination, experience local culture, and...
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Luggage storage options in Santa Monica help travellers move friction-free between beach, boutiques and boardwalk...
Santa Monica is one of California's premier coastal destinations, known for its beach, pier, shopping streets and relaxed ambience. Travelers arriving early or leaving late often face one major hurdle: what to do with their luggage. Carrying bags...
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Nile Cruise Egypt: Part floating hotel, part moving viewpoint, it pairs relaxation and curated excursions with ever changing scenery...
Egypt is a land of ancient history, golden stones, and deserts where everything seems very interesting and eye-catching. Visiting this place is one of the unforgettable memories that everyone can enjoy. Among all of these memories, having the Nile...