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Los Angeles
Pop quiz. What do The All England Tennis Club's Centre Court, The Millennium Stadium, and Los Angeles restaurant Redbird all have in common? Parp! Time's up, and the answer is... they all have retractable roofs. Very well done if you got that one at...
Madrid
As all chefs know, the best and freshest produce available in a big city is to be found in the early hours in the bustling markets, or straight from the slaughterhouses before most of the population even wakes. At Madrid restaurant Sala de Despiece...
London
Getting to know new people by inviting them around for dinner is a tradition that Sicilians have perfected over many generation. Simple dishes that draw on local produce, lovingly prepared, and all washed down with wines from the sun-drenched...
Berlin
The flavours of authentic Japanese cuisine can be hard to find in the West — even good restaurants of the type don't always have the courage to challenge the tastebuds of their Western patrons with some of the unique flavours and ingredients of...
The Edit
Get over to Hoxton Square's KK Outlet before 28 March and you are in for all sorts of oddball delights from Danish-Swiss duo PUTPUT. These delights include such memorable works as Tribute to the Salami, and it's a cold and sober sort of person who...
Technology
It's great when you find an object that is exactly what you have been looking for, isn't it? When someone has designed and made something just how you had imagined it in your head. It doesn't happen too often though, and often compromises are made....
Miami
Ian Schrager has got form in Miami. In the early 1990s, the American hotelier and entrepreneur behind Studio 54 sensed the city was ready for a revival and set about building the luxury Art Deco hotel the Delano. It was the first new build in the...
Warsaw
It's the little things that make the difference, so they say, and Polish architectural designers BUCK.STUDIO have added lots of nice touches to their work on dinette in the western city of Wroclaw. Take the menus, for example. When the ordering is...
San Francisco
The San Francisco dining scene loves-loves-loves Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski's Michelin-starred State Bird Provisions, with queues of locals and tourists regularly stretching down Fillmore Street for a taste of its renowned quail. The two...
Paris
The Generator design hostel brand has cut the ribbon on its latest branch in Paris, and it's the largest Generator yet. One of the challenges of visiting Paris on a budget is trying to find somewhere affordable that isn't too far from the action,...
Journal
We are spending more time than ever in the kitchen. The days of the housewife shooing the rest of the family out of her exclusive domain while preparing the dinner in a pinny are now only seen in sit-com repeats. It has become a family affair –...
New York
The team from BHDM Design had a regular trek from their mid-town offices up to Hamilton Heights in Harlem for their latest job — the ground-up renovation of Hogshead Tavern — and the subway journeys left an impression on Dan Mazzerini and his...
City Notes
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...
City Notes
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...
City Notes
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...
The Edit
Adrian Cox’s upcoming solo show at Corey Helford Gallery in downtown Los Angeles is one that demands some serious attention. The Well of Dreams, opening Saturday 21 February in the Main Gallery, presents over 20 new works from the Los...
Dispatches
Raja Ampat, a remote island group in eastern Indonesia, presents one of the most extraordinary marine regions on Earth. Clear turquoise water, limestone karst islands, and vibrant coral reefs create a landscape that attracts travelers who value...
Dispatches
The Modern Relevance of Timepieces In an age when nearly everyone carries a smartphone, the wristwatch might seem obsolete, but it’s anything but. People still wear watches not just to tell time, but to express identity, reduce digital...
Dispatches
Planning a vacation for yourself is easy. Planning one for a group is an entirely different challenge. The moment you introduce multiple travelers into the equation, everything changes. Preferences collide. Budgets stretch. Wish lists grow longer by...
Dispatches
There’s something quietly outdated about the way we’re told to sell a home. List it. Wait. Negotiate. Hope nothing falls apart. But in a world where everything else has sped up — from how we work to how we travel — the idea of waiting...