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Buenos Aires
The fact that Harrods chose to locate an affiliate store in the Buenos Aires barrio Retiro speaks volumes about the kind of neighbourhood this is. Expect high-end boutiques, art galleries, museums, small palaces in a European architectural style -...
London
According to Charlie McVeigh, proprietor of The Draft House and new venture Bump Caves, the speakeasy is dead - and he isn't too cut-up about its demise. Talking about his new place on London's Tower Bridge Road, he reveals he's “over” the whole...
Journal
The Dutch Design Week 2014 event Sense Nonsense at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, had some amusing exhibits on show – a motorised, four wheeled aquarium in which the fish's movements drive the vehicle, for example – but it was Helmut Smit's more...
Barcelona
The Barceloní love a bit of cheese, you know. So much so that the entire city seems to eat it for breakfast in baguettes, which is a fabulous way to start the day (albeit murder on the waistline). But that is amateur stuff compared to Cheese Bar...
London
As home to America's car industry, there was a time when Detroit was a manufacturing powerhouse. Nothing lasts forever though, and in the second half of the 20th Century the wheels came off and Detroit sank into poverty and unemployment. It takes a...
Moscow
Moscow has identified the need to create a “cultural centre of gravity” on a par with New York's Williamsburg and Berlin's Mitte districts, and to that end the ArtKvartal project has been set in motion to turn a post-industrial area of the city...
Cornwall
“When churches fall completely out of use, what shall we turn them into?” mused Philip Larkin. The answer, in Truro at least, is a branch of burger and beer joint Hubbox. This 19th Century Wesleyan chapel is just around the corner from Hubbox's...
Graz
Florian Weitzer just keeps on coming up with new ways to impress us at his artistically savvy design hotels. It seems like only yesterday that we were marvelling at the Airstream trailer in the garden of his Hotel Daniel Vienna that doubles as a...
London
The latest addition to London’s booming Midtown (the part of the city that lies between its West End and The City, with a moniker clearly stolen from New York by crazed ad men) is sociably sprightly hotel The Hoxton, Holborn. Bringing with it from...
Oslo
Don't worry it's not just you, people have been drinking and blurting out their secrets since booze first became a thing. The Romans even coined a phrase for it – “in vino veritas”, or “in wine, truth”, and historians believe that the...
San Francisco
The money behind exclusive private members' club The Battery in San Francisco is Michael Birch, who sold social networking site Bebo to AOL for $850 million and then bought it back for $1 million just for kicks when it went belly up. He's also the...
Chicago
Although the States went to war to get rid of the Brits all those years ago it seems we're well and truly back in favour, and this year Chicago has welcomed London-born Soho House into the fold at what is the company's fifth American outlet....
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
A diamond bracelet is one accessory that always makes you look better when you dress up for a night out or a special event. A nice bracelet can make your outfit look more expensive and classy, whether you're going to a formal gala, a cocktail party,...
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...