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Melbourne
By transforming an underground site into a multifunctional and modern wellness space on Melbourne’s Russell Street, Travis Walton Architects (TWA) have created something entirely new for the area; at the same time paying homage to the different...
Zürich
Zürich fitness fanatics are getting the full workout at Balboa, a new gymnasium that occupies two floors of a former Credit Suisse canteen; the upper of the two delivering a surprise knockout blow. The sister gym to Erich Züger’s...
Lifestyle
Simplicity, in itself, is a complex concept. More so, realising simplicity is often a much more difficult task than achieve than something more elaborate, involved. Just ask Apple, whose 'simple' products involve millions of dollars of research and...
Mexico City
When I was a kid, the only royal in a barbershop was the proverbial 'right royal fu ... '. Barbers were butchers with scissors instead of knifes. Then all these hipster barbershops started cropping up, harking back to the golden era with their...
City Notes
'The concept is simple,' say the team behind Japanese multi-venue arts-hospitality venture BnA Project, 'we create art hotel rooms with artists, the artists receive a percentage of the booking fee every time their room is booked. Room design, from...
The Edit
Emily Forgot is the appropriately mysterious alias of Emily Alston, a London-based artist who has worked in the creative industry over the last decade; amassing a diverse range of international clients, and gaining plaudits from big-hitters like...
City Notes
Taking its name from Nelson Algren’s 1956 novel A Walk on the Wild Side, and inspiration from iconic mid-century diners and bars, Dove’s Luncheonette provides diners with a dollop of nostalgia in Chicago’s enduringly cool Wicker Park 'hood;...
City Notes
An 1880s-era hotel has been transformed into a contemporary boutique destination in the remote but mythical West Texas town of Marfa, which is riding high on its curious but significant art scene; from Donald Judd moving here from New York in 1973...
Dispatches
What with Weedles and Squirtles and Pinsirs and co., strange creatures have become a regular part of many people's day to day lives in recent months — for one Instagrammer, though, imaginary beasts have been coming into view a little longer; Ben...
Dispatches
The London EDITION is well known for lasting comfort and extraordinary style — two elements that, thanks to a collaboration with nearby independent bicycle company tokyobike, will be taken outside the walls of Ian Schrager's decadent bolthole and...
Dispatches
The outstanding architectural legacy left by Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as Le Corbusier, is undoubtedly one of the 20th century's most significant. Pioneering Urbanism, inadvertently triggering the Brutalist movement, conceiving...
Dispatches
This is an advertorial for Safestore Clean and crisp, clutter kept to the bare minimum, Scandi-cool. You know the script: minimalism rules. Right? Wrong. Maximalism has been making a quiet comeback of late — extravagant Parisian hotels that...
