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Miami
Chotto Matte is drenched in the drama of Miami Beach from the moment you meet a mammoth pivoting door that punctuates a stark white façade. It only gets more impressive. A retractable ceiling sees Herzog & de Meuron's iconic 1111 Lincoln Rd car...
Dispatches
As the A’ Design Award & Competition continues to grow, some 1,962 winners from 100 countries across a total of 99 different design disciplines were recognised at a spectacular ceremony on the banks of Italy’s Lake Como earlier this year—it's...
Rostov-on-Don
Eduard Eremchuk has seen off typical associations with florists and floristry with a minimalist flower shop in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. Moving away from a familiar abundance of flowers and natural tones, the architect instead concentrates...
Technology
Invented and patented in 1998 as way for children and adults to learn about and explore magnetic construction, Geomag's products awaken a curiosity to build, understand, and create. Kits—available in varying sizes—contain magnetic rods and...
Publications
Nikolai Vassiliev, an author and historian specialising in architecture and urban history, has collaborated once more with Blue Crow Media. Following the 2016-published Constructivist Moscow Map, the publisher's ongoing series of architecture and...
Publications
Due to unbridled success following its 2012 launch, including a billing as one of the ‘Six of Belgium’s Best Travel Guides’, publishing house Luster have released a new edition of Best Buildings - Belgium, fusing a mix of well-known...
Publications
Karl Hab’s latest photo-book, 24H HONG KONG, sees the talented Parisian switching his lens to the daily comings and goings of the city’s people from the ground to the sky; documenting through day and night a vibrant, densely-populated urban...
Copenhagen
When Arne Jacobsen’s SAS Hotel opened in 1960, it was the Danish capital’s first skyscraper and the world’s first design hotel. Step inside the hotel commissioned by the airline Scandinavian Airlines System and return to a golden age of jet...
Publications
"Toronto is beginning to redefine itself through its concrete heritage," write an editorial team from the city's ERA Architects, "the fabric of our post-war growth—the architecture of our schools, universities, libraries and mass housing. Many are...
London
Occupying the empty levels of a well-known multi-storey carpark in south-east London, Peckham Levels is an intoxicating creative campus for innovators, creators, artists, makers, and entrepreneurs; a cultural hub conceived by social enterprise...
Dispatches
Some 1,962 winners from 100 countries in 99 different design disciplines were honoured at the prestigious A’ Design Award and Competition 2018, the esteemed judging panel championing international design across a broad spectrum—from furniture,...
Madrid
Having fallen into a state of disrepair after the closure of a seedy old Sala X, Madrid-based practice Plantea Estudio have converted a collection of spaces within the old sex cinema on the city's Calle del Duque de Alba—a new concept of cinema...
City Notes
In the heart of downtown Zapopan, a neighbouring city of Guadalajara Mexico, Zorra Zapopan is the second outpost of Cervecería Zorra, a stunning project brought to fruition by esteemed studios Taller Dinamita and Taller Binario that combines a...
City Notes
Soft-launched 15 March, following an intensive restoration, Barcelona’s Grand Hotel Central has emerged as a triumph of contemporary luxury; a homage to its own weighty history and grandeur, yet breathing the fresh air of modern Catalunya....
City Notes
Opening just last month on Barcelona's Via Laietana, the road that separates the city's El Born and El Gòtic neighbourhoods, restaurant Can Bo completes the reimagined Grand Hotel Central; the street-level gastronomic concept focussing on tapas and...
City Notes
From first stepping into the kitchen aged 10, to creating supper club 'Eureka' in the family home, Flynn McGarry went on to open his first permanent fine dining restaurant, Gem, in New York City's Lower East Side at 19 years old, before going on to...
Dispatches
Colour correction is an important part of video editing tools. It helps make videos look natural and clear. Sometimes, cameras do not capture colours as they should. The lighting may be too bright or too dull. Colours may look off, making the video...
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There are many reasons to move house, but that creates a conundrum that homeowners should ask themselves: Should I sell my house or rent it out? The 2024 Zillow Consumer Housing Trend Report shows that 66% of homeowners considered renting their...
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