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New York
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has a new addition: The Met Breuer — whose press fact sheet comes with a handy pronunciation guide. Pronounced BROY-er (try saying that without a New Yoyk accent), it's named after the Brutalist building's...
London
Most of those (including yours truly) who're based in East London have, at one point, taken in the sights from Dalston Roof Park; have indulged in a party at the old Ashwin Street car park (now The Bootyard); or had coffee in Café Oto ... but did...
Journal
Tree houses, or treehouses, (whichever side of the grammatical fence you sit on), are blessed with an eternal ability to inspire. They are the stuff of childhood fantasies. If you weren't lucky enough to have a big old oak in your garden, you could...
Istanbul
Istanbul has a new hub for arts, culture and entertainment — Bomontiada, the recently-revived Bomonti Historic Brewery — and Kilimanjaro is its go-to spot for good food and good vibes. Designed by local studio Autoban, Kilimanjaro's...
Mexico City
Inhabiting the shell of the neglected 1970s icon Hotel Jardín Amazonas, Mexico City's Hotel Carlota retains a gritty edge, taking its indoors-outdoors motel vibe from its former life; Ignacio Cadena's Cadena + Asoc. and Javier Sánchez's JSª...
Dispatches
Underground travel can be a real burden, a painful slog that heightens stress levels and dirties the fingernails. In short: it sucks. How to make the experience a more pleasurable one? Fifteen years and €843m. Neither a quick nor cheap fix,...
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Dude; His Dudeness; Duder; El Duderino ... that is some house. Made famous as the home of The Big Lebowski's porn baron/loanshark Jackie Treehorn — along with several other movies and as a backdrop for photographers like Helmut Newton, Mario...
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'Totally addicted to Berlin architecture and ESPECIALLY the LEGO Architecture Studio Box', Arndt Schlaudraff is the man building his way around the world's (and his own imagination's) Brutalist gems, one LEGO brick at a time. Salk Institute...
Rio de Janeiro
Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow. It is both exact, and inevitable, but intangible and theoretical too; both the day after today and the the abstract notion of where we are going. All of us. Designed by Spanish starchitect Santiago Calatrava, in his...
The Edit
Hands up what you think of when you hear the name Shanghai. A shiny skyline reaching up to the heavens? Of course you do. But even at the start of this century, the city was a very different place. In fact, keen eyes could probably pick out...
Durham
The Triangle, North Carolina, a region anchored by cities Durham, Raleigh and Chapel Hill, that takes its name from Research Triangle Park; a 1950s masterplan that created one of the world's largest research parks. It is now more commonly known as a...
Barcelona
Art Strikes Back! It is not solely the name of Fundació Gaspar's debut exhibition, but a battle cry; a defiant call to arms, a declaration of the new Barcelona gallery's intent. Open for 90 years from 1906, Joan Gaspar i Xalabarder's Sala...
City Notes
“A masterclass in conceptuality,” a hotel that “takes you on a fuzzy trip of vague recollection,” and “a paradise of inimitable escapism.” That’s what we said about Port de Sóller’s impressive Bikini Island & Mountain Hotel three...
City Notes
Hidden in the quiet heart of rural Spain, La Torre del Visco Hotel offers unrivalled luxury and adventures walking in a shepherd’s footsteps across the ancient Aragonese landscape that once inspired Picasso… In the early 20th century,...
City Notes
The world’s first StandardX hotel has opened in Fitzroy, Melbourne, the offshoot of the renowned global The Standard hotels, officially touted as the brand’s “rebellious younger sibling” with an offering of “intuitive hospitality without...
Stuff Crush
See captivating, never-before-published photographs of 1970s and '80s USA cultural hotspots including New York City, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Miami Beach and more in Street Walker, a new publication from revered street photographer and...
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The purpose of nursing homes is to provide older people at risk with the care and attention they require in a secure setting. For some residents, however, the truth is unsettling: abuse by doctors and other medical professionals. Nursing home...
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China, the United States of America, and Japan do it again, the three powerhouses ranking 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the fourth consecutive year in the A’ Design Awards' World Design Rankings. Using a slick methodology for ranking countries, the...
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We’ve all seen them. You know, rickety and rusty carports dragging down a property’s curb appeal. In fact, the eyesore is all you pay attention to. Even though carport designs have improved over the years the structures still lack some curb...