Mr Hare is a new men's shoe firm with distinctly old-fashioned values.

While Monocle's all for pedal power for a better environment and poolside calves, we also have room in our parking bay for a peppy little Honda Zoomer in army olive or safety-sign orange.

Japanese architect Yasuhiro Yamashita’s studio Atelier Tekuto has just completed a new house in Yokohama, the second in an ongoing project to explore the use of aluminium in house building.

This small home in Ticino, Switzerland, has a facade crafted from wood offcuts.

With its clean, graphic look, this residential development by Slovenian architects Bevk Perović is set to become Ljubljana's new landmark.

"I love making paper," says Yoichi Fujimori, speaking from his firm's booth at Maison et Objet in Paris.