James Chambers
Architecture
We help Sydney improve the quality of after-life, meet the Vietnamese designers looking to the past for new solutions and venture into the dapper new showroom of an Italian design giant.
Lee Byung-hun: Mr Sunshine
When the crowds thin out, South Korea’s most in‑demand leading man likes to enjoy some downtime at his favourite restaurant.
Blue-sky thinker
An aeronautical eureka moment helped Michimasa Fujino relaunch the stalled Honda Aircraft project – and its HA-420 is now the private-aviation industry’s most sought-after jet.
Ask the experts
Auckland’s mayor, a Slovenian urban planner and Taiwan’s cycling maven all have one thing in common: they want to improve the way you get from A to B.
Gearing up
City planners plotting new routes should look to these three cities for hints on how to get people moving.
Architecture
From a Swiss school putting good architecture on its curriculum to a fix for a Warsaw eyesore.
Straight talker
A high-speed victory, a strong vision for women in politics and some horse-trading too helped spark Jacinda-mania. But there’s one person who remains a sceptic: the Kiwi PM.
Breaking new ground
From Europe to Asia and the US, large-scale urban-regeneration projects promise to transform entire city neighbourhoods. We plot the progress of five favourites.
Travel
An architectural revival in Hong Kong, a breath of fresh air in Beirut, a hideaway in Porto and a forest retreat in New Jersey: just some of our finds off the beaten track.
