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Hospitality

At the club

Mexican hospitality firm Grupo Habita has brought a down-at-heel villa in the seaside town La Paz back to life. Welcome to Baja Club.

  • Issue #145
  • 5 min read
Ocean-view balconies at Baja Club with wood-panelled walls and striped seating overlooking the coastal landscape.
Hospitality

Fixed abode

A respectful restoration of a rundown modernist masterwork, the six-room Casa Pani has become a home away from home for creative thinkers.

  • Issue #144
  • 5 min read
Fixed abode
Culture

Back to life

New galleries, foundations and museums worldwide emerge from pandemic delays, with striking architecture housing impressive collections from German collector Helga de Alvear's Spanish outpost to international cultural debuts.

  • Issue #144
  • 1 min read
Back to life
Entrepreneurialism

Secrets to success

From academia to property, fashion and sport, we’ve tapped savvy leaders from Hong Kong to Tanzania for tips on how to do business better, whether you’re starting out, collaborating or changing direction.

  • The Entrepreneurs #4
  • 16 min read
Secrets to success
Travel and restaurants

Kerb appeal

Driving along a road less travelled reveals South Africa’s charms. We start the ignition to take you from roadside craft shops to homely inns and pretty pit stops. Get your kicks on Route 62.

  • Issue #143
  • 11 min read
Kerb appeal
Art

Easel living

Why rent expensive studio or gallery space when you can create and showcase at home? Meet the real artists in residence.

  • Issue #143
  • 13 min read
Easel living
Travel and restaurants

Off the map

Sometimes a sustainable solution is on the doorstep. We start our tour of domestic success stories in Lapland, where foreign visitors are absent but Finns are strapping on skis.

  • Issue #141
  • 1 min read
Person cross-country skiing through snow-covered forest with dog on leash in Finnish Lapland
Hospitality

Field of vision

Having taken a break to find a dream holiday home, a UK couple are opening up their Alpine retreat to guests.

  • Issue #141
  • 5 min read
Field of vision
Hospitality

Here to stay

Refined stays hewn with bags of original charm from the centre of Kyoto to the shores of California, by way of an upscale Alpine lodge and a Danish island retreat.

  • Issue #141
  • 1 min read
Here to stay

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