Kohei Take
Design awards 2021, part 1
Our first ever Design Awards are here, honouring the year’s 50 most thoughtfully made objects and buildings.
Field of vision
Having taken a break to find a dream holiday home, a UK couple are opening up their Alpine retreat to guests.
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.
Book your ticket
A children’s library housing 18,000 books has been gifted to Osaka by an architect who calls the city home.
Art’s on fire
Whatever you might have heard, the creative spark is alive and well. Need convincing? Take a wander through our pick of audial, visual and sensory reasons to be cheerful.
The way to build?
Canny property developers can create spaces that profit communities as well as their bottom lines.
Finely chiselled
Change starts at home, so we select 20 pieces, people and studios creating products that will enhance your environment and improve with age. Sitting comfortably?
Hidden gems
Craft and quality of the kind that only time can confer rule our round-up for the new season – a time to be expressive in the way you dress.
Space exploration
Creative businesses need studios where people come together. These three companies show how you can create inspiring projecs and still have money left in the bank. Steal their ideas.
