From an environmentally minded life-sciences campus in San Diego to a 1960s police station in Belgium transformed into a lawyers’ office-cum-community hub, well-considered architecture can help businesses to step up their…
As deepest Italy bears its vintage art and vaulted ceilings, the Balearics’ smallest island shows off its wild side and a sleepy French town conducts itself with the utmost warmth, you can count on New York and Copenhagen…
The latest edition of the Monocle Design Awards is here to celebrate the year’s most inspiring and ingenious products, models and structures – and the people who conceive them – as they set the standard in both form and…
Spending more time at home in the colder weather and hoping to give your interiors a lift? Follow our foolproof tips, from getting the lights right to reviving a favourite chair, and you’ll be well on the way to domestic…
Our annual overview of present and future pioneers in commerce, infrastructure and civil society includes news of the European nation getting sleeper trains back on track, the ride-hailing platform that’s expanding across…
From an artists’ haven in rural Oxfordshire to a former cable factory in Czechia, we visit three recording studios around the world that are reimagining the craft of capturing the perfect performance.
A beloved Lake Constance chalet gave young chef Silvio Germann the ideal chance to put into practice everything that he learnt from his mentor, Andreas Caminada. The Mammertsberg hotel and restaurant acts as a manifesto for…
Good workplace design can be decisive in winning over clients – as well as in tempting remote workers back to the office. We run down the ground rules.
The Japanese fashion designer, best known for his eponymous label Kenzo, puts his success down to happenstance – but he’s being modest. Instead he should claim innovation and a sense of fun as the elements that have made…
Soundproofed chairs, high ceilings and yellow upholstery have helped Estonian newspaper ‘Aripaev’ turn a factory hall in Tallinn into a modern office
for busy bees.
Over a beer and steak in an 18th-century coffee house, the celebrated Finnish chair
designer takes a seat to talk sunsets, saunas and smoking his own salmon.
Shoppers are welcome to wander at their leisure around this inviting emporium where homeware, crockery and even the colours are inspired by the owner’s love of travel.
