Architecture
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City secrets
Beneath Hamburg's waterfront, a 1911 art deco tunnel still ferries pedestrians under the Elbe; in Los Angeles, a concrete building designed for those who cannot fully see it challenges every assumption about architecture.
Close to home
A life’s worth of travelling informs this South Tyrolean haunt – but it finds inspiration on its doorstep too.
Sea change
Israel’s third city is defined by its port but its urbanist mayor is helping to build a smarter future.
Into the woods
One of Tokyo’s leafiest neighbourhoods is the setting for a charming house that’s been carefully renovated and kitted out by the furniture maker and designer who owns it.
Rework it
Renovation can be a delicate balancing act between modern comforts and maintaining historical charm. We visit three European cities where carefully considered restorations are bringing buildings back to their former glory.
Architecture
Raf Simons discusses a new range of furniture fabrics, plus the concrete creation rising from the Jordanian desert.
Campus of creativity
“Fostering independent thinking” is a key phrase in modern education but it’s not easy to do. We visit Madrid’s Colegio Estudio to meet its enlightened teachers and alumni.
Tbilisi’s architectural revival
Rather than erase all evidence of Georgia’s Soviet past, the country’s architectural community is keen to preserve its history and give its once-foreboding buildings another – happier – lease of life.
Repeat after me
An inspiring school with high ideals created a space in which its pupils could foster their own creativity. No wonder so many of its alumni have become designers.
Picture perfect
Both highly practical and visually arresting, Leica’s handsome home reflects its status as a visionary presence in the photographic field.
