Architecture
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Inside Casa Xina, a striking architectural gem in Barcelona
Casa Xina is all China-inspired folly on the outside but inside it’s a world of quiet and calm. And the residents are happy to conspire to keep it that way.
Nicely spruced up
How do you win a design competition in the Dolomites? By coming up with a ‘stube’ that respects the landscape and yet dares to be different.
Keep on trucking
Truckmaker Scania is the first firm to undergo our new HQ Audit. Will the wheels come off as we take a tour of its head office in Sweden?
Cultural oasis
Inside Scania's Södertälje headquarters, mid-century furniture and calm interiors belie the roar of truck manufacturing next door — proof that heavy industry needn't mean heavy-handed design.
Animal architecture
Finding a compromise between an animal’s wellbeing, a farm’s efficiency and local architecture traditions is a fine art and often has to be done with limited resources. For Monocle’s 10-year anniversary issue we pulled…
How Monika and Ole Paustian made Børge Mogensen’s ‘laboratory’ a home again
Living in the former home of a celebrated architect is a privilege but also a responsibility. The occupants of Børge Mogensen’s handsome house on the fringes of Copenhagen have got the balance right.
Beauty and the beef
How do you balance the welfare of livestock with an architectural aesthetic that befits bucolic surroundings? We pulled on our wellies to find out.
Architecture
A fix for an urban-planning disaster in Sydney and a Barcelona architecture firm on the up.
Design
Gert Voorjans turns his talents to domestic interiors, plus a look at what design can achieve in the coming year.
Height of ambition
The Oscar Niemeyer-designed JK Building is the tallest, most populous high-rise in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Thanks to an open-plan design and an eclectic mix of residents, it’s a city icon.
