Architecture
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Cold feat
Building in an environment where temperatures drop to minus 30C is no easy thing. In Svalbard, architects embrace the challenge, designing unique developments from science centres to charming multicoloured ‘spisshus’ houses.
Flying in style
Once the world’s largest and most stylish airport, Gander International in Canada mingled locals with celebrities. Today it battles to hold on to its glamorous reputation – and its passenger numbers.
Small is beautiful
Nordnes, in central Bergen, is attracting a new generation of creative types – who don’t mind a lack of private space.
Fogo Island – Part 2: Architecture
New architecture is a powerful way to brand a location but it’s not without risk when the local area is already rich in tradition and natural beauty. Monocle films journeyed to the remote island…
Family tree
George Nakashima was one of 20th-century America’s leading furniture luminaries. Following his death in 1990, his daughter Mira has carried on the family woodwork tradition and the company he founded.
Life’s a breezer
Braced on Maui’s northern coast, this eco family home stands out as a striking complement to the landscape; an iconic structure both open and resistant to the elements.
Design/architecture
New buildings, from Portugal to Australia, plus furniture, interiors and homeware.
Patrick Blanc
Patrick Blanc, the botanist who pioneered vertical gardens, eats his ‘last meal’ at Pershing Hall, a Parisian hotel featuring one of his stunning creations.
Total hotel
The new Ace Hotel in east London offers rooms for guests and provides a gathering place for local residents, as well as opportunities for creative businesses.
Space to think
From modernist Havana to cutting-edge New York and rural England, we explore how art, music and philosophy are being taught in spaces that mirror their subjects.
