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Hot seats
Backpacks and folding furniture made Lafuma Mobilier’s name. Then hard times hit. But today the brand is sitting pretty again.
Wooden wonders
Environmentally friendly and quick to build, with an enduringly cosy aesthetic? No wonder timber towers are on the rise.
Putting on a show: Why Hong Kong’s art market is drawing the world’s biggest galleries
There’s still lots of money to be made in the Hong Kong art market. And the big players are coming to town.
Visual feasts
From rarities of the Flemish Renaissance to a resurgent New York market, we mark your diary with the key things to buy and see.
Light work
The Hayward Gallery’s revamp has breathed a ray of sunlight into a Brutalist classic.
Somerset’s strange fruit
Hauser & Wirth is an international art gallery with its heart in the countryside. We visit its premises in Somerset to review a weird and wonderful show that looks at our relationship with the…
Data base
As the last members of staff move in, we step inside global business analyst Bloomberg’s new European headquarters.
Reflected glory
Oscar Niemeyer’s modernist citadel near Milan was designed for publishing giant Mondadori, an Italian brand whose identity and culture has been shaped by the building for decades.
Architecture
From a home-renovation TV show to the brave new designs broadcasting modern ideas, we present our round-up of the need-to-know stories.
