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Cultural gathering
Let Monocle entertain you with its selection of art shows, films, albums and books. The sun rises on 2009 with hot new artists, musicians and directors coming to the fore. Enjoy.
The watch word
As traditional media standards slip in the digital age, a new generation of journalists is emerging, ready to blend old-school ethics with modern, high-tech reporting methods to restore quality and trust.
New designs on diplomacy
Post September 11 every embassy was built as a bunker ready to repel all comers. But now, from Kathmandu to Harare, architects are reinventing the mission as a national calling card. Robert Bound reports.
Space station
Retired architect Shigemi Asano teamed up with Tezuka Architects to create a minimalist home that marries modernity with local tradition, leaving the views of the Japanese countryside to speak for themselves.
Fashion
Peru meets Norway in Arne & Carlos's knits, a one-brand campaign to make Canada stylish, and Lodger's managing director gives his take on the future of shoe-shopping.
Architecture/Design
Architect Deborah Berke talks about her new book, and a London designer's recycled furniture causes a stir in Austria and Norway.
Travel
With Seattle-based Ace Hotel Group’s revitalisation of the Breslin Hotel, a forgotten New York district just north of Madison Square Park is about to be relevant again.
National Pride
Security concerns created the bunker-style embassy. But it doesn't have to be that way. Monocle surveys diplomatic designs that nations can be proud of, and imagines one of its own.
Arty party
Everybody who is anybody in the world of architecture goes to the Venice Biennale. So why were there so few good ideas this time?
Building divisions
70 years after the death of Atatürk, the fate of his namesake Cultural Centre hangs in the balance, symbolising the struggle between Turkey's secular state and the governing Islamist AK party.
