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Design

Urbanism

Sustainable materials, Hollywood campuses and posthumous acclaim for Portuguese designer Daciano da Costa.

  • Issue #161
  • 4 min read
Modern university building with vertical metal cladding and students walking outside with yellow umbrellas
Design

Out of the past

For more than 150 years, Danish furniture brand Fritz Hansen has fostered the nation’s gifted designers. Now it is finally building an archive to celebrate its history.

  • Issue #161
  • 6 min read
Modern chair designs displayed on wooden platforms in Fritz Hansen's Design Hall exhibition space
Fashion

Stepping up

When booming shoe brand Veja needed a bigger HQ, it set out to make a space that was good for both the environment and its staff.

  • Issue #161
  • 8 min read
Stepping up
Travel and restaurants

Hidden gems

The small Japanese town of Yame, and its surrounding countryside, is pulling in visitors with its new inn and craft heritage.

  • Issue #161
  • 10 min read
Traditional Japanese room with tatami floors, exposed wooden beams, paper lantern, low table and built-in shelving
Architecture

Cold war modern

With its vast lobbies and unfussy functionality, the concrete-and-glass Deutsche Oper building was considered an audacious statement of democratic ideals when it first opened in 1961 on the western side of the Berlin Wall.

  • Issue #161
  • 10 min read
Interior view of Deutsche Oper's auditorium showing tiered seating and wood-paneled walls with modernist design
Architecture

Human values

The Annex isn’t just a calm, warm environment where politicians work – it’s also Finnish to the core.

  • Issue #160
  • 2 min read
Circular meeting room with wood ceiling and walls, officials seated around curved table with laptops and microphones
Architecture

Hope floats

On the waters of the North Sea is Floating Office Rotterdam, an carbon-neutral structure that embodies the need to build better.

  • Issue #160
  • 5 min read
Modern open-plan office interior with exposed timber beams, floor-to-ceiling windows, and city skyline views
Architecture

Setting the stage

Part of the city’s scenery in more ways than one, Vega has risen from its socialist roots to provide the perfect home for all kinds of music.

  • Issue #160
  • 4 min read
Interior view of Vega concert hall during performance showing packed audience, multi-level seating, and stage lighting
Residences

Domestic harmony

A power couple of Catalan design has commissioned a new home – and the result is a celebration of their scene and its people.

  • Issue #160
  • 7 min read
Modern roof terrace with glass pavilion, concrete surfaces, small pool and urban Barcelona backdrop

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