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Architecture

Force of nature

Italy's leading landscape designer Pietro Porcinai brought modernism to traditional gardens, passionate about ensuring greenery was part of any built environment. His legacy is more pertinent than ever.

  • Issue #155
  • 9 min read
Hand-drawn architectural plans and drawings by Pietro Porcinai for a villa garden in Florence showing detailed landscape design
Architecture

Screen time

Far from the bustling multiplexes, these small cinemas offer unique ways of watching movies and being part of a city's culture and community.

  • Issue #155
  • 6 min read
Small cinema auditorium with purple seats and a bright white screen.
Art

Follow your art

Away from the French capital, creatives head to the Med for a slower, more affordable way of life.

  • Issue #155
  • 11 min read
Follow your art
Travel and restaurants

Talking point

Language schools across Europe are ditching sterile classroom methods, weaving art, cuisine and local culture into immersive programmes that foster genuine connections between students and destinations.

  • Issue #155
  • 11 min read
Four women listening to a tour guide holding papers in front of historic stone architecture
Architecture

Design

The Royal College of Art in London has a new wing and Venice’s Procuratie Vecchie reopens.

  • Issue #155
  • 10 min read
Modern auditorium with red velvet seating and exposed ceiling beams in renovated Procuratie Vecchie building
Politics

Out of the rubble

Despite the ongoing war, Ukrainians are beginning to prepare in earnest for the national reconstruction that will follow.

  • Issue #154
  • 15 min read
Heavily damaged multi-story administrative building in Mykolaiv with emergency workers and crane in foreground
Architecture

Making by hand

Aarhus School of Architecture’s new home is encouraging students to step away from the screen – and it’s making them happier.

  • Issue #154
  • 11 min read
Students working at wooden desks in bright concrete studio space with presentation board and stacked chairs
Product design

Pump my ride

When it comes to fire engines, every last design component could prove critical in the heat of the moment. That's why Swiss firm Brändle's recently reconfigured vehicles meet the highest standards.

  • Issue #154
  • 7 min read
Red and white Mercedes-Benz fire truck with FEUERWEHR marking and blue emergency lights parked outside building
Architecture

Blue-sky thinking

A compact modernist home in Portugal gets a new lease of life thanks to a smart renovation that honours its architectural heritage and coastal surroundings.

  • Issue #154
  • 5 min read
Modernist house with blue wooden siding, white trim, brick chimney, and geometric railings under clear sky

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