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Urbanism

Dream on

When Milton Keynes – the UK’s biggest New Town – was built, it aspired to perfection. Nic Monisse stays the night.

  • Issue #128
  • 4 min read
Pauline Ikin and a young man stand in the doorway of her Milton Keynes home.
Residences

Grand scale

The Majestic Mas de Tanit, built in the 70s on the French Riviera, has long drawn a glamorous international crowd.

  • Issue #128
  • 9 min read
Grand scale
Residences

Labour of love

Once an outlier for the wrong reasons, this home takes pride of place on a leafy street thanks to a couple’s tasteful renovation.

  • Issue #128
  • 6 min read
Labour of love
Hospitality

Great indoors

Retreating to nature is a common theme but Daylesford Longhouse goes one better by bringing the outside inside.

  • Issue #128
  • 6 min read
A sunlit indoor greenhouse with raised garden beds, mature trees, and a warm timber building structure beneath a glass roof.
Business

Close to home

Forget dull hotel rooms and fusty apartments: a group of architects-turned-entrepreneurs are cornering the market in well-designed rentals in South Korea – and beyond.

  • Issue #128
  • 6 min read
Close to home
Furniture

Sitting pretty

From flexible shelving and versatile chairs to smart side tables and eye-catching lamps, we round up the benchmarks of a lasting good design.

  • Issue #128
  • 9 min read
Roundish chair by Naoto Fukasawa for Maruni, made from single piece of laminated plywood
Product design

Interior elevation

Thinking big is all part of designing statement buildings but plenty of architects dabble in more domestically scaled pieces too.

  • Issue #128
  • 2 min read
Yellow desk lamp, brass candle holder with lit candles, and wooden decorative figure on white stepped surfaces

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