Design
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Bright future
All but destroyed in the Second World War, the town of Royan took inspiration from Brazil when it rebuilt, swapping drab postwar design for colourful modernism.
Too cool for school
Good design has helped the Lycée Français International de Hong Kong make the most of its small footprint.
Drawing conclusions
Illustrator Jacques de Loustal sketches out the dangers of meeting your heroes over lunch and explains why France is in a league of its own when it comes to cartoons.
Feast for the senses
France has an enviable history of nurturing some of the world’s great artists – so these galleries, bookshops and record shops could be hiding the next big thing.
Express yourself
Learning a language can be arduous but a dramatic approach is finding a captive audience in Paris.
The art of restoration
Monocle Films pays a visit to a restoration firm that has saved pieces by artists as diverse as Caravaggio and John Kirby.
Thinking out loud
Philosopher Alain de Botton has persuaded celebrated architect Peter Zumthor to make a home for contemplation.
The opener
We consider the loss of Cairo’s Maspero Triangle and dabble with dance. But first up: Miami finds the art in parking, Swiss gallerists have a Highland fling and Lewis Hamilton drives his point home.
Beauty and the beast
If the forces of mediocrity aren’t challenged then ambitious architecture is too easily threatened with eradication, as the case of 15 Clerkenwell Close only too sadly shows.
Worship worthy
When architect Ricardo Bofill discovered a vast, disused cement factory, he transformed it into his firm’s HQ – an office of religious proportions.
