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Architecture

Light touch

An architect’s plush and playful early modernist home in the Belgian town of Lier received a gentle polish from its new owners.

  • Issue #168
  • 9 min read
Light touch
Fashion

Open house

Fendi merges heritage and ambition from its Roman headquarters, honoring its roots while showcasing culture in a historic palazzo.

  • Issue #166
  • 11 min read
Open house
Art

Reclaiming history

Theaster Gates opens a vinyl shop, Zürich’s slow-news magazine and Australia’s largest arts and culture precinct.

  • Issue #164
  • 7 min read
Reclaiming history
Architecture

By the book

The completion of a 15-year library renovation is the end of a chapter for the team behind it – but the bonds they’ve formed are an ongoing story.

  • Issue #162
  • 4 min read
Group of eleven people posing together in ornate library with domed ceiling and circular bookshelves
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

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
Architecture

Civic beauty

Sweden’s Eslöv Civic Hall is a monument to ambition. As the mid-century building is restored, we find out how it is making elite architecture a part of everyday life.

  • Issue #159
  • 10 min read
White modernist building exterior with wooden-framed windows and illuminated entrance displaying 'MEDBOR' lettering
Culture

Nostalgic neon

The fluorescent signs lining Hong Kong's streets are a huge part of its identity. Heritage group TNX is working to stop these lights from burning out by restoring them.

  • Issue #151
  • 5 min read
Modern heritage preservation workshop with traditional neon sign being restored

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