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• May 26, 2023
  Architecture
  

  Renovation of A. Quincy Jones’s Smalley House, Holmby Hills – Los Angeles, USA

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  In 2006, when philanthropist and gallerist Shulamit Nazarian bought the famous Smalley House designed by A. Quincy Jones in 1973 on Holmby Hills in Los...

• May 22, 2023
  Architecture
  

  Loft Renovation, Marais, Paris, France

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  When we first saw the recent loft renovation project by the Parisian design firm Agence Véronique Cotrel we knew we needed to find out more. The...

• May 11, 2023
  Design
  

  NM Restaurant, Oviedo, Asturia, Spain

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  Barcelona-based Hazard Studio founder Alfredo Rodriquez has created a tiny puff ball of a restaurant, NM in the revitalized El Vasco Station shopping centre located in...

• April 12, 2023
  Design
  

  Socca Bistro, Mayfair, London, UK

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  Lyon, France-born, two-Michelin-star chef Claude Bosi has opened a new culinary enterprise, Socca, located on Mayfair’s South Audley Street in a Grade II-listed building. Socca describes its...

• April 10, 2023
  Restaurants & Bars
  

  G.Bar Brave Beauty Salon, Kyiv, Ukraine

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  Starting a business at any time is risky and challenging. Starting one in particularly uncertain times is doubly so. But starting one when your country...

• April 9, 2023
  Design
  

  Officine Universelle Buly Boutique, Kobe, Japan

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  The LVMH-owned French beauty brand Officine Universelle Buly has recently opened yet another boutique in Japan. It was designed by the brand’s co-owner and creative director...

• April 6, 2023
  Restaurants & Bars
  

  Ichi Station Sushi Bar, Milan, Italy

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  Designed by creative director Ana Hern of Valencia, Spain-based Masquespacio, the latest outlet of the Ichi Station sushi bar chain is located in a historic...

• April 5, 2023
  Restaurants & Bars
  

  Chicos Restaurant, Tbilisi, Georgia

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  With its long, turbulent history, Tbilisi, the capital and largest city of Georgia, is today a truly multicultural city and an eclectic mix of ancient,...

• April 3, 2023
  Architecture
  

  Family Retreat, Big Sky, Montana, USA

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  Located about an hour’s drive from the western entrance to the Yellowstone National Park, the recreational residence of a young family of six is a...

• February 7, 2023
  Architecture
  

  Pacific Ocean Villa, Malibu, California, USA

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  Mixing several components relevant to the owners and highlighting the surrounding nature, interior designer Marc Berger of Los Angeles-based Hunterhouse Design, has created an informal...

• February 4, 2023
  Art
  

  Into The Forest II – Jan Lenhardt

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  German-based photographer Jan Lenhardt often seeks nature as the subject of his work. In this piece, we’re again plunged into the depths of the forest,...

• January 24, 2023
  Architecture
  

  Modernized Georgian Colonial Farmhouse, East Hampton, Long Island – New York

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  When Jordan Carlyle and Mario Margelist tired of constant commuting – Marglist commuted from Switzerland to New York – and the hectic life of New...