Driving a 100-year-old Type 39 highlights its quality – and the talent of a legendary dynasty
Architecture is at a fertile inflection point. But while housebuilding goals, sustainability and retrofitting are dominating the agenda, why does accessibility too often remain an afterthought?
The spare, unadorned pieces made by the 18th-century religious sect inspire countless contemporary makers in every generation. A new exhibition explores what makes them so curiously influential
Celebrated for his surreal, sinuous furniture in wood and metal, the risk-taking designer is readying himself for a London solo show — prepping in his post-industrial renovation in Maastricht
Designers are giving cooking spaces ‘seamless visual flow’ by concealing the kettle, sink, hob — and, sometimes, the whole room. But can you actually still cook?
How a concrete box became a mecca for art books, rare prints – and the world’s best pens
From sofas to staircases, the metal’s ‘pragmatic beauty’ is increasingly turning up as edgy focal points and in our homes’ cosy spaces
From a Victorian brewery in Somerset, Emma Peascod and her husband Tobias have created a poetic ‘joint manifestation’
In this series we look at how wellbeing priorities are impacting our homes and how we live — from switching up the home gym for a “longevity room” with life-lengthening tech, to the second-home resorts upping their offerings for teens. Is the pivot to a wellness agenda a canny move for country estates hoping to entrench a new revenue model? Should we all be installing water filters, and painting our rooms white? And we step inside the home of the biotech investor behind the Enhanced Games.
Time to calm the mind — with luminous, quietly complex shades from bone to oyster to pearl
The interior designer’s Parisian studio is a smart distillation of his tactile, sexy style
In a neighbourhood once famed for its sumptuous department stores, there’s an incongruous new retail outlet
Though an important element of enjoying private oases, beautiful and well-crafted pieces can be oddly challenging to find. But landscape designers know just where to source them
New collaborations take the annual event into new spaces, new sizes and new states of consciousness
Textile artist Tuesday Greenidge is honouring the lives lost in the 2017 fire – one embroidered panel at a time
The shop and gallery has become a destination for fashion, jewellery and art
The former Design Museum director has the best seats – in his house
The interior designers have put a colourful, irreverent stamp on the precise, practical engineering of the 1960s storage system
In the district of Södermalm, a former almshouse has been reborn as a stylish hotel with a civic spirit
The Chelsea DIY store boasts a huge archive of historical shades – and expert advice
Designer Rhonda Drakeford has created the ultimate getaway – and an incubator for ideas
Her branding was inspired by Chanel and her avant-garde furniture bought by the likes of Churchill and the Savoy Hotel. A new book aims to resurrect her reputation and unravel her enigmatic story
The 1950s floor lamp design created by Richard Kelly and Philip Johnson for the architect’s Glass House turned the way a room is lit on its head — and it’s making a comeback
Designers are having fun with engineered wood stained in a palette of dramatic hues
Meet the father-daughter duo with designs from every corner of the world
