Journal

A Time Capsule of Mexican Tradition

A Brutalist structural beauty that feels like a time capsule of the Mexican lifestyle and tradition, this home is fitting that sculptor Pedro Reyes and his wife Carla Fernández, a fashion designer....

The Second Life of Trees

One of the world's most sustainable materials is being used in ever more innovative ways to provide alternative to architecture and construction. Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen and Rosie Flanagan explore woo...

A Rooftop Garden Grows A Community in Milan

In the heart of the Brera district of Milan, high above the bustling cafés, high fashion boutiques, and a towering Renaissance castle, architecture and design studio Piuarch has planted a garden. U...

Local Architecture in a Globalized World

Globalization brings faster and more streamlined knowledge-sharing and integrative solutions, but also the risk of standardization and homogenization. In the preface of Beyond the West, Tracy Lynn ...

Cynthia Rowley's Blissful New York Surf Shack

Surf culture is bound to that of creativity; the personalities that define both the sport and lifestyle are often bursting with charisma. When away from the waves, surfers sprawl into unique shacks...

Visions of a Visionary, The Designs of Eero Saarinen

The exemplary career of Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen demonstrates how talent can indeed run in the family. An individual who looked to the future, and often sky, with his bold visionary...

Books and all that Jazz

The shelves and tables of the Jazzhole are piled with Nigerian and international fiction, antique treasures, and specialist publications. Coffee-table books, comics, and fashion magazines complete ...

Weaving a New Aesthetic

A tapestry of contemporary brands are adapting handwoven textile traditions for a new aesthetic that softens the starkest of space. As featured in The New Mediterranean, we delve into modern master...

Eat, Sleep, and Breathe Bauhaus

A time of groundbreaking design during housing shortages, spellbound by a vision to usher in a new, affordable Modernism architecture began to combat densely packed inner-city. Time travel back in ...

The Great Bustling Bookshops of Britain

Between 1995 and 2016, almost 1000 independent bookshops across the UK closed, meaning less than 870 currently exist. Often an industry living on the line, shops had to get creative for customers a...