RSHP’s first encounter with luxury hotel group Maybourne happened 20 years ago, when the acclaimed architecture studio was approached to work with it on a new entrance for The Berkeley. It resulted in the sleek canopy, made of a series of 16 carbon f

Our shoot location for this month’s fashion story is Aman Resorts’ Marrakech outpost, Amanjena, which we first covered in our November 1999 issue (W*23). Twenty five years on, the rose-hued resort, surrounded by groves of palm and olive trees, remain

Ask Anthony Curis about Lantern, the new cultural and community hub in Detroit’s East Village, and he’ll give you a modest answer. On a rainy March afternoon in the Michigan city, known for its shifting fortunes tied to the automotive industry, he de

p124 SUCCESS STORIES Ho Chi Minh City’s ever-evolving narratives p140 MASTER PLANS A new London hotel takes sleek engineering to another level p146 BLACK MAGIC Showing a dark side at Aman’s Moroccan outpost p162 FRENCH LEAVE Our new-look Navigator se

Hong Kong is a buzzy, high-energy metropolis, a city that never seems to sleep. There can be something to discover around every corner, and it can be exhausting to explore, so a tranquil escape to unwind in after a busy day is essential. Lanson Place

For the last 20 years, British-Indian collector Rajan Bijlani has been painstakingly tracking down furniture from the city of Chandigarh, designed by a group of modernists, led by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. Located in the northern Indian stat

Occupying more than 80 hectares of woodland, this natural park offers a magnificent view of the Riviera landscape. Built in the 1930s, the Belle Plage was revitalised in 2022 by Raphael Navot and Faar. The spectacular rooftop restaurant serves region

Shiro Kuramata famously viewed his designs as transient, fragile, fleeting, never expecting the immateriality of his creative vision to last for long. Today, as Kuramata anticipated, few of the countless interiors that he dreamt up have survived sinc

Arriving in Ho Chi Minh City for the first time can feel like a shock to the system. Decades ago, you might have spotted bicycles wobbling through lantern-lit streets and buffaloes basking in opaque waters, but today, the modern metropolis is rather

‘It’s not possible to go back in time to the very first cane. We can only imagine it started with someone picking up a small branch, trimming off the smaller twigs, and using it for a walk in the woods.’ Japanese designer Keiji Takeuchi’s musings on

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Nice pen.’ Two words, but in Steven Zaillian’s recent remake of Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr Ripley, weighty with symbolism. With its satisfyingly rich feel, glossy good looks and authoritative associations, the black resin pen that Tom Riple

A new London exhibition is celebrating the fantastical horological world of Van Cleef & Arpels, where fairies and ballerinas flit over watch dials, diamond moons rise and gold suns set, and flowers wave gently in the breeze. The exhibition, entitled

Ghali is a British-Lebanese journalist based in Beirut. For this issue, she spoke to designer Rajan Bijlani about his love for the furniture created by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret for the city of Chandigarh (page 108). ‘Discovering the collecti

For life and creative partners Palaash Chaudhary and Utharaa Zacharias, the force behind Soft-Geometry (who appeared in the USA 300 list in our August 2023 issue), a career-defining quest to infuse objects with ‘softness’ is as much a reflection of c

In the endless quest for privacy and escape from the demands of daily city life, architects must continue to think outside the box. For Mexican studio V Taller, such debates led them to design Babel, a holiday apartment retreat near the pre-Columbian

In 1997, the late German-born Swiss artist Dieter Roth installed a bar as part of his first exhibition for the Hauser & Wirth gallery in Zürich, Switzerland. Fully functional, it was also a performative piece in its own right, drawing visitors into t

The Venezuelan capital spreads out along the Guaire River, nestling at the foot of the Cerro El Ávila mountain range, which separates the city from the Caribbean Sea. Only a few years ago, Caracas was considered to be the most dangerous city in the w

The Recover and Energise Programme offered at the Chenot Palace in Weggis, Switzerland, has been ‘created for those who are feeling fatigued from a demanding daily life’ – a condition that many of us can identify with. Designed to restore vitality an

Canopy House reads like the definition of a ‘retreat’. Designed by Studio MK27, the home is not only set in serene countryside but engulfed in south-eastern Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, seemingly about to completely vanish into the foliage at any moment

Located off the east coast of Georgian Bay in Pointe au Baril, Ontario, Whistling Wind Island is so named because the wind here does indeed whistle. This is confirmed by Kelly Buffey, the co-founder of Toronto-based architecture studio AKB, which has

A much-loved archival Rimowa piece is reimagined for the modern traveller Renowed for their robust grooved anodised aluminium shells and spacious interiors, Rimowa’s vanity cases were the discerning globetrotter’s staple accessory back in the 1970s.

Frequent flyers will attest to the power of those ruminative moments spent waiting to board an aircraft, so beautifully captured in this month’s soft luggage story, shot by Rosie Harriet Ellis. Others may detect a degree of ennui in the way the model

When a Swedish family was looking for a modern, low-maintenance holiday retreat on Bali, they turned to The Lennon Project, headed up by Sam Lennon. The Auckland-based architecture studio then set out to balance the requirements of its clients with t

Marc Newson is that rare beast, a rock star of a designer who has infused a diverse catalogue of objects with a unique sense of personality, using an approach that is both instantly identifiable yet often unexpected. You know it’s a Newson, somehow.

Born as a symbolic manifestation of its users’ world and values, Monospinal, the HQ of a successful Japanese gaming company, was conceived by Tokyo-based studio Makoto Yamaguchi Design to house the firm’s core creative hub in the Japanese capital’s T

Inventive architecture can be found in the most unheralded locations. If you are heading west out of the historic Polish city of Krakow, and happen to find yourself in the industrial city of Gliwice, you should check out a building that is disguised

What happens to a cult of personality when that personality is gone? German lighting brand Ingo Maurer was forced to reckon with this question after its 87-year-old founder and namesake passed away in 2019. When Foscarini, the Veneto-based lighting b

A new book, published by Rizzoli, celebrates the world of Molteni & C, as the Italian furniture company marks its 90th anniversary this year. Titled Molteni Mondo. An Italian Design Story, it features photography by Jeff Burton and artistic direction