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James Clar emerged in Dubai as a prominent figure in the contemporary art scene, building his reputation as a creative master of neon light and technology. Now based in Brooklyn, New York, the artists’ star is rising as he capitalises on a generalised hunger for conceptual works that me…
CNN Style's Stephy Chung meets the German architect inside his pixelated, seventy-seven-storey tower, now Bangkok's tallest, as Ole Scheeren reflects on his uncanny ability to see a finished building long before it rises.
Turkey's Sancaklar Mosque sheds architectural cliché entirely. This sleek, minimal house of Islamic worship, with its cast concrete walls and cave-like prayer hall, almost vanishes into the landscape, quietly redefining the religious gathering place we thought we knew.
In his first interview in years, John Galliano talks to Claudia Croft in London about his new life and creative role at Maison Margiela, the former Dior designer ready, at fifty-five, to speak again.
Gabriel & Guillaume is an ephemeral gallery of decorative arts that’s got eclecticism at its very core. Started by a Lebanese woman and a Frenchman, neither of whom are trained designers, it’s an unconventional business that has found success among a cultured customer base. Standing…
When architect Nabil Gholam first saw Villa Z, an old abandoned house damaged by years of civil war and military occupation, it was far from love at first sight. From an architectural perspective, it was no gem, with a façade covered in rough stone coursing and a red tile roof that seem…
Founded in 1950, Vitra has made an art form of collaborating with the world’s best designers to create groundbreaking, iconic furniture and now they have a new gabled brick structure to house their 7,000-plus furniture portfolio. Clearly, this creative incubator is in better shape than …
The latest project by Vector Architects speaks for a new generation of Chinese architects resisting the trend for mega-scale schemes, producing instead human-centred, low-level, contextually driven work, even when it gently belies its function as a library.
Wander Dubai's design district, d3, and its limits prove elusive. During its inaugural Design Week the area spilled into Al-Fahidi and the seafront, interrogating craft, indigenous architecture and intimacy in a digital age.
With a complete overhaul by Portuguese architect Ricardo Camacho and Stroop landscape designers, the office of the Emir of Kuwait has revived a swathe of the country's Green Belt, creating its largest urban park and a fitting tribute.
OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture), co-founded by Dutch architectural titan and theorist, Rem Koolhaas, has produced as many world-famous architects as it has world-famous buildings. The latest to join the fray is Syrian-born, Iyad Alsaka, partner in charge of the Middle East. I…
As he steps down as chief executive of his eponymous label on the diamond jubilee of his birth, we celebrate the self-taught visionary who turned a fashion house into a true lifestyle empire.