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With several homes already built in California's Yucca Valley, Los Angeles architects Monica Oller and Tom Pejic seek to reawaken a love of earthy modernism, uniting clean contemporary sensibilities with the austere brilliance of the Mojave Desert.
Seven years on, Philippe Massoud’s ilili , the New York-based Mediterranean fusion restaurant is busy redefining the concept of Lebanese cuisine. New York City is now several years deep into its fascination with Brussels sprouts. In a town known for its seasonal food fads – think pork b…
Travel grew dozens of times faster, yet the industry still dances to an old tune. London's reign as the world's largest naval yard, our writer shows, was driven by ever bigger ships demanding ever bigger docks.
Everything you know about ISON is a lie, she insists. Not a comet but a biosphere, she explains, citing a YouTube video and an alien expert in direct contact with the Andromeda Council. It is not hearsay, apparently.
From Saturday Night Fever to Pulp Fiction, John Travolta has graced the screen since the 1970s. His devotion to acting is matched only by his passion for aviation, qualified to pilot eleven types of jet.
The open kitchen is both blessing and bane, our reviewer confides. Watching chefs at work and savouring the aromas is a joy, but if she can see them, then they can see her dining, too.
Cornered in the supermarket by a friend nursing yet another failed romance, our writer is told men only acquire a brain after forty, a sweeping generalisation he would never dare make about women to a woman.
Facebook may reconnect old friends and Twitter may keep us abreast of current affairs, but our writer suspects social media's true purpose has always been simpler, namely a relentless, instant tool for self-branding.
Architecture has always been a weapon, our writer contends, flaunting power through built narrative. Islamic architecture, sometimes called the architecture of the veil, turns inward upon lavish, spacious courts, encapsulating its builders' histories and rituals.
Nathalie Khayat’s studio isn’t especially quiet. Just down the road from the post office on Sassine Square in Beirut’s Ashrafieh, it opens onto the city’s soundscape; the dull roar of traffic, squealing tyres, honking horns, the drill of construction, passing conversations, the cries of…
After eleven years in the Middle East, Ruth Bradley talks to Bespoke about launching her own consultancy, why she chose Dubai, and how marrying regional know-how with art, fashion and culture promises a winning formula.
Bangkok hardly needs another shopping mall, unless you head Central Group's marketing. Founded in 1947 by Hainanese immigrant Tiang Chirativat, the family-owned conglomerate now oversees sprawling international holdings, with the Middle East firmly in its sights.