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Before the stunning view of Jounieh Bay, it is Marwan Zgheib's Hussein Madi sculptures that arrest the eye, bold geometric folds of punched metal. We meet a collector whose passion shapes every corner.
Our pick of new hotel openings spans Anantara's third UAE property, the Eastern Mangroves in Abu Dhabi with its vast Royal Mangroves residence, and the St Regis chain's first African resort, on the south-western tip of Mauritius.
You know that thrilling second before lift-off, when you seem to rise faster than your own body? Now imagine floating in it. We chase the weightless sensation you would expect only in orbit, on the Moon or Mars.
Commercial space travel was long dismissed as fantasy, its logistics deemed insurmountable rather than merely costly. But Branson never ignores a challenge, and where commercial viability beckons, he is determined to take the idea as far as possible.
The Shell House is luminous, a sculptural sweep of white concrete set against rich green. Frozen mid-unfurl, the elliptical tube tapers, separates and spirals lazily around an elderly fir tree to form an ethereal inner courtyard.
Whilst the region's geopolitical upheavals dominate the headlines, Nadine Khalil turns to the ecological disasters too often neglected, from Cairo's perilous air pollution to Lebanon's mounting waste, toxic waters and unregulated quarrying.
Amid searing heat and suffocating humidity, a city unlike any other emerges from the scrubland, reliant on no neighbour to survive. We explore an audacious experiment in sustainable living at the very edge of possibility.
Perched above Theoule-sur-Mer on the Cote d'Azur, Antti Lovag's Palais Bulles is a stunning reminder of another time. Our visit reveals that the bubble palace remains as much today's tomorrow as it was yesterday's.
The moment our writer walked into the Bamboo Bar, the memories flooded back: a child sipping juice beside his father, listening to a Bacharach-ish pianist. Until then, nothing about Bangkok's Oriental Hotel had felt familiar.
Conceived as a shell-like structure floating above the ground, this house redefines coexistence with the wild. Being in sync with nature, its architect argues, is not about yielding to it but about enduring alongside it.
Artists should take risks, Shirin Neshat insists in her minimalist Soho studio. Restless and steely, the kohl-eyed artist leans forward with excitement to discuss her latest work, a feature-length film about the legendary Umm Kulthum.
Over white asparagus at a palazzo in Montegrappa, Giuseppe Aquila calls his firm a small family company that is also international. He neglects to add that it is among the world's foremost luxury penmakers.