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From Manchester to the Pritzker Prize, Lord Foster of Thames Bank has shaped skylines worldwide. The Foster + Partners founder reflects on the journey that made him one of architecture's most celebrated names.
Here at last is the sensational Mercedes-AMG Project One, a hypercar costing 2.8 million dollars and packed with the technology that conquered Formula One. Built at Brixworth, it borrows Lewis Hamilton's actual 1.6-litre hybrid engine.
With so many amazing watches around, it’s never an easy thing picking favourites. But if we had to put our money where our mouth is, then these are the watches we’d be buying right now. Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona In 2016, Rolex refreshed their massively popular Daytona li…
Motorcycle brand MV Agusta has had a tough time of late. After facing mounting debts it was forced to implement a drastic company restructure and then lost its powerful minority shareholder, Mercedes-AMG, who clearly had enough of passionate Italians who have little regard for corporate…
Inspired by power, Bahraini designer Sofia Al Asfoor defies convention and embraces luxury that goes the whole nine yards. “I created a handbag made entirely of crocodile leather, which is the most luxurious leather you can use for a bag, and then I had all the components made in solid …
Saudi Arabia made history by becoming the first country to grant citizenship to a robot. The humanoid robot, named Sophia, held a press conference in Riyadh in front in front leaders of the country’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), telling them how ‘honour…
A candid interview about oral health across continents, from the prevalence of fillings in the Middle East to the quiet difference fluoridated water makes during childhood, and the realities of practising between New York and Dubai.
The region's love affair with motoring rolls on this autumn, as the Dubai International Motor Show and Riyadh Motor Show open their doors to more than 150 manufacturers and a market hungry for growth.
The coconut palms chittered in the breeze. Wending down the hill from the Amanwella resort, I reached the beach, a curving strand of sugary sand that ended at a rocky promontory about a kilometre away, where the swaying sign of a small café could be seen tucked into the trees. We’d arri…
It takes a certain optimism to build a city in the desert. Kuwait's rapid urbanisation in the late 1970s marked a landmark in regional architecture, captured in Modern Architecture of Kuwait by Roberto Fabbri and Ricardo Camacho.
Dior's first female artistic director turns a play on words into a movement, and her debut flap bag marries hip-hop attitude, brutalist hardware and Florentine craftsmanship into one quietly desirable piece.
Sitting in his small shop in the buzzing Mar Mikhael neighbourhood of Beirut, Ralph Masri seems awfully humble. It’s a sleek space, mostly black with little window vignettes that showcase his sparkly designs. Even the location is unassuming. Tucked between a trendy restaurant and anothe…