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London-based designer and naval architect Philippe Briand is enjoying a career-defining year. The media-shy Frenchman, whose mantelpiece already groans with awards, has unveiled new sailing superyachts under his own name and fresh projects for the Vitruvius motoryacht brand.
In 2004, Studio Libeskind, with Zaha Hadid Architects and Arata Isozaki, won the redevelopment of an abandoned thirty-six-hectare plot that once held the Fiera di Milano. Their bold master plan seems quietly touched by the Middle East.
Roman St Clair and Maya Khoury argue that people crave community and connection. As the drab indoor food court loses its appeal, they explore why the traditional suburban mall must turn itself inside out to survive.
Many of us romanticise the lives of writers, that is, until we try being a writer ourselves. It was the Slovenian philosopher and cultural theorist Slavoj Zizek who said that writing is a form of self-torture, which immediately brings to mind those incredibly frustrating moments of writ…
Mansoor Bhatti collects not things but people and their ideas. Through his Dubai-based creative agency Thingsbypeople, he has gathered a roster of international visual artists across photography, fashion, illustration, graffiti art and advertising.
Far more than gadgets and racing, Big Boys Toys is a platform for cutting-edge innovation. This November it returns to its original home, Abu Dhabi, after three years staged in neighbouring Dubai.
Balmain’s latest men’s collection is both chic and decidedly sexy, a kind of hip-hop street culture meets high-society sophistication. And, it pulls it all off. With its thoughtful masculine look, it mixes up different styles without losing any of the brand’s signature refinement or att…
A seed was sown when a Paris-based tech company, founded by Lebanese data scientist Rand Hindi, turned down a lucrative US contract to build useful technology ethically. Now they seek to free us from digital enslavement.
The Sha Wellness Clinic is a high-end health farm that combines ancient macrobiotic wisdom with advanced medicine, to put you in the perfect place – both in terms of its expertise and the stunning locale – to discipline your body and recharge it at the same time. They say that we should…
Abdlatif Youssef Al-Hamad's career has glittered: an honours graduate of Claremont McKenna and Harvard, a Kuwaiti delegate to the United Nations, then Director-General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development and, briefly, a government minister.
The new 2016 Cadillac CTS-V has the BMW M5, Mercedes E63 AMG and even the Lexus GS F firmly in its sights. Lighter, more powerful and more sophisticated, it carries just the right American swagger.
The Middle East's largest motoring event is back at the Dubai World Trade Centre with global launches, a Boulevard of Dreams, classic marques and a Jaguar-Bloodhound simulator chasing 1,000 mph.