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Casa Bonay
Set within a late 19th-century mansion, Barcelona’s newest boutique hotel Casa Bonay has retained many of its original features and charms.
Vibe Hotel
With a design inspired by Walter Burley Griffin’s original urban plan for Canberra based on circular geometrics, architectural practice Bates Smart has unveiled the striking Vibe Hotel in Australia’s capital city.
Chicago Athletic Association
To step inside the newly restored Chicago Athletic Association building is to journey back in time to the Chicago World’s fair of 1893 — the same year the building was originally completed by revered architect Henry Ives Cobb.
The Buchanan
The Kimpton group of luxury boutique hotels is expanding in its hometown of San Francisco with the newly opened The Buchanan.
Michael Anastassiades for Flos
At Salone Milan 2015, Design Anthology sat down with Michael Anastassiades to discuss his lighting designs for Flos.
Designer Q&A: Naoto Fukasawa
Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa tells Design Anthology why it took three years to perfect the design of the simple stacking chair, the latest addition to his phenomenally successful Papilio range for B&B Italia.
Caye Sereno
Marcio Kogan’s first project in Asia is a study in organic form and materials that highlights, above all else, the beauty of the surrounding landscape and otherworldly allure of Ha Long Bay
Heritage with an Edge
‘The client was excited about the opportunity to pay homage to the existing architecture, yet inject a contemporary sensibility,’ says Brendan Wong about the residence he designed for a family of five in Sydney. ‘It was clear we were not filling this home with faux Victorian antiques.’
State of Design
Manila, over the last decade, has re-established itself as a global gateway, a central design hub with a collection of new shops, studios and galleries opening up.
Show me Manila!
Over the course of five days, a troop of seven urban sketchers from Singapore permeated Manila to experience the city through unconditioned senses and give visual record to their encounters.
Classic Beauty
Executive Editor of Town&Country Philippines, Alycia Sy writes for us on the joy of designing her own home and the effort that goes into collecting her rather unique assemblage of curios and objet d’art:
Raging Bull Steakhouse
The new Raging Bull Chophouse & Bar, set to open in March 2016, is yet another masterpiece by New York-based design firm AvroKO.
Rising Stars
At this spring's Maison&Objet Asia, six young designers were recognised for their budding talent and growing contribution to an Asian design scene.
Bare Essentials
Writer Nguyen Qui Duc's retreat features the natural beauty just beyond its modern minimalist interior
In Norman's Wake: the Rise and Fall of the Hamptons
‘FAMED ARCHITECT VANISHES’
— New York Post, August 23, 1993.
Salone del Mobile Milano 2015
There is one week in each year when the world’s design cognoscenti decends upon Milan to soak up the city’s atmosphere, food, and most of all….design. Here is out round up of this year’s greatest.
Swire Properties Ephemera Dialogues
For those of you who may have missed the panel discussion we recently moderated as part of the Swire Properties Ephemera Dialogue series during Art Basel 2015, here is a video of the entire discussion.