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Pull up a chair: 10 takeaways from furniture fair Maison&Objet
Maison&Object is under way and Paris is the ideal setting for a design showcase. Can’t make it to the fair? Fear not, here’s 10 insights from Monocle’s design editor, Nic Monisse.
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From Hermès windows to boutique hotels: Joana Astolfi’s journey designing distinctive Portuguese spaces
Lisbon artist–designer Joana Astolfi brings colour, craft and playful detail to Portugal’s most inspiring spaces. Her latest project, Casa Amarela, is a sunny Alentejo guesthouse shaped by her multidisciplinary studio’s imaginative vision.
Is New York’s scaffolding getting a glow-up? Expectations are low – but rising
Scaffolding, or sidewalk sheds if you want to get technical, is as much a part New York’s fabric as flooded subways or breakfast bagels. But does it have to be so ugly and ubiquitous?
Coasters be damned – a well-worn table is the heart of a home
A pristine tabletop is soulless. The marks, dents and spills that your table collects tell the story of growth, love and messy, beautiful living.
Three stunning cabins to discover in the Swiss Alps
Almost all architecture is enhanced by the landscape that it is set in. For proof, one only needs to look to the strickbau (log cabins) and contemporary holiday homes of Alpine Switzerland.
Beyond the Giga projects, a new generation of Saudi Arabian architects is getting introspective
As Saudi Arabia builds at breakneck speed, young architects returning from abroad are slowing down to ask what kind of places people want to live in, with a focus on landscape, life and memory.
The five architecture and design books you should be gifting this Christmas
Spruce up coffee tables and top-up design knowledge with these five Monocle-recommended monographs.
When it comes to Dulles airport, Trump might actually have a point
I found myself in the unusual position of nodding along in enthusiastic agreement with the aesthetic tastes of US president Donald Trump last week. This was unusual. We all have our own personal style…
Three projects that set trailblazing architect Frank Gehry apart
Frank Gehry, one of the great titans of architecture, has died aged 96 at his home in California. Here are three spectacular and recognisable projects that attest to a lifetime of unparalleled achievement.
Bright, bold and bustling, Design Miami 2025 celebrates colour and creativity
When the first edition of Design Miami took place in 2005, the fair dedicated to collectable design might have been considered, at best, a quirky sideshow to the glitzy Art Basel Miami. A space…
