The Architecture of Marrakech's Riads
From a narrow, windowless medina alley, a riad reveals nothing.
Daniel Hurst · 2024-11-28
Craft
Artisanal traditions, maker culture, and the handmade.
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The Architecture of Copenhagen's New Minimalism
When Bjarke Ingels' 8 House was completed in Orestad in 2010, its figure-eight form allowing residents to bicycle from ground level to the tenth-floor penthouse announced a new direction.
Oliver Ramsey · 2024-11-27
The Architecture of Rome's Baroque Churches
When you step inside Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, designed by Bernini and completed in 1670, the oval interior unfolds as continuous theatrical experience.
James Alderton · 2024-11-27
The Architecture of Barcelona's Modernist Legacy
When Gaudi's Sagrada Familia nears completion, nearly a century and a half after construction began in 1882, it will culminate a period of experimentation that made Barcelona one of Europe's most visually inventive cities.
Catherine Avery · 2024-11-26
The Architecture of London's Brutalist Icons
The Barbican Estate, completed in 1976, rises from bombed-out ruins of the City of London in massive concrete terraces and towers housing over four thousand residents above a concert hall, theatre, cinema, library, and art gallery.
James Alderton · 2024-11-26
The Architecture of Paris's Haussmann Boulevards
Between 1853 and 1870, Baron Haussmann demolished roughly twenty thousand medieval buildings in Paris and replaced them with grand boulevards and uniform apartment blocks.
Marcus Wei · 2024-11-25
The Architecture of Tokyo's Hidden Temples
Tucked between a convenience store and a parking garage in Minato ward, Zojoji Temple's main gate rises fifteen metres above the pavement.
James Alderton · 2024-11-25
The 30-Year Razor: What Makes It Worth It
A Muhle R89 safety razor consists of three pieces of chrome-plated zamak alloy machined to ensure consistent blade gap and exposure angle.
Daniel Hurst · 2024-11-24
The 10-Year Chef's Knife: What Makes It Worth It
A Misono UX10 gyuto, forged in Seki City from Swedish stainless steel hardened to Rockwell 59-60, arrives with an edge ground to fifteen degrees per side.
Thomas Nakamura · 2024-11-24
The 40-Year Piece of Furniture: What Makes It Worth It
A dining table from Ercol, whose Windsor workshop has produced furniture from English elm and beech since 1920, is built from kiln-dried solid wood with mortise-and-tenon construction.
Catherine Avery · 2024-11-23
The 20-Year Desk: What Makes It Worth It
A writing desk from Pinch Design, crafted in their Somerset workshop from solid walnut or oak, is built for someone who will spend thousands of hours seated before it.
Catherine Avery · 2024-11-23
The 20-Year Briefcase: What Makes It Worth It
A briefcase from Swaine Adeney Brigg, established in 1750, is constructed from bridle leather tanned at J.
Thomas Nakamura · 2024-11-22
The 50-Year Fountain Pen: What Makes It Worth It
A Pelikan Souveran M800, manufactured in Hanover, uses a piston-filling mechanism machined from brass.
Marcus Wei · 2024-11-22
The 10-Year Watch: What Makes It Worth It
A mechanical watch from Tudor or Omega contains between one hundred and three hundred components machined to micron tolerances.
James Alderton · 2024-11-21
The 15-Year Overcoat: What Makes It Worth It
A proper overcoat from Crombie or Private White V.
Catherine Avery · 2024-11-21
The 25-Year Leather Jacket: What Makes It Worth It
A leather jacket from Schott NYC, the company that produced the original Perfecto in 1928, begins as full-grain horsehide or steerhide from American tanneries.
Oliver Ramsey · 2024-11-20
The 30-Year Pair of Shoes: What Makes It Worth It
A pair of Goodyear welted shoes from Crockett and Jones begins with a leather upper lasted over a wooden form, a welt stitched through the insole and upper, and an oak-bark tanned sole attached with separate stitching.
Marcus Wei · 2024-11-20
Inside the Workshop: A Neapolitan Shirt Maker
At the Kiton factory outside Naples, a single dress shirt passes through over forty specialised workers.
Catherine Avery · 2024-11-19
Inside the Workshop: A Venetian Glassblower
On Murano in the Venetian lagoon, furnaces at Seguso Vetri d'Arte burn at approximately eleven hundred degrees Celsius.
Oliver Ramsey · 2024-11-19
Inside the Workshop: A Scottish Cashmere Mill
At Johnstons of Elgin mill in Moray, Scotland, hair fibre from Mongolia is so fine it takes the fleece of four goats to produce a single sweater.
James Alderton · 2024-11-18