by Hermione | Aug 11, 2015 | recent items slider, Recent Work
Living Architecture, set up by philosopher Alain de Botton, is a company ‘dedicated to the promotion and enjoyment of world-class modern architecture.’ It has a series of holiday homes around the UK, including the renowned Room for London on top of the Queen Elizabeth...
by Hermione | Jun 11, 2015 | Recent Work
Leading expert Alexis Turner has been collecting natural history for more than 20 years and owns London Taxidermy, a company that hires and sells pieces with clients ranging from the Harry Potter movies to photo shoots for Vogue via private individuals. He talks what...
by Hermione | Jan 19, 2015 | recent items slider, Recent Work
This extraordinary, poetic building in the Bois de Bologne was commissioned by Bernard Arnault as an art space for the 21st century. He gave architect Frank Gehry carte blanche to create a building which, originally conceived as a cloud floating above water and among...
by Hermione | Jan 19, 2015 | recent items slider, Recent Work
Jean-Michel Gathy describes himself as the ‘spoiled kid of the hotel industry’. With his firm Denniston he has designed for nearly every major super-luxury hotel brand you can think of, from Banyan Tree to Aman via Mandarin to One&Only. Here the multi...
by Hermione | Jan 19, 2015 | Recent Work, Reviews
In the last 22 years Arkady Novikov has opened 50 restaurants in Russia. That’s right, 50, and as far as I can tell every single one has been a roaring success. His initial attempt, Sirena in 1992, was the first fish restaurant in Moscow and featured an under-floor...
by Hermione | Dec 13, 2013 | reviews, Reviews
It could be Paris or London or Prague or anywhere, but you know what to expect from a Buddha Bar. A sexy, slinky vibe, seductive décor which fuses European sang froid with Eastern decadence, a certain aura which suggests that everyone inside is cool and beautiful...