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Palace coup
In central Milan, it often makes more sense to renovate than trade up. While a 100 sq m property costs €380,000 on average, one as covetable as this would set you back more.
Making it together
There’s a growing awareness that proximity to production can help to keep standards high. We visit three firms to see how HQs with in-built factories are keeping staff engaged and improving products.
Track record
With the first Eurostar train departing from the renovated St Pancras International, we look back at its history from a 19th-century ale depot to a €1.15bn modern gateway, surviving bombs and wrecking balls.
Yo smushi
Rud Christiansen’s The Royal Cafe places Danish High Modernism in its proper regal and culinary context. Pull up a bespoke Ant chair for global food, iconic branding and fun in Copenhagen.
Art beat
Veteran New York artist Jon Kessler on his mechanical marvels at MoMA and lectures at Columbia University. He also plays in a band and has dressed windows for Hermès in Tokyo.
Clay pride
Spain’s northwestern coast is guarding a design secret, one that Monocle has decided to share. Sargadelos is a workers’ cooperative that has been producing exquisite ceramics on and off for 200 years.
Luxe living
When Nicolas Graas revamped Hermès Luxembourg, he ended up living above the shop. Well, Lionel Jadot’s design does show off the occasional flash of an Hermès orange box to perfection.
Viva riva
Riva may be one of the most respected brands afloat, but in 1999 it was sinking. Now with new owners, the brand is hoping to become the Riviera’s runabout of choice.
Studio twenty-four
Al Jazeera English is the first 24-hour English-language news channel from the Middle East. Based in Doha with global hubs, it launched in 2006 and now reaches an audience of 80 million.
