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Architecture

Standing tall

The Spanish city’s first residential high-rise signalled that Valencia was on the up. Six decades later, it remains a status symbol.

  • Issue #165
  • 11 min read
Torre Ripalda's distinctive curved brick facade with repeating horizontal bands photographed from below against blue sky
Architecture

Outer space

By adding satellites to its distinctive 1960s spaceship design, Nouvelles Galeries has reestablished connections with its host city.

  • Issue #164
  • 7 min read
Modern interior with curved metal sculptural installation overhead and people walking through bright open space
Hospitality

Sleek peak

Alpine retreat The Comodo is breathing new life into the charming village of Bad Gastein.

  • Issue #163
  • 6 min read
Hotel room with white bedding, orange leather bench, dark green headboard wall, and framed artwork
Photography

A secret life in pictures

British photographer John Balsom discovered 7,000 pictures shot by his grandfather Percy S Waite in a box at a relative's house in Hampshire. The London-based amateur photographer captured an incredible mid-century moment pioneering colour.

  • Issue #162
  • 16 min read
Five US sailors in naval uniforms standing at a harbor in Marseille, one drinking from a bottle
Architecture

Blue-sky thinking

A compact modernist home in Portugal gets a new lease of life thanks to a smart renovation that honours its architectural heritage and coastal surroundings.

  • Issue #154
  • 5 min read
Modernist house with blue wooden siding, white trim, brick chimney, and geometric railings under clear sky
Culture

Jump start

Get in the swing of things with a vivid literary slice of 1960s Harlem, a joyous new album from a Motown icon and a must-see photography fair.

  • Issue #146
  • 8 min read
Book cover of Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett with black and white pattern design
Business

Sail of the century

An easy-on-the-eye Feadship yacht from the 1960s is a reminder of the neglected charms of simply messing about on the water.

  • Issue #140
  • 2 min read
Sail of the century
Residences

Room to breathe

Why the design of this 1960s retreat, promoting modernity while embracing its nature, has stood the test of time.

  • Issue #126
  • 6 min read
Black Angus cattle grazing on rolling hills with mountains in the background at the Wyle family ranch.
Music

Faith in the future

As resilient and storied as the city she calls home, Marianne Faithfull is far from your average grande rock’n’roll dame.

  • Issue #102
  • 4 min read
Faith in the future
Culture

Driving forces

Volkswagen’s mid-20th-century adverts were benchmarks for their inspired copywriting and intelligent art direction. Meet two of the creative minds from Doyle Dane Bernbach who helped to create the iconic campaigns.

  • Issue #76
  • 7 min read
Driving forces

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