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Out of the past
The Peninsula hospitality group’s new perch on the Bosphoros floats our boat. Monocle takes an early peek at how this vast new hotel is helping to transform Istanbul’s Karaköy neighbourhood.
The Agenda: Ancient Greek
Greeks and Turks are working together to protect Istanbul’s heritage.
Screen time
Far from the bustling multiplexes, these small cinemas offer unique ways of watching movies and being part of a city's culture and community.
Jail breakers
A German architect duo is converting a former jail into a smart hotel. Monocle takes an exclusive first look at the prison-turned-pension.
Hallowed ground
Designed by Vincent Van Duysen, the August hotel is a sanctuary worth seeking out.
How a childhood RM Schindler-designed LA home has been brought back to its modernist glory
For Noel Osheroff, a ceramic artist who turns 89 in December, home is a small hilltop house overlooking Los Angeles’ Silver Lake Reservoir. It’s where her parents brought her and her brother in 1934…
