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Heart and home
Laidback hotel Ett Hem offers a space where guests can get away from the rigours of city life. And now an expansion is enhancing this tranquil urban oasis.
Changing seasons
It might be the end of summer for our readers in the northern hemisphere but September is a time to get things done, make plans and celebrate the triumph of ambition over hardship.
Go clubbing
Hong Kong’s newest private club, Carlyle & Co, is making a splash on Kowloon waterfront.
Ilse Crawford on designing homes for cleanliness, comfort and community
Lockdown has been the ultimate test of our living spaces. Interior designer Ilse Crawford tells us how simplicity, cleanliness and community should inform how housing is developed from now on.
Finishing touch
A 1930s restaurant has been revived by chef Helena Puolakka and designer Ilse Crawford. We pull up a chair.
Key to a happy home
Homes today are often about a chilly display of wealth, not creating a place that makes you feel safe. It’s time to campaign for a new, healthy architecture that puts people first.
Toast to the hosts
This issue, Monocle attends to hospitality in all its guises: from the sharp end of a warzone to ritzy ambassadorial parties. Plus: how top designers are delivering service lessons in style.
Home Sweede home
A dream team of owner, architect, and designer created this 12-room hotel in a residence, reminding the industry what hotels should be: places that feel like home, but ten times better.
Home at the office
Bosses are realising the benefits of a more humane workplace. This gives staff pride and belonging, and expresses a company’s ethos to clients. Welcome to the anti-office.
