‘It’s an insult’: Chinese property developers race to the top of London’s skyline

Giant luxury towers (with their own karaoke rooms) to spring up around the city as eastern investors look to Britain. But residents fear deals will force them out

The Coupe Corbusier concept car

The Design team at Groupe Renault is paying homage to the visionary Le Corbusier, the celebrated architect and designer who reinvented architecture and made it more broadly accessible. The teams decided to investigate the topic of “French cultural objects“. Their research and inspirations soon led them back to the golden age of the automobile in … Read more

Haute Horlogerie: Piaget indulges in a romantic tale under Venice&Samarkand skies

Watches & Wonders 2015: Piaget unveiled its first complication watch collection dedicated to woman and presented some of the finest masterpieces developed in 2015. On the occasion of this third edition of Watches and Wonders Hong Kong exhibition, Piaget confirmed its uniqueness and its expertise as a watchmaker and jeweller by the unveiling of two … Read more

What’s new in ski resorts for the 2015/16 season …

Sleeping in an igloo, the creation of the US’s biggest ski area, a high-speed rail link to the Alps… we round up the season’s developments

The 4th Dimension Watch

Behind the design of this concrete watch is beauty and poetry. An innovative brand in Taiwan, 22 Design Studios are known for their minimal approach to design and their love for concrete, their signature material. “The city houses us, moves us and protects us with the concrete and steel,” says Sean Yu, the head designer … Read more

Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery is a grown-up gem that shows he’s sobered with age

Caruso St John architects have conjured an immaculate new home for the art prankster’s collection in an unlikely south London setting – and there’s not a diamond skull or formaldehyde animal in sight