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Four Seasons Hotel Seoul opens doors with 7 restaurants, indoor golf, and florist at your disposal
The countdown is on for the year’s most highly anticipated opening as Four Seasons puts the final touches of perfection on its first location in Korea. Four Seasons Hotel Seoul prepares to welcome the world this Fall. Designed by Heerim Architects & Planners and LTW Designworks, the Hotel boasts seven restaurants and bars, each with…
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Superhouses: the allure of fantasy homes where money is no object
As our homes increasingly reflect identity, financial security and status, a new book about some of the world’s most striking designs taps into our daydreams• Inside the world’s superhouses – in pictures
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Lexus Hoverboard with magnetic levitation technology shows final testing in Barcelona. Travelling across water included.
Following the unveiling of the Lexus Hoverboard in June, the luxury automotive company completed a full and final reveal of the project concluding a successful testing phase which took place in Cubelles, Barcelona. However, the Lexus Hoverboard remains a prototype and will not be on sale. The Lexus Hoverboard project began 18 months ago through…
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Welcome to Astana, Kazakhstan: one of the strangest capital cities on Earth
The flashy buildings of Astana rise up implausibly from the flat plains of oil-rich Kazakhstan to form a city stuck between a Soviet past and an aspirational present
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The Stirling prize 2015: the virtues of quiet craft
The shortlist for this year’s Stirling prize is dominated by ‘whispering’ candidates – scrupulous designs of brick and timber
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How are protected views shaping cities?
In the battle between heritage and development, we face a ‘crisis of verticality’. But does an approach to planning based on protected views just turn the city into a museum?Which urban views would you protect?