A dollhouse designed by Zaha Hadid Architects sold for $22,000 at Bonhams for UK charity KIDS supporting disabled children, young people and their families. 20 of the world’s best architects and designers build a dolls’ house for the auction which took place on November 11th. Inspired by the dolls’ house that Edwin Lutyens designed … Read more
Teatrino at Palazzo Grassi by Tadao Ando. A contemporary arts centre inside an eighteenth-century palace in Venice. After the restoration of Palazzo Grassi in 2006, followed by that of Punta della Dogana in 2009, the rehabilitation of the Teatrino in 2013 marks the third step of French luxury goods magnate François Pinault’s cultural project … Read more
Black Breton Bee protected by Guerlain. Honey has been seen as a symbol of wealth and life since time began… Guerlain luxury house offers the benefits of this natural and universalingredient in its Abeille Royale line by Guerlain. The bee is Guerlain’s symbol and has a very special resonance for the perfume house. Guerlain … Read more
The Jewel Suite by Martin Katz – an exclusive new penthouse at The Palace. Celebrity Jeweler Martin Katz feted the unveiling of his eponymous “Jewel Suite by Martin Katz” at The Towers at the famed New York Palace Hotel. The $25,000 a night suite is a 5,000 plus square foot, three-story suite that merges romance and … Read more
Self Storage Concierge for my private possessions. Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or slowly. (Ivan Turgenev) We couldn’t live with but didn’t want to live without. People moving, relocating for job opportunities and … Read more
International glass artist Jon Kuhn’s dazzling Kuhn-Bosendorfer art case piano. Jon Kuhn‘s work is known for its intricate design, astonishing clarity and colors that sparkle and shift as the viewer changes position. His glass sculptures are found in the collections of over 40 museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, … Read more