Philharmonie de Paris: Jean Nouvel’s €390m spaceship crash-lands in France

Paris’s gargantuan new concert hall is two years late, cost three times what it should, and its architect even snubbed its opening … Oliver Wainwright tackles a tyrannical new mothership

Veuve Clicquot: the effervescent widow who gave us the champagne lifestyle

Married in a cellar and given Dom Pérignon’s book by the priest, Madame Clicquot’s verve made her business a success

Fondation Cartier celebrates 30 years with portrait tribute to artists

Celebrated figures in music, film and science included in nod to treasured ‘family’ as Paris museum marks anniversary

When extraordinary and one-of-a-kind intersect, you have likely found one of 6 new Leading Hotels of The World.

The latest in luxury hospitality: The 6 new luxury hotels accepted in The Leading Hotels of the World. The Leading hotels of the world, the largest luxury hotel collection, adds six new hotels and resorts in Europe and South America to its portfolio. Square Nine Hotel Belgrade (Serbia), Ponta dos Ganchos (Brazil), Pousada do Porto … Read more