Mies’s Mansion House Square: the best building London never had?

Mies van der Rohe’s plans for an office tower in the City were scuppered by Prince Charles’ criticism and Margaret Thatcher’s fear of new public space – yet this tale has as much to do with shifts in public opinion against modernist architecture

Spike or Mies? A safe distinctive as your own personality

Doettling Colosimo Spike-studded Spike and quilted leather Mies Your investment timepieces need an exclusive safe? Not an ordinary safe, but a customized one. Doettling, manufacturer of finest handcrafted luxury safes since 1919, came with a facelift to its Colosimo, world’s smallest high-security safe. The three-watch Colosimo rotor case has two new finishes: the spike-studded Spike … Read more