Historic metropolitan residences in New York, London, Paris, Barcelona and Edinburgh
He helped make Singapore a garden city, and the same ethos informs the design of his home
Several of the UK’s northern cities are transforming once neglected passageways into bucolic oases; community spaces filled with urban art, herb gardens — and civic pride
The area’s remodelling has been a work in progress over the past decade — but new residential and retail developments are upping the ante as global demand is forecast to outstrip supply
The author has turned his back on Fancy Coffee Places and started working in less salubrious establishments — and the words flow
Rental properties represent a substantial target market for designers, and creative minds are rising to the challenge
At the neo-Georgian mansion, the cereal heiress and entrepreneur served frozen food on Sèvres porcelain to a stream of guests — and her spirit lives on
No estate agent? No estate agent fee . . . with the current challenging landscape for selling a flat, one frustrated homeowner took matters into his own hands
For four years, artist Tor Falcon trudged out in all weathers to make regular portraits of our nearest heavenly body — and learned a lot about how it shapes our nature.
Fancy your own vintage? Wine-making is not as inaccessible as it might seem, but be prepared to do your research
These elite retreats are on the rise globally. But whether or not you pay the joining fee, their influence is stretching beyond the gates in myriad ways
Designer-makers are upping the ante on traditional lathe-fabricated forms
Gabrielle Greiss’s farmhouse in rural France creates the perfect backdrop for her fantastical pieces
’Tis the season to plant narcissi, snowdrops and other corms that triumph in the face of wildlife attacks
The French concept store that’s leading the pack
A grand Georgian town house — The Spectator’s former offices — is a riot of bold-patterned wallpaper that calls to mind Arts and Crafts, the Bloomsbury Group and Wiener Werkstätte
The Belgian capital is a hotbed of Art Nouveau mansions, while modern chic can be found in its environs
She may be known for subtle shades, but her new paint range has surprisingly vibrant depths
An engine designing delftware from an online prompt is one way the technology can leverage the past to create the new
The designer-turned-horticulturalist turned his verge into a veggie plot — and started a movement. Now he is creating a verdant installation as part of an epic LA art exhibition
Inside the Catalan artist’s Mallorcan studio are artworks, found objects — and a mummified cat
They are ready to move on, but you might not be
Like many, I have often aspired to a house by the coast — this wonderful story exposes the messy reality lurking behind the fantasy
A new collection of homewares with Collagerie draws on centuries of style in the British department store’s heritage centre
Garden design is at an intriguing inflection point. What is the value in the hand-drawn master plan, when a AI and other software can do a lot of the work?
For the Belgian artist and sculptor, life begins in the garden
Weeding and deadheading now are among the quick fixes that will encourage a profuse second flowering in the weeks ahead
Miami, Milan, Monaco . . . as new legislation looms in the UK, which alternative locations weigh in with homes and lifestyles as seductive as the tax breaks?
A postcard of a Raoul Dufy painting offers a window from the city to an imagined coast that ‘radiates a promise of bliss’
Flexible working and concerns over cladding drive buyers towards other property types
As designers look to the past for inspiration, embracing more partitioned plans, could the vogue for exposed cooking spaces be turning a corner?
Dispensing with the perfect life pretence of a rushed clear-up makes for better social events, better friendships and a better life
Anders Kornestedt designed his coastal retreat to make looking for birds a seamless proposition. His tally is 275 species, one of the highest in Sweden
With prices 15% to 20% below prime ‘Couttswolds’ territory, this overlooked corner of the English region is enticing a new crowd
The excesses of fast fashion are well publicised, but those of the interiors industry are less scrutinised. A new cohort of creatives is challenging this
The boyhood home of the broodingly realist painter of American life
Urban green spaces are oases of serenity amid tumult — and needed more than ever