Located in Covent Garden, St Martins Lane is a dramatic and daring reinvention of the fantasy hotel. Smart, witty and sophisticated, Philippe Starck’s design is a brilliant collision of influences – from the modern to the baroque – that suffuses the hotel with energy, vitality and magic. Entered through improbably tall, luminescent yellow-glass …
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Changa, Istanbul
Changa is an internationally acclaimed restaurant in Istanbul. Opened in 1999, Changa is a renovation and transformation project of an 1903 Art Nouveau building into a contemporary restaurant with four floors of dining and bar designed by Gokhan Avcioglu. The new restaurant, which has received much critical acclaim for its design and food, retains …
Read More »De Pisis, Venice
De Pisis located in Bauer Il Palazzo, with the exquisite nature of terrace seating along one of the most spectacular sites in the world; a terrace overlooking Venice’s Grand Canal, with a view of the famous Chiesa di Santa Maria della Salute in the distance..And for those who prefer the …
Read More »The Wolseley, London, UK
If it is “‘breakfast at The Tiffany’s ” for New York, it is absolutely “‘breakfast at Wolseley”‘ for London. Serving eveyday not only breakfast, but also all-day snacks, coffees, afternoon teas, sandwiches, platters of crustacea, ice-cream coupes, patisserie and cakes, and a full à la carte, with a daily changing plat …
Read More »Sanderson, London, UK
Located in the heart of London ‘West End, Sanderson offers a dream, a world of fantasy. The landmarked 50s building has been transformed by Philippe Starck into a surreal Cocteau-like dream world, that is smart, pared down, and tempered with a healthy dose of wit and irony. With the absence of “normal” walls …
Read More »MAK, Vienna
Founded in 1864 as the Imperial and Royal Austrian Museum of Art and Industry, the MAK has pursued a continued commitment to combining practice and theory, art and industry, production and reproduction. The School of Applied Arts, originally an outgrowth of the Museum, was later developed into an independent institution, …
Read More »Baccarat Boutique, Paris
Baccarat boutique is situated at 11, place des Etats-Unis in Paris. The former muse of this unique private mansion, Marie-Laure de Noailles (1902-1971) gave magical parties there and metamorphosed this magnificent place of pomp and tradition into a home dedicated to painters, writers and musicians. Time and again she would …
Read More »Bulgari, Milan
The first Bulgari hotel opened in 2004 and since then become the star of the Milan furniture fair and fashion weeks. Being in the center of Milan, in beautiful Brera district you can see everybody, who is somebody either for lunch in the garden or at its lavish bar during evening. The …
Read More »Roka, London
Roka is the younger sibling of Zuma, the Japanese restaurant. The menu consist of modern Japanese and mainly robota grill, which forms the centerpiece of the beautifully decorated dining room. The dishes include sushi ans sashimi platters beautifully presented over crushed ice with freshly grated wasabi, lobster & black cod dumplings, while the robata …
Read More »Le Meurice, Paris, France
Hotel Le Meurice, has been around for over two centuries and in 2007 the hotel came to a new establishment phase with Philip Starck and his daughter Ara. Philip Starck created successfully a new atmosphere , one that would exalt Le Meurice’s rich past. Known as ‘the hotel of kings …
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