Luxury without gloss

Although it has a small population – equivalent, at 5.4m, to the city of Philadelphia – Finland’s design culture, integrated into daily life, has touched the lives of a great many people. This year, while c...

City Slick

Now … before I start my article on South Place, I have a little confession to make. Firstly, in addition to my tres glamorous role as Design and Architecture Editor for Glass online, I should probably menti...

Made in China

Stars do not illuminate Beijing’s sky at night. Instead there are the sparks of metal as builders weld steel to steel on the tops of high-rise towers. China’s construction workers are building rapidly. Yet mo...