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Triple barrel

Mapa makes waves with a monolithic office building for a winery in Chile’s Maipo Alto

Finish line

MDF Italia dips into the rich archives of its latest acquisition, reviving forgotten classics and discovering a new love of lacquer

MEXICO - Natural beauty

A blooming marvel blurs the boundaries between architecture and the landscape

ARIZONA - Hard rock

Embedded in the desert landscape of Arizona, a rugged concrete house prioritises shelter and chic

A bite with Bell & Ross

A trip to restaurant Oxté in Paris with the founders of the watch marque

Tom of Finland: love and liberation

S.R. Sharp has just opened a Tom of Finland show at London’s House of Illustration. Love and Liberation is the UK’s first public retrospective of Tom’s work — and Sharp is brimming with excitement.

Stay Safe: keeping up the fight

From the front rows of Antwerp to the front line of Designers Against AIDS, Ninette Murk has spent the past two decades raising awareness on HIV and STDs. Today, her job seems more urgent than ever.

Milena Tscharntke: getting on famously

Milena Tscharntke and Maximilian Mundt have only worked together once — but it’s clear from their bouncy dialogue and frequent laughter that they share a bond beyond their day jobs.

Michiel Huisman: flipping lenses

Game of Thrones breakout star Michiel Huisman takes on independent film roles to give his audiences more awareness — even if he has to play the bad guy.

Memphis Depay: on the phone with memphis depay

Memphis Depay may appear to lead a rock star lifestyle, but the Dutch footballer and rapper knows how to pay it forward.

Lolo Zouaï: desert rose

Whether she’s shooting a video in North Africa or styling it up for a TOMMY JEANS campaign in New York, Lolo Zouaï’s career has been one characterised by vibrancy.

Dude With Sign: outside the box

Meet Seth Phillips, otherwise known as Dude With Sign, the profile shaking up Instagram with its comedic street protests.

King Princess: reigning days

King Princess is the rebel’s popstar. The rising New York native talks growing up in recording studios, how the industry is failing young artists and why we should definitely be beyond the binary by now.

Bright Future: no blurred lines

Optical brand polette can see into the future — and it’s bright. polette is shaking things up with prescriptive eyewear at accessible prices, while taking transparency to a new level.

5 Seconds Of Summer: For Better Or For Worse

With seven billion streams and counting and a fourth album just landed, 5 Seconds of Summer is reinventing pop-punk for a generation in turbulent times.

WATER WORLD

Ontario Place, Toronto’s lake-defying 1971 showpiece, is a modernist marvel with an uncertain future

UNITED FRONT

Discreet and efficient, Nomos Glashütte’s new production facilityreflects its founding values

REFINED COIL

BIG’s watch museum for Audemars Piguet in Switzerland is a poetic glass swirl

OFF GRID

Green roofs, oculi and a maths-inspired layout add up to a unique retreat within a private estate on Greek island Milos

SUPER SENSE

With a new work exploring togetherness through smell, Berlin artist Sissel Tolaas is leading us by the nose

MADE IN AFRICA

Entrepreneur Roo Rogers and designer Peter Mabeo on creating an of-its-place home for the Johannesburg arm of start-up accelerator Founders Factory

LONG STAY

Foster + Partners takes an expansive approach to this Aegean-facing private holiday villa near Bodrum

HIGH LEVEL

Stone, wood and glass combine in a house at one with its natural setting in California’s Napa Valley

Finnish lines

Yrjö Kukkapuro’s studio near Helsinki is a temple to the art of sitting down

Continental shift

Africa’s changing landscapes are beautifully captured by a new generation of home-grown photographers, introduced here and in a new book

Wiggle room

Misha Kahn prepares to unveil his latest shape-shifting works in New York

STAYING POWER

Fashion has long been defined by upheaval, constant change. Now, as the unsoundness of the industry’s fundamental engine – firing up demand for the new and novel – becomes clear, fresh challenges lie ahead. For lessons in resilience and innovation, we look to three brands that have survived and prospered over the decades and are celebrating their half-century

Parallel universe

Inspired by Mars and beyond, experimental and experiential department store SKP-S explores new retail trajectories in Beijing

MOVING MOUNTAINS

Japanese artist Sohei Nishino maps his Everest journey in epic detail

LIP SYNC

Pierre Hardy brings perfect harmony to Hermès’ beauty debut