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From historic restaurants Laperouse and La Gare, traditional brasseries La Coupole, La Lorraine and Auteuil, the Sir Winston Churchill pub/restaurant, and hotels Relais Christine and Maison Malesherbes to the concept store 86Champs showcasing L’Occitane and Pierre Herme, as well as Cartier boutiques worldwide, go-to architect and designer of the Paris jet set. Laura Gonzalez has left her invigorating mix and...

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Men—namely Josef Hoffmann, Dagobert Peche, and Koloman Moser—ruled at the Wiener Werkstätte, the powerfully influential but short-lived Viennese design firm in operation from 1903 to 1932. But scores of women were integral, too, though only scholars and dealers seem to know much about them today. “We want to change that and draw attention to the talents that we could find through our research,” says Anne-Katrin Rossberg, curator of “Women Artists of the Wiener Werkst...

Walter Hochauer In the early 1990s, an intact mummy was discovered in the Ötztal Alps, on the Italian-Austrian border, that proved to be more than 5,000 years old. What is known today as Austria has been populated for a very long time; the buildings here are just a blip on the region’s history, but they’re all worth seeing when you’re next there. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die , edited by Mark Irving ...

Freemans announces highlights included in the European Art & Old Masters sale This major, recently rediscovered painting by Carl Moll. Executed in 1905, Weißes Interieur (White Interior) (Lot 56, $300,000-500,000) has never appeared on the market before. PHILADELPHIA, PA .-Freemans will hold its latest European Art & Old Masters auction on February 23rd. The sale presents fine art from across the continent, celebrating a multitude of movements and their major artists. Two founders of the Vien...

© Zechal/Fotolia Vienna has been the capital of the Holy Roman Empire and the empire known as Austria-Hungary. After World War II, it was occupied by multiple countries’ forces. History courses through its streets, as evidenced by these 12 buildings, but revolution does too. Each of these buildings performs its own type of rebellion. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die , edited by Mark Irving (2016). Writers�...

Jackson Hole News & Guide JACKSON — Richard Grubman dreamed of building the biggest house in Jackson, a towering, mostly windowless cinder block rectangle. But the 8,000-square-foot single-family residence Grubman visualized would actually be something else: It would be a place where the retired hedge fund mogul’s valuable art collection would be secure, with thousands of square feet for his treasures to be displayed and admired. It would be a huge building with a small residence sitt...

Photography Taylor Lyttleton “Design works well when you set constraints,” says Philippe Malouin, who has worked in London since 2009. “We are always being told ‘Do what you want’ by the brands that come to see us, but no-limit design does not give good results. I would much rather be asked to design a chair in wood, with a given height and no arms, than to have no limits.” If the client won’t spell out a limit, Malouin finds a way to do it for himself. The kind of constraints tha...

10 Questions With... Emil Humbert and Christophe Poyet December 21, 2020 Founded in 2008 by Paris-born Emil Humbert and Monaco-born Christophe Poyet—who are both passionate about design and fashion—Humbert & Poyet has quickly become one of the world’s top studios with projects such as the Beefbar restaurants (in Monaco, Mexico City, Mykonos and Hong Kong, to name only a few), the Hoxton hotel in Paris, the Aquazzura store in New York City and high-end private residences in different count...

Christies December Design Sales in New York total $12 million The top lot of the Important Tiffany from the Collection of Mary M. and Robert M. Montgomery, Jr., a Twelve-Light Turtleback Tile Moorish Chandelier, circa 1905 by Tiffany Studios. $550,000. © Christies Images Ltd 2020. NEW YORK, NY .-Christie’s December Design sales in New York totalled $12,029,250 on Friday, 11 December, across a various owners Design auction, which achieved $8,063,000 and the dedicated sale of Important Tiffany ...