The Niche Showcase at Thailand’s 62nd Bangkok Gems and Jewelry Fair

What do you get when a Cornell graduate architect is also a Le Cordon Bleu trained chef? You’d expect nothing less than this delectable hole-in-the-wall

The Finnish architect Alvar Aalto once said that architecture should be “in harmony with the human being”. Extrapolate from this what you will, but Beijing-based architect Nolan Chao of ARCHISTRY design&research office has taken the literal route

Heading to Paris this September for Maison & Objet? Here are a few of our favorite places to stay, shop, eat, drink and see. Bon voyage!

Design duo Doshi Levien spoke to us on the sidelines of Salone about their creative process and their new collection for Kvadrat

Design Anthology’s top five for where to stay in the Korean capital

That the most exclusive accommodation in Bolivia is a caravan says as much about the country’s paucity of luxury lodgings as it does the thrilling off-road adventures in store for travellers to this surreal, landlocked nation high in the Andes

China’s first and only recipient of the Pritzker — the world’s most respected prize for architecture — Wang Shu, along with his wife and practice partner Lu Wenyu are the founders of Hangzhou-based practice Amateur Architecture Studio

This Hong Kong jewellery designer’s London penthouse has dazzling blue, bespoke, industrial-chic accents

A wave of entrepreneurs, creatives and social innovators — from new-age hawkers to upstart product designers — is shaking up the status quo in Singapore and creating demand for a new breed of private members’ clubs. Enter The Straits Clan. Housed in a heritage shophouse, the club provides an environment conducive to creative connections.

In Queensland’s Noosa National Park, Mim Design has crafted a family retreat fully immersed in the surrounding treescapes and seascapes

A bespoke home in Hong Kong’s up-and-coming Tsueng Kwan O neighbourhood designed by JJ Acuna / Bespoke Studio

Japan House London opens in the heart of the British Capital, a mecca of Japanese culture, design and aesthetic refinement

Foolscap Studio delivers a high-luxe design for Domaine Chandon in Australia’s Yarra Valley

A cultural centre in Jiangsu Province pays architectural homage to the traditional Chinese art form

An elegant new office space for Changsha-based China Resources Center finds harmony between modern aesthetics and traditional values

Clever rejigs and a deftly applied colour scheme set this Singaporean HDB flat apart from the pack

The legendary Serpentine Pavilion opens its first architectural installation outside of the UK in the heart of the Chinese capital

The Datai welcomed its first guests to Langkawi in 1993 with a breathtaking rainforest setting and a seamless eco-conscious design by Kerry Hill that proved far ahead of its time.

The Sukhothai Shanghai tapped none other than local duo design neri&hu to lend an air of sophistication to its 170 guest rooms and 31 suites in the new Taikoo Hui mixed-use lifestyle complex.

The new 289-room Waldorf Astoria Chengdu bears the stamp of interiors maven Alexandra Champalimaud.

The House Collective has unveiled its third property with the opening of The Middle House in Shanghai, its interiors artfully rendered by internationally acclaimed architect and designer Piero Lissoni.

Located just off the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, Nobu Ryokan is a completely renovated 1950s vintage beach motel combining the minimalist aesthetic of traditional Japanese inns with the casual coolness of the California coast.