Latest articles by Anna Solomon
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Top 10 architecture moments of 2025
Architecture & environment director Ellie Stathaki picks the top 10 architecture moments of 2025, to recount, remember and reassess
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Love jewellery? Now you can book a holiday to source rare gemstones
Hardy & Diamond, Gemstone Journeys debuts in Sri Lanka in April 2026, granting travellers access to the island’s artisanal gemstone mines, as well as the opportunity to source their perfect stone
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Martell’s high-tech new cognac bottle design takes cues from Swiss watch-making and high-end electronics
Bespoke Partnership
Unconventional inspirations for a heritage cognac, perhaps, but Martell is looking to the future with its sharp-edged, feather-light, crystal-clear new design
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In 2025, fashion retail had a renaissance. Here’s our favourite store designs of the year
2025 was the year that fashion stores ceased to be just about fashion. Through a series of meticulously designed – and innovative – boutiques, brands invited customers to immerse themselves in their aesthetic worlds. Here are some of the best
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The Wallpaper* team’s travel highlights of the year
A year of travel distilled. Discover the destinations that inspired our editors on and off assignment
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This designer’s Shoreditch apartment is ‘part grotto, part cabinet of curiosities’
The apartment serves as Hubert Zandberg’s ‘home away from home’, as well as a creative laboratory for his design practice. The result is a layered, eclectic interior infused with his personality
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Curvilinear futurism meets subtropical beaches at Not A Hotel’s ZHA-designed Okinawa retreat
Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed the design for the first property in Not A Hotel’s futuristic new Vertex collection, coming soon to southern Japan
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These Christmas cards sent by 20th-century architects tell their own stories
Handcrafted holiday greetings reveal the personal side of architecture and design legends such as Charles and Ray Eames, Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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Colour and texture elevate an interior designer’s London home
To beautify her home without renovations, Charu Gandhi focused on key spaces and worked with inherited details
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Out of office: The Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
Far from slowing down for the festive season, the Wallpaper* team is in full swing, hopping from events to openings this week. Sometimes work can feel like play – and we also had time for some festive cocktails and cinematic releases
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The Stuff That Surrounds You: Inside the home of designer Michael Anastassiades
In The Stuff That Surrounds You, Wallpaper* explores a life through objects. In this episode, we step inside one of the most considered homes we've ever seen, where Anastassiades test drives his own creations
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A new photo book takes you behind the scenes of some of cinema's most beloved films, from 'Fargo' to 'Charlie's Angels'
Set decorator Lauri Gaffin captures Hollywood's quieter moments in an arresting new book
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Out of office: The Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
It’s wet, windy and wintry and, this week, the Wallpaper* team craved moments of escape. We found it in memories of the Mediterranean, flavours of Mexico, and immersions in the worlds of music and art
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Bottega for Bottegas 2025 invites artisans to reinterpret the ritual of the aperitivo
The annual initiative showcases makers and creatives who share Bottega Veneta’s dedication to craft. This year’s objects come together as an exquisite, modern still life
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Step inside the soft but vibrant Madrid home of interior designer Marta de la Rica
Earlier in 2025, Wallpaper* visited Marta de la Rica’s studio, which captured her meticulously considered design language. Now, we glimpse a softer side of the designer – her personal home – which radiates the warmth and energy of family life
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Finnish Design Shop has unveiled an interiors collection inspired by the modernist art of Helene Schjerfbeck
The collection’s serene colour palettes and refined finishes draw directly from Schjerfbeck’s paintings, translating her Nordic modernist sensitivity into contemporary objects
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Could this 3D-printed dwelling solve Luxembourg’s housing crisis?
With Tiny House Lux, ODA Architects showcases a functional, low-cost and sustainable home that serves as an important case study for the potential benefits of 3D-printed construction
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The best contemporary art books to enjoy now
From maverick memoirs to topical tomes, turn over a new leaf with the Wallpaper* arts desk’s pick of new releases and all-time favourite art books
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The Christmas wishlist of an interiors-obsessed Wallpaper* writer
2026 will be the year I finally finish furnishing my home – ideally with this selection of covetable homeware from studios and designers who inspire me endlessly
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The Architecture Edit: Wallpaper’s houses of the month
From wineries-turned-music studios to fire-resistant holiday homes, these are the properties that have most impressed the Wallpaper* editors this month
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Out of office: The Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
This week, the Wallpaper* team had its finger on the pulse of architecture, interiors and fashion – while also scooping the latest on the Radiohead reunion and London’s buzziest pizza
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Little gift ideas from the Wallpaper* editors
These micro icons, from design and beauty pieces to tech and fashion, are ideal for filling stockings this festive season
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This Alpine chalet rejects the ‘modern ski’ aesthetic to embrace art deco
Originally designed by architect Henry Jacques Le Même, a key figure in shaping the Alpine style, Le Sarto in Megève, France, has been captivatingly transformed by interior architecture studio Claves
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Sculptural, design-led napkin rings for festive tables
The simple napkin ring harbours the potential to bring a stylish punch of personality to any table setting
