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Bar Blondie knows how to make a scene in Queen’s ParkAn award-winning sommelier, an Aussie restaurateur and the pioneer of the spaghetti Western genre walk into a bar on Lonsdale Road, London
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The eccentric, elegant and ultra-rare Bristol Fighter spearheads a doughty brand’s rebirthBristol Cars is a famed British manufacturer with a rich engineering history and a quirky stylistic image. A continuation edition of five examples of its final production car, the Bristol Fighter, heralds the brand’s attempt to take off once again
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The best new hotels to book nowExplore the most stylish new openings in the world, from Ian Schrager’s sleek next act in West Hollywood to a charming boîte in the Burgundian countryside
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26 new London restaurants to try nowFrom a Turkish grill house in Soho to an intimate neighbourhood bar in Hackney and a Japanese counter in Kensington, these are the London tables to book now
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The Balvenie releases the world’s oldest whisky. Discover it hereThe 1931 Collection includes an 88-year-old Single Malt Scotch Whisky – like ‘a relic uncovered’ in its Daniel Arsham-designed sculptural showcase
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This viral Instagram account is putting the ancient architecture of Leominster on the mapDo you know what a corbel is? Now you do, thanks to a Herefordshire preservation architect documenting his town's architectural heritage
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Sloane Square gets the full French treatment at Brasserie OliviaFrom breakfast to late-night drinks, La Nouvelle Garde’s London debut brings the rhythm of a brasserie to Sloane Square
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Coffee shop Cup of Joy’s London debut is built on solid groundsThe Istanbul coffee brand opens its first international outpost in Marylebone, with café interiors by EBBA Architects
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Templeton Ford’s quirky sloped roof design has curve appeal in leafy West SussexWallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2026 adds the UK’s Templeton Ford to its ranks of exciting emerging practices. We sloped off to West Sussex for a tour of the studio's Clay Rise project
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Art deco architecture inspires Farid Karim’s characterful transformation of a London terraceWe welcome the UK's Farid Karim to the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2026, our annual listing of exciting emerging architecture practices – here, we tour the studio's Deco House
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How a London apartment became a bespoke space for ‘hosting, gathering and collaboration’Piercy&Co’s London Apartment 21 invites guests to meet, dine and socialise, as well as experience the architecture studio's approach to interiors
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The City of London’s oldest and largest public space now has a new garden hubThe Finsbury Circus Parks Office, in the heart of London, within a green space dating back to 1606, has just been completed to a design by Studio Weave
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Pensaer’s craft-led London terrace extension is full of sculptural detailingMeet promising emerging studio Pensaer – featured in the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2026 – and take a tour of its Clay House, a considered London extension
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The V&A will celebrate Freddie Mercury in a free, fashion-filled exhibitionThe V&A is marking the 80th anniversary of Freddie Mercury’s birth with an exhibition, ‘Splendid Things’, opening in October
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Langosteria London is The OWO’s glamorous new catchFrom Sicilian langoustine to tonno rosso carpaccio, Langosteria serves Italian seafood in one of Whitehall’s grandest dining rooms
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Is your home ‘ultra-processed’? Why architects are rethinking what we build withIs our architecture ultra-processed? And if so, what does it mean? We take a deep dive into how we build and explore buildings as 'one of the greatest public health opportunities of this century'
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The Savoy reaffirms its place as one of London’s great hotelsFrom Monet to Monroe, The Savoy has hosted them all; now GA brings its Edwardian and Art Deco rooms into a new era
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These London spas are relaxing urban escapesThese London spas offer transformative treatments in awe-inspiring spaces for total relaxation in the midst of the big city
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A new tropical architecture archive traces a unique, global journey across the 20th centuryThe Architectural Association’s Department of Tropical Architecture Archive is now live – here's what we learned from this ‘extraordinary resource’ for academic research
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Soho’s most theatrical hotel is getting a Beefbar restaurantMonte Carlo-born Beefbar will take over Dear Jackie at Broadwick Soho this September, giving the London hotel a carnivorous new chapter of rare cuts, velvet and late nights
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Stylus Architects shapes a triumph of an angular house extension in south LondonAwkward angles provided the catalyst for this light-filled London house extension in brick and glass
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Wallpaper* checks in to the Hyatt Regency London Olympia, set within the city’s new cultural hubLocated in an old 1930s car park, the new hotel outpost merges 20th-century industrial aesthetics with Art Deco influences
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On a romantic Scottish island, an old Victorian schoolhouse has been transformedDress for the Weather has created a cute Scottish cottage from the bones of a Victorian schoolhouse, blending its old stone exterior with a fresh contemporary flair
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Unplugged’s first coastal cabins make going offline even more desirableThe UK’s original digital detox cabin brand heads to the coast, with two Somerset stays designed around phones away and eyes up
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Embrace the spirit of Appalachia at this new London restaurantDrawing on the culinary traditions of America’s eastern mountain range, Appalachia is the latest restaurant to conquer north London
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A dark and ‘stealthy’ Welsh cottage reimagines life and architecture by the Irish SeaWhite Breakers is a Pembrokeshire Coast National Park holiday home, refitted by Unknown Works to improve flow, looks and sustainability
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‘Precision with soul’: Cubitts sets up shop in Manchester with a store that celebrates the cityThe eyewear company collaborates with Manchester design studio Youth to create a shop that respects the building’s past while reflecting the city’s future
