Four years after its low-key, high-octane opening, Andre Balazs’s converted Marylebone fire station is still smoking hot. Hawk your Richard Prince and bribe the doormen to get a table at the Nuno Mendes-helmed restaurant or enjoy the cool London autumn air at the alfresco garden bar. Then attempt access to the Firehouse’s after-hours Ladder Shed club, where the guest list is stellar and the curtains are made of old hosepipes. The Firehouse also offers 26 bedrooms and suites, each fitted with a working fireplace and generously appointed bathrooms. Every hotel guest is looked after by a personal concierge, who will map out your 10-minute walk to the Frieze art fair at Regent’s Park.
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Before Palm Springs, there was Corbin Palms – now one of its original mid-century homes is for saleA rare 1954 Palmer & Krisel residence in Corbin Palms – the overlooked Woodland Hills enclave where the architects first tested the ideas that would define California’s desert modernism – is on the market for $995,000
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FGMF’s new São Paulo house is cleverly arranged around a sub-tropical gardenCasa da rua Escócia brings the outside in thanks to clever planning, angled walls and a richly planted courtyard garden
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A Pierre Paulin design icon becomes the backdrop for Fred Again.. and Latin Mafia's latest collaborationConceived in 1970, Pierre Paulin's Dune seating landscape is part of Fred Again.. and Latin Mafia's collaborative mixtape, '9 months & 50 hours', recorded at LagoAlgo in Mexico City, with a spatial installation by Paulin, Paulin, Paulin
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‘The Nue Black Aesthetic’ maps the diasporic voices shaping design todayThe Design Museum in London announces a new exhibition (6 November 2026 to 8 August 2027) bringing together 16 contemporary Black designers; guest curator Charlene Prempeh tells us about exploring identity, the diaspora and who gets to shape the design canon
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What we know so far about London Design Festival 2026London Design Festival 2026 (12–20 September) unveils its first projects, where craft, architecture and technology meet across city-wide landmark installations and museum commissions
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London design lovers, mark your calendars: Basic.Space arrives this weekend with its first city eventBasic.Space, the creator-led marketplace spanning luxury fashion, art and design, is bringing its immersive retail experience to London from 13-14 June
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Five things to see at London Craft Week 2026With an emphasis on keeping heritage crafts alive, London Craft Week 2026 (11-17 May) offers a city-wide programme of exhibitions to discover artisanal excellence from established and emerging makers
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Discover a calming ‘library’ dedicated to craft at Collect design fairAt Collect 2026 in London, Tola Ojuolape’s Collectors’ Lounge is a flexible, tactile space for exploration, conversation and co-working, imagined as an homage to the traditional library
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Step inside Faye Toogood's intimate cabinet of curiosities at PAD LondonFor PAD London 2025, (until 19 October) Faye Toogood presents The Magpie’s Nest with Friedman Benda
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Rajan Bijlani opens his Primrose Hill home for ‘Electric Kiln’In his London home – once the studio of ceramicist Emmanuel Cooper – Rajan Bijlani stages ‘Electric Kiln’, uniting Frank Auerbach, Lucie Rie and Cooper in an intimate reflection on the creative spirit of postwar London
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These are the design exhibitions to see in London during Frieze WeekWe round up the best design events happening in London in conjunction with Frieze Week 2025: discover collectible design and craft across the city
