One of the best parts about traveling is meeting new people, especially those you establish an instant connection with. In Paris this isn’t the easiest thing to do as the language barrier and the sheer vastness of the city (NYC looks small in comparison) makes finding the local party spots extremely difficult. Luckily, I was [...]

Everything in Paris has style: architecture, public space, cafés, the people, the nightlife. It’s chalked full of character and has a vibe that can’t be found anywhere else. From those decked out in high fashion to the derelict drunkard that yells on the street outside your flat in the wee hours of the morning, people [...]

The city of lights, the city of romance. Countless tourists pass through Paris every year to see some of the world’s biggest attractions all in one place: Centre Pompidou, Musée de Louvre, Avenue des Champs Elycées, Cathédrale Norte Dame, and the most famous, la Tour Effiel. Step a little off the tourist path though, and [...]

“The architect behind New York’s Freedom Tower - built on the former site of the World Trade Centre - has announced that it is to construct what promises to be the world’s greenest office building,” the Telegraph reports.
Located in Gennevilliers, an outlying district of Paris, the proposed building titled “Energy Plus” will be the first [...]

Living in the downtown core of a city is great for convenience; however, the cluster, congestion and busyness can leave even the most enthused urbanites craving a little nature. As a result, architects, city planners and designers from around the world are reinterpreting the way that new housing developments incorporate Mother Nature. Case in point: [...]

The barrage of posts we’ve recently published on the interior design of retail spaces has us thinking: Vancouver is a wide-open, largely untapped market for retailers looking to set up innovative and conceptually driven shops. With the exception of Dutil on Cordova Street, few have utilized creative or thematic merchandizing as a means of cultural [...]