Occupying a discrete history-rich building in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, halfway between Gare du Nord and Gare de l'Est, the new Hotel Les Deux Gares is poised mischievously, ready to treat visitors to a wild and wonderful joyride. The once abandoned bourgeois edifice is now frocked up in the signature stylings of its art director, Luke Edward Hall, and offers a bar, restaurant, fitness room and sauna. Not to mention the 40 petite rooms where guests are warmly invited into the eccentric universe of the British tastemaker.

Rediscovered in recent years, the BBC documentary Autopsy on a Dream premiered earlier this year. The controversial film is now available for online streaming. Directed by John Weiley and narrated by Bob Ellis, Autopsy on a Dream is as extraordinary as its provocative subject matter – the dramatic story of the construction of the Sydney Opera House, culminating in architect Jørn Utzon’s departure from the project.

International design brand Fritz Hansen has released an anniversary edition of the iconic ‘Carimate’ chair in celebration of what would have been the designer-architect Vico Magistretti's 100th birthday. Magistretti (1920-2006) created the original cherry red chair in 1959 for the Carimate in Italy, the golf club after which the chair is named. Renowned for its equally distinctive red window frames, the Carimate clubhouse building was completed in collaboration with Guido Veneziani in 1962.

Multi-disciplinary firm Say Architects has conceived the pared-back Angleot in Hangzhou, China – a patisserie that challenges the senses and tradition in equal measure. Presented with an awkward storefront that was mostly blocked by an existing ventilation shaft, and an unsightly view from the rear of the site, the design team opted to create an experience that looks within, plays with light and fragrance, and unfolds slowly.

Van Gogh Alive is the large-scale, multi-sensory experience that has dazzled over 6 million people across 50 cities around the world including Rome, Milan, Berlin, Shanghai and Moscow. You may have seen eye-catching images of the exhibition pop up on your social media accounts as the digital spectacular rolled into Sydney in mid-September – the Covid-aware exhibition is calling the Royal Hall of Industries its home for a limited season.

Promising to inspire and inform, B20 is the inaugural digital product launch from Brickworks that will be presented via an online broadcast on October 29. From advanced technologies to beautiful brick colours and textures, B20 lists over 100 new products on its agenda, each destined to influence the future of the built environment.

In a pre-pandemic universe, Australians were one of the top ten nationalities to frequently touchdown in Japan. So as murmurs grow louder about the potential of a travel bubble opening up between the two countries, it comes as no surprise that ‘the best places to stay in Japan?' is a regular question found in our Google search history results.

Aesthetes everywhere, prepare to unleash your credit cards. Australia’s international art fair, Sydney Contemporary, has just launched an impressive online showcase which not only responds to the global pandemic climate, it aims to bolster the art community in the same gallant brushstroke.

For the second instalment of the all-new architect speaker series inDETAIL by Brickworks, host Stephen Varady will be joined by architect Fabrizio Barozzi of Borozzi Veiga. The episode will be streamed live on September 30 (revised date) with Fabrizio joining in via satellite from Barcelona.

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama – the ‘princess of polka dots’ – and famed champagne house Veuve Clicquot were originally drawn together by the likeness of their signatures: dots and bubbles. The first collaboration between the artist and the luxury brand was in 2006 when Yayoi overlaid a portrait of Veuve’s founder, Nicole Barbe Ponsardin (widely known as Madame Clicquot) with bright red polka dots for a charity auction in Tokyo.