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Itinerary: Touria El Glaoui and Nasir Kassamali

Two people in the Surface world share their April travel plans.

Urban Space
Planet Earth’s Concrete Jungles

Director and producer Fredi Devas answers our questions about Planet Earth II’s...

Restaurant
A Manhattan Restaurant Fit For a House Party

Chinatown’s Flower Shop is a roadside diner meets ’70s basement hangout.

Travel
The Surface Guide to Salone del Mobile

The fairs, installations, and local spots not to miss this year in Milan.

Travel
A Tastemaker’s Vibrant Shop in Cape Town’s Creative Quarter

Meet Barbara Lenhard’s Kloof Steet boutique, Opulent Living Concept Store & Gallery.

Travel
Apply for the Surface Travel Awards

Introducing our inaugural tribute to the spaces, products, and innovators that inspire and connect...

Hotel
The Warehouse Hotel Harkens Back to Singapore’s Seedier Times

This converted 19th century "godown" may look contemporary, but it hasn't completely shed its...

Restaurant
Let Alma Handle Your Work-Life Balance

A shared workspace in Stockholm embraces the social-club-as-office model—plus fine dining for all.

Hotel
The New Venice Hotel We’re Dying to Book

Design director Diego Paccagnella engineers a boutique stay with provincial credibility.

Essay
The Pastis Future

One writer considers the New York of Keith McNally as the restaurateur moves to resuscitate a...

HOTEL
Built for Brooklyn

The new 1 Hotel outpost embraces the darker side of nature.

Hotel
Jackson Soul at the Anvil Hotel

Brooklyn-based design firm Studio Tack brings its narrative approach to a Wyoming ski town.

Poem
Eks and the City

The star of Bravo reality show Million Dollar Listing New York gets poetic about his adopted

TRAVEL
In Aspen, Art at Altitude

After seven decades of development, Aspen is seizing the moment to become a cultural...

Travel
Destination: Los Angeles

Rising fashion and art scenes are casting a new light on California’s glamorous city.