Historic residences in northern Italy are redefining hospitality. The Castelletto and Hotel Foscarini reveal how architecture, restoration and domestic scale experiences are shaping a new model of European luxury travel.
In the Virgola Comfort collection, Falmec turns a simple under-cabinet hood into a tool for acoustic wellbeing. Quieter extraction, anti-condensation technology and warm, adaptable lighting redefine how we experience sound, air and atmosphere in the kitchen
A 3,000-square-foot Upper West Side apartment becomes a warm, sculptural retreat for a passionate art collector, where nuanced materials, curated light and quiet spatial composition turn daily life into a continuous encounter with contemporary art.
During ZⓈONAMACO, Belforno becomes our favourite way to slow the pace of art week: a glowing wood-fired oven, generous Italian plates and a warm Condesa dining room made for long conversations and shared bottles of wine.
On a rural site in Burradoo, a 288 m² modular home by Modscape and Modbotics reimagines the pitched-roof manor house as a contemporary, low-impact residence, showing how off-site construction can deliver bespoke architecture rooted in context and landscape
An off-grid 40 m² farm stay on Australia’s Liverpool Plains, Gilay Estate reinterprets rural typologies with charred timber, warm interiors and fully self-sufficient systems.
At ZⓈONAMACO, THECORE tested a different kind of stand: no stacks of magazines, just an editorial table, QR codes and a fully digital experience. A small prototype for how The Wave of Sustainable Design can go paperless - without losing impact.
Eight voices, one through-line: light, gesture, and matter. This annual compendium gathers the artists and designers we published over the year to trace an intimate map of contemporary sensibilities. We open with the suspended clarity of Iraxe Arteta and close with the luminous density of alabaster in Francesco M. Messina—an arc that moves from silence to substance.
In this edition of THECORE — “Crafted by the Alps: Redefining Swiss Luxury Through Design and Sustainability” — we explore a nation that has elevated precision, restraint, and environmental respect into a new global language of luxury. This is not loud luxury; it is defined by light, by stillness, and by the rare clarity of unhurried time.
El diseño ya no se mide por lo que deslumbra, sino por lo que permanece. Esta edición especial, Premio Interceramic 2025, celebra a quienes convierten la estética en ética y la técnica en cultura; a quienes entienden el lujo como coherencia y el mate rial como responsabilidad.
Surface is not a finish—it is performance and atmosphere. This edition looks at how stone, concrete, plaster, timber, glass, and ceramic shape light, temperature, privacy, and experience across homes, hospitality, retail, and adaptive reuse.
Water frames our days. In the right space, it turns routine into ritual. Tranquil Escapes explores bathrooms as sanctuaries, calm, functional, and beautifully made where light, honest materials, and thoughtful planning elevate everyday life.
From Montreal to Florence, from the forests of Chile to the beaches of Australia, this edition of THECORE explores how kitchens have become the architectural and emotional soul of our homes.
Welcome to The Wave of Sustainable Design - a special edition of THECORE where we embark on a journey through the transformative landscapes of design, sustainability, and innovation.
There are designers who decorate space, and then there are those who define it. Piero Lissoni, with his studio’s multidisciplinary mastery, belongs to the latter. In a world increasingly overwhelmed by noise—visual, digital, emotional—his work continues to whisper with extraordinary clarity.
We are excited to celebrate Palomba Serafini Studio’s 30th anniversary in this special edition of THECORE. For three decades, Ludovica Serafini and Roberto Palomba have redefined luxury design, blending innovation, sustainability, and timeless elegance in architecture, interiors, and product design.
Milan has long been a beacon of design, architecture, and innovation, setting global trends in luxury and hos- pitality. Today, as sustainability becomes the defining factor of modern spaces, Milan’s top hotels are embra- cing a new era—one where eco-conscious design meets uncompromising elegance.
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On a private estate in central Ukraine, YOD Group reinterprets the traditional hata-mazanka as a fully glazed guesthouse, crowned by an overscaled thatched roof and eco-minimal interiors. A quiet retreat where vernacular memory, landscape and low-impact engineering live under one sculptural silhouette.