Pallasmaa: a precious and uncommon read worth packing

The most beautiful museum shops: why the best travel souvenirs are found there

A museum shop is not simply the exit visitors must pass through once the culture is over; it is the last room of the exhibition. From Madrid to Vienna, and from New York to Zurich, Isabella Goldmann explains why the most precious travel souvenir is the one bought there, among pieces commissioned from local artisans and books we will never find again.

Sleeping inside history: inns and hotels that restore rather than build

The most contemporary gesture in hospitality is to build nothing at all. From Madrid’s Gran Hotel Inglés, which began life as a café in 1853, to Thompson Rome, in the former headquarters of the Italian Communist Party on Via delle Botteghe Oscure, and on to the alpine and lagoon inns that keep their wrinkles, Raremood explores why the greenest building is the one that already exists, and why the history of a room cannot be manufactured.

Ten crafts at risk of disappearing, and where to still find them in Italy

Crafts have never had so many admirers, yet Italy has lost one artisan in four in ten years. From the plaster of Milan to the iron of Stia, this guide presents ten crafts at risk, the places where they can still be found, and the detail that makes each one recognizable. A museum preserves the object, but only the customer preserves the craft.