Have a look a these photos of the new Google’s London office. Located in 123 Buckingham Palace Road the new Google office looks amazing! Where are they going to open the next one?

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Condé Nast is to open branded restaurants around the world as commercial extensions of its magazines such as Vogue and Gentleman’s Quarterly (GQ).

The new business, Condé Nast Restaurants, will be headed up by Jonathan Newhouse, chairman of Condé Nast International. Newhouse said Condé Nast will target markets around the globe, including emerging markets in Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.

Newhouse said Condé Nast is considering opening restaurants specifically in Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok, China, Japan, Korea, Turkey, Brazil and Uruguay with the hope of partnering with highly reputed restaurant operators in these markets.

To date Condé Nast already has branded establishments based in Moscow – Vogue Café, GQ Bar and Tatler Club – which have been licensed to an independent operator, Arkady Novikov.

Now this is paradise!!

Alternative hotel in Costa Rica. They turn an airplane into a Hotel that’s crazy. The hotel features two air conditioned bedrooms one with two queen sized beds and the other with one queen sized bed, each with its own private bathroom.

With its rippling facade and vast green roof, Chicago’s Aqua Tower is a revelation. It’s also the tallest building in the world to be designed by a woman.

The Aqua Tower, rising up in a dance of ever-changing concrete forms, is very different from its neighbours. Seen from the sidewalk, it really does have the look of a multi-layered Lake Michigan rock formation, albeit one that towers above the city. This is a Chicago landmark that has broken out of the city-wide straitjacket of right angles and smooth surfaces – as if Gaudi had taken up skyscraper design, or a spinning ballerina had morphed into a building.

Everyone knows Chicago is a meat town, but Japanese steakhouses are–ahem–rare in these parts. Grounded in the Dana Hotel and Spa, this contemporary, masculine restaurant blends delicate Asian flavors with beef and pork, including Kobe beef sourced directly from the Kobe region of Japan, fresh sushi and yakitori. Iron-seared cuts (like Double Porterhouse and New York Strip) arrive with wasabi-grated butter, while sushi rolls get sweet or spicy kicks. The Fresh Salmon Citrus sounds heavenly with mango, avocado and paper thin lemon. Modern touches make bold design impressions; black velvet panels and an undulating wall scream style.

660 N State St
Chicago, IL 60610

Renowned English interior designer Tom Dixon is behind Paramount, London’s hottest new venue located on top of city landmark Center Point tower. The bar’s aesthetic is a blend 60s retro and futurism, articulated through the use of hard-edged materials like concrete and stone to create a kind of space-ship meets super-club. The star of course, is the spectacular view, which is only enhanced by Dixon’s clean, modern interior.

Anyone hoping to pay a visit to Paramount better get to work on their “applications” for membership, a process which, rather frightfully, mirrors a job application. Aspiring members must be “assesed” by a panel including English actor Stephen Fry. We’re not generally fans of such pretense but thanks to Dixon, it looks like all of the hoopla may actually be worth it. Start typing. – Lisa Evans