Audrey Hepburn’s Beloved Swiss Home, La Paisible, Is Now for Sale

For more than three decades, Audrey Hepburn—style icon, actress, and humanitarian—called La Paisible (“The Peaceful”) her sanctuary. Nestled in the quiet village of Tolochenaz near Lausanne, Switzerland, the estate that was once her cherished family home has now come onto the market, offering an extraordinary chance to step into a piece of cinematic history.

Vitra Design Museum & Schaudepot: A Living Archive of Modern Design

What makes the Vitra Campus unique is its broader architectural context. Alongside Gehry and Herzog & de Meuron, buildings by Zaha Hadid, Tadao Ando, Nicholas Grimshaw, and SANAA turn the site into a kind of open-air design anthology.

V&A East Storehouse: A Backstage Pass to the World’s Great Collections

That old model is changing – and nowhere more boldly than at the V&A East Storehouse, which opened in May 2025 in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

EMST Athens

I wasn’t expecting to fall for an industrial building in Athens, but the former FIX brewery has a way of winning hearts. Once a post-war brewery, this modernist landmark is now home to the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), a bold cultural hub where creativity thrives.

African American Music

As part of my deep dive into the history of the United States of America, and my recent Deep South obsession, as well as love for music, and modern music history, I have been endlessly listening to Mississippi Delta Blues (see post image of the legendary Robert Johnson) and Motown. If any of this isContinue reading “African American Music”