The rounded details of an art-deco-style facade are repeated throughout the interior of this house in Antwerp, which has been renovated by Atelier Fréderic Louis. Read more
Instead of heeding employee concerns, Southwest focused primarily on tech for customers, leading to a worst-case example of what can happen when modernizing operations is not a priority. May other airlines learn from Southwest ’s mistake. -Justin Dawes
Fog Design+Art, DesignTO and Oslo Design Fair are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. Read more
The Skift team last year wasted no time in making up for the pandemic pause, zig-zagging across the globe — for work and play. Can we top that? You bet. Check out our travel aspirations for the new year, and know that we never stop living the brand. -Tom Lowry
With three of its four acquisitions based in the U.S., RateGain is surely looking to acquire scale and dominance in the American market. -Peden Doma Bhutia
Sculptural walls and tangerine hues feature in a public library by New York studio WORKac that is housed in a former torpedo factory. Read more
A 1968 building transformed for the contemporary traveler The tiny island of Ibiza may have a small population of locals (only 160,000 people) but it’s known the world over for its hedonistic summer energy, when millions of visitors come and go o…
EBBA Architects has completed a house extension in east London that combines brutalist-style materials with details inspired by a classic Roman villa. Read more
Lisbon-based Pedra Silva Arquitectos has teamed up with Spanish design studio Astet to convert a former clifftop farmstead on Portugal’s west coast into a destination for surfers. Read more
This lawsuit against major cruise lines, if upheld after inevitable appeals, could open up a floodgate of litigation against airlines and cruise lines that operated in Cuba after the Obama administration cleared the way. -Dennis Schaal
