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Made entirely of concrete, the Barbican Centre is a pillar of Brutalist architecture. Designed by Peter Chamberlain, Geoffry Powell and Christoph Bonn, the walls provide an escape for over 4,000 residents from the city that lies outside and provides its own community. The Barbican features a library, a conservatory, an arts centre, restaurants, cafes and more. It truly is it’s own city within central London. Brutalism is the dominant architectural style of the Barbican Centre.

With soft, pastel colours and dreamy surrealist landscapes, artist Jos transports us to another world. As a digital artist, he takes images and creates a completely different narrative. Jos’s work often explores the natural world and expands the idea of what this could mean. By placing a human subject into the distance of his work, he plays with the idea of time and the short history humans have on Earth. Paired with the surreal nature of his work, he aims to create a tranquil atmosphere of wonder.

Juan Carlos García is a graphic designer and art director whose love of music heavily influences his work. Juan Carlos incorporates vintage photographs of celebrities and strangers alike to create new images in which he can imagine fresh stories for the subjects. Juan’s collages take an artistic twist on old photographs, contrasting them with various elements of flowers, celestial images and other photographs to create a story.

One of the strongest elements of Photographer and Content Creator Helın Bereket’s work is the range of images she creates – varying in the subject while connected by her signature fresh and bold, yet calm and understated, style. Her versatility as an artist is visible in what appears to be effortless ease for shifting between capturing people, places and nature with the same unwavering, unique expertise.

Renovated Iconic Hotel on Amsterdam Canal is Dutch Design Masterpiece “Every room and every corner portray hints of the past.

This Unusual Tel-Aviv Home Merges Minimalism and Playfulness Pitsou Kedem Architects design with elimination in mind. Founded in Tel-Aviv on the modernist style in 2000, they have since designed private homes, restaurants, stores, and even hotels. In each independent project, their design process aims “to avoid the irrelevant in order to emphasise the significant.” The team has taken this aim to the next level with their latest project, D3 House. D3 House posits a neutral colour palette.