Philippe Starck

Hotel Le Corbusier, Marseille

Contributor/ Andrée Fraiderik-Vertino Best Known For The hotel is famous for its setting within Marseille’s landmark Cité Radieuse. France’s most famous architect, Le Corbusier, built the “radiant city,” in the late 1940s and early 50s, originally intended as a social housing complex. Today, it’s a fashionable headquarters for Marseille’s bourgeois, with apartments housing some original […]

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Sanderson, London

Contributor/ Imran Hussain Best Known For The Sanderson was amongst the first in Ian Schrager’s London stable of stylish hotels. Superstar designer Philippe Starck hit London early 2000 with this along with equally legendary St Martins Lane. They’re both incredibly reminiscent of Salvador Dali’s finest work. The building also used to be the old sewing

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Mama Shelter, Paris

Contributor/ Jacqui Kirk Best Known For Sprinkled with magic design dust from Philippe Starck, the open-plan ground floor public areas are the real star of the show. Guaranteed fun on a budget. “No frills” rooms provide you with the basics but with a few twists such as fancy dress face masks. Darth Vador anyone? The Good

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