The Spaces

The Spaces is an online magazine created by VF Publishing that delves into innovative approaches to living and working. We cover a variety of places, including homes, public areas, co-working spaces, hotels, and trendy retail locations. Our goal is to highlight spaces that challenge the norm and introduce you to individuals who are transforming our lifestyles. By examining the vibrant urban landscapes of cities worldwide, we aim to educate and ignite discussions about design and real estate, encouraging readers to see their surroundings in a new light.

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Xilote brings Oaxacan soul to Mexico City’s Nuevo Polanco

1 week ago | thespaces.com | Betty Wood

It’s not just the food that’s rich and flavoursome at the new Mexico City restaurant Xilote; the interiors are sumptuously layered with texture and serve as an exercise in placemaking. Xilote is located within LIVIX, a new apartment and retail complex in the tony Granada neighbourhood, aka Nuevo Polanco. This highly walkable area lies north of the upscale Polanco district, with its tree-lined streets and pavement cafés.
One of ‘Australia’s most incredible houses’ is for sale outside Sydney

1 week ago | thespaces.com | Betty Wood

Sweeping views of the Hawkesbury River and fully reimagined interiors by award-winning Australian designer Tamsin Johnson set this waterfront home apart, less than an hour from Sydney. Situated on 1.48 hectares of waterfront land within the Muogamarra Nature Reserve at Berowra Waters, Sunny Corner Cottage was featured in Belle Magazine as ‘one of Australia’s most incredible houses’. It lives up to the hype, with views of the jetty and private beach visible from almost every room.
Interior inspiration to kick-start your week

1 week ago | thespaces.com | Rosella Degori

Beat the Monday blues with our weekly shot of interior design wanderlust. From the hottest hotels to iconic homes, we bring you a curation of interior spaces to inspire your renovation project and fuel your curiosityâ€¦F.I.X.coffee shop in Bangkok SILENCE PLEASE tea house and listening room in New York City Pharaoh wine bar in Athens Property for sale in California Magda Butrym pop-up boutique in New York City
A spectacular hôtel particulier apartment lists next to the Arc de Triomphe

1 week ago | thespaces.com | Betty Wood

Just steps from the Arc de Triomphe, a palatial Paris apartment fuses 19th-century grandeur with 21st-century amenities. The 262 sq m residence faces the iconic monument and is located within the monumental Hôtel des Maréchaux—a dozen neoclassical hôtels particuliers (grand private mansions) designed by Jacques-Ignace Hittorff and built by Charles Rohault de Fleury during the reign of Napoleon III.
Pangea’s giant textiles transform the University of Milan’s cloister into an 'Oasis of Happiness'

2 weeks ago | thespaces.com | Betty Wood

Mystical symbols and hand-sewn emblems embellish a series of giant textile ‘gates’ suspended in the serene cloister of the University of Milan – a vibrant installation by art duo Pangea. Artists Colombine Jubert and Laëtitia Rouget combine colour, texture and meaning in Oasis of Happiness, on show during Milan Design Week (7–17 April 2025).
Interior inspiration to kick-start your week

2 weeks ago | thespaces.com | Rosella Degori

Beat the Monday blues with our weekly shot of interior design wanderlust. From the hottest hotels to iconic homes, we bring you a curation of interior spaces to inspire your renovation project and fuel your curiosity…House in Antwerp The Kissaten bar in Lisbon House in Silver Lake, Los Angeles Loco Wine Bar in Guadalajara, Mexico UNION bakery in Paris
Laura Ellen Bacon’s woven art creeps indoors at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

2 weeks ago | thespaces.com | Ellen Himelfarb

The 18th-century chapel at Yorkshire Sculpture Park provides a backdrop to some of the estate’s most exciting exhibitions, from last winter’s field of reflective discs by Liz West going back to Ai Weiwei’s 2014 intervention. This spring, it’s the turn of ‘living sculptor’ Laura Ellen Bacon, and it seems a natural progression for an institution so adept at bringing ‘indoor’ forms and professional sheen to its 500 acres.
In South London, a Victorian artist’s studio boasts incredible light

3 weeks ago | thespaces.com | Betty Wood

German artist Uli Nimptsch created his over-life-size Parliamentary sculpture of David Lloyd George inside this Chelsea property and its Victorian-era artist’s studio. The three-bedroom Italianate-style property was built in 1846 on Fulham Road and features a vast barrel-vaulted atelier at the rear, connected to the main residence by a walled courtyard.
Toronto’s iconic Red Canoe sculpture has been destroyed

3 weeks ago | thespaces.com | Betty Wood

Artist and novelist Douglas Coupland’s Red Canoe became one of Toronto’s most beloved (and photographed) public artworks after its installation at Canoe Landing Park in 2009. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, the iconic sculpture was destroyed by fire. The Red Canoe (aka Tom Thomson’s Canoe) commemorates legendary Canadian landscape painter Tom Thomson, who disappeared during a canoeing trip in Algonquin Provincial Park in 1917.
Marlborough Gallery’s legendary Chelsea space is for sale in NYC

3 weeks ago | thespaces.com | Rosella Degori

For 18 years, art patrons flocked to Marlborough Gallery’s space at 545 West 25th Street in Manhattan before the venue announced in 2024 that it would be permanently closing its doors. Its Chelsea space has now been brought to market for $10.9m. Encompassing the first and second floors of the 20-storey Chelsea Arts Tower, the 9,228 sq ft commercial property is co-listed for sale exclusively via Jeffrey Zoldan and Roger Gillen of Brown Harris Stevens.