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Bvlgari Resort Ranfushi will bring the Roman house to the Maldives for the first time, on a 20-hectare island in the Raa Atoll reached by seaplane from Malé. Fifty-four keys, 33 of them Beach Villas with private pools, sit alongside 20 Overwater Villas and a Bvlgari Villa occupying its own island entirely. ACPV ARCHITECTS Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel leads the design, Il Ristorante - Niko Romito and Hōseki lead the dining, and the whole thing is built to the group's highest sustainability standards
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Halfway between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, a stretch of protected shoreline known as Sahel Al Emarat has become the setting for one of the region's more considered residential propositions. SHA Residences brings the Spanish wellness clinic's integrative medical model to the Arabian Gulf, pairing villas of up to 1,739 square metres with doctors, therapists and healthy-cooking chefs on call. A collection of pavilions handles movement, nutrition and dining, and the daily rhythm is set by the tide rather than the diary.
Ferrari has pulled the covers off the CZ26 at Monterey, a one-off built for a single client in the United States and drawn by the Ferrari Design Studio under Flavio Manzoni. Underneath sits the SF90 Stradale, which means 1000 cv, 2.5 seconds to 100 km/h and 328 km/h flat out. On top sits a body nobody else will ever own, painted in liquid silver, with 3D-printed seat inserts and a tail cut off flat at the back. Two years of work, one car, no repeats
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Long lunches, golden-hour apéritifs and indulgent evenings al fresco have come to Marylebone Lane. 108 Brasserie has created La Terrasse on the Lane with Château La Coste, the art-led organic and biodynamic estate in the northern reaches of Provence, dressing its terrace in hanging vines and wicker chairs for the season. Signature rosé spritz cocktails, an exclusive selection of the estate's cuvées and Provençal cooking, a few steps from Marylebone High Street
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Built with Sunreef Yachts, the BRABUS Ultima 55 is a 17 metre multihull wrapped in carbon fibre, driven by twin 725 hp six cylinder engines and lifted clear of the water by a hydrofoil system. Top speed runs past 40 knots. Constantin Buschmann and his team have produced a yacht with the manners of a supercar, and an aft deck that widens to 7.6 metres once the anchor is down