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THE REPURPOSED TWO-STOREY

SCHLOTTERBECK CITROËN

GARAGE NOW HAS AN 11-STOREY

TOWER BUT MAINTAINS

A HISTORICAL FEEL WITH THE

USE OF CONCRETE AND OLD

CITROËN DS LACQUER COLOURS

Back in the 1960s, brown was the

favoured colour for interiors, with

suncream Coppertone giving its

name to the shade of choice. We

have recently spied the distinctive

colour creeping back, often teamed

with blues and greys. The Alfred

Collection’s newest range of bed

linen, ‘Alix’, was unmistakably

Coppertone in colour, Cogolin

teamed it with blue in its ‘Jardin 5’

rug, and Pulpo has used the colour

in its glassware collection.

‘Alix’ bed linen, from €65, by The Alfred

Collection. Day bed 4, from £2,795, by

Another Country. ‘Jardin 5’ rug, €4,804,

by India Mahdavi, for La Manufacture

Cogolin. ‘Scala’ coffee table, €1,586, by

Stéphane Parmentier, for Giobagnara.

‘Potpourri 2’ glass, €121 for set of three;

’Potpourri 4’ carafe, €109, all by Meike

Harde, for Pulpo. ‘Cheek to Chic’

blusher, £30; powder brush, £35, both

by Charlotte Tilbury. Paint in Beloved,

€85 for 2.5 litres, by Caparol Icons.

For stockists throughout, see page 176

TAN LINES

Motor homes

A former car garage in Zurich gets a full service

In the 1950s, vast car workshops and

showrooms became a frequent sight on

urban peripheries. The concrete, steel

and glass Schlotterbeck Citroën Garage

in Zürich, designed in 1951 by Basel

architects Suter & Suter, is a perfect

example. But now, 67 years later, the site

is part of the dense city structure where

space is at a premium and people, not

cars, have priority. The listed garage has

been vertically repurposed by architects

Giuliani Hönger, providing 2,150 sq m of

commercial space and 104 apartments.

Its signature concrete structure has been

enhanced with new floors, as well as

the addition of a 40m-high drum-shaped

tower. Screed floors, concrete ceilings

and the original mushroom-shaped

structural pillars, alongside a colour

scheme based on old Citroën DS lacquer

colours, keep the historical feel of

the building, while the old car ramp

has become a bike storage space

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Now that private jets are becoming

par for the course, hotels are taking

their amenities tarmac-side. The

Peninsula, Four Seasons and Aman

have all unveiled plans for their own

fixed-based operations (FBOs), aka

VIP terminals for private aircraft.

Extending the branded experience

to where the money is makes sense,

but this means playing catch-up

to ambitious upstarts like Jetex and

Signature, the latter with over

200 VIP terminals to its name. FBOs

compete not only on style, but also

on mundane issues like passport

control and fuel price, making it

tougher still for new arrivals. Just like

commercial airline lounges, there’s

plenty of space for competing FBOs.

And as The Four Seasons Private Jet

Experience shows, the leap from

branded FOBs to airbound hotels

is small. After all, why eat in when

you can have your caviar to go?

TOP FLIGHT

INCOMING | JOHN WEICH

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