Barcelona - The Glass Magazine

Glass reaches new heights at W Barcelona

May 12, 2025

THE FIRST time you catch a glimpse of the W Barcelona is from the air. Situated loud and proud at the new entrance of the port, the sail-shaped building, designed by world renowned architect Ricardo Bofill, re...

Louis Vuitton announces Barcelona as destination for its Cruise 2025 show

Sophie Richardson

February 27, 2024

Fashion, Fashion Shows, News

OPTING to showcase its Cruise 2025 fashion show in Barcelona, Louis Vuitton continues to expand its presence in the Catalan capital. Having organised the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup – including the Lo...

Louis Vuitton returns to the America’s Cup for 2024

Sophie Richardson

October 25, 2023

Design, News, Sport

HAVING BEEN established a mere three years before the birth of Louis Vuitton in 1854, the America’s Cup is considered the oldest international sporting competition. Centred around the art of sailing, the tourn...

Glass experiences timeless glamour at El Palace, Barcelona

Olga Petrusewicz

May 9, 2023

Feature, Spain, Travel

LOCATED in the former Ritz, El Palace continues to excite its guests with opulence and decadence. Every detail of the interior screams glamour and inevitably transports you back in time. From big chande...

Glass experiences pure glamour at sea with Seabourn Ovation

Amanda Bernstein

March 7, 2022

Feature, Travel

"YOU’LL never be bored onboard” said my engaging Portuguese butler, Edwardo, as he leads me into my suite on Seabourn Ovation, “your choice of daily activities includes morning fitness classes, cookery demonstr...

Glass enjoys resort glamour at Hotel Camiral, Girona, Spain

Derby Jones

October 21, 2019

Europe, Feature, Spain, Travel

OCCUPYING the vast grounds of a golfing resort mecca whose award-winning courses are consistently voted the best in Spain, Hotel Camiral has established itself as a class act in its own right. The fiv...

Glass talks to photoartist Jamie Mcleod about his new book I Created Me

Caroline Simpson

October 15, 2019

Books, News

THE NEW ZEALAND-born, London-based photo-artist, Jamie Mcleod has produced a new book entitled I Created Me featuring largely unseen photos from McLeod’s 20-year-old archive of his work with...

Glass previews an international cocktail takeover at The Coral Room and The Bloomsbury Club

Charlie Navin-Holder

October 3, 2019

Drinks, News

THE CORAL Room and The Bloomsbury Club, of The Bloomsbury Hotel, will be transformed this Friday, when two of the world's most buzzed-about bars takeover, in collaboration with Mancino Vermouth for The World’s ...

Glass does Wake Up Call at the W Barcelona

Katrina Mirpuri

October 9, 2018

Europe, Feature, Spain, Travel

THE idea of camping outdoors at a music festival isn’t everyone’s idea of fun. Often there’s long queues for the shower, unpleasant portable toilets and heaps of mud if the weather isn’t blessed by the sun gods...

W Hotels announce new Barcelona Festival

Rachel Parker

July 16, 2018

News, Spain, Travel

SAY goodbye to tents and knee-deep mud baths – W Hotels are rewriting the festival experience. Wake Up Call Barcelona is an exclusive three-day programme of events, pool parties, DJ masterclasses and live conce...

Twenty Four Hours – a Glass fashion film by Alyssa Boni

Todd Burns

February 6, 2018

Fashion, Feature, Glass TV

FEATURING patent-red rain macs and matching shoes, Twenty Four Hours is an elusive story following a young woman in Barcelona, modelled by Lia Hannay Dietrich. Written and directed by Alyssa Boni, she explores ...

Glass visits the Mandarin Oriental in Barcelona

Ben Olsen

February 22, 2017

Europe, Feature, Spain, Travel

Occupying a commanding space on Barcelona’s elegant Passeig de Gracia, Mandarin Oriental’s Catalonian outpost has established itself as a stately five-star affair that successfully balances the high-end hotel c...

Biking Barcelona – Glass saddles up to truly discover this Catalan capital

Natalie Egling

May 26, 2016

Europe, Feature, Spain, Travel

THERE is something wonderfully cinematic about cycling in Europe. Think: Guido, Dora and Joshua in La Vita è Bella, the entire Von Trapp clan in The Sound Of Music, and Catherine and her two loves in Jules et J...

Five things not to miss at Primavera Sound this year

Ben Olsen

May 28, 2015

Culture, Feature

The Glass guide to the genre-defying Spanish festival Heavyweight acts Fittingly for Primavera Sound’s 15th birthday, true musical royalty is heading to Barcelona this year. Adding more than a sprinkle of...

The unflinching lens – Bodyscapes

Peter Yeoh

August 8, 2014

Archive, Avant Art, Feature

The Glass Archive presents the second in a special three-part series – The unflinching lens Part two Bodyscapes Nobuyoshi Araki, Eikoh Hosoe and Daido Moriyama, three eminent Japanese post-war photographers...

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