"We wanted to capture the glamour of old Shanghai," she says. This wasn't nostalgia, though. It was a hip Shanghainese band plundering history for a cool new motif. In this city of constant ...

the Sukhothai seems best suited to business trips and city break weekends. A short stroll away, the Middle House is exceedingly fashionable. Its interiors, an effortless blend of Shanghai cool and ...