One of Milan’s most iconic buildings, once headquarters of the Touring Club Italiano, was renovated in 2021 to become the prestigious Radisson Collection Hotel. The project, headed by Studio Marco Piva, preserved and celebrated the historical and cultural heritage of the building. Effe was honoured to be chosen to complete the hotel’s spa area. Effe […]
It was 1845 when the American writer Henry Thoreau, aged 28, left his home town and went to live on the shores of Lake Walden in a hut he built himself and remained there for more than two years. Today his book Walden; or, Life in the Woods continues to be an inspiration for those […]
They’re just as good as the sea. The water’s crystal clear, they have beaches for sunbathing and offer a host of water sports and swimming in a beautiful mountain setting. We’re talking about lakes, a great alternative to the sea if you want somewhere to cool down in the summer. But that's not all. They […]
“The Starry Night” is one of Van Gogh’s masterpieces. Before this painting, stars had never been so intense and visionary. But you don’t have to go to the Museum of Modern Art in New York to admire them. Just head out into the countryside, away from sound and light pollution, and enjoy the silence and […]
Flowers can convey calm and wellbeing with their colours and scents; trees like beech and Aleppo pine fill the air with monoterpenes, particles that have a positive effect on the immune system; small leaves can become active ingredients for drugs and plant therapies. Plants have been seen to have “superpowers”, something our ancestors realised a […]
We’re excited to reveal the latest prestigious international project involving Effe as the wellness partner. It is the prestigious Cheval Blanc Hotel in Paris, inaugurated on 7 September 2021 following extensive restyling by the French architect Edouard François and the New York starchitect Peter Marino, who added their bold and contemporary style to the historical La Samaritaine […]
