All have a Flemish-flavoured airiness achieved with brick, lofty windows, gables, white paint and sometimes terracotta.
Designed by the New York architect Steven Holl, it is bright, white and light in distinct contrast to the solid masses of Mackintosh's building – punctuated by lofty windows – while its open plan interior resounds with the clatter and cappuccino hiss of a busy café.
He has transformed bits of colored glass into lofty stained-glass windows at more than 100 synagogues, churches and libraries, including 34 on Long Island.
The windows provide lofty views of the city, including icons like the Brooklyn Bridge and Chrysler and Empire State Buildings.
This is especially evident upstairs in the master bedroom, a bright lofty space with large windows looking out onto treetops and squirrels scampering through them.
Each room is beautifully fitted, with parquet flooring, big windows and lofty ceilings and – perhaps best of all – the mini-bar is free.
For its first pop-up store, the company chose a lofty space with enormous windows, hardwood floors, white leather couches and tangerine-colored walls at the busy intersection of Broome and Mercer Streets in SoHo.
At dinner, there is a fixed-price two-course menu for $19. High ceilings and leaded-glass windows lend a lofty look to Cafeen I Nikolaj, 12 Nikolaj Plads, (45) 33 11 63 13, which serves down-to-earth Danish fare in a deconsecrated church site.
The new still room at Glenlivet is a soaring, almost church-like space, all lofty ceiling and plate- glass windows overlooking the valley.
