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this home in korea is shaped by twin timber gables atop a concrete base

BRBB architects designs this ‘shin-dae-ri house’ as a concrete and timber dwelling overlooking a distant valley in south korea.
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5 Fashion Lessons Sex & The City Taught Me

Watching Sex & The City for the plot is a lie. We all know it’s for the shoes, the questionable fashion choices, and the occasional moral panic about dating in New York. Somewhere between a tutu

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These 1,000-Year-Old Paper Flowers, Sealed in a Cave, Are a Marvel of Preservation

Among the Mogao Caves’ nearly 500 chambers and temples in China, a space known as Cave 17 revealed thousands of extraordinary objects in the early 20th century.
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Hope and Love Prevail During a Terrible Historic Era in the Short Film ‘Father’s Letters’

A scientist imprisoned at a remote Soviet Gulag corresponds with his daughter in Moscow.
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wavy roofscape crowns open-air residence by studio saxe along costa rica’s pacific coast

the roof echoes the surrounding topography while providing shade and directing airflow through the house.
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In ‘Reading the Rooms,’ Gretchen Scherer ‘Opens Up’ Historic, Art-Filled Spaces

There’s something ineffably satisfying about a room in miniature.
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from paris to hong kong: opulent schiaparelli salon opens in glimmering gold

design studio halleroed arrives in hong kong with a new retail project, a schiaparelli salon realized with gilded interiors.
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berdenesh hills: NOA plans ‘contemporary citadel’ along albania’s southern coast

designed by NOA, berdenesh hills is a terraced residential project that draws from historic mediterranean citadels of albania.
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Stephen Towns’ Quilted Works Emphasize Black Joy as Resistance in ‘Safer Waters’

‘Safer Waters: Picturing Black Recreation at Midcentury’ continues through June 14 at the Wichita Art Museum.
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Spring 2026 Colors & The Stories Behind Them

Spring 2026 is loud. Like, really loud. Don’t get fooled by Pantone’s Cloud Dancer, this season is all vivids and brights. Your closet might resist at first, muscle memory is a thing, I know, but