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Statue of Liberty Museum by FXFOWLE and ESI Design Finally Tops Out

Statue of Liberty Museum by FXFOWLE and ESI Design Finally Tops Out

On Liberty Island in New York today, more than just city tourists gathered around the torch-toting copper......

Daily Necessities February 12,2025 by Matthew Bell
The Zaha Hadid Exhibition That’s Sweeping This Year's Masterpiece London Design Fair

The Zaha Hadid Exhibition That’s Sweeping This Year's Masterpiece London Design Fair

Acclaimed for daredevil buildings in a style that can only be described as Opulent Futurism, architect......

Daily Necessities February 02,2025 by Matthew Bell
Discover Rio’s 10 Most Significant 2016 Olympic Venues

Discover Rio’s 10 Most Significant 2016 Olympic Venues

No country monumentalizes spectacle like Brazil, which has been building arenas to accommodate sports......

Daily Necessities January 23,2025 by Matthew Bell
Here’s Why You Should Plant a Magnolia Tree in Your Garden

Here’s Why You Should Plant a Magnolia Tree in Your Garden

Say “magnolia” and most people envision large shade trees with fragrant blossoms that evoke the Amer......

Daily Necessities January 13,2025 by Matthew Bell
The Best New Buildings in the UK

The Best New Buildings in the UK

While the U.K. still stands divided on the history-making Brexit, its members have at least come to a......

Daily Necessities January 03,2025 by Matthew Bell
The Inside Story

The Inside Story

The Garden of Peter Marino (Rizzoli, $85)A Place to Call Home: Tradition, Style, and Memory in the New......

Daily Necessities December 24,2024 by Matthew Bell
See How an Artist Miniaturized Hong Kong’s Architecture

See How an Artist Miniaturized Hong Kong’s Architecture

While many contemporary sculptors live by the maxim bigger is better—creating massive pieces that fi......

Daily Necessities December 14,2024 by Matthew Bell
Jamie Bush + Co.

Jamie Bush + Co.

If the legendary decorator Michael Taylor was the father of the “California look,” then Bush might j......

Daily Necessities December 04,2024 by Matthew Bell
This Is the World's Best Architectural Photograph of the Year

This Is the World's Best Architectural Photograph of the Year

Just as with any architectural work , a multitude of elements combine to make the perfect photograph......

Daily Necessities November 24,2024 by Matthew Bell
Step Inside a Massive Beehive in London’s Kew Gardens

Step Inside a Massive Beehive in London’s Kew Gardens

Despite their piercing stingers and painful venom, bees are benevolent creatures. And what’s more—th......

Daily Necessities November 14,2024 by Matthew Bell
Explore 6 Inventive Thai Houses and Hotels

Explore 6 Inventive Thai Houses and Hotels

Traditional Thai architecture is easy to love: “The graceful form, the flamboyant flourish of the cr......

Daily Necessities November 04,2024 by Matthew Bell
Cooked To Perfection

Cooked To Perfection

Majorelle a Michael S. Smith–designed French bistro in New York’s Lowell Hotel.Ladurée Beverly Hills......

Daily Necessities October 25,2024 by Matthew Bell
12 Massive Projects by Legendary Architecture Firm SOM

12 Massive Projects by Legendary Architecture Firm SOM

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) was established in Chicago in the 1930s by three midwesterners.......

Daily Necessities October 15,2024 by Matthew Bell
The Tomb of Jesus Christ Set for Restoration in Jerusalem

The Tomb of Jesus Christ Set for Restoration in Jerusalem

For much of the world, the Tomb of Christ has been sacred ground for over two millennia. Now, the spiritu......

Daily Necessities October 05,2024 by Matthew Bell
2018 AD100: Jan Showers & Associates Inc.

2018 AD100: Jan Showers & Associates Inc.

Credo: “Interior design is an art form that, if done properly, helps people live comfortably surroun......

Daily Necessities September 25,2024 by Matthew Bell
Introducing the 2019 AD100 Hall of Fame

Introducing the 2019 AD100 Hall of Fame

A Provence garden of Louis Benech's design.An interior by Ellie Cullman.The library designed by Jacq......

Daily Necessities September 15,2024 by Matthew Bell
Meet Arc House, a Seriously Smart Tiny Home

Meet Arc House, a Seriously Smart Tiny Home

Living in a tiny home doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy a high-tech lifestyle. Jim Gregory, founder......

Daily Necessities September 05,2024 by Matthew Bell
Open Invitation

Open Invitation

Lascaux IVSnøhetta’s undulating museum houses a replica of the cave and its paintings at the UNESCO......

Daily Necessities August 26,2024 by Matthew Bell
29 Elegant Fountains That Create a Sense of Tranquillity

29 Elegant Fountains That Create a Sense of Tranquillity

Fountains, whether ornately tiled or designed with simplicity in mind, add both architectural intrig......

Daily Necessities August 16,2024 by Matthew Bell
Tour the Yabu Pushelberg–Designed Canada House for the 2016 Rio Olympics

Tour the Yabu Pushelberg–Designed Canada House for the 2016 Rio Olympics

Conceptualized by Canadian design duo George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg, the Canada Olympic House, which......

Daily Necessities August 06,2024 by Matthew Bell