Detail Of Édouard Manet’s Olympia (1863)

Mountain Stone House VUDAFIERI SAVERINO PARTNERS

The project involves the restoration and reuse of two traditional buildings located in a small mountain village in northern Italy. The project is an exercise of “correct practice” intervention in a strongly historical and traditional context.

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Gilles Alonso Explores Beauty in Symmetry

Symétrie du Spectacle by Gilles Alonso explores through photography the beauty of theaters symmetrical layout. The perfectly balanced plans of theaters are a result of the necessity for convergence looks, uniform sound propagation, and quick access to exits. By photographing these halls of center stage Alonso wants to show how architects have managed to create very different places working within the same set of constraints.

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Architects for Animals: Giving Shelter

In an effort to raise money for FixNation, a non-profit charity that aims to reduce the homeless cat population in Los Angeles by spaying and neutering them, 12 architects and designers have created fun cat shelters for their recently held Architects for Animals: Giving Shelter benefit.

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Loretta Young, by George Hurrell

Buster gets a taste of the good life in Hard Luck (1921).

Buster gets a taste of the good life in Hard Luck (1921).

Leonardo DiCaprio Wins Best Actor For ‘The Revenant’

Jeanette MacDonald explains why she’s quite an eligible bachelorette in The Love Parade (1929).

Humorously Relatable Illustrations Display the Reality of Living with Anxiety and Depression