How an Architect Optimized a 400-Square-Foot Manhattan Apartment
I'm the architect for this renovation. I am Tracy Underwood. I'm the shareholder in this building. Welcome to my 400 square ...
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Russia Scolds Macron for Pushing Europe Towards the Abyss of World War
Russian officials and lawmakers on Thursday poured scorn on French President Emmanuel Macron for saying that Russia ...
The Secret Apartments Hidden Above Carnegie Libraries
Family quarters were built in dozens of New York City branches for custodians with the grueling job of stoking the coal-fired ...
The history of the Taliban is crucial in understanding their success now – and also what might happen next
One of the keys to the Taliban success was they offered an alternative. They said, “Look, the mujahedeen fought heroically to liberate your country but have now turned it into a war zone. We offer ...
I bought 8 abandoned apartments for $50,000 and turned them into unique villas that bring in $220,000 a year—take a look inside
18 months later, the villas were fully restored and renovated at a final cost of $729,885. Now, McDaniel has a monthly ...
This 600-Square-Foot Home Uses Light and Mirrors to Appear Even Larger
After successfully completing two projects, Elina and Diana Mussakulova received a very special third request from their ...
Brutalism – the architectural style that dared to summon a new world from the ashes of World War II
Well-known, if not always well-loved, public buildings such as Boston City Hall, which was built in 1968, expressed faith in ...
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Rewriting history in the ‘reconstruction’ of Mariupol
The ‘Centre for the Study of Occupation’ founded by Petr Andrjuščenko, former councillor of the city council, denounces the ...
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Obituary: Uri Shulevitz
Caldecott Medalist Uri Shulevitz, widely celebrated for his distinctive ink and watercolor images that capture a child's ...
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Poland’s Milk Bars Live On After Communism
In Poland, postwar Communist rule has few defenders. But state-subsidized eateries known as milk bars, designed under state ...
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From Damascus suburb to presidential palace: Ahmad Al Shara's past offers rare insight into his outlook
Mammoth concrete apartment buildings line the main motorway running west out of Damascus, relics of a Soviet-style economy ...
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A prefabricated apartment building for low-income families comes to Santa Monica
Community Corporation of Santa Monica, a nonprofit that focuses on affordable housing, on Thursday, Feb. 20, hosted a “modular installation party” for a 13-unit apartment dubbed Berkeley ...