150 Years of See and Be Seen at Paris’s Palais Garnier Opera House
The Palais Garnier in Paris is among the world’s oldest theaters that still functions more or less in its original state. And long before the appearance of the selfie-stick, the…
The Design Legacy of Los Angeles That Fell to the Fires
More than a week after Los Angeles’s devastating fires began, the losses to the region’s rich architectural legacy are becoming clearer. The fires have already destroyed more of the county’s…
Loving an ‘Untouched’ Modernist House, and Then Getting Down to Work
In September 2019, Emlen Fischer and Ayla Christman saw a listing for a 1966 modernist home with a roof that crumpled low over the earth in Palo Alto, Calif., and…
Calder Gardens Names a Curatorial Leader and Sets September Opening
Calder Gardens, the coming Philadelphia cultural project in a city that has seen few new major arts institutions recently, gets closer to being a reality this week with the announcement…