An Old-World Mediterranean Soul in the Florida LandscapeACDO reimagines an eclectic Mediterranean villa in Central Florida, balancing old-world grandeur with a more contemporary sense of flow. Set between two lakes, the retreat draws its character from travertine, art and the quiet, untamed beauty of the surrounding landscape.Show More
Why Casa Batlló Is Gaudí’s Most Spellbinding Design Story (Beyond Architecture)Beyond its famous façade, Casa Batlló reveals Gaudí at his most meticulous. From door handles shaped for the hand to a blue-tiled lightwell engineered around the Mediterranean sun, this is architecture conceived from the inside out.Show MoreLoad more
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The 2026 Arab World Institute Design Prize: Six Winners, One VisionSix winners, chosen from twenty-six finalists across ten countries, prove that Arab design's boldest ideas are rooted in earth, clay and inherited craft. From Tiznit's rammed-earth walls to Beit Chabeb's last working kiln, this year's prize rewards heritage kept alive rather than preserved behind glass.Show More
14 Makers, One Region: The MENA Artisans of Homo Faber 2026Fourteen artisans from six countries across the Middle East and North Africa bring alabaster, bronze, brass and rattan to Venice this September. Different materials, different histories — the same instinct to let the hand have the last word.Show More
Yayoi Kusama, Artist Who Turned Obsession Into Infinity, Dies at 97From a hallucinating child in provincial Japan to the world's most-visited living artist, Kusama spent seven decades turning polka dots and mirrored rooms into a singular vision of infinity. She died August 14 in a Tokyo hospital at 97, her gallery and museum announced.Show MoreLoad more







