In the fall of 2002, 160 scholars convened at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. They were an eclectic group — theologians, philosophers, linguists, film professors — and they had descended on the medieval city for a conference dedicated to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a cult television show […]
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Encompassing the famous Vondelpark—the largest park in Amsterdam, replete with picturesque ponds and meandering streams, an open-air theater and a manicured rose garden—Oud-Zuid is one of the city’s most elite neighborhoods. Built in the early 20th century, Oud-Zuid, Dutch for “Old South,” is characterized by its striking brick townhouses with […]
What do two lavish new condo towers coming to the Upper West Side and Midtown have in common? Connections to dubious Kazakh cash. Set to rise 755 feet, 50 W. 66th St. on the Upper West Side will eventually boast 127 glittering residences — including a grand 3,889-square-foot, five-bedroom spread […]
Terrace gardening at Ittina Anai Apartments. Pic credit: Aditya Rao Bengaluru has been steadily growing vertically with more and more highrise apartment complexes being constructed. Gardening enthusiasts lament the loss of green cover and space for growing their own flowers and vegetables. But green-thumbed residents of Ittina Anai apartment at […]
Residential gardening burst on the scene during the pandemic bringing in its wake a reality check. Top gardening trends of 2022 in Kerala In the last two years, Viswanbharan N.K., a retired scientist from DRDO, has grown and nurtured a whopping 1000 plants at his home in Kakkanad, Kochi. During […]
Is there a compound word that describes the feeling of alienation induced by really wanting to embrace a new piece of architecture but being viscerally unable to do so? A disarchpointment? A designchantment? A stuporstructure? Because I could really use a word to describe my feelings toward the first major […]