Trinity Place, a recently completed complex of 1,900 apartments in San Francisco’s perpetually troubled Mid-Market area, is a place of extremes. It’s a baffling but beguiling sculpture garden, and a case study in how politics shape the urban landscape. Four interlocked slabs that wall out the community, and two spacious […]
Making
Benny Kuriakose remembers when his father built the first house in his village in the southern Indian state of Kerala with a concrete roof. It was 1968, and the family was proud to use the material, he says, which was becoming a “status symbol” among villagers: the new home resembled […]
Peter Danko of Peter Danko Designs in York County is an award-winning woodworker and artist who designs everything from chairs, to cabinetry to walking staffs. YORK COUNTY, Pa. — Even though his work has been featured in New York City’s Museum of Modern Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum […]
A small but growing number of Ukrainians living in Britain are making plans to go back to their homeland to fight the Russian army if its invasion of the country escalates, community leaders have said. They said Ukrainian expats, including veterans of the war with Russia since 2014, would take […]
Mid-century modern (MCM) is an interior design aesthetic that was popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Known for its clean lines, bold colors, and emphasis on functionality over frills, furniture and other products that fall under this label tend to be made of wood or stainless steel and incorporate fabrics […]