The Seattle-based architect Michael Eliason has a number of complaints about the way America makes its apartment buildings. The components are inferior, he says: The best sliding doors and windows are made elsewhere. The designs rarely accommodate larger families. And there are too many staircases. Too many what now? Eliason […]
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In early August, 254 Tamarisk Drive went on the Bay Area housing market asking $850,000, and it sparked a bidding war that topped out at $1 million. The 1968 four-bedroom ranch, clad with half-century-old fixtures and set behind a patchy lawn, was not only unremarkable but had actually been “fire […]
Kensington Palace uses a subtle trick to stop visitors peeking into Kate Middleton and Prince William’s private gardens during tours of their residence, a TikTok user has shown. Certain parts of the Palace, which contains the offices and London residences of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their children […]