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Precious Okoyomon’s new work transforms the concrete corner of the museum courtyard into a place of joy, exploration, and, dare I say, tranquility.

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The first phase of a floating pool planned for the East River is nearing completion in Brooklyn, with a barge and an infiltration system designed to clean river water as it flows into the structure. The in-progress pool, called Pool 1, is a rectangular pilot version of the larger +Pool concept, a cross-shaped floating pool The post Images show near-complete prototype of swimming pool designed to float in New York river appeared first on Dezeen .

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Emily Wilson, the classicist behind the buzziest Odyssey translation of my generation, has finally weighed in on the film adaptation of her favorite poem. And so dark was the shade that Wilson’s withering takedown crashed its host site: the London

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The Haitian-born photographer explores how various media, from dusty analog photo albums to cell phone videos, store and shape personal histories of migration.

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Montreal-based studio ACDF Architecture has rounded select corners of an apartment building in Quebec, Canada, and used a two-tone brick cladding system to create an interesting optical effect. Known as Mellem Manoir-des-Trembles, the building contains nearly 200 rental units in Gatineau, just north of Ottawa. ACDF Architecture teamed up with developer Maître Carré to explore how The post Two colours of brick give Quebec apartment building "painterly dimension" appeared first on Dezeen .

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The Philadelphia Museum of Art has announced a deficit of $10 million on a $75.6 million budget for fiscal year 2025–26. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, which broke the story on July 28, the figure is nearly double that of the institution’s shortfall for the previous year, which was $5.4 million. Museum officials’ predictions for […]

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The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced the acquisition of more than ninety modern and contemporary artworks, as well as more than 250 approved gifts of art to the museum. All the pieces were acquired between January and June 2026. The purchases include video installations and works by Ana Mendieta, Stephanie Comilang and […]

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Nearly twenty years after it was first announced, the long-awaited Guggenheim Abu Dhabi has finally revealed an opening date of December 11. The new modern and contemporary art museum in the United Arab Emirates’ capital was designed by the late Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry and is the latest addition to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s […]

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Next up in our Future Stadium series, we take a look at Hangzhou Sports Center in China, a flower-like stadium designed by American studio NBBJ to use less steel and complement the surrounding city's growth. Completed in 2019, nearly 10 years after the groundbreaking, Hangzhou Sports Center was designed to anchor Qianjiang Century City in The post Desire to "make the stadium lighter" drove design of Hangzhou Sports Center appeared first on Dezeen .

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Dezeen School Shows: an interior project that provides an encouraging space to foster the talent and growth of autistic children is among the projects by Canadian University Dubai. Also featured is an adaptable learning environment that promotes movement through modular furniture and a culinary museum that explores food as an "evolving system". Canadian University Dubai The post Interior designed to support autistic children among Canadian University Dubai projects appeared first on Dezeen .

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“I kept getting hit by beer cans.”

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The author of “Motherhood” answers our questions about her reading habits.

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How is a fascination with Sylvia Plath like a fascination with true crime? Sarai Walker explores obsession, ownership, and Plath worship. | Lit Hub Biography “Even as a toddler, I’m awed by the mountains.” Emilee Hackney traces family history alongside

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London studio Bricolage has self-built Castlands Road, a house in Lewisham defined by a budget-friendly palette of salvaged bricks and clay blocks. The three-bedroom home was designed and built by Bricolage founder Will Howard and his wife, Sogand Howard, for their own family on a back-garden site at the rear of a Victorian terrace. Informed The post Bricolage uses salvaged bricks for self-build home in London appeared first on Dezeen .

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Paddy Johnson offers advice on navigating toxic people in the industry, and how Walter Benjamin warned us about AI.

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Sportswear brand Nike and health technology company Hyperice have created a slider that uses heat and vibration to help athlete's feet recover. Named Nike Air Zoom Hyperslide, it is the latest product released by Nike that aims to aid athletes in their recovery. The slides combine a cushioned Nike Air Zoom sole that provides comfort The post Nike unveils warming and vibrating "recovery slider" appeared first on Dezeen .

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Trump’s Cabinet has joined TikTok, but the White House is about to learn that controlling the platform isn’t the same as being good at it.

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The painter was rich and cloistered, and used color like few others before or after him.

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Although medieval ideas about food were very different to our own, its importance was widely recognized. According to Galen, food “is probably the most important of all medical subjects,” and it dominated medieval regimens—many of which consist almost entirely of

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My Sylvia Plath fandom dates back to the early nineties, when I was in my late teens and randomly pulled The Bell Jar off the shelf at my local library in suburban Salt Lake City. I had never heard of

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There are times in a person’s life when the end of the week brings a welcome flurry of messages or phone calls: about parties, club nights, secret gigs, off-beat theatre shows, or just a cheesy but life-affirming disco in the

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Like the meteorite that killed the dinosaurs, European contact with the Americas was a single, ecologically random, earth-shattering event that completely reshaped land and sea. Disease and violence devastated Native populations, while their concentration into missions changed how survivors lived.

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Around the year 2000 Nick Wallis was sat at a card table at the back of an abandoned docklands shed in Melbourne surrounded by lasers, strobe lighting and loud, thumping bass music. As he sat there, strangers in kaleidoscopic outfits

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In one of my earliest memories, I’m shrinking. I’m in the back seat of my parents’ car, face pressed against the window, straining to see the peaks of the mountains outside. The road we’re driving on snakes through a deep,

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1998 They are running again. Deep into the seam of the Wisconsin woods, through the gaps in the spruces and pines. Along the golden jog of the creek. They fly past the yowling of dogs, the hiss of fat catching

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Strap a life vest to this wimpy cavebound creature feature, because The Devil's Mouth can barely stay afloat.

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Handmade bricks, wooden shakes and a cob wall enclose a trio of buildings at this community garden in London, which has been designed by local studio Jan Kattein Architects. Nestled on a triangular plot in King's Cross, the garden serves as an educational space for the local community and permanent home for educational charity Global The post Bio-based community garden by Jan Kattein Architects opens in London appeared first on Dezeen .

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The Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast features a series of conversations with past and present Windham-Campbell Prize winners about their favorite books and plays. Hosted by Michael Kelleher. Mike talks with 2026 Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction recipient Gwendoline Riley about Mark Van

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The 83-year-old filmmaker suffers from myositis, a rare condition in which the immune system attacks the muscles, making directing even more physically demanding.

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