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1 hour ago

These Are the U.S. Zoos Animal Lovers Should Visit at Least Once - The Boutique Adventurer: Luxury Adventure Travel Blog focussed on Emerging Destinations for those over 35

Zoos in the US can be ethical, focusing on conservation, education, and research, with many being AZA-accredited for animal care standards.
Design
fromArchDaily
1 day ago

Cultural Centers Beyond the Building: 6 Unbuilt Projects Integrating Landscape

Cultural centers are evolving to reflect diverse architectural explorations and redefine public institutions' roles in various contexts.
#architecture
SOMA, SF
fromArchitectural Digest
1 day ago

Inside the New Museum's Long-Awaited Addition, Designed by OMA

OMA designed a glass-covered tower that integrates with an older building, featuring a complex atrium and stairway, creating a unique architectural experience.
fromArchDaily
1 week ago
Design

Negotiating Boundaries: Climate and the Building Envelope in Central American Architecture

SOMA, SF
fromArchitectural Digest
1 day ago

Inside the New Museum's Long-Awaited Addition, Designed by OMA

OMA designed a glass-covered tower that integrates with an older building, featuring a complex atrium and stairway, creating a unique architectural experience.
fromArchDaily
1 week ago
Design

Negotiating Boundaries: Climate and the Building Envelope in Central American Architecture

US news
fromwww.npr.org
3 days ago

Trump shares a look at his future presidential library. Here's what to know about it

Trump plans to build a towering presidential library in Florida featuring his name and various extravagant elements.
Environment
fromNature
5 days ago

How buildings and cities can be aligned with life

Buildings currently harm the environment, but regenerative design can restore ecological systems and reduce waste through nature-inspired strategies.
Portland food
fromConde Nast Traveler
1 week ago

Why Luxe Eco-Resorts Are Flourishing on Costa Rica's Peninsula Papagayo

Nekajui and other luxury hotels transform Peninsula Papagayo into a unique tropical luxury enclave while preserving the natural environment.
#brooklyn-museum
fromArchDaily
1 week ago
Brooklyn

Peterson Rich Office Designs Permanent Galleries for Brooklyn Museum's African Art Collection

fromTime Out New York
1 week ago
Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Museum is creating new permanent galleries for its renowned African art collections

The Brooklyn Museum is renovating its Arts of Africa galleries to create a permanent exhibition space connecting it with the Ancient Egyptian collection.
fromArtnet News
1 week ago
Brooklyn

Brooklyn Museum Plans $13 Million Overhaul for New African Art Galleries

Brooklyn Museum will renovate galleries for its African art collection, opening a 6,400-square-foot space in 2027 featuring 300 works from antiquity to today.
Brooklyn
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

Peterson Rich Office Designs Permanent Galleries for Brooklyn Museum's African Art Collection

Brooklyn Museum is extending its neoclassical building to include new galleries for its historic African art collection.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
4 days ago

Brooklyn Museum's Africa Collection to Get a Brand New Space

The Brooklyn Museum is developing a $13 million permanent exhibition space for its Arts of Africa collection to connect North African art with the continent's legacy.
Brooklyn
fromTime Out New York
1 week ago

The Brooklyn Museum is creating new permanent galleries for its renowned African art collections

The Brooklyn Museum is renovating its Arts of Africa galleries to create a permanent exhibition space connecting it with the Ancient Egyptian collection.
Brooklyn
fromArtnet News
1 week ago

Brooklyn Museum Plans $13 Million Overhaul for New African Art Galleries

Brooklyn Museum will renovate galleries for its African art collection, opening a 6,400-square-foot space in 2027 featuring 300 works from antiquity to today.
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
3 days ago

Biomimetic Architecture Reaches New Heights With This Bird-of-Paradise Yoga Space - Yanko Design

Thilina Liyanage's architecture translates animal gestures into functional designs, exemplified by the Rifle Bird Yogashala inspired by the Victoria's riflebird's courtship display.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 weeks ago

circular timber pavilion anchors wildlife and wetland restoration park in mexico

The pavilion is recognized as the first building in Mexico constructed using cross-laminated timber (CLT). This system replaces conventional concrete and steel structures with mass timber, reducing the carbon footprint of the construction process. CLT panels are composed of layered wood elements arranged in alternating directions, creating structural stability while enabling prefabrication and efficient assembly.
Environment
London
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Natural History Museum tops UK attraction list with record visitors

London's Natural History Museum became the UK's most popular attraction in 2025 with 7.1 million visitors, driven by renovated gardens, a new climate gallery, and free admission.
fromwww.amny.com
3 weeks ago

What to know about For the Win' exhibit coming to the American Museum of Natural History | amNewYork

For the Win brings together an extraordinary collection of objects that commemorate the defining moment of victory in sports, meticulously crafted from spectacular gems and minerals, and explores how athletics can resonate far beyond the field of play, Museum President Sean M. Decatur said.
Golden State Warriors
History
fromArs Technica
3 weeks ago

Centuries before the Inca, Peru's wealthy imported parrots from afar

The Ychsma kingdom maintained a sophisticated long-distance trade network spanning hundreds of kilometers across the Andes to import live parrots from the Amazon rainforest centuries before the Inca Empire.
#tropical-architecture
fromArchDaily
1 month ago
Environment

Tropical Hotels in Costa Rica: Six Projects to Explore Climate-Sensitive Architecture in Central America

fromArchDaily
1 month ago
Environment

Tropical Hotels in Costa Rica: Six Projects to Explore Climate-Sensitive Architecture in Central America

fromArchDaily
4 weeks ago

Archiving the Technosphere: How Museum Architecture Mediates Human-Made Systems

The contemporary technology museum has emerged as a performative participant in the systems it seeks to document. The architecture of these institutions has become increasingly fluid and bold, often mirroring the velocity and complexity of the systems it houses. They operate as mediators between the human, the ecological, and the technological realms, transforming from encyclopedic warehouses into active educational engines.
Science
US news
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

The shadow of Jeffrey Epstein tarnishes Costa Rica's picture-postcard image

Costa Rica is a destination for child sexual exploitation by criminal networks, with the Epstein Files revealing 324 mentions of the country and prompting an official investigation into trafficking operations.
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Drawn by Hand: Geometral's Site-Specific Architecture

Géométral is an architectural practice defined by design strategies that are linked to the landscape, which it treats as a primary determinant of form. The studio approaches each project as a small universe that combines program, atmosphere, and spatial narratives. Rather than a single signature style, they focus on crafting moods and situations tailored to each context and user.
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#sustainable-architecture
fromColossal
3 weeks ago
Renovation

In Paraguay, Architecture Doesn't Come at the Expense of Nature at 'Un Bosque en La Casa'

fromArchDaily
2 months ago
Education

"Learning in Contact With Nature": In Conversation With 2025 Holcim Award Winner Urko Sanchez Architects

Renovation
fromColossal
3 weeks ago

In Paraguay, Architecture Doesn't Come at the Expense of Nature at 'Un Bosque en La Casa'

A contemporary home in Paraguay integrates existing trees as design guides rather than obstacles, creating a harmonious blend of modern architecture and natural forest environment.
Renovation
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
4 weeks ago

OMA completes a domed pavilion for both artists and mushrooms at casa wabi

OMA designed an elliptical Mushroom Pavilion at Casa Wabi in Mexico that combines mushroom cultivation with a social gathering space, featuring three functional chambers around a central amphitheater.
fromArchDaily
2 months ago
Education

"Learning in Contact With Nature": In Conversation With 2025 Holcim Award Winner Urko Sanchez Architects

History
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Chenhu Wetland Art Center / TAO (Trace Architecture Office)

Wuhan's identity as a river city is shaped by its geographical position at China's center, historical water management, and extensive waterways comprising one quarter of its territory.
Miscellaneous
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month ago

equipo de arquitectura organizes compressed earth house around native trees in paraguay

Equipo de Arquitectura designs a 260-square-meter residence in Paraguay where mature trees determine the building's geometry, with compressed earth volumes and voids strategically positioned between trunks.
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
3 weeks ago

This Bio-mimicking Safari Deck Is Designed to Look Exactly Like a Rhino - Yanko Design

Thilina Liyanage designs a rhino-shaped wildlife observation deck that merges biomimetic architecture with functional safari infrastructure, creating a viewing platform whose form reflects the landscape and animals it observes.
Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month ago

Miami's ancient Indigenous sites face an uncertain future

A 3,500-year-old Tequesta burial settlement was discovered during luxury apartment construction in Miami's Brickell neighborhood, revealing ancient human remains and artifacts despite the site's eligibility for historic designation.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 month ago

Bite House / BIOMA

A house on Balcarce's outskirts uses a void cut into the mountainside as its organizing principle, functioning as a viewing device with a heavy roof that reinterprets the landscape through new geometric relationships.
#residential-architecture
History
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Who Decides What Is Worth Preserving? Power and Heritage in Latin America

Heritage is a community-rooted process linking identity, place, and memory, shaped by contested professional decisions amid inequality and ecological crisis.
Design
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Legacy in Matter: Material Traditions in South American Architecture

South American architecture endures through materials like brick, bamboo, wood, and concrete that persist because they continue to work and remain embedded in construction practices and daily use.
History
fromwww.thehistoryblog.com
1 month ago

1,000-year-old gold-filled tomb unearthed in Panama

A richly furnished elite Coclé tomb (800–1000 A.D.) at El Cano reveals ornate gold and ceramics, indicating centralized chiefdoms with long-distance exchange and ritual complexity.
World news
fromTravel + Leisure
2 months ago

This Central American Country Has Incredible Rain Forests, Beaches, and Wildlife-How to Plan Your Trip

Panama's vast biodiversity, scenic coastline, and recent development are driving a shift from a trading-post identity to an emerging luxury ecotourism destination with a cosmopolitan capital.
Renovation
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 month ago

Muimenta Social Center / Eduardo Dipre Mazza + Daniel Gomez Magide + Miguel Angel Diaz Gonzalez

A multi-purpose social center in rural Galicia revitalizes an abandoned village through infrastructure rehabilitation, economic activity generation, and improved quality of life for residents.
fromAeon
2 months ago

There's a gentle artistry to a museum taxidermist's craft | Aeon Videos

This short captures Tim Bovard, the staff taxidermist for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, as he reflects on over five decades spent perfecting his craft. Sparked by a childhood fascination with the museum's dioramas that never faded, Bovard has devoted his career to shaping what he calls the 'illusion of life' - a process that requires both scientific precision and imaginative interpretation.
Philosophy
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Real Fight for the Smithsonian

"The object of the Museum is to acquire power," announces a crusty old archaeologist in Penelope Fitzgerald's 1977 satire, The Golden Child. It isn't a goal he respects. He wants the museum where he's settled into semiretirement to genuinely devote itself to educating its visitors. Instead, he correctly charges, its curators act like a pack of Gollums, hoarding "the art and treasures of the earth" for their own self-aggrandizement and pleasure.
Books
Remodel
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

Forum, Depot, Maze: Toward a Plural Ecology of Museums

Museums should shift from fixed, authoritative narratives to porous spatial ecologies that grant visitors greater agency and make process and back-of-house visible.
Film
fromOpen Culture
1 month ago

Frank Gehry Designed His Own Home, and What It Teaches About Creative Risk

Frank Gehry became recognized late in life after transforming his 1920 Santa Monica Dutch Colonial home into an industrial, exposed yet unexpectedly cozy statement.
Travel
fromCN Traveller
1 month ago

14 rainforest hotels that put you right in the jungle

Luxury rainforest hotels offer immersive, eco-responsible stays with high-end amenities and direct access to diverse wildlife in regions like the Amazon, equatorial Africa and islands.
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month ago

luis barragan's la cuadra san cristobal reopens to the public with two exhibitions in mexico

La Cuadra, Luis Barragán's 1968 equestrian complex, reopens as a public cultural campus under Fernando Romero's direction, launching with exhibitions dedicated to Barragán and Felix Gonzalez-Torres.
California
fromTravel + Leisure
2 months ago

The 9 Best Museums in California

California's museums showcase innovation across film, technology, aerospace, agriculture, renewable energy, art, and fashion, offering world-class institutions statewide.
Arts
fromThe Washington Post
1 month ago

In a stunning Smithsonian exhibit, artist Nick Cave uses stuff to excavate life

Nick Cave's 'Mammoth' exhibition assembles found objects, wearable sculpture, video and installation into a 700-square-foot light-table self-portrait that evokes memory and bodily performance.
Wellness
fromBerlin Art Link
2 months ago

Review 'Arts of the Earth' at Guggenheim Bilbao | Berlin Art Link

Guggenheim Bilbao's 'Arts of the Earth' showcases six decades of soil-based art and museum-wide sustainability practices framing health and environmental repair as communal labor.
New York City
fromUntapped New York
1 year ago

An Original Penn Station Eagle Lives at the National Zoo in D.C. - Untapped New York

A Tennessee pink marble eagle from the original Penn Station stands outside the Smithsonian National Zoo, one of 22 eagles dispersed after the station's demolition.
Photography
from48 hills
2 months ago

At SFMOMA, Alejandro Cartagena's photographs strike deep community chords - 48 hills

The 'Carpoolers' series documents Monterrey residents riding in pickup truck beds, capturing everyday life and workers amid cartel violence.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

The Darien seeks to replace migrants with tourists

Darien Gap crossings have plummeted due to tightened U.S. immigration policies, shifting local economies from migrant transit to returnees and tourism development.
Travel
fromTravel + Leisure
1 month ago

20 of the Best Things to Do in Belize

Belize offers diverse ecosystems, extensive cave systems, and well-preserved Maya ruins, providing adventure activities and relaxing beach and resort experiences for many travelers.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
1 month ago

Science and Culture in Latin America, Alejo Stark

Scientific knowledge is culturally embedded; Indigenous and colonial practices fundamentally shaped modern science, and values and power influence inquiry.
Travel
fromTravel + Leisure
2 months ago

This Luxury Resort Is Hidden on a Private Beach in Panama, With Overwater Suites, a Helipad, and Farm-to-table Dining

A luxury, family-friendly resort on Isla Grande blends overwater suites, jungle-backed private beach, local employment, farm-to-table dining, and diverse adventure and dive amenities.
Philosophy
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

A Forest in the House / Equipo de Arquitectura

Visible particulars can obscure and thereby sustain larger realities; recognizing that concealment reveals the fuller, latent structure of the whole.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

International Rendezvous at Guatemala's Paiz Art Biennial

The 24th Bienal de Arte Paiz, The World Tree, presented 46 artists across ten venues, exploring the tree-of-life myth and its ties to Mayan cosmogony and social interconnectedness.
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Health, Habitat, and Civic Infrastructure: Designing the City as a National Park

Cities around the world share a common goal: to become healthier and greener, supported by civic infrastructure that restores ecosystems and strengthens public life. The question is how to reach this. Global climate targets, local building codes, and municipal standards increasingly guide designers and planners toward better choices. Still, many cities struggle to translate these frameworks into everyday, street-level comfort and long-term ecological protection.
Environment
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 month ago

British Museum's Forecourt Redesign Slammed by Conservation Groups

Conservationists warn the British Museum's proposed forecourt pavilions and Mediterranean-style garden will disrupt the building's 19th-century classical symmetry and setting.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

When Zoo Design Tells the Story of Life Itself - Yanko Design

The House of Elements, set to become the crown jewel of Orientarium Zoo in Łódź, Poland, takes the classical elements (earth, ice, water, fire, and air) and transforms them into a 6,000-square-meter narrative experience. Rather than designing a building where you walk from exhibit to exhibit, VMA created a continuous downward-then-upward journey that mirrors the evolution of life itself. Designer: VMA Design Studio for Orientarium Zoo
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Design
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

Environmental Comfort as an Interior Condition in South American Architecture

Environmental comfort in South America is produced through spatial design—depth, porosity, shading, ventilation, and active thresholds—rather than isolated interior mechanical control.
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
1 month ago

Awawa Interactive Science Museum / Morphism

Awawa Interactive Science Museum adaptively reuses the mid-20th-century "La Industrial" textile factory in Quito as an interactive, educational museum.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

This Costa Rican Home Chooses Air, Rhythm, and Silence Over Walls - Yanko Design

Perched high above the Pacific coastline in Bahía Ballena, Costa Rica, Ojo de Nila is a house that feels less like an object placed on land and more like a continuation of it. Designed by Studio Saxe, with interiors by Atelier Sandra Richard, the home was created for a Swiss couple seeking a slower, more elemental way of living shaped by air, light, and landscape rather than mechanical systems and rigid enclosures. A clear modular logic guides the architecture.
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Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

5 Biomimicry-based Architectural Designs That Copy Nature's Best Ideas - Yanko Design

Design in the Amazon embraces layered, adaptive systems prioritizing resilient materials, natural ventilation, and environmental harmony to create comfortable, low-impact interiors and products.
Design
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Sordo Madaleno and epitesz studio Selected to Design New Natural History Collection Center in Debrecen, Hungary

A 43,000-square-meter Collection Center in Debrecen will store and study over 11 million objects, using clay-inspired, regionally sourced brick to reflect Hungary's material diversity.
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

House Macana / Taller Carlos Marin

When we first visited the site, what struck us the most was that after emerging from a narrow alley, an extraordinary view opened up toward one of the slopes of the Tepozteco mountain range. These rock formations are emblematic of the region, and the land ends precisely at the base of this dramatic topography. From the very beginning, one of our main concerns was to ensure that every room-whether for gathering or resting-could enjoy this privileged view.
Design
Design
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 months ago

Ojo de Nila House / Studio Saxe

Ojo de Nila is an open, naturally ventilated house in Bahia Ballena designed for outdoor living, blending ocean views and forest biodiversity without air conditioning.
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