Tag: architecture and design
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Billy Joel special will air again after abrupt cut-off on CBS
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Billy Joel’s 100th show at Madison Square Garden Billy Joel plays 100th show at Madison Square Garden 01:06 CBS said it will re-air its broadcast of Billy Joel’s 100th consecutive performance at Madison Square Garden after it was cut short for some viewers on Sunday. Joel was in the middle of singing “Piano Man” when…
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Frammento tiles by Marazzi
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Dezeen Showroom: emulating the look of Venetian terrazzo, the Frammento tiles by Italian manufacturer Marazzi feature unique stone chip patterns designed with the help of AI. The Frammento tiles take inspiration from Venetian seminato, an iconic type of terrazzo flooring made by mixing marble chips into cement or lime. The Frammento tiles are inspired by Venetian…
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An epic desert house on Camelback Mountain with indoor outdoor living
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The Ranch Mine redesigned this mountainside home into a two-story stucco box that provides a fabulous indoor/outdoor lifestyle in Phoenix, Arizona. The ‘Red Rocks’ house sits on the steep terrain of the iconic Camelback Mountain, providing sweeping views of the downtown Phoenix skyline. When the owners approached the architects about their original home, they expressed…
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Eleanor Coppola, matriarch of a filmmaking family, dies at 87
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Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of “Apocalypse Now,” and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died. She was 87. Coppola died Friday surrounded by family at home in Rutherford, California, her family announced in a statement. No cause…
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Vietnamese real estate tycoon sentenced to death in fraud case
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Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan, center, looks on at a court in Ho Chi Minh City on April 11, 2024. Str | Afp | Getty Images The Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced to death on Thursday for her involvement in the country’s biggest financial fraud case, state media outlet Thanh Nien…
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Could Ukraine lose? The question hovers over Kyiv, amid defiance
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KYIV, Ukraine — Could Ukraine lose this war? For more than two years, as this country of 44 million people has fought off an all-out invasion by neighboring Russia, a spirit of stubborn optimism prevailed even amid the most frightening moments. Any notion of defeat was unthinkable, an almost taboo topic. But now the question hovers,…
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Modern Family Goes Traditional at the Lake
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This Canadian family’s main residence in Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, is very modern. In order to make it that way, they had looked to Houzz for an interior designer, found Andrea Rodman and hired her to give it that style. But for their vacation home on nearby Shawnigan Lake, they wanted to go…
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Olympic gold medalists in track and field will get $50,000 prizes : NPR
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Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas wins the gold medal during the women’s 400-meters during the Tokyo Olympic Games in August 2021. Matthias Hangst/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Matthias Hangst/Getty Images Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas wins the gold medal during the women’s 400-meters during the Tokyo Olympic Games in August 2021. Matthias Hangst/Getty Images…
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The Counterculture Counter Culture of Kim’s Video
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When home video became popular, in the early eighties, I was young, underemployed, and incredulous that anyone who lived in a city teeming with repertory houses (such as New York or Paris) would bother with it. Then I got a job, and I got the idea. Classic-era cinephiles had to arrange their lives around screening…
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Battling Under a Canopy of Russian and Ukrainian Drones
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Members of Ukraine’s 1st Separate Assault Battalion describe themselves as firemen. Their job is to rapidly deploy to areas along the front that are in danger of collapse. Lately, their service has been in high demand: the front is burning. A large-scale counter-offensive last year failed to achieve meaningful victories, and since then Russia has…
