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Chinese architecture has been a hot topic on Pinterest over the last six months.Cultural buildings, such as museums, galleries and dance studios, have been particularly popular.We round up eight of the best from our Pinterest.In a country known for huge amorphous buildings like stadiums, opera houses and skyscrapers, the majority of cultural buildings featured in this roundup stand out for working within historic contexts, accommodating or renovating and extending pre-existing structures.

Kinnerton Street in Belgravia, central London, was built as a mews to service grand houses, with stables for horses and poky rooms for servants upstairs.Despite a century of conversion of the low rows into very desirable residences, the street retains some original facades with wooden doors wide enough for carriages, opening to the pavementless road for ease of mucking-out.

Moroso has opened a new showroom in Manhattan designed by Patricia Urquiola, marking the 70th anniversary of the Italian brand.The 4,300 square-foot showroom (400 square metres) has a double-height space that was previously occupied by an art gallery.Despite its scale, Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola sought to replicate the feeling of a home, by setting up the furniture in smaller configurations that could be seen in a living room or another intimate setting.

Sixteen months after an alleged arson closed down the Middle Eastern eatery Yasmin, its owners finally reopened this week - the result of a legal fight with both Yasmin's landlord and its insurance company, according to the restaurant's owner."They made me open.I wasn't ready to open," said Eiad Eltawil, Yasmin's owner for the past three years.

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.Ever see a '65 Impala cruising by, covered in airbrushed roses, the words "La Niña Mala" snaking across its back window?How about the copper leaf on Old Mission Barbershop on Mission Street?

International auction house Sotheby's has announced its acquisition of the Whitney Museum of American Art's Marcel Breuer-designed building on Madison Avenue in Manhattan.Sotheby's has announced its acquire the building and turn it into a flagship gallery for the brand in order to display collections of art and luxury goods to the public.

Le Mans is no stranger to celebrity faces.Brad Pitt, Patrick Dempsey, and Keanu Reeves have all jetted in for its flagship motorsports endurance race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans.Leonardo DiCaprio's 1998 movie The Man in the Iron Mask was shot in its exquisitely preserved medieval cite.More recently, Christian Bale and Matt Damon were in town shooting Ford v Ferrari.

When visiting Hopscotch, an interactive museum and art gallery in San Antonio, visitors start their experience by using their palate.Guests often start in the lounge on the first floor, where they sip tequila cocktails out of tamarind straws, munch through cotton candy perched atop sparkling wine, and lick edible glitter off the sides of glasses.

In addition to connecting DMV residents with Dulles Airport (53 minutes from Metro Center on a recent trip), the new Silver Line extension opens up a world of possibilities for those looking to escape the city without having to rent a car or spend hundreds of dollars on rideshares.Notably, some of Northern Virginia's wineries and breweries are now not much more than a train ride and a quick cab away.

More than 20 years ago, John Berman and some of his business partners pretended they were scouting locations for a film to tour a collection of Victorian-era industrial buildings in Toronto's east end and got an idea.Each building could be art gallery, a restaurant or a performance space, Berman recalls thinking.

The results of a major investigation into forged Norval Morrisseau artwork that was launched in Thunder Bay, Ont., in 2019 will be revealed on Friday, police say.A media release says the findings from the "significant art fraud" investigation will be announced at Ontario Provincial Police general headquarters in Orillia starting at 10 a.m.

Michael Snow, a legendary Canadian artist who graced Toronto with two famous pieces of public art, has died.He was 94.Snow, born in Toronto in 1928, died on Thursday, according to Tamsen Greene, senior director of New York's Jack Shainman Gallery, which represented him.Snow studied at the Ontario College of Art, now called Ontario College of Art and Design University.

Raheel Patel sleeps on a bunk bed in a one-bedroom Mississauga apartment because he can't find a reasonably priced two-bedroom unit for him and his teenage son.The single father, who settled in the city six years ago, is well-educated and considers himself well-known in the local arts community, having just finished a stint at the Art Gallery of Mississauga.

Movie poster designs sometimes feature some amazing art.And despite globalisation they can still vary very wildly around the world.Sometimes poster designs are done locally to ensure maximum local appeal, and sometimes they're needed for not entirely official releases.A particularly exuberant take can be seen in movie posters from Ghana, where artists have produced some strikingly exuberant and sometimes quite hilarious hand-painted film posters, and some of them are truly a joy to behold (they should really be in our pick of the best poster designs).

A young boy who suffered catastrophic injuries when he was thrown from the 10th floor of London's Tate Modern is practising a gentle form of judo and adapted archery as his condition improves, his family says.The French youngster was just six years old when he was badly hurt in the attack, while visiting the art gallery during a holiday with his parents in August 2019.

Bridges are functional and allow us to cross lakes, rivers, and roads, but they can also be creative with extraordinary designs!The different types of bridges include arch bridges, beam bridges, cable-style bridges, cantilever bridges, suspension Bridges, truss bridges, and tied arch bridges.Check out these iconic bridges that are a sight to behold.

A subterranean gallery carved into a sand dune and a treehouse-style art museum feature in our latest lookbook, which collects striking gallery interiors from around the world.Art galleries are specifically designed as spaces for showcasing artworks such as sculptures and paintings.As a result, they are often characterised by neutral and minimalist interiors so as not to divert attention from the objects on display.

I won't forget my first visit to Palette soon after opening in 2019 when chef Peter Hemsley grilled up rare, local coonstripe shrimp just caught that morning, buttery-fresh and revelatory; like eating our divine local spot prawns for the first time.With a cooking background ranging from Paris and New York to San Francisco's 3 Michelin-starred Quince, Midwest-born Hemsley's hand with seafood was evident from those early days.

Experience a chromatic sound bath in an art gallery, find your next treasure at Sausalito's city-wide yard sale, get your fix at the SF chocolate salon, relive the romance of Cinderella with the SF Ballet, and much more.Have a good one!Start your week with a one-of-a-kind sound bath experience at Grace Cathedral.

Good sons and daughters know to celebrate mom everyday-but especially, this year, on May 14.No two moms are the same, of course, so we've put together a list of activities, whether you're looking for a great spa (for a mom who likes to be pampered) or a fun hike (for a mom who likes adventure).So, go ahead, treat your mom-or yourself, if you're a mom-and enjoy some quality time this Mother's Day.

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Alex Morgan has assisted on goals in World Cup games and in World Cup qualifiers.She has had assists in the National Women's Soccer League playoffs and in meaningless friendlies.But on Tuesday she began setting up what figures to be one of the most important assists of her career by launching her own foundation to provide support, empowerment and an example for young girls and mothers in San Diego's South Bay.

An artwork featuring two intersecting spirals has been constructed at Somerset House in London.The outdoor installation, which spirals outwards from the art gallery's neoclassical courtyard, is by Indian contemporary artist Jitish Kallat.Unveiled on Thursday, Whorled (Here After Here After Here) features two spirals which run parallel to each other and do not meet in the middle as the artwork gives a maze-like effect.

Paintings and engravings by one of Britain's best-known artists are to be displayed in a new exhibition exploring their links with an infamous uprising.Works by the renowned 18th-century artist, satirist and theorist William Hogarth will go on display at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery from Friday, bringing together more than 40 of his artworks and some by his contemporaries.

Two officers forced their way into Laz Emporium gallery in London to rescue an apparently unconscious woman slumped over a desk, only to find it was a mannequin forming part of an art installation.The Met Police broke into the art gallery in Soho after a member of the public made a call on 25 November.

Climate activists have defended law-breaking protest tactics as the campaign group Just Stop Oil continue its month-long action.Indigo Rumbelow, a Just Stop Oil protester, told BBC Radio 4's today programme on Wednesday that they use stunts and drastic tactics to disturb everyday life and take drastic action against governments who are pursuing new fossil fuel projects.

Realtor.com It's not exactly your stereotypical, lushly landscaped, luxury L.A. home, though.In fact, the space is mostly surround by warehouses, parking lots, and rail yards.But it does have that gritty, cool, industrial vibe that makes most downtown dwellers feel right at home.Plus, it's adjacent to the trendy artist community known as the Brewery, which anchors the downtown L.A. arts scene.

As a food designer, I firmly believe people "eat with their eyes."The more appealing the colors, the textures, the display... the more fulfilling every bite tastes.When food is presented beautifully, it can trigger our appetites and stimulate our taste buds, making the dish more appetizing and desirable.

We have recently become a bit more concerned not only about the air that we breathe but also about the objects we touch or put on our faces.In addition to air purifiers, there has been a rise in all sorts of sanitizing devices, from those using UV-C light to other less common methods like ultrasonic washers for glasses.

At New York City bakery Lysée, chef Eunji Lee makes pastries that are as inventive as they are labor intensive."When people come to our shop, I'd like to feel like they are not only in the bakery but also in the art gallery," says Lee.
Perhaps nothing Lee makes is as indicative of this as her realistic corn cake dessert.

The balloon dog sculptures made famous by Jeff Koons so closely imitate their twisted latex inspiration that some observers might think they would be better set in a circus than an art gallery.But the fragility of these seemingly buoyant sculptures was made clear on Thursday when visitors at an art fair in Miami saw a bright blue porcelain dog worth $42,000 fall and shatter into pieces.

A curved colonnade fronts this extension to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, creating an airy new lobby for the art gallery and completing the institution's expansion.The Harrison McCain Pavilion was completed in 2022 in the New Brunswick capital by KPMB Architects, a Canadian studio based in Toronto.

We  invite you to celebrate  LUMAS' San Francisco Gallery Grand Opening on  Thursday, November 17th at 6 p.m., for an evening of craft cocktails from  Luxardo and  Junipero Gin, beer from  Lagunitas  Brewing, wine and light savory refreshments from  Bi-Rite, and the latest works by  Bay Area artist Fernando Reyes.

New York design studio Snarkitecture has designed a flagship store for the streetwear clothing brand Billionaire Boys Club, created by American musician Pharrell Williams and Japanese graphic designer Nigo.Located in a former warehouse on a corner in Miami's Wynwood neighbourhood, the store is a flagship for Billionaire Boys Club (BBC), which was founded in 2003 and includes sub-brands Icecream, Bee Line and Billionaire Girls Club.

Selldorf Architects, Diamond Schmitt and Two Row Architect have released designs for a gallery to be added to the complex of buildings at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.The design incorporates a brand-new building on top of a pre-existing parking lot, next to the Frank Gehry-designed 2008 expansion.

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Kazuyo Sejima has won this year's Jane Drew Prize for Architecture for her contribution to raising the profile of women in architecture.Sejima is best known as the co-founder of the Japanese architecture studio SANAA, which she founded with Japanese architect Ryue Nishizawa in Tokyo in 1995.

AUSTIN, Texas Travis County leaders are revisiting the future of the historic Palm School in Downtown Austin.This last week, County leaders discussed preserving the space while making it profitable at the same time.County members have made plans to preserve the building since 2019, but halted during the pandemic.

A Chinese threat actor tracked as DragonSpark has been using the SparkRAT open source remote administration tool (RAT) in recent attacks targeting East Asian organizations, cybersecurity firm SentinelOne reports.Relatively new, SparkRAT is a multi-platform RAT written in Golang that can run on Windows, Linux, and macOS systems, and which can update itself with new versions available through its command and control (C&C) server.

Fireworks go off during a New Year's Eve celebration at Nathan Phillips Square.(Mark Blinch/Canadian Press) New Year's Day is one of the few times each year most of the city shuts down.All government offices and banks will be closed.Mail delivery will pause on Jan. 2. Here's a listing of what else will be open and closed on Sunday, the first day of 2023.

An eight-year-old has said she feels proud and accomplished turning children's drawings into cuddly toys alongside her mother, in a unique process that brings both them and other families happiness.Lilia's Smiling Horses began in April 2020, inspired by Polly Petrova's daughter Lilia, who is a keen horse rider and loves to draw.

Creative studio Spacemen looked to biophilic design principles to construct a tree-like installation covered in moss, which forms the centrepiece of a flagship outlet for luxury leather brand Braun Büffel in Malaysia.Described by Shanghai-based Spacemen as a store that straddles an art gallery and a laboratory, the studio wanted to create an interior that would attract a younger audience and serve as "an abstract oasis" in Putrajaya's IOI Mall.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has scheduled an April 18 hearing with New Seasons Market in response to filed complaints alleging unfair labor practices, according to the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 555, the union that represents New Seasons Market workers.Local 555 filed complaints against New Seasons in July 2022 alleging " coercive statements" were made in the lead-up to the union election at the Orenco Station store, during which workers voted 60-37 in opposition of the union.

Two summers ago, in June, I rang in my 27th birthday by getting so drunk in Napa, Calif., that I gave my Uber driver my phone number.A few months later, in September, my college ex-boyfriend told me he was planning to propose to his girlfriend.Having been intentionally single for years, I suddenly felt like I was losing a race I didn't even know I was in.

Architecture studio  Lemay has published a manifesto calling on Canadian studios to unite behind a more radical approach to design that reflects indigenous values and takes responsibility for the country's abundant natural resources.Penned by Lemay's research arm FLDWRK, the Manifesto of Canadian Design argues that architects, designers and researchers across the nation must abandon the "characteristic humility of the Canadian ethos".

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There is the particular feeling of being at the beach on a partly cloudy day.The wind threatens to pick up; the colors of beach accouterments stand out brighter; the ocean sprinkles with a heightened crisp.Your place in the world is at the edge of both unsettled and renewal.

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Foster + Partners' plans to design the King Salman International Airport in Saudi Arabia.Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now!Foster + Partners has announced it is designing a six-runway airport in Riyadh, which will be powered by renewable energy and incorporate "cutting-edge green initiatives" into its design.

Photo by Kayvan Radan This week on Dezeen, we revealed the overall architecture, design and interiors winners of the 2022 Dezeen Awards at a party in London.At the ceremony, Argo Contemporary Art Museum and Cultural Centre by Ahmadreza Schricker Architecture North was named architecture project of the year,  Ecole Camondo Méditerranée by Émilieu Studio won interiors project of the year, and the Wheeliy 2.0 wheelchair by Quantum was named design project of the year.

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Debate newsletter features SANAA's extension of the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney.Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now.Architecture studio SANAA has extended Sydney's Art Gallery of New South Wales with rectangular pavilions.Set to open this weekend, the Sydney Modern volumes cascade down a hillside overlooking Sydney Harbour's Woolloomooloo Bay.

Last year, Galerie Nagel Draxler added a kiosk of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) to its stand of more traditional art at Art Basel in Miami Beach.This year, however, the Berlin-based gallery will forego the special kiosk."Last year was the height of cryptomania," says Nagel Draxler's co-founder Saskia Draxler.

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning studio SANAA has completed an extension to the Art Gallery of New South Wales that occupies a series of pavilions that step down towards Sydney Harbour.Set to the public on 3 December, Sydney Modern was designed to contrast with the existing art gallery's 19th-century neo-classical architecture, with the two buildings connected by a public art garden.

Miami Art Week is officially upon us once again.The week-long extravaganza started as a celebration of all things art, but through the years, it has expanded into all facets of South Florida, including food.With a bevy of pop-ups, collaboration dinners, and culinary activations happening throughout the Magic City this week, here are the best bets.

Rex CEO Jack Ryan and 32300 Pacific Coast Highway (Compass, LinkedIn) The co-founder of Rex  Real Estate Exchange didn't shave the price of his cliff-top Malibu estate after 11 long months of looky loos.He raised the price $7 million.Jack Ryan, the former investment banker once married to actress Jeri Ryan, has now listed his 10,400-square-foot-mansion at 32300 Pacific Coast Highway for $72 million, Dirt.com reported.

KEELUNG, Taiwan  Visitors to Keelung, a mountainous port city on Taiwan's northern coast, might reasonably think that the white wall at the back of Shi Hui-hua's breakfast shop is, well, a wall.Only a few air vents suggest that there might be something on the other side.It's a bomb shelter, said Ms. Shi, 53, as she waited for the morning rush.

When I want a hearty breakfast after a big night out in Atlanta (or to soothe what needs soothing,) I head straight for Home Grown in Reynoldstown and to the Comfy Chicken Biscuit.And co-owner Kevin Clark tells me I'm not alone with this move.While it may seem like just an average plate of biscuits and sausage gravy topped with crispy fried chicken, it's the ingredients in this dish and what Clark learned from one of his restaurant mentors that makes it absolutely worth seeking out again and again.