A visual feast: 5 favorite art books of 2021
Most readers spend a lot of time happily immersed in words. But for a change of pace, these gorgeous art books provide hours of blissful visual diversion.
Architecture
The Metropolitan Museum of Art scores its largest capital gift ever — $125 million
The money will be used to complete a long-delayed renovation the museum's Modern Wing and comes from philanthropist Oscar Tang, a museum trustee, and his wife Agnes Hsu-Tang.
She reclaims toxic waste dumps, and she just won a major landscape architecture award
Julie Bargmann, the first recipient of the Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize, redesigns waste dumps, landfills, Superfund sites — places she calls "the gnarliest."
Check Out The First 3D-Printed Steel Bridge Recently Unveiled In Europe
The almost 40-foot bridge, revealed last month, will now serve pedestrians and cyclists in Amsterdam's city center.
Matthew Mazzotta: How Can We Redesign Overlooked Spaces To Better Serve The Public?
Artist Matthew Mazzotta says every community needs public spaces to gather, discuss, and address issues. He works with towns to reimagine overlooked buildings and give them a new public purpose.
Richard Altuna, Who Redesigned What Retail Looks Like, Dies At 70
Altuna stealthily shaped the consumer landscape for decades, designing stores for The Gap, Pottery Barn, Patagonia, Restoration Hardware, Williams Sonoma and many more.
What's Ahead For The Group That Approves U.S. Arts Projects, From Monuments To Coins
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts meets today to review designs for all kinds of American cultural symbols. It's the first such meeting for four new commissioners recently appointed by President Biden.
Biden Just Purged 4 On The Arts Panel That Advises Congress On Public Architecture
On Tuesday afternoon, President Biden announced four new appointees to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, replacing four commissioners appointed by former President Donald Trump.
Roman Colosseum's New Floor Will Give Visitors A Gladiator's Point Of View
The retractable wooden stage will offer visitors a view of the ancient arena not seen since the nineteenth century, when archaeologists removed its floor to reveal the elaborate structures underneath.
Portugal Opens World's Longest Pedestrian Suspension Bridge, And It's A Trip
The record-breaking bridge measures roughly 1,692 feet long and is suspended more than 570 feet above a rushing river. Officials in the town of Arouca called it "frighteningly beautiful."