Tag: Architecture
The Chrysler Building: Everything You Need to Know About New York City’s Art Deco Masterpiece
The car-centric amendments that Chrysler requested his architect make to the building’s design were many. These included the aforementioned wing ornaments modeled after...
Private Clubs: Discover 6 of the World’s Most Exclusive Ones—and How You Can Get In
Monaco’s yachting history began in 1862, when Prince Charles III held the country’s first regattas. Within a century, Monaco became synonymous with yachting—and...
How Gothic Architecture Became Spooky
Throughout the next two centuries, the style largely lost favor, until Horace Walpole, a writer, decided he wanted his own “little Gothic castle.”...
One World Trade Center: Everything You Need to Know About the Tallest Building in the US
The building’s cuboid base appears to twist as it grows taller.
Photo: Ozgur Donmaz/Getty ImagesConsisting of eight connected triangles, the building’s exterior appears as...
Tiny Homes: See Inside the World's Most Glamorous (and Only 79 Were Made)
This fall, the brand is debuting the limited-edition luxe Golden House after a yearlong development process. “We decided to make the most expensive...
An Intimate Look Inside Refugee Shelters Around the Globe
“In all the different places I went to, they all had recreated some kind of feeling of the home that they had to...