Coming: Frida Kahlo Art/ Garden/ Life
Frida Kahlo — one of Mexico’s most celebrated artists — is the theme of The New York Botanical Garden’s Frida Kahlo Art. Garden. Life exhibition that runs through November 1. […]
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Milan Expo 2015
MAY 1 marks the opening of the 2015 Expo Milano (Milan Expo) – a six month global showcase and exposition in Milan, Italy, around a universal theme, Feeding the Planet: […]
Michael Graves: Amsterdam & Rotterdam His Favorite Design Cities
Princeton NJ-based architect Michael Graves designed over 350 buildings and some 2000 everyday products in his lifetime – from laundry hampers to a whistling teakettle, from luxury goods for Alessi […]
Coming Up: Spring & Plenty of New Stories
Get over it! Winter, that is. We’re all ready for the fresh start and promise of spring and that means bringing you stories of inspired design, urban trends, wild spaces […]
Cities: Museums New & Coming
In cities large and small, look at the vibrant and growing arts scene worldwide — new museums, splendid opera halls, concert venues, old buildings turned to new uses – and […]
CITIES: China, Japan, Russia, Europe, Green Capitals
CITIES around the world are sizzling –transforming with urban design, revitalization. architecture, the arts, and smart technologies . This month we’ll look at trends in Europe’s green capitals, Amsterdam, Moscow, […]
Cities: On the Road
Amsterdam is HOT! This city of 800,000– the size Detroit used to be in its glory days — packs a wallop culturally speaking. The Rijksmuseum with its glorious Dutch Masters paintings reopened […]
On the Road: Green News Update Is Traveling
Green News Update is traveling to some great locations to bring you stories and updates on urban design, museums, green practices, urban gardens, rising water, travel and the quality of […]
Shigeru Ban: Architect-Humanitarian
The talented, globe-trotting architect Shigeru Ban has created a unique design practice: dwellings of elegance and simplicity for the wealthy and ingenious public buildings (the beautiful Pompidou Centre-Metz France (2011) […]
Allure of Indigo: A Book and Rare Textile Traditions
Indigo – the natural dye and its many luminous shadings– takes shape in a definitive book (featured below) and in the Bamako atelier of Aboubakar Fofana, a Malian-born artist and […]
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