The New Yorker25d
A Controversial Rare-Book Dealer Tries to Rewrite His Own Ending
Two years after arriving in the city, he opened Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, on the fourth floor of a nondescript building near Grand ... with a collector named Carter Burden, a Vanderbilt heir ...
Forbes7d
Hélène Darroze Shares Her Little Black Book Of London
London, United Kingdom. Architect: Sir Aston Webb, 1909. (Photo by: Grant Smith/View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) It’s a beautiful area to explore, the buildings are ...
Londonist4d
Santa Visits The Barbican! We're In Love With These Brutalist London Christmas Cards
But what about all the brutalist confections ... "I've always loved the buildings," Anne-Marie tells Londonist "and for the Christmas cards I wanted to imagine Santa visiting them, which is ...
Daily Mail22d
Tim Burton makes rare red carpet appearance with his and Helena Bonham Carter's children Billy Ray and Nell at the opening of exhibition of his creations at London's Design Museum
He was joined by his son Billy Ray, 21, and daughter Nell, 16, who he shares with his ex-partner Helena Bonham Carter ... lived in two adjoining houses in London with their two children.
archpaper9d
Brutalist library by Walter Netsch, and other buildings, are under threat in Aurora, New York, after Wells College’s recent closure
One of the buildings under threat is Louis Jefferson Long Library, a Brutalist structure completed in 1968 by Walter Netsch. PACNY also noted two other midcentury structures—Campbell Art ...
Dezeen4d
Ciguë designs art-filled Ace Hotel in brutalist building on Athens Riviera
French studio Ciguë drew on Greek modernism when creating the interior of Ace Hotel and Swim Club Athens, which features vintage furniture and specially commissioned artworks by local artists.
Time Out8d
London’s buildings could soon be heated by the tube, sewers and River Thames – here’s how
Soon, about 1,000 buildings in London could be kept warm by low-carbon heat sourced from the River Thames, tube and sewer networks, making the city a much greener place. The government has ...
This is Local London16d
Ben Carter ruled out of Wales’ autumn internationals with knee injury
Lock Ben Carter has been released from Wales’ Autumn Nations Series squad after suffering a knee injury. Dragons skipper Carter was hurt during training, the Welsh Rugby Union said. Carter ...
London Free Press26d
Towers to townhouses, London home building is on a tear
The proposed developments range from infill projects in the city centre, to north London and Masonville ... also receive an update on residential building in the city, and the number of units ...
London Evening Standard10d
London Assembly demands 'proper funding' to fix cladding crisis with nearly 2,000 buildings at risk
According to the latest Government data, a total of 4,821 such buildings are awaiting remediation or have been remediated, of which 2,676 (56 per cent) are in London. Of London’s total ...
City A.M.9d
Underground air to heat London’s iconic buildings
Excess heat from London’s Underground will power iconic buildings in a new £1bn net zero scheme. This low-carbon network will soon channel excess heat from the Underground to power several ...
Top Gear21d
Are brutalist watches an emerging fashion trend?
Brutalist buildings were once condemned as ugly, but brutalism is being reassessed and many modern buildings are now celebrated. And judging by the number of brutalist watches coming out ...