Ghana Wanted a Cathedral. It Got an ‘Expensive Hole’ Instead.
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Ghana Wanted a Cathedral. It Got an ‘Expensive Hole’ Instead.

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The walls surrounding Ghana’s national cathedral are aging plywood. Its spires are yellow construction cranes, which have not moved in years. It frequently reverberates with singing — the singing of a choir of frogs that moves in whenever the cathedral’s half-finished foundations fill…

A Stunning New Pool in Central Park Helps Heal Old Wounds
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A Stunning New Pool in Central Park Helps Heal Old Wounds

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For more than a century and a half, Central Park has been a leafy barometer of New York’s shifting fortunes. Projecting the city’s vast ambitions and ideals in the 19th century, it morphed into a Hooverville during the Depression, becoming a beehive of…

From Bell Labs to Lumon Industries: The Building That Brings ‘Severance’ to Life
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From Bell Labs to Lumon Industries: The Building That Brings ‘Severance’ to Life

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines To bring to life the nefarious corporation at the center of the dystopian thriller “Severance,” the director of photography Jessica Lee Gagné needed to find the right location for a fictional headquarters. As she scoured the internet for abandoned malls, she stumbled upon…

Ricardo Scofidio, Boldly Imaginative Architect, Is Dead at 89
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Ricardo Scofidio, Boldly Imaginative Architect, Is Dead at 89

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Son of a Jazz Man Ricardo Merrill Scofidio was born on April 16, 1935, in New York City to Earle and June (Matthews) Scofidio. He had a brother, Basilio. His father, a jazz musician who played the alto saxophone and the clarinet, was…

The Design Legacy of Los Angeles That Fell to the Fires
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The Design Legacy of Los Angeles That Fell to the Fires

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines More than a week after Los Angeles’s devastating fires began, the losses to the region’s rich architectural legacy are becoming clearer. The fires have already destroyed more of the county’s built heritage than other single event, according to Adrian Scott Fine, president and…