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2 months ago | 
admiddleeast.com | Christina Liao |Katherine McLaughlin
We may earn a commission if you buy something from any affiliate links on our site. The best hotels in Japan combine great design with craft, chic minimalism, a respect for nature and a Zen approach to luxury. And these are the country's most unmissable addresses. The best hotels in Japan are as multifaceted as the country they call home.
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Dec 25, 2024 | 
architecturaldigest.in | Katherine McLaughlin
Simose Art Museum in Hiroshima, Japan, has been recognised as the world’s most beautiful museum at the 2024 Prix Versailles awards. The prestigious architecture prize highlights the “finest contemporary projects worldwide” across a number of categories in an annual ceremony held at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. This is the first year the jury included a category for museums.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
admiddleeast.com | Katherine McLaughlin
On April 15, 2019, Notre-Dame caught fire. The sight of the burning Paris cathedral had the world in shock. Now, after a herculean rebuilding exercise, Notre-Dame reopens on December 8, 2024.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
admiddleeast.com | Katherine McLaughlin
If it's not at the centre of a rumoured inheritance battle between his ex-wife Priscilla Presley and his granddaughter, Riley Keough, Elvis Presley’s Graceland in the news for a deed fraud enabled by deep fakes. Read on to find out how scammers are using AI to try to steal multimillion dollar properties. For one week in May 2024, Graceland in Memphis received the kind of persistent news coverage more frequently devoted to the owner’s of such storied residences rather than the homes themselves.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
admiddleeast.com | Katherine McLaughlin
Spanning over 400 acres, the hilly, canyon-dotted property has been seen in heavy hitters across eras and genres, including projects such as Invisible Man, American Horror Story, Haunted Mansion, The A-Team, Motel Hell, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. “The amount of history that is here, and the amount of movies and TV shows and commercials that have been made here, really is phenomenal,” Derek Hunt, who owns Sable Ranch, told the Times.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
architecturaldigest.in | Katherine McLaughlin
If luck is on your side, it’ll take 7 to 10 days to get to Tristan da Cunha, a 38-square-mile volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean. If the weather is bad, that timeline shoots way, way up—sometimes reaching several weeks. And even once you reach Tristan, as it’s colloquially called, there’s no guarantee you’ll be able to set foot on land.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
architecturaldigest.in | Katherine McLaughlin
This week, Apple unveiled a suite of new product models including the highly anticipated iPhone 16, but for the architecture fan, the reveal of its newest building—Apple Park Observatory—may have stolen the show. Located in Apple Park, the company’s corporate headquarters in Cupertino, California, the newest structure is built into the outer meadows of the campus.
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Sep 15, 2024 | 
admiddleeast.com | Katherine McLaughlin
Everyone talks about Paris, London, New York and Dubai, but there is a slew of underrated cities – just as beautiful, just as steeped in history and culture, but minus the crowds and chaos – that are waiting to be discovered. Depending on how much one has traveled, a list of the most beautiful underrated cities in the world may look like a scrapbook of past adventures, fodder for wanderlust, or perhaps even places one has never heard of before.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
admiddleeast.com | Nick Mafi |Katherine McLaughlin
From the Zaha Hadid–designed Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi to Buenos Aires' Puente de la Mujer by Santiago Calatrava, these are the most advanced bridges in the world that were ahead of their time. In the world of architecture, perhaps nothing is more utilitarian than a bridge. Indeed, not only do these spanning structures allow us to safely pass over a gap, but unlike some skyscrapers and homes, everyone has access to a bridge.
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Aug 3, 2024 | 
admiddleeast.com | Katherine McLaughlin
The July sale of a landmark penthouse in Manhattan – with a price tag of $135 million – is 2024's most expensive real estate deal in New York City reports Mansion Global. The residence, which spans 12,500-square-foot across five floors, is located within the Aman New York Hotel, the luxury hospitality group’s only East Coast outpost.
