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NORTHEAST HARBOR — In a special Beatrix Farrand Society program commemorating Frederic Law Olmsted’s bicentennial, Witold Rybczynski, author of the

I am aware that it is hard to callout the spirit of our current time but I am curious to get some input on your opinions/thoughts. So far Ive considered: individuality, social acceptance, information overload, interconnectivity, and an addiction/desire to always seek out the new, evolution at a...

To mark the bicentenary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, a href= http://www.plantingfields.org target= _blank Planting Fields Foundation /a

A fierce anti-modernist, he championed vernacular structures, becoming a counterculture hero to many, from New Urbanists to software designers to Prince Charles.

People are rethinking the formal dining room, transforming it into a multiuse space for work, play, crafts, games, conversation and more.

The formal dining room was long considered a symbol of wealth and privilege. But it can be whatever you need it to be.

Outdoor rugs, TVs, day beds and $5,500 lamps: Welcome to the Great Fauxdoors.

Playing the Role of New York? Toronto. That View of Paris? It’s Montreal. At the Venice Biennale, Canada examines its cities’ ability to stand in for television and film locations. With green screens and special effects, the intersection of Dundas Street and Ossington Avenue in Toronto was reimagined as 1962 Baltimore for the 2017 film “The Shape of Water.”Credit...Impostor Cities By Sam Lubell May 20, 2021, 5:02 a.m. ET As visitors to the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale make th...

What’s hot and what’s not in fashion this week Can you see Fran Lebowitz? Photograph: Ali Smith/The Observer Can you see Fran Lebowitz? Photograph: Ali Smith/The Observer Fri 30 Apr 2021 02.00 EDT Going up Wild boxing Judging by all the people training in our local park, it’s the new cold swimming. Tent dress A contender for the re-entry dress of 2021, because you can wear it over thermals. Smells like Tween Spirit A new generation paying homage to the Nirvana frontman, from Kid...

A junior at Episcopal Academy, Will Sargent is a talented artist who works in several mediums. He fabricates his own textiles and taught himself Armenian lace making, and recently won two Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for painting and mixed media. Sargent is a member of EA’s select singing group, the Vocal Ensemble, was selected for the ACDA Honors Choir and is the editor of The Epolitan, an annually published arts and music magazine. He won a French award his freshman year, and is a mem...