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Chocolatiers Sculpt Exact Replica of Notre-Dame in Chocolate | My Modern Met

By Emma Taggart on December 10, 2024 Photo: kmiragaya/Depositphotos To celebrate the reopening of the Notre-Dame, chocolatiers sculpted an extraordinary chocolate replica of the famous cathedral. The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris reopened its doors on Sunday, December 8, five years … Continue reading

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What Did Medieval English Sound Like?

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Houses sit on the slopes of the Jalousie neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Ramon Espinosa/AP

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31-Year Treasure Hunt for a Golden Owl Ends w/ Discovery in France | My Modern Met

By Emma Taggart on December 3, 2024 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Éditions_de_la_Chouette_d'Or® (@editions_de_la_chouette_dor) One of the world’s longest-running and elaborate treasure hunts is finally over, thanks to the discovery of a buried bronze replica of … Continue reading

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Zaha Hadid Architects’ metro station opens in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Inside a Legendary Modernist Home Designed to Flow Like a Waterfall | Architectural Digest

26 Nov 2024 Today, AD travels to Vancouver, Canada, to tour Eppich House II. Designed in the 1980s by renowned Canadian architect Arthur Erickson for businessman Hugo Eppich, this home uses rigid materials to create soft, organic forms. Curved steel … Continue reading

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Deansgate-Castlefield this morning

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Onboard the UK’s First Battery Electric Train!

In this special episode of The Everything Electric Show, we take you on an 18-month journey behind the scenes of the development and deployment of the UK’s first battery-electric train. Join Imogen as she follows the incredible progress of the … Continue reading

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Why is India Building a $6BN Giant Barrier?

Why is India spending billions to build a massive barrier on the Godavari River? Known as the Polavaram Project, this $6BN engineering marvel is designed to solve critical issues in water management, irrigation, and energy supply. Stretching over 3.7 kilometers … Continue reading

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The secret history of the world’s first suburb | The Mill

How Whalley Range changed the course of history By David Rudlin In the mid-1830s, Samuel Brooks did something remarkable: he left Mosley Street. It was a place he had lived for many years, nestled in Manchester’s urban core just four … Continue reading

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