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museum reopening
Arts, Culture & Media
Beirut museum damaged by blast reopens
Exterior of the Museum of the City of New York, with a promotion for the "City of Faith" exhibition currently on display, New York, Dec. 1, 2022.
Lifestyle & Belief
Museum exhibit highlights New York’s sacred spaces
drawing
Coronavirus Art
For this man in Istanbul, the pandemic renewed a lifelong passion for drawing 
A man stand next to a machine with large slabs of wood.
The Big Fix
Building high-rises, hotels and stadiums out of wood — for climate’s sake
A view of the old quarter of Sanaa, Yemen, November 14, 2018.
Culture
UNESCO project aims to save Sanaa’s historic mud brick towers
Silhouetted people with umbrellas stand in front of the Louvre pyramid at night.
Arts, Culture & Media
Eight buildings designed by I. M. Pei that are not the Louvre Pyramid
Three people smile in identical photos, part of a family tradition to recreate a WWII-era photo in front of Notre-Dame cathedral
Culture
Notre-Dame remembered as a gathering point for The World
American Icons: Monticello
Full Episode
Arts, Culture & Media
Gargoyles
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Architects Samuel Mockbee and Andrew Freear on the Art of Recycling
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Actor Simon McBurney on Memory
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Jorge Pardo’s Eclectic Art
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Rhythms in Glass and Steel
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Architects Samuel Mockbee and Andrew Freear on the Art of Recycling
Arts, Culture & Media
Prison Design
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Commentary: Grand Design in La-La Land
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Commentary: What to Rebuild?
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Jane Jacobs
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Commentary: Grand Design in La-La Land
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Michigan Central Depot
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Now Playing: Dymaxion House
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Frank Gehry on Frames
Arts, Culture & Media
Special Guest: Frank Gehry
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Design for the Real World: Ballpark
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Interior Harmony
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Special Guest: Julie Bargmann
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Special Guest: Niall Kirkwood
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Now Playing: Open House New York
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Jefferson’s Dome
Arts, Culture & Media
Now Playing: Walt Disney Concert Hall
Arts, Culture & Media
Courthouse Design
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Special Guest: Nathaniel Kahn
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Arcosanti
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Jefferson’s Dome
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Concert Halls
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The Church
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Terminal Five
Arts, Culture & Media
Special Guest: Paola Antonelli
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Iconic Buildings
Arts, Culture & Media
The New, New Orleans
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American Icons: Fallingwater
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The Architecture of Happiness
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M. C. Escher
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William McDonough
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Kyoto Station
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Name that building: revealed!
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Tokyo Old and New
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Kurt wins Deadline Club award
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American Icons: Fallingwater
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Tokyo Old and New
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Dallas Art Scores a Touchdown
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MoMA’s Chicken Coup
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Eisenhower Family Objects to Gehry Design for Memorial
Arts, Culture & Media
Vegetation Goes Vertical
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It’s a Giant Dirt Igloo – Want to Buy It?
Arts, Culture & Media
The Pantheon: A Lesson in Designing With Light
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Let Sleeping Giants Lie (on the Sides of Buildings)
Arts, Culture & Media
What Would David Lynch Look Like as a House?
Arts, Culture & Media
These Dizzying Photos of Church Ceilings Will Make Your Head Spin
Arts, Culture & Media
This Insane House Is Like a Submarine On Land