The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Combining a colonial house and a contemporary addition, the new Museum of Cacao & Chocolate sits on a grisly Aztec souvenir.
Category: Restoration and Renovation
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In Cartagena, a Place for Monks and Movie Lovers Is Now a Hotel
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
In Cartagena, Colombia, historic buildings, including a monastery and a nightclub, were transformed into a Four Seasons.
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A Southern Magazine Now Calls a Historic Charleston Jail Home
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Based in Charleston, S.C., Garden & Gun recently moved to a restored landmark on Magazine Street, of all places.
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A Massachusetts Home that Channels Frank Lloyd Wright
The New York Times – T Magazine:
A Brooklyn contractor claimed a midcentury Massachusetts house — and most of its furniture — and had the good sense to leave it more or less alone.
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For an Indiana Couple, This Schoolhouse Became Their Home
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Stacie Grissom and Sean Wilson’s 9,000-square-foot Indiana schoolhouse is a lesson in courage.
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Kennedy Center Works to Make the Case That Repairs Are Urgent
The New York Times – Music:
In Washington and in federal court, the center is arguing that its planned two-year closure is crucial. Critics say it’s a result of declining attendance and fleeing artists.
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Can the Reinvented Delano Hotel Resuscitate South Beach?
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Once a magnet for the fashion and music sets of the 1990s, the hotel has been rebranded as a wellness-leaning space with nonalcoholic cocktails and a spa with a communal sauna.
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In Indianapolis, a New Contemporary Art Museum Comes With a D.J.
The New York Times – Music:
The 40,000-square-foot space, housed in a former dairy barn, aims to upend expectations of what an art museum can be.
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In Paris’s Catacombs, Can a Restoration Breathe New Life Into City’s Dead?
The New York Times – Travel:
For centuries, the bones of some six million people were buried in the catacombs beneath the city. Curators are trying to preserve and modernize the tunnels while maintaining the spooky ambience.