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a brick-faced research library in harlem
Lenox Ave Face-Lift

Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture receives $8 million in state support for major overhaul

rendering of a large shelter over an archaeological site
From Antarctica to the Mediterranean

Hugh Broughton Architects tapped to design ancient mosaic–protecting shelters at UNESCO World Heritage Site in Cyprus

an airy restaurant with lots of natural wood and casual seating
In It To Tin It

Saved by SHoP and rejuvenated by Roman and Williams, the Tin Building at Manhattan’s Seaport reopens as a Jean-Georges food hall

the studio of american woodworker and architect george nakashima
Oh, the Humanities

Podcast profiling pioneering women of architecture is just one of 200-plus projects awarded in the latest round of NEH grants

interior of a frank lloyd wright building undergoing restoration work
On the Wright Track

Major preservation work progresses at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin and Taliesin West

exterior view of frank lloyd wright's hollyhock house
Back In Bloom

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House in L.A. set to resume public tours on August 18

view of a park space at the u.s.-mexico border
Guarded Optimism

Decision to pause border barrier work at binational Friendship Park welcomed by community advocates

cross section rendering of a skylight scheme at the met
Moving in the Light Direction

Beyer Blinder Belle’s “attic” renovations better illuminate the Met’s European Painting galleries

exterior of a historic gabled restaurant in kentucky
The Colonel Beckons

Revamp of historic Sanders Cafe, birthplace of KFC, is liberally seasoned with midcentury nostalgia

weir greenhouse and new terra cotta clad building in back
Resurrected

Green-Wood Cemetery renovation work will move forward following a $4.5 million investment

park at the u.s.-mexico border
Back to the Wall

Construction work to continue on 30-foot barriers at binational Friendship Park

marquee of a historic college in austin
On The List

Austin’s Huston-Tillotson University is now a National Register of Historic Places–recognized historic district

a park overlooking the pacific ocean
Back to the Bruces

L.A. County returns Bruce’s Beach to namesake family nearly a century after racist land grab

brick apartment building
New Legacies

The National Trust names 33 historic sites as 2022 African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund grantees

sphinx and pyramid at giza
Oh My Giza

SOM selected to revamp visitor experience for Egypt’s Pyramids at Giza

construction supplies in front of black building
Monumental Work

World Monuments Fund responds to the war in Ukraine with preservation initiatives

restored facade of the confiteria del molino
Back In Business

Buenos Aires’ Confitería del Molino reopens after years of abandonment and extensive restoration

a historic building wrapped in flames
A Total Loss

Nantucket hotel fire ravages America’s largest National Historic Landmark District

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