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Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Tumult in Turkey

Plan to convert Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia back into mosque sows international division

Sydney Opera House illuminated at night
Wouldn't Be Open Now Anyways

Sydney Opera House’s Concert Hall closes for first time for renovations

A camel next to a pyramid
Pyramid Scheme

Oldest Egyptian pyramid reopens after 14 year restoration

The Quito landscape
Mountain High

In the know: Our 2020 Quito travelogue

a historic observatory on a hill in Scotland, one of the projects highlighted in the new Google initiative
Hanging on the Precipice

UNESCO and Google spotlight climate change’s impact on World Heritage Sites

Conservation of Architectural Heritage (CAH) 4th Edition

A large white, round building on a busy street corner, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Outstanding Universal Value

Eight Frank Lloyd Wright buildings are now UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Fascist Facades

Photographs document the Italian Fascist architecture of Eritrea

Photo of Rotunda University of Virginia restoration
Revisiting the Rotunda

Thomas Jefferson’s Rotunda restoration reaps rewards for University of Virginia

Ruins of Palmyra
Layered Civilization

Syria Before the Deluge is a poignant photographic journey through prewar Syria

Cape Royal on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Michael Quinn/NPS/Wikimedia Commons)
UNESCOrted Out

Trump pulls U.S. out of UNESCO, citing anti-Israel bias

Pragati Maidan

India flattens its iconic Hall of Nations building in New Delhi

DOCO-OH NO

As Cuba’s economy embraces global tourism, modernist works fall under threat

Wright On

VR tour of Wright’s Hollyhock House in the works

A giant 3D printer will replicate an ancient temple destroyed by ISIS

PERFORMANCE AT THE WAVE. (COURTESY THE SCARCITY AND CREATIVITY STUDIO)

How architects and artists turned an urban dump in Chile into a performance space

Shigeru Ban’s Mt. Fuji Visitors Center Flips the Mountain Upside Down