Architecture is meant to fulfill both practical and expressive requirements, and thus it serves both utilitarian and aesthetic purposes. When you look at a structure, you can distinguish these two ends but they cannot be separated, and the relative weight each of them carry can vary widely. Plus, every society has its own, unique relationship to the natural world and its architecture usually reflects that as well, allowing people from other places to learn about their environment, as well as history, ceremonies, artistic sensibility, and many aspects of daily life.

By Internet standards, a perfectly timed photo occurs when two of the following three conditions are met: 1. Perfect Place 2. Perfect Time 3. Perfect Angle Sometimes the holy trinity of perf…

The pioneering architect Le Corbusier spent the 1950s bringing concrete to Chandigarh and 'the City Beautiful' now celebrates its creator

A lucky boater is quickly surrounded by the rays.

Their snow-white furry tummies are crying out for a little tickle but these orphaned stoats, currently making themselves at home at Secret World Animal Rescue in Somerset, will grow up into the future brutes of the British countryside.

Visiting Copenhagen Denmark? Here’s my ultimate 2 days in Copenhagen itinerary that will help you navigate the city like an expert. It includes everything you need to know from things to do, where to eat, and day trips!

These places possess such incredible and unusual colors it’s hard to believe they exist.

Check out ✔️ these flirty haircuts for square faces that angle your face and highlight your cheekbones!?Ideal for those with a square shaped face❗

I have to tell you that the little baby that this lovely room was for is now a tweenager! My old house has sold twice and both sets of owners have kept my mura…

3 artistes qui utilisent des fumigènes dans des paysages choisis. De la couleur, des installations artistiques à découvrir

Közeledik a Valentin-nap és ezt még az állatok is érzik, hisz ők is éreznek, szeretnek és igenis pu...

By Alan George Imagine stepping into a rustic hallway that feels like a warm, welcoming embrace, inviting you to kick off your shoes and...

Planning to travel down the scenic Carretera Austral Highway? Here's our guide to the 10 best places to visit along the Carretera Austral Highway in Chile!

The Dekorative Vorbilder, was a decorative arts periodical published by Julius Hoffman in Stuttgart, Germany from 1890 until the late 1920s. The series featured work from a variety of artists, and it...

Now Is the Pilgrim Year Fair Autumn’s Charge by John Byam Shaw, 1904 Princess Rosalie by Virginia Frances Sterrett from Old French Fairy Tales, 1920 William Stout Little Red Riding Hood by Arthur Rackham, 1902 Incantation by Norman Lindsay, 1940 Kindred Hearts by Mark Arian The Terem of the Tsar in…

Who doesn't feel the pull of a walled-off space - the need to get in there and find out what's going on? A secret garden is romantic.

That feeling you get when things just come together perfectly.

Russian painter Alexander Averin [Александр Аверин] was born in Noginsk, near Moscow, The main theme of Alexander Averin’s painting are genre scenes with charming Russian young ladies against blossoming meadows and gardens, shady river coasts, and sea landscapes. Plot of the paintings is filled with sincere warmth and cordial feelings towards children.

Polianthes 'Pink Sapphire' is an incredibly exciting breakthrough in tuberose breeding from Huang Kuang-Liang at Taiwan's Taipei University. By crossing the florist Polianthes tuberosa with the hardier Mexican Polianthes howardii, Huang was able to develop a hardier tuberose strain with both fragrance and color. Polianthes 'Pink Sapphire', which has been superb in our trials, produces 3' tall stalks of fragrant, double pink flowers from late July until frost...simply amazing!

Print these prepositions of place vocabulary cards on sturdy paper. Have students color and cut them. They can then use them as mini picture cards or to play simple card games such as “memory.”

Black History, Afrodiasporic futures and melanin? Present ! Black History Month 2016 is over, but we should celebrate black excellence all year long. Here is a curated collection of some of my favorite works from illustrators, painters and artists of the African diaspora. 1. My name is Odera Igbokwe . I am a fantasy illustrator and you might know me from projects such as my redesigns from the cast of Sailor Moon/ Melanin Mythologies . Photo: Odera Igbokwe / Via patreon.com I launched Melanin Mythologies to help create more visibility for people of color in fantasy and science fiction. You can check it out here. What prompted this project was exploring the spectrum of amazing illustration and artwork coming from people of the African Diaspora. This curated collection features african americans, africans, afrolatinos, mixed people, and work as diverse and beautiful as the magical intersectional people highlighted. This is a sample of the collection, but you can find more detailed and...

For the first time, the Pantone of the year 2016 IS not a single hue, but the combination of two different Pantone colors. Pantone 2016 was revealed yesterday and it’s a pairing of two pastel…

when photographer andrew prokos looks at frank gehry’s architecture he sees the parts as well as the whole. gehry's children deconstructs his EMP museum.

From denture repair shops to raunchy laundrettes, Niall McDiarmid’s portraits of the overlooked parts of deepest south London are a wonderful throwback to a time before the developers descended

Handcrafted and designed by Acorn Studio, the LUNA lamp is a delicate piece of unique artwork and will bring the moon into your home.

One of the most known facts about my hometown Jesenice is, that in May the northern slopes above the town get covered in a white blanket of daffodils (Narcissus poeticus). Last year I tried to do something different, something I have not seen before so I made a series of photographs with Milky Way above the daffodils. It was very well received as it was something people haven’t seen before.

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It's been cold and rainy here all week and I am SUPER ready for some warm weather and a cocktail with a paper umbrella in it. So, I'm headed out for some fun in the

Pics so comfortable they'll tuck you into bed.

A comprehensive guide to the Art Nouveau architecture in Riga, a true Mecca for culture-enthusiasts in Europe.

A few months back, I came across a website called Paris 1914, a collection of color photography made in Paris using Autochrome Lumière technology between 1914 and 1918. A wealthy banker of the time, Albert Kahn commissioned four photographers to create an archive of the period using the technique based on a series of color filters made from microscopic grains of…

Art is all around us. While you may expect art to come from the talent and genius of a gifted human being, it turns out that the forces of nature are a rival to any of the creative giants that we have produced, and in some cases, even better!

The shawl is an Irish fashion statement of old, worn through the centuries, created out of necessity, and wrapped around shoulders with pride in the face of dire poverty.

Venezuelan artist Maria Guadarrama is the creator of a comic strip called "The Unspoken Truth." But these are not just funny pictures, there is true life philosophy hidden in them.

Most people haven’t heard of Saul Leiter, yet he was one of the great photographers of the 20th Century. The reason you might not know him or his work is because he simply didn't care about pursuing recognition or a particular career path. With his passing last month, let’s use this opportunity to reflect back on his stunning work, and see what we can all learn from his

A girl in a dress is probably one of the most beautiful phenomena in the world. A girl in a dress on the background of an incredible landscape can bring to the ecstasy of people who are sensitive to contemplation.

A look back at the iconic images of Life magazine, presented by Getty Images.