Mexico’s Mar Adentro Hotel is a Utopian Paradise

In San José del Cabo, Mexico, a futuristic hotel property called Mar Adentro has opened overlooking the Sea of Cortez. Designed by architect Miguel Ángel Aragonés, it features a striking collection of stark white buildings surrounding a vast, reflective infinity pool navigable by winding walkways. The 143-suite space offers guests more than just immaculate architectural and natural views, though. It includes a private beach club, …

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Inventing new products for women's health, driving a wooden concept car, photos of SoCal's modernist architecture and more in our look at the web

1. Whales Are Eating Our Trash A recent surge in whale beachings (over 30 cases in Europe so far in 2016) is causing major concern for researchers and marine biologists. Not long ago, a necropsy of a beached whale revealed huge amounts of car parts and plastic waste, including buckets and netting in its stomach. Though the ocean waste may not have been the primary …

A Time Capsule of Images Depicting Mid-Century Modernism

The University of Southern California has just digitized 1,300 architectural images captured during the heyday of mid-century modernism. The treasure trove of photos offers a never-before-seen look inside the works of famed architects—like Richard Neutra, Frank Lloyd Wright, Albert Frey and more—raw, unfiltered and in their natural setting. As Fast Company points out, it’s almost like scrolling through the Instagram feed of an architectural photographer …