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Three library card systems divide New York City: the New York Public Library (for Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx, the Queens Library and the Brooklyn Public Library. Membership cards at all …
The '80s aesthetic, Arse Vases, 2,000-Year-Old Roman concrete and more in our look around the web
With the mid-Manhattan branch of the New York Public Library about to undergo renovations, the location will seek “a mix of informal and formal seating, flexible spaces, more outlets and internet capacity, …
Role-reversing frogs sing, comfortable trips to Mars, a museum of failures and more in our look around the web
Bogota-based Jose Alberto Gutierrez has been collecting discarded books for two decades. Hi collection—which is upwards of 20,000—is made up mostly of books he picked up during his rounds as a sanitation …
After a decade of renovations by architects Bruno Gaudin and Virginie Brégal, the National Library of France is reopening and the new renovations are as varied as they are spectacular. The library …
From striking new structures to housing innovations and delightful additions to public parks, NYC has seen a lot of new architecture this year. Curbed put together a list of some of the …
A new, intimate documentary about David Lynch; a functional 18-karat gold toilet; a clock made of trucks and more
Founded in the ninth century by Fatima al-Fihri, the Qarawiyyin library is set to reopen to the public in Fez, Morocco. Believed to be the oldest library in the world, it was …
Over 2,500 of the world’s rarest colors are housed inside The Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at the Harvard Art Museums. Many of them date back to prehistoric times, when …