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A Thousand and One Nights in Italy: The Moorish Fantasias of Cesare Mattei and Ferdinando Panciatichi

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In mid-19th century Italy, two eccentric aristocrats set forth on parallel projects: constructing ostentatious castles in a Moorish Revival style. Iván Moure Pazos tours the psychedelic chambers of Rochetta Mattei, optimised for electrohomeopathic healing, and Castello di Sammezzano, an immersive,…

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For Sale: Schindler Lovell Beach House

by greg on greg.orgArticle

Stop the wire transfer to Cap Ferrat. Because a new architecturally iconic, oceanfront fixer-upper just dropped. After keeping it, and keeping it intact for a century, the Lovell family has been doing really great work unloading their architecture. And now the Lovell Beach House by RM Schindler is…

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A New Wildlife Crossing in Colorado Has Already Cut Vehicle Collisions by 91 Percent

by Grace Ebert on thisiscolossal.comArticle

CDOT completed the wildlife-only bridge, the largest of its kind currently in North America, in December 2025. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article A New Wildlife Crossing in…

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Álvaro Urbano Honors the Lost Specimens of Mexico City’s Iconic Casa Cueva

by Grace Ebert on thisiscolossal.comArticle

Álvaro Urbano presents an homage to the innovations of Casa Cueva, an icon of modernist Mexican architecture. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Álvaro Urbano Honors the…

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