Little Havana is Miami’s vibrant Cuban heart, with Latin American art galleries and busy restaurants. Cafes with walk-up windows sell Cuban coffee to cigar-smoking patrons. On Calle Ocho (SW 8th Street), locals discuss politics over dominoes at Maximo Gomez Park, dubbed Domino Park by locals. The historic Tower Theater screens independent and revival films, while the area’s clubs host live Latin music.
Preview: History Today Magazine – December 2022
Inside December 2022 issue:
Age of Doubt: Saints and Sceptics
The medieval period was a golden age of saints and miracles, but they were met with a healthy dose of scepticism.
‘A Baptism of Blood’
Fighting for the Union in the US Civil War, Welsh soldiers discovered that the cost of assimilation was the loss of their native language.
Renaissance Wonder Women
To Renaissance audiences, the mythical Amazons were exotic, mysterious and revealed hidden truths about their own society.
Architecture In China: Cloudscape Of Haikou
Yansong is the first participant in Concrete Icons, a new video series profiling the most iconic contemporary concrete buildings by the world’s leading architects. The video focusses on MAD’s Cloudscape of Haikou, a library with a flowing form cast in white concrete located in a waterside park in Haikou on the island of Hainan.
Completed in 2021, the 1,000-square-metre structure houses a library, cafe, restrooms, showers, a nursery room, and bike storage, and acts as a waystation for visitors to the park. Speaking to Dezeen in an exclusive video interview filmed at MAD’s offices in Beining, Yansong explained how the building is designed to put visitors in a contemplative or imaginative state of mind.
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The Cloudscape of Haikou
MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, has announced the opening of the Cloudscape of Haikou is located on the southern tip of China. A unique urban public and cultural space for citizens and visitors to Haikou, this flowing, sculptural concrete form was named as one of the “most anticipated architecture projects of 2021” by The Times of London.
A prominent port city on the southern tip of China, Haikou was once an important stop on the Maritime Silk Road. With the establishment of the Hainan International Tourism Island and Hainan Free Trade Zone, Haikou’s influence has seen a gradual resurgence in modern times. Meanwhile, Haikou’s government is also enriching the city’s cultural importance, through enhancing the social attributes of the city’s public spaces, and strengthening the connection between the city, humanities, and architecture. The Cloudscape of Haikou is one such culmination of this effort.
The Cloudscape of Haikou is the first of sixteen coastal pavilions commissioned by the Haikou Tourism and Culture Investment Holding Group to rejuvenate the historic port city, with the aim of improving public space along the coastline. Known as “Haikou, Pavilions by the Seaside,” the initiative invited teams of internationally recognized architects, artists, and interdisciplinary professionals to create sixteen landmark public stations.
Preview: New Scientist Magazine – Nov 19, 2022
What is pain, how does it work and what happens when it goes wrong?
With a growing number of people living with pain, we desperately need to understand it – but we are still unravelling the mysterious mechanisms behind the phenomenon
Road Trips: San Francisco To Golden Gate Bridge (4K)
Driving from downtown San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge, to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, home to the Marin Headlands.
Headlines: Missile Blast In Poland, China Lockdown Unrest, Protests In Iran
We report on what we know about the missile blast in Poland. Plus China’s Covid lockdowns fuel unrest, bird flu prompts fears of Christmas turkey shortages and a flick through today’s papers.
Front Page: The New York Times – November 17, 2022
Republicans capture control of the House after falling short of midterm expectations.
After more than a week of counting, the Republican Party gained the 218 House seats needed to claim the majority, ushering in an era of divided government.
Same-Sex Marriage Rights Bill Clears a Crucial Senate Hurdle
Democrats made the same-sex marriage bill one of their first major agenda items in the postelection session, moving quickly to enact it while their party still controls both chambers.
NASA Blazes a Path Back to the Moon With Artemis Rocket Launch
The uncrewed flight of the giant Space Launch System on Wednesday began a new era of spaceflight amid a debate over how to finance rocket development.
Artist’s View: Wild Horse Trail Scenic Byway, Idaho
The Wild Horse Trail Scenic Byway—part of the International Selkirk Loop—begins in Sandpoint’s scenic downtown located on Lake Pend Oreille. The route follows the “Wild Horse Trail,” which was crucial for the Kootenai Tribe and settlers while this region of northern Idaho grew through the gold rush era. Visitors will travel from Sandpoint to the international border crossing in Porthill.
Art: Spanish Painter Joan Miró – ‘The Farm’ (1922)
Joan Miró i Ferrà was a Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was established in his adoptive city of Palma in 1981.
Lifestyle: Country Life Magazine – Nov 16, 2022
SURVIVING WINTER: Joe Gibbs summons the fortitude of our forebears in a bid to survive the cold season in an old house with rattling windows, draughty chimneys and a leaky roof.
NEWS: What impact will inflation and the cost-of-living crisis have on our historic houses and churches?
MASTERPIECE: The Forstye Saga‘s enduring appeal.
ARCHITECTURE: Drapers’ Hall: An enduring force for good.
FURNITURE: The joys of gilded furniture.
INTERIORS: Fat, often glistening metallic tassels, fringes, cords and braids—known as passementerie—have been beautifying interiors for centuries, reveals an admiring Matthew Dennison.
