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Conservators scan Ukraine’s wooden churches to help preserve them

Sacred Spaces

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, people have been evacuating and safeguarding Ukrainian works of art and museum pieces. Now, a team of conservators and students are also creating permanent, 3D records of buildings and objects that can’t be moved in case they are damaged or destroyed.

New book explores the world of unbuilt architecture

Arts, Culture & Media
Workers collect material to be recycled and reused for reconstruction, under the supervision of the United Nations Development Programme in government-controlled Homs, Syria.

Syria’s concrete-block architecture contributed to its unraveling

Conflict
The elevator at Washington DC's historic Old Post Office Pavilion.

Elevators are kind of a big deal

Technology
Mosque in Turkey

This architect says the most important feature of a mosque is its sustainability

Belief
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