Continuing our Art Deco Centenary series, we take a look at Paris's Le Louxor movie theatre, a trove of Egyptian revival in ...
The distinctive village-like commercial district along Larchmont Boulevard developed in tandem with the studio’s expansion. Developer Julius LaBonte had begun subdividing the former agricultural land ...
Corsets. Kaftans. Crushed velvet. Period dramas didn’t just serve looks—they rewrote the rules. Fashion’s obsession with ...
Arabian themes were inspired by the success of films like The Sheik (1922); Chinese patterns were indebted to books like Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu series; and the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922 ...
Messiry, Hala Foda, and Amani Ali decided to make the old trendy through three projects inspired by the depth of Egyptian ...
In a striking historical parallel, the country that once divided the Arabs is now, through its policies and actions, bringing ...
"The depiction of camels on the vessel highlights the importance of the animal, which was a central means of land transportation around 1,200 years ago." ...
A proposal to turn Oak Hill, the 18th-century Loudoun County estate of President James Monroe into a state park looks ominous ...