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Industrial-looking living spaces with Crittal-style windows and doors are the focus of this lookbook, which includes an apartment in Israel and a rural Chinese house. Crittal-style windows and doors are characterised by their gridded metal frames, traditionally made of steel with a bold black finish. They are modelled on the iconic Crittal windows by ironmonger Francis Henry Crittall, which were developed in the late-19th century and became a feature in many art deco and modernist buildings. Today they are seeing a resurgence in popularity, with their clean graphic lines bringing an industrial quality to contemporary homes around the world. This...

This review is in regards to Harmony Childcare Center in downtown Renton, WA.  It's also known as Harmony Early Childhood Education, Harmony Preschool, and Harmony Chinese Bilingual School.    Address: 225 Logan Ave S # 100, Renton, WA 98057 Before I delve into the incident that prompted me to write this review, I will share about the quality of their program.  Firstly, Harmony describes their program one that demonstrates "supporting and nurturing interactions with children, developmentally appropriate practice and view[s] parents as partners in their children's learning". I can provide an objective list as to why this is untrue.  Here are...

In 2022, there were around 1.5 billion people worldwide who spoke English either natively or as a second language, according to Statista. Surpassing more than 1.1 billion Mandarin Chinese speakers, unsurprisingly, it comes as the most spoken language in the world. But that doesn’t mean it’s immune to language fails, poor translation, misspelled words, and hilarious double meanings. In fact, it serves as a perfect ground for language fails that are as entertaining as they are absurdly funny. Thanks to the Twitter account “English Bruh Moments” which boasts 29K followers, we have quite an impressive collection of examples of the...

In 1985, UC Berkeley and Harvard University graduate Calvin Tsao founded New York-based firm TsAO & McKown with his partner, the equally talented Zack McKown. The duo’s backgrounds, interests, and idiosyncrasies come together in the studio where big and small projects across various locales are brought to fruition through their gaze. Calvin approaches each project as a chance to put his own global experiences into play, focusing on a distinct way of thinking rather than a signature style of design. Recognized as a leading voice in contemporary architecture, his work draws from a variety of art forms, existential questions, and...

Above, yours truly at the doorway of Air Force One (SAM 27000) at the Reagan Library. This is downright silly.China is imposing sanctions on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California for hosting a meeting between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.According to the Daily Mail (U.K.): China is imposing sanctions against the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and other US and Asian based organizations in retaliation for the this week's closely watched meeting between the US House Speaker and Taiwan's president. The Reagan library in Simi Valley, California, was the site of the rare high-level, bipartisan...