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When it's St. Patrick's Day in New Orleans, get ready to catch a cabbage

Mar. 16, 2024 00:23 AM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The grandly colonnaded old city hall was designed by an Irish architect. A neighborhood near the wharves is still known as the Irish Channel. Landmark towers and spires of Catholic churches built for Irish immigrants dot the skyline. New Orleans is well known for...

The Hur interview transcript offers a window into the life of 'frustrated architect' Joe Biden

Mar. 16, 2024 00:16 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden was returning from church a week ago when he stepped out of his armored SUV onto the driveway of his Wilmington, Delaware, home on an important mission: He wanted to inspect the landscaping. The sprawling home on a manmade pond, three miles or...

The Vatican unveils its project for the Venice Biennale of Art: inside a women's prison

Mar. 11, 2024 09:37 AM EDT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Monday unveiled its groundbreaking project for the upcoming Venice Biennale of Art: A multimedia installation located inside Venice’s women’s prison, created with the active participation of inmates and artists and open to the public under strict security...

Pritzker Prize goes to Japanese architect who values community in spaces both public and private

Mar. 06, 2024 10:35 AM EST

The Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to Japan’s Riken Yamamoto, who earns the field’s highest honor for what organizers called a long career focused on “multiplying opportunities for people to meet spontaneously, through precise, rational design strategies.” ...