• A Curved Concrete Refuge Blending with the Landscape,Stefan Gheorghe

    A Curved Concrete Refuge Blending with the Landscape

    Casa Olivos by Gonzalo Bardach Arquitectura, located on a golf course slope in Pilar, Argentina, offers a stunning architectural response to its natural setting. The most striking feature is its curved concrete roof, seamlessly merging into a green terrace, blurring the boundary between architecture

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  • Where to Eat Near Downtown During Comic-Con 2025,Cole Novak

    Where to Eat Near Downtown During Comic-Con 2025

    Over 17 years of eating through the city, I’ve kept a list of the dishes and drinks and places that floored me—the ones I yammer on about to strangers. For Comic-Con, I thought I’d share nearly 50 of my favorites within striking distance of the comic core: Gaslamp, Barrio Logan, Little Italy, Missio

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  • Winning Essay: Becoming Here,Cole Novak

    Winning Essay: Becoming Here

    As I boarded the orange line trolley on a Monday, my eyes snapped to the empty seat next to the conductor’s cabin. The usual occupant wasn’t there. For six months, he had been a fixture in the first car, his presence as reliable as the trolley’s 6:26 a.m. departure. Then, he vanished.The quiet rhyth

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