Grand Openings
What’s behind doors and windows? In Hobbiton, New Zealand, that’s a trick question!
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A Cross-Cultural Tour
of Doors and Windows
With more than 12 million posts and counting, doors and windows are among the most shared objects on Instagram. Clearly, doors can be adorable and windows wonderful. But beyond pretty pictures, what cross-cultural stories do doors and windows tell?
In Lismore, Ireland, a medieval window has been silent witness to both
Sir Walter Raleigh and John F. Kennedy.
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In Zagreb, Croatia, a post-Civil War window showcases the city’s renaissance.
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When Is a Door Ajar?
Doors can seem ordinary; their job, after all, is to hang around the house. But doors are also sentinels between opposite worlds: the private and the public, the inside and the outside, the secular and the...
