Lanza Atelier salvages stone excavated from a building site to create a different kind of beach house in Cancún.

Since its creation, the Bed-Stuy Aquarium has been added as a tourist attraction on Google Maps — and even inspired a nearby bodega’s name.

Often called Le Grand Hubert, the iconic French designer behind Audrey Hepburn’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s dress would spend several months of the year in the 16th-century Venetian palace in the ...