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Recent Examples of peristyleThe best examples of this style are seen at the Getty Villa peristyle gardens — a peristyle is a courtyard framed by colonnades or rows of pillars — in Malibu.—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 17 Jan. 2026 The now-familiar Olympic cauldron torch was added above the peristyle at the east end of the stadium.—Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025 The cold room consists of a peristyle or porticoed court that is 10 meters (33 feet) long and 10 meters wide, with a large pool at the center.—Amarachi Orie, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025 And for the next two nights, the Coliseum’s peristyle will be illuminated in blue light.—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Other highlights include Julie Mehretu’s soaring window installation on the tower’s north side; Mark Bradford’s three-story painting in the lobby atrium; and Martin Puryear’s giant arch in the plaza.
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Sam Cochran,
Architectural Digest,
4 June 2026
Blonde wood and glass walls render the whole triple-deck interior Champagne-colored and the golden-leafed sculpture hanging in the atrium is truly lovely.
As visitors crowded around the enclosure this week, many stopped to take photos and videos of the increasingly famous buffalo.
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Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
Keepers discovered the furry, carnivorous marsupial was missing from her enclosure at Paradise Country wildlife park on Queensland's Gold Coast on Tuesday morning.
There are six villas, a restaurant flanked by a saltwater pool and waterslide, a clubhouse, a spa and another lawn tennis court.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
As courts weigh transgender military bans and states restrict gender-affirming care, some corporations retreat from sponsorship while local businesses step up to keep hometown Pride celebrations funded and visible.
The western façade, giving onto the parvis, the open area before the cathedral, was not completed until around 1240, and the upper gallery of the nave and the two towers on the west façade were finished between 1225 and 1250.