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Many summer camps in Texas Hill Country were submerged when the harrowing flash flood ripped through the region last Fourth of July, but Camp Mystic was the only one to report deaths.

So when the parents of the 27 girls who died there learned that the camp’s owners planned to reopen this summer, they were shocked. Seven families filed lawsuits in November, alleging negligence and bizarre behavior by the camp’s owners.

Amid the grieving parents’ public opposition, the Mystic community closed ranks: Many former campers and camp families saw the flood as a freak accident and felt their daughters should have “the choice to return.”

Others felt differently: “I wish my daughter had the ‘choice to return,’” said Katie Baker, mother of 8-year-old Mary Grace. “Oh wait, she was left in her cabin to drown.”

Tap the link in bio to read April’s Story of the Month, via @nymag.

Many summer camps in Texas Hill Country were submerged when the harrowing flash flood ripped through the region last Fourth of July, but Camp Mystic was the only one to report deaths.

So when the parents of the 27 girls who died there learned that the camp’s owners planned to reopen this summer, they were shocked. Seven families filed lawsuits in November, alleging negligence and bizarre behavior by the camp’s owners.

Amid the grieving parents’ public opposition, the Mystic community closed ranks: Many former campers and camp families saw the flood as a freak accident and felt their daughters should have “the choice to return.”

Others felt differently: “I wish my daughter had the ‘choice to return,’” said Katie Baker, mother of 8-year-old Mary Grace. “Oh wait, she was left in her cabin to drown.”

Tap the link in bio to read April’s Story of the Month, via @nymag.

Many summer camps in Texas Hill Country were submerged when the harrowing flash flood ripped through the region last Fourth of July, but Camp Mystic was the only one to report deaths.

So when the parents of the 27 girls who died there learned that the camp’s owners planned to reopen this summer, they were shocked. Seven families filed lawsuits in November, alleging negligence and bizarre behavior by the camp’s owners.

Amid the grieving parents’ public opposition, the Mystic community closed ranks: Many former campers and camp families saw the flood as a freak accident and felt their daughters should have “the choice to return.”

Others felt differently: “I wish my daughter had the ‘choice to return,’” said Katie Baker, mother of 8-year-old Mary Grace. “Oh wait, she was left in her cabin to drown.”

Tap the link in bio to read April’s Story of the Month, via @nymag.

Many summer camps in Texas Hill Country were submerged when the harrowing flash flood ripped through the region last Fourth of July, but Camp Mystic was the only one to report deaths.

So when the parents of the 27 girls who died there learned that the camp’s owners planned to reopen this summer, they were shocked. Seven families filed lawsuits in November, alleging negligence and bizarre behavior by the camp’s owners.

Amid the grieving parents’ public opposition, the Mystic community closed ranks: Many former campers and camp families saw the flood as a freak accident and felt their daughters should have “the choice to return.”

Others felt differently: “I wish my daughter had the ‘choice to return,’” said Katie Baker, mother of 8-year-old Mary Grace. “Oh wait, she was left in her cabin to drown.”

Tap the link in bio to read April’s Story of the Month, via @nymag.

Many summer camps in Texas Hill Country were submerged when the harrowing flash flood ripped through the region last Fourth of July, but Camp Mystic was the only one to report deaths.

So when the parents of the 27 girls who died there learned that the camp’s owners planned to reopen this summer, they were shocked. Seven families filed lawsuits in November, alleging negligence and bizarre behavior by the camp’s owners.

Amid the grieving parents’ public opposition, the Mystic community closed ranks: Many former campers and camp families saw the flood as a freak accident and felt their daughters should have “the choice to return.”

Others felt differently: “I wish my daughter had the ‘choice to return,’” said Katie Baker, mother of 8-year-old Mary Grace. “Oh wait, she was left in her cabin to drown.”

Tap the link in bio to read April’s Story of the Month, via @nymag.

Jean Kang (@advicewithjean) went above and beyond with her thank-you note after a job interview, and she ultimately landed the role. It was a way to proactively show them that if they hired her, “This is what you’re going to get.” Tap the link in bio to read more, via @cnbcmakeit.

Writer: Sarah Jackson
Photo: Jean Kang

Jean Kang (@advicewithjean) went above and beyond with her thank-you note after a job interview, and she ultimately landed the role. It was a way to proactively show them that if they hired her, “This is what you’re going to get.” Tap the link in bio to read more, via @cnbcmakeit.

Writer: Sarah Jackson
Photo: Jean Kang

Jean Kang (@advicewithjean) went above and beyond with her thank-you note after a job interview, and she ultimately landed the role. It was a way to proactively show them that if they hired her, “This is what you’re going to get.” Tap the link in bio to read more, via @cnbcmakeit.

Writer: Sarah Jackson
Photo: Jean Kang

Jean Kang (@advicewithjean) went above and beyond with her thank-you note after a job interview, and she ultimately landed the role. It was a way to proactively show them that if they hired her, “This is what you’re going to get.” Tap the link in bio to read more, via @cnbcmakeit.

Writer: Sarah Jackson
Photo: Jean Kang

When someone you love snaps at you, it’s tempting to write them off as difficult. But anger is rarely the whole story, says marriage and family therapist Anna Elton. “The primary emotion could be sadness, could be disappointment, could be stress,” she says. Empathy helps you look past the surface to find out what’s really going on.

It’s also what determines whether a hard conversation brings you closer or drives you apart — the difference, as Elton puts it, between being on the same team and “you against me.” Empathy can help you end arguments faster, or avoid them altogether — and there are easy ways to practice it. Tap the link in bio to read more, via @time.

Writer: Angela Haupt
Illustration: Getty Images

When someone you love snaps at you, it’s tempting to write them off as difficult. But anger is rarely the whole story, says marriage and family therapist Anna Elton. “The primary emotion could be sadness, could be disappointment, could be stress,” she says. Empathy helps you look past the surface to find out what’s really going on.

It’s also what determines whether a hard conversation brings you closer or drives you apart — the difference, as Elton puts it, between being on the same team and “you against me.” Empathy can help you end arguments faster, or avoid them altogether — and there are easy ways to practice it. Tap the link in bio to read more, via @time.

Writer: Angela Haupt
Illustration: Getty Images

When someone you love snaps at you, it’s tempting to write them off as difficult. But anger is rarely the whole story, says marriage and family therapist Anna Elton. “The primary emotion could be sadness, could be disappointment, could be stress,” she says. Empathy helps you look past the surface to find out what’s really going on.

It’s also what determines whether a hard conversation brings you closer or drives you apart — the difference, as Elton puts it, between being on the same team and “you against me.” Empathy can help you end arguments faster, or avoid them altogether — and there are easy ways to practice it. Tap the link in bio to read more, via @time.

Writer: Angela Haupt
Illustration: Getty Images

When someone you love snaps at you, it’s tempting to write them off as difficult. But anger is rarely the whole story, says marriage and family therapist Anna Elton. “The primary emotion could be sadness, could be disappointment, could be stress,” she says. Empathy helps you look past the surface to find out what’s really going on.

It’s also what determines whether a hard conversation brings you closer or drives you apart — the difference, as Elton puts it, between being on the same team and “you against me.” Empathy can help you end arguments faster, or avoid them altogether — and there are easy ways to practice it. Tap the link in bio to read more, via @time.

Writer: Angela Haupt
Illustration: Getty Images

When someone you love snaps at you, it’s tempting to write them off as difficult. But anger is rarely the whole story, says marriage and family therapist Anna Elton. “The primary emotion could be sadness, could be disappointment, could be stress,” she says. Empathy helps you look past the surface to find out what’s really going on.

It’s also what determines whether a hard conversation brings you closer or drives you apart — the difference, as Elton puts it, between being on the same team and “you against me.” Empathy can help you end arguments faster, or avoid them altogether — and there are easy ways to practice it. Tap the link in bio to read more, via @time.

Writer: Angela Haupt
Illustration: Getty Images

2022 World Cup final: Best football match in history? Yes or no?

Tune in for the new season of ‘After the Whistle,’ premiering June 7 on your favorite podcast app. #WorldCup2026

An Apple News Original podcast presented by Verizon.

In 2000, architect James F. Carter (@jamesfcarterarch) bought a narrow, deep lot in the Mountain Brook neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama, planning to replace its postwar cottage with his dream home. Life got in the way until 2013, when he finally scrapped the original idea and moved in two years later.

The long wait proved valuable. Living in the cottage gave Carter time to study the lot and refine his vision: something intimate, rambling, and full of personality, rather than a showpiece. The result is a brick Georgian softened by whitewash and a reclaimed-slate roof. Quietly graceful and never showy, the house looks as though it has always belonged there. Tap the link in bio to see more, via @verandamag.

Writer: Julia Reed
Photos: Annie Schlechter (@annieschlechter)

In 2000, architect James F. Carter (@jamesfcarterarch) bought a narrow, deep lot in the Mountain Brook neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama, planning to replace its postwar cottage with his dream home. Life got in the way until 2013, when he finally scrapped the original idea and moved in two years later.

The long wait proved valuable. Living in the cottage gave Carter time to study the lot and refine his vision: something intimate, rambling, and full of personality, rather than a showpiece. The result is a brick Georgian softened by whitewash and a reclaimed-slate roof. Quietly graceful and never showy, the house looks as though it has always belonged there. Tap the link in bio to see more, via @verandamag.

Writer: Julia Reed
Photos: Annie Schlechter (@annieschlechter)

In 2000, architect James F. Carter (@jamesfcarterarch) bought a narrow, deep lot in the Mountain Brook neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama, planning to replace its postwar cottage with his dream home. Life got in the way until 2013, when he finally scrapped the original idea and moved in two years later.

The long wait proved valuable. Living in the cottage gave Carter time to study the lot and refine his vision: something intimate, rambling, and full of personality, rather than a showpiece. The result is a brick Georgian softened by whitewash and a reclaimed-slate roof. Quietly graceful and never showy, the house looks as though it has always belonged there. Tap the link in bio to see more, via @verandamag.

Writer: Julia Reed
Photos: Annie Schlechter (@annieschlechter)

In 2000, architect James F. Carter (@jamesfcarterarch) bought a narrow, deep lot in the Mountain Brook neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama, planning to replace its postwar cottage with his dream home. Life got in the way until 2013, when he finally scrapped the original idea and moved in two years later.

The long wait proved valuable. Living in the cottage gave Carter time to study the lot and refine his vision: something intimate, rambling, and full of personality, rather than a showpiece. The result is a brick Georgian softened by whitewash and a reclaimed-slate roof. Quietly graceful and never showy, the house looks as though it has always belonged there. Tap the link in bio to see more, via @verandamag.

Writer: Julia Reed
Photos: Annie Schlechter (@annieschlechter)

In 2000, architect James F. Carter (@jamesfcarterarch) bought a narrow, deep lot in the Mountain Brook neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama, planning to replace its postwar cottage with his dream home. Life got in the way until 2013, when he finally scrapped the original idea and moved in two years later.

The long wait proved valuable. Living in the cottage gave Carter time to study the lot and refine his vision: something intimate, rambling, and full of personality, rather than a showpiece. The result is a brick Georgian softened by whitewash and a reclaimed-slate roof. Quietly graceful and never showy, the house looks as though it has always belonged there. Tap the link in bio to see more, via @verandamag.

Writer: Julia Reed
Photos: Annie Schlechter (@annieschlechter)

In 2000, architect James F. Carter (@jamesfcarterarch) bought a narrow, deep lot in the Mountain Brook neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama, planning to replace its postwar cottage with his dream home. Life got in the way until 2013, when he finally scrapped the original idea and moved in two years later.

The long wait proved valuable. Living in the cottage gave Carter time to study the lot and refine his vision: something intimate, rambling, and full of personality, rather than a showpiece. The result is a brick Georgian softened by whitewash and a reclaimed-slate roof. Quietly graceful and never showy, the house looks as though it has always belonged there. Tap the link in bio to see more, via @verandamag.

Writer: Julia Reed
Photos: Annie Schlechter (@annieschlechter)

After years of working together, @rebeccalowetv and @brendanhunting are sitting next to each other for the first time. Better late than never! Tune in for the new season of ‘After the Whistle,’ premiering June 7 on your favorite podcast app. #WorldCup2026

An Apple News Original podcast presented by Verizon.

@rebeccalowetv is one of the world’s best soccer presenters. @brendanhunting is a fake coach of a fake team. Together, they’re all you need for the 2026 World Cup. The first episode of ‘After the Whistle’ is out on June 7.

An Apple News Original podcast presented by Verizon.

#WorldCup2026

On June 11, 1939, George VI of England attended a picnic retreat at President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s residence in Hyde Park, New York, where the king, for the first time in his life, tasted a hot dog. The treats arrived on silver platters. After polishing off his first dog, the king went back for a second, and Washington, D.C.’s Times-Herald celebrated this expression of Anglo-American solidarity: “Today we can bellow down the Coney Island boardwalk, our voices uplifted in pride, that the hot dog truly makes the whole world kin.”

The hot dog’s great success has always transcended class, wrapping the modern history of the United States into a portable bun. Tap the link in bio to read the full story, via @smithsonianmagazine.

Writer: Rebecca Toy (@rebeccaktoy)
Photo illustration: Gregory Reid (@_gregoryreid_)
Photo: Paul Schutzer / Getty Images

On June 11, 1939, George VI of England attended a picnic retreat at President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s residence in Hyde Park, New York, where the king, for the first time in his life, tasted a hot dog. The treats arrived on silver platters. After polishing off his first dog, the king went back for a second, and Washington, D.C.’s Times-Herald celebrated this expression of Anglo-American solidarity: “Today we can bellow down the Coney Island boardwalk, our voices uplifted in pride, that the hot dog truly makes the whole world kin.”

The hot dog’s great success has always transcended class, wrapping the modern history of the United States into a portable bun. Tap the link in bio to read the full story, via @smithsonianmagazine.

Writer: Rebecca Toy (@rebeccaktoy)
Photo illustration: Gregory Reid (@_gregoryreid_)
Photo: Paul Schutzer / Getty Images

On June 11, 1939, George VI of England attended a picnic retreat at President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s residence in Hyde Park, New York, where the king, for the first time in his life, tasted a hot dog. The treats arrived on silver platters. After polishing off his first dog, the king went back for a second, and Washington, D.C.’s Times-Herald celebrated this expression of Anglo-American solidarity: “Today we can bellow down the Coney Island boardwalk, our voices uplifted in pride, that the hot dog truly makes the whole world kin.”

The hot dog’s great success has always transcended class, wrapping the modern history of the United States into a portable bun. Tap the link in bio to read the full story, via @smithsonianmagazine.

Writer: Rebecca Toy (@rebeccaktoy)
Photo illustration: Gregory Reid (@_gregoryreid_)
Photo: Paul Schutzer / Getty Images

On June 11, 1939, George VI of England attended a picnic retreat at President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s residence in Hyde Park, New York, where the king, for the first time in his life, tasted a hot dog. The treats arrived on silver platters. After polishing off his first dog, the king went back for a second, and Washington, D.C.’s Times-Herald celebrated this expression of Anglo-American solidarity: “Today we can bellow down the Coney Island boardwalk, our voices uplifted in pride, that the hot dog truly makes the whole world kin.”

The hot dog’s great success has always transcended class, wrapping the modern history of the United States into a portable bun. Tap the link in bio to read the full story, via @smithsonianmagazine.

Writer: Rebecca Toy (@rebeccaktoy)
Photo illustration: Gregory Reid (@_gregoryreid_)
Photo: Paul Schutzer / Getty Images

On June 11, 1939, George VI of England attended a picnic retreat at President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s residence in Hyde Park, New York, where the king, for the first time in his life, tasted a hot dog. The treats arrived on silver platters. After polishing off his first dog, the king went back for a second, and Washington, D.C.’s Times-Herald celebrated this expression of Anglo-American solidarity: “Today we can bellow down the Coney Island boardwalk, our voices uplifted in pride, that the hot dog truly makes the whole world kin.”

The hot dog’s great success has always transcended class, wrapping the modern history of the United States into a portable bun. Tap the link in bio to read the full story, via @smithsonianmagazine.

Writer: Rebecca Toy (@rebeccaktoy)
Photo illustration: Gregory Reid (@_gregoryreid_)
Photo: Paul Schutzer / Getty Images

When Joshua Hunt (@viajoshhunt) started Ozempic in April 2025, the weekly dose of the GLP-1 agonist semaglutide transformed him.

This past March, when he decided to stop, his cravings returned — for food, yes, but also for something more. “Ozempic reset my sense of what is ‘normal’ behavior and what is compulsive,” he writes. “Now that I am off it, what I crave most is regaining that sense of control.”

Tap the link in bio to read the essay, via @esquire.

When Joshua Hunt (@viajoshhunt) started Ozempic in April 2025, the weekly dose of the GLP-1 agonist semaglutide transformed him.

This past March, when he decided to stop, his cravings returned — for food, yes, but also for something more. “Ozempic reset my sense of what is ‘normal’ behavior and what is compulsive,” he writes. “Now that I am off it, what I crave most is regaining that sense of control.”

Tap the link in bio to read the essay, via @esquire.

When Joshua Hunt (@viajoshhunt) started Ozempic in April 2025, the weekly dose of the GLP-1 agonist semaglutide transformed him.

This past March, when he decided to stop, his cravings returned — for food, yes, but also for something more. “Ozempic reset my sense of what is ‘normal’ behavior and what is compulsive,” he writes. “Now that I am off it, what I crave most is regaining that sense of control.”

Tap the link in bio to read the essay, via @esquire.

So-called Disney adults have become a subject of online fascination, with many people now questioning how much it costs to be one.

In June of 2024, the loan-comparison website LendingTree surveyed more than 2,000 Americans and found that almost a quarter of Disney visitors had gone into debt for a trip. According to the survey, Gen Zers were the most likely to take on Disney debt, which corresponds with a boom in young adults visiting the parks — either by themselves, or with friends their age — despite Disney World being a place stereotypically catering to families.

“It’s the nostalgic feeling of what brought you joy when you were little and you didn’t have the stressors of adult life,” said Jennifer Davidson, a woman from Columbus, Ohio, on why she goes to Disney.

Tap the link in bio to read the full story, via @newyorkermag.

Writer: Amelia Tait
Photo: Sinna Nasseri (@strange.victory)

So-called Disney adults have become a subject of online fascination, with many people now questioning how much it costs to be one.

In June of 2024, the loan-comparison website LendingTree surveyed more than 2,000 Americans and found that almost a quarter of Disney visitors had gone into debt for a trip. According to the survey, Gen Zers were the most likely to take on Disney debt, which corresponds with a boom in young adults visiting the parks — either by themselves, or with friends their age — despite Disney World being a place stereotypically catering to families.

“It’s the nostalgic feeling of what brought you joy when you were little and you didn’t have the stressors of adult life,” said Jennifer Davidson, a woman from Columbus, Ohio, on why she goes to Disney.

Tap the link in bio to read the full story, via @newyorkermag.

Writer: Amelia Tait
Photo: Sinna Nasseri (@strange.victory)

So-called Disney adults have become a subject of online fascination, with many people now questioning how much it costs to be one.

In June of 2024, the loan-comparison website LendingTree surveyed more than 2,000 Americans and found that almost a quarter of Disney visitors had gone into debt for a trip. According to the survey, Gen Zers were the most likely to take on Disney debt, which corresponds with a boom in young adults visiting the parks — either by themselves, or with friends their age — despite Disney World being a place stereotypically catering to families.

“It’s the nostalgic feeling of what brought you joy when you were little and you didn’t have the stressors of adult life,” said Jennifer Davidson, a woman from Columbus, Ohio, on why she goes to Disney.

Tap the link in bio to read the full story, via @newyorkermag.

Writer: Amelia Tait
Photo: Sinna Nasseri (@strange.victory)

So-called Disney adults have become a subject of online fascination, with many people now questioning how much it costs to be one.

In June of 2024, the loan-comparison website LendingTree surveyed more than 2,000 Americans and found that almost a quarter of Disney visitors had gone into debt for a trip. According to the survey, Gen Zers were the most likely to take on Disney debt, which corresponds with a boom in young adults visiting the parks — either by themselves, or with friends their age — despite Disney World being a place stereotypically catering to families.

“It’s the nostalgic feeling of what brought you joy when you were little and you didn’t have the stressors of adult life,” said Jennifer Davidson, a woman from Columbus, Ohio, on why she goes to Disney.

Tap the link in bio to read the full story, via @newyorkermag.

Writer: Amelia Tait
Photo: Sinna Nasseri (@strange.victory)

Since 2018, there have been reports of Madison Square Garden deploying face-recognition technology in what critics believe are increasingly intrusive ways. And behind the scenes, the atmosphere is so rooted in paranoia that former Knicks players warn one another about rooms being bugged, and staffers worry about being watched when they go out to local bars. “People are afraid, top to bottom. You can’t look at Mr. Dolan when he’s walking past,” one current member of the MSG security team says, adding that his bosses will sometimes say, “You’re too close to One — that’s what we call Mr. Dolan, ‘Executive One.’”

Tap the link in bio to read @wired’s full investigation into the MSG surveillance machine.

Writers: Noah Shachtman and Robert Silverman
Animation: Patrikas Samulevicius (@bypatrikas)
Photo: Slide 3: Matteo Marchi/Getty Images

Since 2018, there have been reports of Madison Square Garden deploying face-recognition technology in what critics believe are increasingly intrusive ways. And behind the scenes, the atmosphere is so rooted in paranoia that former Knicks players warn one another about rooms being bugged, and staffers worry about being watched when they go out to local bars. “People are afraid, top to bottom. You can’t look at Mr. Dolan when he’s walking past,” one current member of the MSG security team says, adding that his bosses will sometimes say, “You’re too close to One — that’s what we call Mr. Dolan, ‘Executive One.’”

Tap the link in bio to read @wired’s full investigation into the MSG surveillance machine.

Writers: Noah Shachtman and Robert Silverman
Animation: Patrikas Samulevicius (@bypatrikas)
Photo: Slide 3: Matteo Marchi/Getty Images

Since 2018, there have been reports of Madison Square Garden deploying face-recognition technology in what critics believe are increasingly intrusive ways. And behind the scenes, the atmosphere is so rooted in paranoia that former Knicks players warn one another about rooms being bugged, and staffers worry about being watched when they go out to local bars. “People are afraid, top to bottom. You can’t look at Mr. Dolan when he’s walking past,” one current member of the MSG security team says, adding that his bosses will sometimes say, “You’re too close to One — that’s what we call Mr. Dolan, ‘Executive One.’”

Tap the link in bio to read @wired’s full investigation into the MSG surveillance machine.

Writers: Noah Shachtman and Robert Silverman
Animation: Patrikas Samulevicius (@bypatrikas)
Photo: Slide 3: Matteo Marchi/Getty Images

Since 2018, there have been reports of Madison Square Garden deploying face-recognition technology in what critics believe are increasingly intrusive ways. And behind the scenes, the atmosphere is so rooted in paranoia that former Knicks players warn one another about rooms being bugged, and staffers worry about being watched when they go out to local bars. “People are afraid, top to bottom. You can’t look at Mr. Dolan when he’s walking past,” one current member of the MSG security team says, adding that his bosses will sometimes say, “You’re too close to One — that’s what we call Mr. Dolan, ‘Executive One.’”

Tap the link in bio to read @wired’s full investigation into the MSG surveillance machine.

Writers: Noah Shachtman and Robert Silverman
Animation: Patrikas Samulevicius (@bypatrikas)
Photo: Slide 3: Matteo Marchi/Getty Images

For his first ground-up project, at Castel Madama, in the countryside east of Rome, Massimo Adario (@massimoadarioarchitetto) built a village of villas for an extended family, inspired by the Finnish master Alvar Aalto’s summer residence, the “Experimental House.”

“It’s completely immersed in the landscape,” Adario says of the Experimental House, remembering his first encounter with it years ago.

When he began work on Castel Madama, Adario knew immediately that the Experimental House would be the perfect reference. “I was inspired by my early university studies, where the focus was precisely on the Scandinavian approach.” Though the settings — and the resulting structures — are very different, Adario says, “I felt that Aalto’s way of interacting with the surroundings could guide me.”

There were challenges, however. Not only was the plot Adario had to work with sprawling and wild, it included a protected archaeological site, a hidden grotto that needed to be carefully skirted. Nor was he working with any existing structures. “It’s not easy in Italy to do new construction,” he says.

It would take eight years, but finally the village is close to complete. Tap the link in bio to read the full story, via @elledecor.

Writer: Paola Maraone
Photos: Nathalie Krag (@nathaliekragphotographer)

For his first ground-up project, at Castel Madama, in the countryside east of Rome, Massimo Adario (@massimoadarioarchitetto) built a village of villas for an extended family, inspired by the Finnish master Alvar Aalto’s summer residence, the “Experimental House.”

“It’s completely immersed in the landscape,” Adario says of the Experimental House, remembering his first encounter with it years ago.

When he began work on Castel Madama, Adario knew immediately that the Experimental House would be the perfect reference. “I was inspired by my early university studies, where the focus was precisely on the Scandinavian approach.” Though the settings — and the resulting structures — are very different, Adario says, “I felt that Aalto’s way of interacting with the surroundings could guide me.”

There were challenges, however. Not only was the plot Adario had to work with sprawling and wild, it included a protected archaeological site, a hidden grotto that needed to be carefully skirted. Nor was he working with any existing structures. “It’s not easy in Italy to do new construction,” he says.

It would take eight years, but finally the village is close to complete. Tap the link in bio to read the full story, via @elledecor.

Writer: Paola Maraone
Photos: Nathalie Krag (@nathaliekragphotographer)

For his first ground-up project, at Castel Madama, in the countryside east of Rome, Massimo Adario (@massimoadarioarchitetto) built a village of villas for an extended family, inspired by the Finnish master Alvar Aalto’s summer residence, the “Experimental House.”

“It’s completely immersed in the landscape,” Adario says of the Experimental House, remembering his first encounter with it years ago.

When he began work on Castel Madama, Adario knew immediately that the Experimental House would be the perfect reference. “I was inspired by my early university studies, where the focus was precisely on the Scandinavian approach.” Though the settings — and the resulting structures — are very different, Adario says, “I felt that Aalto’s way of interacting with the surroundings could guide me.”

There were challenges, however. Not only was the plot Adario had to work with sprawling and wild, it included a protected archaeological site, a hidden grotto that needed to be carefully skirted. Nor was he working with any existing structures. “It’s not easy in Italy to do new construction,” he says.

It would take eight years, but finally the village is close to complete. Tap the link in bio to read the full story, via @elledecor.

Writer: Paola Maraone
Photos: Nathalie Krag (@nathaliekragphotographer)

For his first ground-up project, at Castel Madama, in the countryside east of Rome, Massimo Adario (@massimoadarioarchitetto) built a village of villas for an extended family, inspired by the Finnish master Alvar Aalto’s summer residence, the “Experimental House.”

“It’s completely immersed in the landscape,” Adario says of the Experimental House, remembering his first encounter with it years ago.

When he began work on Castel Madama, Adario knew immediately that the Experimental House would be the perfect reference. “I was inspired by my early university studies, where the focus was precisely on the Scandinavian approach.” Though the settings — and the resulting structures — are very different, Adario says, “I felt that Aalto’s way of interacting with the surroundings could guide me.”

There were challenges, however. Not only was the plot Adario had to work with sprawling and wild, it included a protected archaeological site, a hidden grotto that needed to be carefully skirted. Nor was he working with any existing structures. “It’s not easy in Italy to do new construction,” he says.

It would take eight years, but finally the village is close to complete. Tap the link in bio to read the full story, via @elledecor.

Writer: Paola Maraone
Photos: Nathalie Krag (@nathaliekragphotographer)

For his first ground-up project, at Castel Madama, in the countryside east of Rome, Massimo Adario (@massimoadarioarchitetto) built a village of villas for an extended family, inspired by the Finnish master Alvar Aalto’s summer residence, the “Experimental House.”

“It’s completely immersed in the landscape,” Adario says of the Experimental House, remembering his first encounter with it years ago.

When he began work on Castel Madama, Adario knew immediately that the Experimental House would be the perfect reference. “I was inspired by my early university studies, where the focus was precisely on the Scandinavian approach.” Though the settings — and the resulting structures — are very different, Adario says, “I felt that Aalto’s way of interacting with the surroundings could guide me.”

There were challenges, however. Not only was the plot Adario had to work with sprawling and wild, it included a protected archaeological site, a hidden grotto that needed to be carefully skirted. Nor was he working with any existing structures. “It’s not easy in Italy to do new construction,” he says.

It would take eight years, but finally the village is close to complete. Tap the link in bio to read the full story, via @elledecor.

Writer: Paola Maraone
Photos: Nathalie Krag (@nathaliekragphotographer)