Photographer and stylist Savannah White traveled to the  high desert of Arizona to visit Arcosanti, the half-built city where architecture, ecology, and idealism still converge. 

Designer Kim Mupangilaï recognizes herself in Lina Bo Bardi's work, shaped by dual heritage just as her own practice merges Belgian and Congolese identities. Mupangilaï dives into how Bo Bardi built an architecture of dialogue between Italian modernism and Brazilian culture, proving that belonging to more than one place isn't a contradiction but a gift.

Architect Masako Hayashi taught Rie Azuma that Japanese housing culture could be expressed in a single observation about wind flowing through a space. Azuma reflects on her professor's teachings about sections, eaves, and the fusion of Japanese tradition with modernity that continues to shape her practice today.

Dahlia Hojeij Deleuze and Racha Gutierrez explore how the self-taught Madeleine Castaing reminds us that a space is not an image but a narrative.

Interior designer Brigette Romanek reflects how Gae Aulenti's work has taught her that design isn't about perfection but about connection, that being different is something to celebrate, and that the best spaces express what words cannot.