The opening date for the new V&A East Storehouse design from Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS + R) has been set for May 31st, 2025. The estimated $81.5 million project provides the 250,000 object storage component half of what’s been described as the UK’s largest museum-led development scheme in decades, and is being realized at the former 2012 Olympics media center site. The Storehouse design covers four levels and approximately 170,000 square feet with room for five permanent displays, including an example Frankfurt Kitchen from Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky and the office Frank Lloyd Wright designed for his client Edgar J. Kauffman in 1937. Photo by David ParryPhoto by Shahram Saadat Photo by Shahram Saadat

Bluesky has been a safe haven for users fleeing X and Threads. But while there’s less hate, there’s also fewer lolz.

The Silicon Valley giant had ordered employees to stay silent on the landmark case before reaching a settlement with a workers’ union over the issue.

First officially confirmed to be in development close to three years ago, the Death Stranding movie has found its director. According to a Deadline report, the movie based on Kojima Productions’ 2019 title is going to be directed by Michael Sarnoski, who is best known as the director of 2024’s A Quiet Place: Day One. Sarnoski also directed 2021’s Pig, and the upcoming The Death of Robin Hood. The report also adds Lars Knudsen and Ari Aster’s Square Peg have joined the project as co-producers. It was previously confirmed that the Death Stranding movie would be co-produced by A24 and Kojima Productions. Game director Hideo Kojima has also previously confirmed that he is “deeply involved” in the movie’s production, supervising, plotting, and more. Read more on that through here. Death Stranding has been played by over 20 million people to date across all platforms. Its sequel, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, launches for PS5 on June 26.

Blue-ice areas are regions of Antarctica where the ice surface has a blue colour, contrasting with the more common white Antarctic surface. They form around 1% of the continent's ice area. Blue-ice areas typically form when the movement of both air and ice are obstructed by topographic obstacles such as mountains that emerge from the ice sheet, generating particular climatic conditions where the net snow accumulation is exceeded by wind-driven sublimation and snow transports. They are noted for being hard and flat, enabling their use as a runway, in addition to their stability. Ice of up to 2.7 million years in age has been extracted from blue-ice areas. There are also large numbers of meteorites accumulated on them, either from direct falls or having been transported from elsewhere by ice flow. This NASA photograph shows a blue-ice area in the Miller Range, with a meteorite. Photograph credit: Nina Lanza / NASA Recently featured: Buff-tailed coronet Filipendula vulgaris Nadar Archive More featured pictures

April 8 Little Nemo 1271 – Crusades: The Knights Hospitaller surrendered the Krak des Chevaliers, a castle in present-day Syria, to the army of the Mamluk sultan Baybars. 1904 – France and the United Kingdom signed the Entente Cordiale, agreeing to a peaceful coexistence after centuries of intermittent conflict. 1911 – American cartoonist Winsor McCay released the silent short film Little Nemo (featured), one of the earliest animated films. 1933 – The Australian state of Western Australia voted to secede from the federation, but efforts to implement the result proved to be unsuccessful. 1973 – The Progress Party was founded in a movie theater in Oslo, Norway. Caracalla (d. 217)Mary Dee (b. 1912)Christof May (b. 1973)TBJZL (b. 1993) More anniversaries: April 7 April 8 April 9 Archive By email List of days of the year About

The never-ending talk of tariffs has people rushing to buy the best iPhone that they can afford now before it becomes significantly more expensive.iPhone users are worried about a potential price increase.Apple's stock prices continue to suffer, as President Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs have caused concerns for analysts and casual iPhone users alike.According to a Bloomberg report, published on Monday, Apple's US retail locations are as busy as they usually are during holiday seasons. Employees are often asked questions about increases in iPhone pricing, but Apple has reportedly provided no instruction or guidance. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Arup, in collaboration with the California chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC-CA), has released a guide to rebuilding for homeowners impacted by the Los Angeles Fires.  The 65-page guidance includes recommendations for building back safely and sustainably while reducing costs and is aimed at equipping stakeholders to pursue more equitable, climate-resilient rebuilding solutions across the state—which has lost at least 39,000 properties to damage in the last five years. The information included allows for a decision matrix to be established using recommendations for everything related to building systems/envelopes, landscaping, roofs, exterior walls, windows, ventilation, a new building’s placement, and more. Related on Archinect: Urban Land Institute, USC, and UCLA release post-wildfire rebuilding roadmap for L.A.An FAQ section is included to answer questions hanging over the individual recovery "journey" and equip those affected with the proper tools and resources to...