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Five years ago, someone at the University of Virginia noticed a little dusting of sand, or something, by the entrance to the school’s iconic Rotunda. A week later, there it was again. Those were the ...

Rare is the weary commuter in awe of a BART station. The drab exterior—jarring in its own right, as it should be—belies open and airy interiors that benefit from use of heavy shadows, Carrera marble, ...