1. Buzzfeed heads to the beach in search of the world’s most incredible sand sculptures, including some amazing architectural examples—don’t miss the version of Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia church.
2. Contemporist travels Down Under to take in Techné Architects’ innovative expansion of the Prahan Hotel in Melbourne, Australia. (It’s comprised of massive concrete pipes.)
3. Yatzer profiles street artists Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann, a pair of Swiss-American talents who create extraordinary large-scale paintings on large swaths of public concrete.
4. PopSugar Home rounds up the chicest lightweight bedding, perfect for warm summer nights.
5. Wired looks inside Canadian photographer Todd McLellan’s new book, Things Come Apart, which features images of fastidiously disassembled bicycles, cell phones, toys, and other gadgets.
6. Curbed tours an exquisite 39,000-square-foot palace for sale in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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