EditorialThe octagonal-shaped tasting room at 53 West 53, a condominium designed by the architect Jean Nouvel next to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, that has private temperature-controlled wine vaults for interested condo owners, in New York, Dec. 29, 2022. (Ashok Sinha/The New York Times)
EditorialThe western monument of Filitosa, a " torre" with cupola. The mystery of these buildings remains. Corridors like this one seem too narrow for defense and rapid circulation of warriors; they lead to underground chambers, perhaps storage vaults.
EditorialKaleigh Mull vaults while being spotted by Coach Morgan Byrd during the Brown Girls Do Gymnastics conference, hosted by Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., July 23, 2022. (Taylor Baucom/The New York Times)
EditorialA sculpture by Alexander Calder hangs in the vaults of the recently reopened Museum of Modern Art in Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 7, 2022. (Adriana Loureiro Fernandez/The New York Times)