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This image captures the Contemplative Court located inside the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

​Designed by David Adjaye as a space for reflection and quiet meditation, the court features a central cylindrical waterfall that descends from a skylight into a circular pool below.

The walls of the chamber are made of caramel-toned, bronze-laminated glass and feature engraved quotes from historical figures, including Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela.

Have you visited this space, or is it on your list?

The Iconic Villa Savoye Unpopular Fun Fact 2.

Now a UNESCO World Heritage site. While it looked stunning in photographs, living there was incredibly uncomfortable for the owners, Pierre and Émilie Savoye.

Le Corbusier was so obsessed with his sleek, flat-roof aesthetic that he didn't properly account for a very basic thing: French rain.

​The roof leaked severely, the skylights rattled and let water in, and the walls suffered from dampness.

It got so bad that Madame Savoye wrote a letter to Le Corbusier stating: "It’s raining in the hall, it’s raining on the ramp, and the wall of my garage is completely soaked... It’s uninhabitable."

​Instead of being apologetic about his masterpiece being a leaky greenhouse, Le Corbusier was notoriously arrogänt about it.

Even when Savoye family complained that the house was making their son ill due to the dampness and cold, Le Corbusier essentially told them they didn't know how to live in a modern house.

​When they threatened legal action to get him to fix the flaws, he actually threatened to countersue them for damaging his artistic reputation with their complaints.

The only reason a massive lawsuit didn't happen is because World War II broke out and everyone fled for their lives.