Summer

Ryan Lochte, left, and Michael Phelps after the 200-meter individual medley at the national championships. Lochte finished first, his first major victory over his longtime rival Phelps.

Jérôme Vinçon: Lode Architecture

Normandy

Summer 2010

Excellence

Penguin Books

Sweden

From Remodelista:
Innovative architects Bolle Tham and Martin Videgard of Stockholm firm Tham & Videgard devised the triangular Garden House in Viksberg, Sweden, to "blur the line between indoors and out, so that indoor and outdoor spaces gradually blend and interact." The house's trellis enclosure will eventually be covered with vines, providing shade and greenery; the interior also features a double-height indoor winter garden. Go to Tham & Videgard for more information.

Thorsten van Elten

http://gretelhome.com/

Puerto Rico

Photo: Moris Moreno For The New York Times

Illustration: Always With Honor

NYTimes: Op-Ed Page: "Sweet Honey on the Block"

Félix Fénéon

Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones, and Tints, Portrait of M. Félix Fénéon in 1890

"The Killer Inside Me"

Casey Affleck in Michael Winterbottom's film of the Jim Thompson novel.

County Down, Ireland

NYTimes: Built in 1810, this 2,400-square-foot stone house in County Down near Belfast was once a complex of stables.

Illustrator: Matt Rota

For the NYTimes: Letters
"The Israeli Commandos and the Flotilla"

Bethany Jean Fancher

"Crossing"
2003: Archival inkjet print
Here.

French Open

Edie Falco

Photo: Ken Regan / Showtime

As Nurse Jackie.