EditorialYiyo Tirado Rivera’s “La Concha,” a sandcastle-style model of the 1950s San Juan hotel that will disintegrate during the course of an exhibit at the Whitney Museum in New York, Nov. 22, 2022. (Victor Llorente/The New York Times)
EditorialHarry Gesner at the Sandcastle, the home he designed for himself and his wife, the actress Nan Martin, in Malibu, Calif., March 10, 2012. (Stephanie Diani/The New York Times)
EditorialHarry Gesner at the Sandcastle, the home he designed for himself and his wife, the actress Nan Martin, in Malibu, Calif., March 10, 2012. (Stephanie Diani/The New York Times)