ARCHITECTURAL NEWS
A history of transit in Cornwall 03 Dec 2019 03:01 (Standard Freeholder)
Public transit in Cornwall began in 1896 with the establishment of Cornwall Electric Street Railway Co. Ltd. It all began with an electric streetcar service that ran on rails throughout the city. Handout/Cornwall Standard-Freeholder/Postmedia …
Serif Revitalizes San Francisco’s Mid-Market Neighborhood With… 03 Dec 2019 01:40 (SF Gate)
New mixed-use development by L37 includes new residences, a hip hotel, retail, dining and dedicated non-profit space and will soon transform the high-density submarket SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) December 02, 2019 L37, formerly Group i, a San Francisco-based …
Modern Industrial Is The Trend to Watch: Masonry and Dark Trim Exteriors Will Be Hot In 2020 02 Dec 2019 22:04 (Forbes)
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Located in Chicago’s Gold Coast, the new 61 Banks Street features a stone façade framed in dark … [+] metal. Steve Hall @ Hall+Merrick PhotographersWhile ultra modern, glass-and-steel exteriors …
Building FADS 02 Dec 2019 21:19 (Campus Ledger)
Find this story in The Campus Ledger’s 2019 fall semester print edition! In the 2019 Spring Semester, the new FADS (Fine Arts & Design Studios) was completed. The building brings film, photography, fine art and commercial art together in a 37,000 …
An Inspiring Conversation With Art And Architecture Maestro Peter Marino 02 Dec 2019 20:14 (Forbes)
In 1978, Peter Marino founded his firm and got his first commission from Andy Warhol which opened up the door of the artistic world of the greatest collectors, to name just a few the Agnelli family, Fred Hughes, Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé. In the …
Former CFTC Boss Says Vatican Letter Prepared Him To Be ‘Crypto Dad’ 02 Dec 2019 18:22 (Forbes)
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 08: Christopher Giancarlo,(R), Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading … [+] Commission speaks while Jay Clayton, L , Chairman and the Securities and Exchange Commission listens during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing …
5 Questions to Ask Your Employer About Family-building Benefits this Open Enrollment Season 02 Dec 2019 16:39 (HealthNewsDigest)
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Open enrollment, happening now until December 15th, is the period during which you may freely enroll in or change your benefit selections. Your employer benefit offering may change as well and now is the time to understand those …
National Building Museum Closes for Repairs 02 Dec 2019 13:33 (WRC)
The National Building Museum has begun a three-month closure so its Great Hall can undergo repairs. The U.S. General Services Administration will replace the museum’s concrete floor with a modern foundation. After construction, the museum will be much …
Ten homes that cost less than half the UK’s average house price 02 Dec 2019 10:59 (Daily Mail)
House price inflation may have slowed but homes have continued to get more expensive over the past year. The average UK house prices is £234,000, according to the ONS / Land Registry statistics, with the most recent report showing that in September a …
The Real Code of Putinism 02 Dec 2019 09:37 (The American Thinker)
Today’s Russia is in the most critical stage of its ideological design. Its beginning was laid in the article by Vladislav Surkov (aide to the Russian president) under the symbolic title “Long-lasting state of Putin.” The piece was widely …
Peace, tranquility and comfort in arty abode 02 Dec 2019 04:43 (Shanghai Daily)
Inside a charming Art-Moderne building in the tree-lined downtown, Susi and David Thompson’s art-filled apartment offers them peace, tranquility and comfort. Originally from Dallas, Texas, Susi followed her husband’s job relocation, in urban planning and …
Inside Larry Page’s Turbulent Kitty Hawk: Returned Deposits, Battery Fires And A Boeing Shakeup 02 Dec 2019 03:59 (Forbes)
With flight time maxing out at 20 minutes due to battery limitations, Kitty Hawk initially intended … [+] Flyer for quick thrills, but the company has pivoted to an idea to trial as a transportation service.Courtesy of Kitty HawkIn 2017, success seemed …
A Local’s Guide To The Best And Newest In Miami And The Beach, For Art Basel And The Winter Season 01 Dec 2019 15:05 (Forbes)
A piece by South Korean artist Chul Hyun Ahn is displayed by the C. Grimaldis Gallery at Art Miami, … [+] one of numerous satellite events that run in conjunction with Art Basel Miami Beach. ASSOCIATED PRESSThe “the season” has arrived, when the art …
A $110-million splash in Malibu was the whale of all L.A. sales in 2018 01 Dec 2019 12:00 (Los Angeles Times)
It was a year of new price heights for Los Angeles’ red-hot luxury housing market. But for all the $100-million spec homes and billion-dollar mountaintops debuted last year, off-market deals registered the biggest surprises. Coastal communities such as …
Is democracy a Sisyphean task here? 01 Dec 2019 10:11 (Nation)
The many optimists that have kept Nigeria going for almost sixty years are as eager as ever to assure the rest of us of Nigeria’s uncanny ability to move too close to the abyss and move back without getting unbearably hurt. The various conflicts of the …
Two Rosewood properties to open in Qatar’s Lusail City 01 Dec 2019 10:03 (Trade Arabia)
Rosewood Hotels & Resorts opens the next chapter of its Middle East expansion with its appointment to manage Rosewood Doha and Rosewood Residences Doha, opening in Lusail City in 2022. Partnering with Arkaz Investment, this latest jewel in the …
Modern Family: Building a Shared Home to Meet Everyone’s Needs 01 Dec 2019 06:54 (Chronogram)
When Erik Schmidt and Sequoia Neiro started dating, she taught him a short cut. The two were regularly meeting in Red Hook to take the Metta Center’s Kundalini yoga classes together and, since Neiro had once lived on the nearby Rokeby estate, she knew …
10 Underrated Destinations To Visit In 2020 01 Dec 2019 03:39 (Forbes)
Cable car in San Cristobal hill, overlooking a panoramic view of Santiago de ChileGettyWith everyone rushing to announce the “best” places to visit in 2020, we’re looking at another list: underrated, off-the-beaten-path destinations where you can immerse …
ARCHITECT WANG ZHI: THE ORGANIC RENEWAL OF ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE 30 Nov 2019 22:44 (MarketWatch.com)
Nov 30, 2019 (Investing Alerts) — LEAD: Those involved in the design of urban areas often describe a city as a growing organism. Architect Wang Zhi goes further by calling his work dialogue with something very much alive. Interacting with a city’s …
On Lake Titicaca in Peru, villagers want to draw tourists–but on their own terms 30 Nov 2019 19:38 (Los Angeles Times)
In the beginning, there was a lake cradled in the mountains of a high plateau in the Andes. How it got here was simple: The universe cried, and its tears flooded the world. Mankind had disobeyed the gods, and the gods sent in pumas. Lake Titicaca — …
