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The Tulip is a proposed 305-metre high “cultural and tourist attraction” in the City of London. Designed by Foster and Partners for J Safra Group, it would stand five metres from the Gherkin, also Foster-designed and Safra-owned. Unlike other City towers, the Tulip’s object is not to maximise lettable square metres but to create restaurants, bars, viewing galleries and “classrooms in the sky”, ...
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Nov. 26--Over the next three years, there could be enough solar-generated electricity in Louisiana to power 60,000 homes in a state rich with oil and gas and crisscrossed with pipelines. While natural gas remains the dominant power source in the state, with nuclear, coal and hydroelectric trailing far behind, solar is inching into play in a movement toward diversifying power sources and ...
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PARIS (AP) — Restorers at Paris’ fire-damaged Notre Dame cathedral have completed key preliminary work by successfully removing all the perilous roof scaffolding, officials said Tuesday. The removal of the 200 tons of scaffolding was considered dangerous, with some experts fearing that it could cause more of the Gothic monument to fall down. It was thought that the scaffolding might have ...
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Adjaye Associates recently revealed the design plans for the Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library in Johannesburg which will comprise eight cylindirical volumes referencing the structures of granaries in Africa's vernacular architecture... All images and video courtesy of Adjaye Associates The building, covering a total 5,400m2 area, will include museum, temporary exhibition space, research centre ...
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MEDICINE BOW - Only one multi-story building exists in this tiny town of under 300. The Virginian Hotel rises up 3 1/2 stories and sits in the heart of the town. On a late October day, an American flag in front of the hotel fought the ferocious northeast winds, as they cut through a nearby valley. Just beyond the quintessential Wyoming town, other, newer structures have recently been erected: ...
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The Maryland Department of Transportation has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a dispute over cost overruns that caused the construction contractor to quit the Purple Line light rail project in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties in September. The settlement, which is pending approval by the state Board of Public Works, would allow construction to resume by ending all litigation, ...
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Nov. 24--The grid of tents that dotted the Parkway's Van Colln ball field this summer and fall are gone, but the problem they so vividly represented is not. Every tent was occupied by a person -- sometimes two or three -- who was unable to afford more sturdy shelter. While a deal has been made to provide real houses for the encampment's residents, there are still more than 230,000 families in ...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Monday issued a construction permit for Enbridge’s new pipeline across northern Minnesota, the last major approval needed for the controversial $2.6 billion project. The Corps’ blessing was expected after Minnesota state pollution regulators earlier this month approved related construction permits for the pipeline, a replacement for Enbridge’s current Line 3. ...
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John Kerry, one of the leading architects of the Paris climate agreement, is getting one more chance to lead the fight against climate change after President-elect Joe Biden named the longtime senator and former secretary of state as climate envoy for national security. Biden's team gave little immediate detail on Monday about how he envisioned Kerry shaping the new job, which many on social ...
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Chicago’s nearly complete Vista Tower comes wrapped in superlatives -- the city’s third-tallest building and the world’s tallest building designed by a woman -- as well as seemingly curving, multicolored glass. But the hype would be meaningless if the $1 billion, 101-story tower did not merit a more important distinction: It’s a stirring work of skyline artistry. Vista’s architect, Jeanne ...
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