The world's most famous smile portrayed in Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece Mona Lisa has been lit up with LEDs supplied by Toshiba. The lighting of the Mona Lisa and other important paintings at Paris' Louvre museum, has seen the ...
Much of the architectural coatings market in Europe is in the doldrums at the moment because of a slump in the region's construction sector stemming from a general slowdown in its economy. During the first quarter of this year, European ...
New-home production and remodeling contribute billions of dollars to the nation's economy each year, and with the right policies in place housing can serve as a catalyst to boost job and economic growth, the National Association of Home ...
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An expansion of the Sacramento Convention Center proposed by the architectural design firm Populous would add large glass-walled spaces above the existing center and Community Center Theater. The design firm was engaged by the Sacramento ...
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Thousands of projects to purify drinking water for municipalities are in planning and construction. Most of these projects are to replace plants as old as one hundred years. The number of projects generated by demand growth is ...
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The Grand Re-Opening of the Crayola Experience this Memorial weekend in Easton, Penn. animates the blending of art and technology. Eager participants are introduced to a fusion of color and digital media through various attractions spread ...
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Starnet Worldwide Commercial Flooring recently recognized three Starnet Member Companies for excellence in Environmental Stewardship, a newly established award. The presentation was held April 26, 2013 during the Starnet Annual Meeting at ...
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French automobile manufacturer Renault will invest about EUR420m for the renovation of its Georges Besse vehicle assembly plant in Douai. With the investment, the manufacturer expects to increase the production capacity of the plant to ...
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Millenials don't mind mixing their work lives and personal lives, and they look for offices that seem less corporate and more homey. You'd be hard-pressed to find someone from the Millenial generation who never pushed his desk around a ...
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Award for museum project Neue Galerie Kassel The prizes of the German Lichtdesign-Preis 2013 were awarded. OSRAM received together with the Licht Kunst Licht AG an award for the project Neue Galerie Kassel. The Neue Galerie Kassel has ...
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Balancing Objects It is an item of feat in acrobatics. The performer balances a cudgel on the head, the forehead or the nose, or holds it in the mouth and put fragile or heavy objects like lamp, vase, desk, bowl or egg, etc on one end ...
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Designing your own home furnishings can ensure that the living space you create reflects your personality and takes care of your specific requirements. Instead of buying stuff ready-made, designing it in your own fashion, not only makes ...
Refacing fireplace can be done by various ways through different options ranging from simply cleaning it up to painting and even going to the extent of refacing it with a facade. Be it any kind of fireplace, as we will see in the following ...
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A place where you are on your own and can purely be yourself. That's how I can define a bathroom! Though it sounds funny, that's true, isn't it? A bathtub is an added advantage in a bathroom where you can have the fun and relaxing time of ...
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Waking up every morning and entering a perfectly designed bathroom is a sure delight. Who wouldn't love to walk into a bathroom that is attractive to the sight? So if you are decorating a new bathroom or are in the process of renovation of ...
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