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...The interior’s distinctive finishes include reclaimed Douglas fir beams, inlaid marble flooring, granite countertops, wormy maple (or “rustic maple”) walls and hickory stairs....
...But what we’re trying to do is maximise the interior space, and make more use of where the engine bay used to be.”...
...The fact of having built, whether in marble or steel, is a victory for the builder. “The people that developed that ended up with the last laugh,” Mike says....
...In 1877, the obelisk was finally towed by boat to London in a specially constructed cylinder, the Cleopatra, which was briefly lost in a stormy Bay of Biscay (which also claimed the lives of six accompanying...
...Limestone, marble and smooth plaster in all the shades between salt and sand contrast with shining brass and richly grained pale woods....
...Passed to Willem Jacob Klok to finish after the original architect ADN van Gendt died on the job, its symmetrical limestone and granite lines and elegant bronze-framed bay windows are almost haughtily modern...
...But in 2014 it came under the aegis of Gordon Campbell Gray, the celebrated hotelier behind One Aldwych in London, Carlisle Bay in Antigua, and Le Gray in Beirut....
...The obsessiveness and the grandiosity make the marble that Jacques Attali once ordered when he was head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development look slipshod....
..., Tamaricciu, which is found on a steep residential road overlooking the beach of the same name at the southern end of Palombaggia bay....
...With the help of local fishermen, Toussoun discovered some marble columns, granite and statues — including one of Alexander the Great — submerged about two kilometres from the shore....
...There they became only the third group to scale the sheer granite face of Mount Fitz Roy, regarded by mountaineers as one of the most technically challenging peaks....
...The Birches spent five years renovating the five-storey, 60,000 sq ft building, once home to a marble factory and a candy maker (in a nod to Willy Wonka, it even has a great glass elevator)....
...Captain Wolter and David Fletcher assembled the passengers at the granite headstone to toast his memory with rum. Shackleton’s grave is the only one facing south....
...To approach, you file down the nave to the bay where she crouches, three storeys tall, bathed in the pallor that flows from a skylight above her kerchief-crowned head....
...The 38-storey tower faces Park Avenue across a broad plaza of pink Vermont granite, bordered on either side by reflecting pools and ledges of verde antique marble....
...The 17-floor tower stands on a clifftop at the eastern end of the bay, its jade-green carapace visible for miles around....
...With marble bathrooms, bespoke oak furniture and a smart raspberry and lime colour scheme, the accommodation has moved on a long way since Victor Hugo stayed there in the 1860s....
...Outside the window, cranes are assembling the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, which Autodesk software also designed....
...Each marble bathroom has a spa tub and you have shared use of a 25m pool, gym, 24-hour security and concierge. Who: Savills, www.savills.com/international, tel: +44 (0)20 7016 3740 ………………………………………….....
...One example is Levantina, the maker of marble tiles and granite kitchen worktops, which was bought for €540m (£458m) by Charterhouse Capital of the UK and Impala of Spain four years ago....
...Granite, marble, glass and chrome dominate, and high-end refrigerators are likely to be stocked with food from UK retailer Marks & Spencer....
...It built a pizza oven (pictured above) with granite and marble scraps that were designated to be thrown out by Home Depot....
...It, too, comes with the requisite gourmet kitchen with granite/marble counters and covered patios for outdoor dining....
...Marble-and-granite baths, waffle-weave robes, large Brazilian combed-cotton towels and Molton Brown toiletries make bathing a real relaxation. Be prepared to spend $300 a night....
...The deals added to a portfolio of Lehman holdings in hedge fund managers including Marble Bar, GLG, Blue Bay and Ospraie Management....
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