Hints and tips:
...This ingenious system avoids nails and netting on the building itself and is the work of Jakob Systems, specialists in support systems for gardens....
...Heritage specialist Raluca Grama, 36, told me few people work in her sector, “and we all know each other”. According to Grama, aside from church restorations, state funding for other projects is slim....
...Looking at breadth in the abstract (ie, “X per cent of stocks in index Y are Z per cent off their highs,” or similar) might be less useful than looking at it in concrete terms, however....
...Heritage specialist Pierre-Antoine Gatier co-ordinated the complex restoration while younger local practice NeM (Lucie Niney and Thibault Marca) made it work as an exhibition space....
...The shop’s centrepiece is a 1999 Buell X1: a lean, mean café racer sporting a full set of aluminium bodywork meticulously crafted by Jake Robbins of Sussex-based restoration specialist Vintage Engineering...
...“Here’s why it’s difficult: we’re talking about monumental projects, we’re talking about millions of dollars in restoration.” “Boards that levy assessments are not popular boards,” she added....
...When they bought it in 1999, it was derelict, with 20th-century additions in the form of corrugated asbestos and concrete....
...“In the European court, there are not many great options in sight,” said Ellie Geranmayeh, a Middle East specialist at the European Council on Foreign Relations, the think-tank....
...Allard is best known for his restoration of the Royal Monceau Hotel in Paris....
...Concrete political and community action can clip their wings.”...
...Today the Yale gallery’s steel panels shimmer again between grey concrete frames....
...All the country’s museums have been closed and items that cannot be moved have been surrounded with concrete walls, wooden frames and sandbags....
...Now that land ownership is specified, some places have extremely serious overgrazing,” says Xu Jianchu, a grasslands specialist at the Kunming Institute of Botany....
...As part of the multimillion-dollar restoration programme, farmers’ private wells were closed and water prices were raised, making it difficult to get by....
...The total rise of 19.4 per cent was also supported by the restoration of BP’s dividend payments, with Capita estimating that underlying dividend growth was 12.8 per cent....
...Nearly a year since the Japanese bank surprised the world with its swift move on Lehman, the acquisition is showing concrete results....
...The hotel is the signature project of the Morecambe Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) and it is hoped that its restoration will signal an upturn in the town’s fortunes....
...In the absence of any concrete information, we would just note, in passing, that Julius Baer is the process of floating its American asset management division on the New York Stock Exchange....
...It remains (after recent restoration) one of Niemeyer’s most iconic and graceful works. Bigger commissions followed, both at home and abroad....
...At first Observer suspects they are looking for a concrete bunker with ready waffle supplies....
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