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...It was the task of privileged friends to decode the emblems, allegories, inscriptions or coats of arms and solve the puzzle of who lay inside before being shown the solution....
...“It is certainly one of the most sustainable solutions,” says chair and chief executive of Corticeira Amorim, António Rios de Amorim. “But it can’t be the only one....
...He originally imagined it clad in oak, but the architects had a more radical solution: a show-stopping wall of black steel with a pattern that looks like watered silk....
...For exterior use in wet climates, salt products require a sealant, lessening their eco credentials, but Nevi Pana sees potential for their use in architecture in the world’s driest environments....
...“It does not demand rocket science or new technologies; the solutions are already here. We just need to rethink our design culture.”...
...Rather than angle a piece of curb into the concrete, as is typical, the studio created a more elegant solution, a single curved stone....
...“We could factually say the past already gave us a solution.”...
...“In terms of exteriors and interiors, Tesla’s Model 3 is like a raw space, while BYD’s Han model is like a furnished apartment,” he adds. “Which one will you choose?”...
...Tech may have upset the Japanese car industry, via the semiconductor shortage, but perhaps it has also found a swift solution....
...She suggests that cork tiles can be an elegant way to improve a building’s energy efficiency if applied to the inside of an exterior wall. “There are some things that people can do,” she says....
...“Investors have to consider how to diversify,” said Will Wang, head of client solutions and Asia strategic partnerships at VP Wealth Management, the Hong Kong unit of the Liechtenstein-based private bank...
...Casa Carpinos in Mexico City puts this into practice: a family home conceived as a 5,000-plus sq ft brutalist box punctured by grey-framed windows, it is coated in a natural clay stucco that lends the exterior...
...One leaseholder told the Financial Times that no one in the building had been able to sell properties as post-Grenfell checks had identified flammable materials in balconies on the building’s exterior....
...When it comes to the exterior finishing of fitted wardrobes, your options are endless. I really like fairly traditional-looking doors, complete with gathered fabric panels....
...Such buildings are innovative, Taha says, because they use stone to bear loads in the underlying structure, rather than merely on the exterior....
...Finding solutions to climate change will be another driver of innovation. We have to decarbonise....
...Beneath SBF’s benevolent exterior lies a calculating investor who rivals Wall Street’s most feared activists, according to Lex....
...The company’s partial solution is Triniti Pro: longer-lasting balls that come in a non-pressurised, recyclable paper sleeve....
...Yet some designers, especially those seeking to create sleek performance and/or luxury vehicles, have come up with innovative solutions to this issue, such as the “foot garage”, a design secret found in...
...Trevor Gulliver of St John claims, “Everything is recyclable, from the cardboard exterior to the plastic interior bag.”...
..., this set of three boxes makes a striking storage solution. jonathanadler.co.uk Stack storage boxes by Kristina Dam Studio £489 for a set of 3 Handcrafted from solid oak and walnut, these can be used...
...The Frog’s Leap concrete containers have to be rinsed each year with a heavy solution of tartaric acid (the most common acid in wine) but are still easier to maintain than oak....
...It’s an obvious but surprisingly rare solution in British life, though more popular on the continent....
...But however youthful my exterior may appear, the memo has not reached my joints....
...But you know, George Osborne’s defence of him was that actually beneath the whole kind of try-hard exterior, he was actually a serious person fizzing with ideas....
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