Hints and tips:
...Big Green has big demands of the US’s political elite — it wants to be at the table. And it has big plans to make big money....
...It’s a renovation that would now be illegal under EU regulations on Grade A monuments.” Jankovich-Bésán and I stomped through the frosty park in wellies....
...Kinmel Hall builder Hughes was typical of this type, says Mark Baker, an architectural historian with particular expertise in Wales....
...Instead, it was strong as lockdown restrictions inspired a wave of DIY and renovation projects....
...Chile holds a referendum next Sunday on whether to replace the country’s constitution, which opponents say fails to protect human rights and social welfare and concentrates power within an elite....
...The correspondence shows how UMHK’s management was, like most of the Belgian elite, firmly against Congo’s independence....
...You can’t be sure how strictly builders adhered to building codes during the 1975-1990 war era....
...The Astor house began as a modest brownstone, but extensive interior renovations in the French Rococo style added a ballroom with floor-to-ceiling artwork and a large chandelier....
...Bechtel — a behemoth among closely held companies — has been the world’s builder, benefiting from vast government contracts for engineering and infrastructure work in difficult places while it nurtured relationships...
...Palace of Westminster: peers poised for move The Palace of Westminster is soon to be invaded by builders for a major renovation, leaving the little question of where to accommodate its legislators during...
...elites....
...Directly across the leafy cul-de-sac from the couple’s old house, which is undergoing extensive renovations, sits another empty villa....
...“I love old wood, so I said [to my builder], ‘where is it?’ He said: ‘I’m so scared, because it might have been used in someone’s toilet!’...
...William Shawcross, whose 1992 biography presented Murdoch as “a unique builder of media”, wrote in Standpoint magazine in December 2010 that criticism of this “restless, visionary iconoclast” is snobbish...
...Home improvement retailers have suffered as cautious shoppers shy away from expensive items and renovation projects....
...These are the qualities that a small elite in the US look for when they commission “English” houses. I have worked on many in the past 16 years....
...“This is something that can be managed out, and there’s a political elite determined to manage it,” he says....
...The scandal over MPs’ expenses – while not necessarily justifying such behaviour – shows that elites do not possess higher standards, Ronnie says....
...Before the renovations we wouldn¹t have been able to deal with such large companies but with the new building we can....
...He subsequently put more money into renovation and restoration of the properties and encouraged the construction of the high-rise apartment buildings that now dominate the landscape....
...The Mondrian on Sunset Boulevard is another trendy hotel, popular with rock stars, actors and other celebrities, while the Hollywood elite tends to favour the Chateau Marmont, also on Sunset Boulevard....
...He spent TL45,000 on renovation and now the flat is valued at about TL260,000 “The property market has gone crazy since then....
...He is a member of an elite corps of civil servants known as abogados de estado (state lawyers), and was a director of state assets at the finance ministry in the mid-1990s....
...The “do la” is increasingly important to the Vietnamese elite, who may be anxious to maintain the social hierarchy in heaven....
...The cost of renovation, however, is expected to be $5m....
International Edition