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...at Old Oak Common....
...I admired the beauty of the patterns in Indian mahogany and in lengths of local oak. The edges have been cut unevenly to leave a rift between the two halves when laid horizontally....
...“Last time I was here, their place was in construction, but now the apartment is amazing,” says Kim....
...Sunak is expected to decide to end HS2 in southern England at Old Oak Common in outer London, rather than at Euston in the centre of the UK capital....
...The move has resulted in a shortage of construction workers and is expected to slow development of new homes....
...Sunak confirmed that the high-speed line would link up with Euston station in central London, allaying fears the southern end of the line could have terminated at Old Oak Common in west London....
...But also via 12 “atmospheric rivers” in Southern California that brought every last thing to a halt last spring....
...The wide-open landscape of this border country — especially the rolling forest of holm oaks known collectively as dehesa — was remarkably lacking in traffic, ugly modern buildings, or bothersome human presence...
...It feels not unlike a safari camp: new construction is strictly limited here, so guests stay in 16 removable wooden lodges, temporarily anchored in mountain meadows....
...She has built a brutalist oval shell that will be housed under the roof of the Arsenale to evoke both the “unwavering hope” of the Lebanese people and Beirut’s streets, which seem under constant construction...
...The southern part of the woods lay within the manor of Croydon, which had been a possession of the Archbishops of Canterbury since before the Norman Conquest....
...At 37-year-old Silky Oaks, they’ve brought the property smartly up to date with zero loss of soul....
...As Natalie’s birthday approached, we spent our weekends driving around Southern California visiting watch dealers....
...The asset manager will permanently close its New York office at the end of the month, and plans to start construction on a new headquarters, the Ark Innovation Center, during the first quarter of 2022....
...“Flat House has a net positive effect, rather than just mitigating the negative impact of construction.”...
...Concerts are enjoyed by a typically (and pleasantly) small crowd by Villa Ada’s lake, surrounded by lush vegetation — Rome’s characteristic pine trees, holm oaks and even a rare metasequoia, imported from...
...Southern brought in Bechtel to complete a troubled $25bn project at the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia....
...“It’s inspired by the serene, natural landscapes of the Jiangnan area of southern China,” he says....
...Cob construction was common in Devon until the start of the 20th century....
...A combination of phylloxera, Prohibition in the US, two world wars and the devastating frosts of 1956 had snuffed demand, while the construction of the Autostrada del Sole in 1964 stole the passing trade...
...A crowd of suits and red ties slowly makes its way through a welcome arch made from red balloons, towards a temporary stage bearing a huge red banner that reads: “Grand Opening Risever Machinery, LLC.”...
...It has delayed awarding construction contracts....
...The countryside around the small town of Rivabellosa in northern Spain is a heavy green, lush from the incessant rainfall and surrounded by beech, pine and oak trees....
...(FT) Foxconn’s Wisconsin worries Contract manufacturer Foxconn is considering bringing in personnel from China to help staff a $10bn LCD plant under construction in southern Wisconsin, as it struggles to...
...LA neighbourhoods such as Sherman Oaks, whose lawns and malls sit at the busy intersection of freeways 405 and 101, have become case studies for Waze’s side-effects....
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