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...Destroyed by Allied bombs during the second world war, it was rebuilt in the 1950s using steel from the rubble of ruined houses....
...Additional reporting by Emily Steel...
...Coal & Allied is based in New South Wales and produces both thermal coal used for energy and coking coal for making steel....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...UK V Veritek Global Vi-Spring W W Durston W K Webster & Co Walker Filtration White House Products Whizz Education William Beckett Plastics Winsted...
...POP Ziggyology , by Simon Goddard, Ebury Press, £20, 352 pages After the comeback and the V&A retrospective comes Bowie fatigue. Do we need more adulation?...
...Victoria and Albert Museum As last year, the V&A is acting as a central hub for the London Design Festival, with exhibitions, talks, a special iPod tour and even an interactive tapestry....
...Also at the V&A: Sebastian Wrong and Richard Woods’ “Bench Press”, the reclaimed materials installation “Wasted”, and “In Praise of Shadows”....
...Inspired by the V&A in London and embodying the hope that a nation could be encapsulated in the things it produces, it was set against a background of intense rivalry between the twin capitals of the Austro-Hungarian...
...Our preference would be to have a steel company that is allied to a construction company,” said Mr Walsh....
...Time-challenged gardeners, meanwhile, might be delighted by Alex Davis’s highly polished stainless steel potted plants....
...and stacking chairs by Flora Steiger-Crawford and Alvar Aalto....
...Michael V....
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