8 Beautiful Castles in France That You Can Visit
Impressive buildings and beautiful grounds await in the Loire Valley, Dordogne, and Alsace at these 8 beautiful French castles you can visit on your next trip to France.
The Musée Albert-Kahn: temporary exhibitions and unusual gardens
The Musée Départemental Albert-Kahn and its garden reflect Albert Kahn's humanist ideal of fraternity between peoples. Come to Boulogne Billancourt and discover the former estate of banker Albert Kahn ...
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Ecocem launches first low-carbon cement unit with ACT Tech in Dunkirk
Ecocem announce the construction of its first production facility dedicated to ACT, its low-carbon, globally scalable cement ...
Bistrots Pas Parisiens opens a restaurant in a château in the Yvelines region
The Bistrots pas Parisiens, who delight us with their restaurants, mainly in the Hauts-de-Seine department, are moving into the Yvelines! And not just anywhere, as the Château Chanorier in Croissy-Sur ...
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Cities forgo wrecking balls and order ‘deconstruction' of old buildings, instead
From Boulder to Pittsburgh, new ordinances require contractors to “deconstruct” old buildings instead of demolishing ... Lumber will be de-nailed and either turned into mulch or put up for ...
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IN PICTURES: Historic flooding strikes western France
Aerial photograph of floods in Redon, western France. (Photo by Damien MEYER ... after large parts of the historic Brittany town were submerged. Officials expect the flood waters to peak at ...
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‘Touristic Intents’ Ponders the ‘Guilt’ of Buildings with Difficult Histories
Arguing about how and whether to conserve historic buildings can often get complicated. But wrangling over preservation versus redevelopment gets thorny when one side must qualify its position about ...
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Worker rescued after being trapped in elevator at downtown building where scaffolding collapsed
Taylor said crews searched all 10 floors of the building. They found a construction worker stuck in the elevator, and everyone else was able to escape. The man was taken to the hospital in stable ...
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Wu trying to make the world a better place for people who love glass towers
But this back-to-the-‘70s moment is now brought to you by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu — you know, the former city councilor who promised to abolish the Boston Planning and Development Agency and ...
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Virginia Benson, who helped preserve historic buildings in Cleveland and develop its waterfront, dies at 88
Courses she taught include Urban Design, Preserving Sacred Landmarks, and Historic Preservation. As a professor, she co-authored two textbooks: Historic Preservation for Professionals and ...
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Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say
Now, new research has revealed the asteroid contains many of the chemical building blocks of life, such as amino acids and components found in DNA, said Dr. Daniel P. Glavin, senior scientist for ...
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Londoners are paying to live in deserted schools, office blocks and an old cathedral to avoid ‘insane’ rents
The 45-year-old currently lives in a former office block ... Guardians often live in spacious buildings, in prime locations, which are due for demolition or redevelopment and whose owners want ...