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Australia moves to ban engineered stone due to silicosis danger

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Australia is considering banning engineered stone after a joint investigation by three news outlets accused manufacturer Caesarstone of not doing enough to warn people of the dangers of working with the material. But since 2006 we started to see rolling in one patient after another, and very severe cases that needed lung transplantation.

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An inflatable Acropolis pops up inside Bally Foundation’s Villa Heleneum

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Inflatable Greek columns teeter and sag inside Bally Foundation, a ghostly rendition of the ancient acropolis conjured in modern materials by artist Zuzanna Czebatul. Exhibition view of Arcadia, Bally Foundation, Lugano, Switzerland, 2024-2025 © Andrea Rossetti.

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Budget Breakdown: In London, a Midcentury-Inspired Kitchen Update Leads to a $229K Home Revamp

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From the moment they moved into their semidetached Victorian home in London in 2006, Nicola and Patrick Kendall dreamed of renovating their kitchen—but life and more pressing home improvements got in the way. The client was really pleased with the result." I really wanted a curved wall," says Nicola. "It

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Frieze London 2022: the women to watch

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Sue Fuller’s Into the Composition, at Luxembourg & Co, is the first major monograph of the late geometric abstractionist since her death in 2006. It links her string work to pioneering (and underestimated) craftswomen like Anni Albers, Sophie Tauber-Arp and Lygia Clark and examines her reliance on engineering and material science.

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Rex clads "mystery box" World Trade Center performance arts center in translucent marble

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It is clad in thin marble and glass On top of that, the architecture studio had to deal with the existing foundation leftover from the cancelled Frank Gehry building initially planned for the site. All the below-grade infrastructure was built based on Frank Gehry's design," said Ramus. "So The photography is by Iwan Baan.

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The venues set to host the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles

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Hosting: athletics LA84 Foundation/John C Argue Swim Stadium Set alongside the Memorial Coliseum, the LA84 Foundation/John C Argue Swim Stadium was built to host the swimming events for the 1932 Summer Olympics. At the 2028 games the stadium will host the diving events, with swimming taking place in the SoFi Stadium.

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High-Speed heritage auction spotlights Paul Newman’s racing legacy

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He’s going to take a small-block Ford V-8 racing engine, strip out the transmission and suspension, then supercharge it. The first was his acting, the second was his charitable foundation, and the third was his racing legacy. Newman made his last start at 81 years of age at the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2006.