Month: January 2022

PALMA abstracts mountains beyond mexico city with ‘jilotepec’ dwellings

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THE HUMBLE JILOTEPEC DWELLINGS IN MEXICO   mexico city– and sayulita-based studio PALMA presents a series of dwellings, dubbed jilotepec, that is at once humble, exciting, and rooted in its context. while the compact, stone-built residences are realized with a natural material palette which reflect the local vernacular, they are distinctive in their simple geometries. …

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New building construction a highlight for PAWS in 2021

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The volunteers with Portage Animal Welfare Society will look back on 2021 as one of the most important years in their history. After years making their aging shelter work, construction finally began on the new building. “Some of the highlights for paws this year was getting our building up. That was pretty exciting,” says Board …

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In Covid times, healthcare sees 50% pay hike & spike in hiring | Ahmedabad News

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AHMEDABAD: Covid-19 pandemic claimed jobs of many while majority suffered pay cuts across sectors. The global viral outbreak, however, turned healthcare into a ‘sunshine’ sector which recorded aggressive hiring, almost zero job cuts and over 50% pay hike. Healthcare managers say demand for specialist doctors in critical care, internal medicine and pulmonology has shot up …

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Painting the town (enchilada) red: San Antonio Central Library gets a new layer of paint

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A $3 million renovation of the “enchilada red” Central Library downtown has started. The funding for improvements to the first, third and sixth floors comes from voter approval of the City of San Antonio’s 2017-2022 Bond Program. “Our services extend far beyond the walls of our libraries, but our facilities are the home base,” said …

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High Quality New Kitchen Cabinets at GDM Habitat for Humanity ReStore | Paid Content

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PAID CONTENT | The Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity ReStore offers many different options for your building/remodeling needs including BRAND NEW, assemble yourself cabinets! Story City’s Sue Ellen Tuttle was looking for another item when she learned about the cabinets offered at GDM Habitat for Humanity ReStore. She compared spec sheets and then realized …

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Fauci warns of danger of hospitalization surge due to large number of COVID cases By Reuters

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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks about the Omicron coronavirus variant during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (Reuters) – Top U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said there was still a danger of a surge in hospitalization due to a large number of …

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Cabarrus | Legal Announcements | mcdowellnews.com

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING City of Concord City Council Thursday, January 13th, 2022 6:00 p.m. City of Concord Council Chambers, 35 Cabarrus Avenue West Legislative Public Hearings 1. TA-13-21 Administrative Text Amendment to Historic Handbook Chapter 3, “Working With the Historic Preservation Commission,” relative to the amended meeting time (6:00 pm). 2. TA-12-21 …

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500 New Austin Homes Planned Near Tesla Factory

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Austin has 500 new homes planned for area near Tesla (Wikipedia) Austin can’t get enough of Tesla, it seems. Developers of a master-planned community near the electric vehicle factory under construction submitted plans for 300 new apartments and 200 single-family homes to the city this month, according to the Austin Business Journal. Canadian company Brookfield …

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Renan and Sven Menninger’s new LEED platinum home is perfect for quarantine

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This 2,993-sq.-ft, four-bedroom home was nearly three years under construction. The contemporary structure is far more energy efficient than a typical Cincinnati code-built home and was completed just in time for quarantine.   Renan and Sven Menninger’s certificate of occupancy was in the mail just days before the stay-at-home order came down from Ohio Governor …

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Top architecture projects to look forward to in 2022

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Architecture reporter Lizzie Crook picks of the 12 most interesting architecture projects slated for completion in 2022, including an underwater sculpture park and a pair of towers linked by a skybridge for drones. Photo is by Chris Stowers, courtesy of OMA Taipei Performing Arts Center, Taiwan, by OMA After much anticipation, the Taipei Performing Arts Center …

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