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Producer-price inflation slows
Euro-zone producer-price inflation slowed to its weakest rate in more than two years in May, pointing to a slowdown in consumer prices that would give the European Central Bank more room to cut its key interest rate.
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Irish auction marks progress
Ireland will make a tentative step toward regaining the trust of bond investors Thursday when it sells €500 million of Treasury bills, marking its first auction since it was locked out of international capital markets in September 2010.
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NewsLudwig Mies Van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe was born in Aachen, Germany in 1886. He worked in the family stone-carving business before he joined the office of Bruno Paul in Berlin. He entered the studio of Peter Behrens in 1908 and remained until 1912. He made major contributions to the architectural philosophies of the late 1920s and 1930s as artistic director of the Werkbund-sponsored Weissenhof project and as Director of the Bauhaus.
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NewsLe Corbusier
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris was born in La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, 1887. Trained as an artist, he travelled extensively through Germany and the East. In Paris he studied under Auguste Perret and absorbed the cultural and artistic life of the city. During this period he developed a keen interest in the ...
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NewsPure, sleek, geometric envelope
Unlike the confined urban locations of most of Le Corbusier’s earlier houses, the openness of the Poissy site permitted a freestanding building and the full realization of his five-point program. Essentially the house comprises two contrasting, sharply defined, yet interpenetrating external aspects. The dominant element is the square single-storied box, ...
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News"International style" classic
An early and classic exemplar of the “International Style”, which hovers above a grass plane on thin concrete pilotti, with strip windows, and a flat roof with a deck area, ramp, and a few contained touches of curvaceous walls.
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NewsTugendhat House construction
Thin + shape columns held in from exterior walls. glazed wall toward views. entry from ‘back’. interior recalls Barcelona Pavilion.
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NewsTugendhat House
The plan repeats that of the Barcelona Pavilion, the onyx wall and the curved one of Macassar ebony being independent of the cruciform- shaped columns. The floor is of white linoleum, the rug white wool. The curtains are of black and natural raw silk and white velvet. Behind the dining ...
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NewsDamon Hill joins Sky team
Sky Sports have announced that former World Champion Damon Hill has joined their team to cover the 2012 season on their dedicated F1 channel, Sky Sports F1 HD.
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Markets rise after Italy austerity vote
Wall Street opens strongly as Papademos is sworn-in as Greek PM and Italy’s senate approves austerity package
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FeaturesThe Making of Great Movie Musicals
This four-part online series explores the progression of movie musicals from the early talkies through the Golden Age and into the modern era. Our guided tour examines the films and creative artists who gave generations of film lovers countless magical musical movie moments.
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News360 Cams, AutoCAD and many miles of fibre: the technology that goes into building an Oscars broadcast
HOLLYWOOD — Beneath the pomp and pageantry of the Academy Awards hides a world of crushing complexity. Every detail of the production — from the precise camera placement to the deployment and construction of moving stage pieces — requires meticulous planning, fastidious engineering and heaps of tech savvy.Long before the ...
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FeaturesSophia Loren: Her life and career
One of the world’s most iconic movie stars, Sophia Loren has built a formidable acting career, effortlessly moving back and forth between major Hollywood films and Italian-based productions.
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NewsFourteen high-def projectors are stashed in a cramped, sweltering room between the ground floor and the nosebleeds inside the Kodak Theatre
Fourteen high-def projectors are stashed in a cramped, sweltering room between the ground floor and the nosebleeds inside the Kodak Theatre. According to Tad Scripter, the Academy’s head engineer, this bank of machines will deliver all the video and images viewers will see projected on the enormous retractable “screens” onstage. ...
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FeaturesOut of This World! 1950's Sci-Fi Classics
The golden age of ’50s sci-fi returns with this three-part tribute including amazing vintage poster art, behind the scenes stills, and a look at the making of “Forbidden Planet.”
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