John Gosden is concerned about a potentially tactical race after only four runners were declared for the Yorkshire Oaks on Thursday, expected to be the final race in Britain for his star mare Enable. The five-year-old is long odds-on with bookmakers to land the prize on her way to Paris […]
Performance of ‘Smart’ Glass Improved By Manipulating Nano-Materials
Smart glass that can tint in response to light is being used more widely to help control the temperature and thus the energy efficiency of buildings, airplanes, and cars. Now researchers at Colorado State University have found that manipulating smart glass on the nanoscale can improve its durability as well […]
Refugee Shelter Named Best Design of 2016 by Design Museum
Better Shelter has been named the Beazley Design of the Year by Design Museum for its outstanding contribution towards the global issue of population displacement. Designed by Johan Karlsson, Dennis Kanter, Christian Gustafsson, John van Leer, Tim de Haas, Nicolò Barlera, the IKEA Foundation and UNHCR, Better Shelter is a […]
Stantec Completes Interior Design for Muze at Met in Downtown Miami
Stantec has completed the interiors for the 43-story Muze at Met residential building in downtown Miami. Developed by ZOM Living and managed by ZRS Management, the 391-unit luxury high-rise is part of the Metropolitan Miami mixed-use complex located at 340 SE 3rd Street. “We made the essence of the interiors […]
Rafael Nadal wins Rogers Cup for 2nd time in a row
Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates his win over Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in the final of the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Montreal, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019. A teenage Rafael Nadal‘s victory over Andre Agassi in the final of the 2005 Rogers Cup was a symbolic passing of the torch from one tennis generation […]
Tsinghua Law Faculty Library by Kokaistudios
In 2014, Kokaistudios won an international architectural and interior design competition to build the Law Library of Tsinghua University in Beijing. Comprising a trio of functions – research, teaching, and office space – the building recalls both traditional printing blocks, as well as the Chinese capital’s signature hutongs and courtyards. […]
‘Unstoppable Kid’ from Saskatchewan First Nation throws first pitch at Blue Jays game
A young baseball player is making his small rural Saskatchewan First Nation very proud. Ten-year-old Taron Kaiswatum was chosen to be the Jays Care Foundation’s very first “Unstoppable Kid” and threw the first pitch at Sunday’s Toronto Blue Jays game. It was part of the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council’s (FHQ) Rookie […]