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Chenab Bridge, expected to be ready by 2019, is a railway steel and concrete arch bridge, under construction in the Raesi district of Jammu and Kashmir. Chenab bridge will have a height of 359 m (1,178 ft). The arch length is 480 m with an arch span of 467 m.
Read More 139A Walkable City is a better city. ARUP identifies 50 benefits to the city when walking is placed at the heart of urban mobility – including social, economic, environmental, political, health, equality, investment, urban micro-climate. Read On.
Read More 19IKEA responds to Balenciaga’s take on the Frakta bag with a four-step guide to help customers differentiate the 40p tote from its £1,705 counterpart.
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[ III ] 01/05/2017A state-of-the-art interactive music museum.
The four-storey building of the museum with a covered area of about 4000 square bmetres has been built at a cost of about Rs 40 crore (6 million USD). The museum is expected a footfalls of around 5 lakh visitors annually.
The museum has been built on a plot of about one hectare located in a posh locality of JP Nagar in Bangalore. The piece of land has been donated by a private developer, Brigade Group, in its sprawling ‘Brigade Millennium Complex’ of apartments.
The museum accommodates an interactive exhibit area consisting of eight thematic galleries showcasing various facets of Indian music, an instruments gallery with 250 musical instruments, and several computer-based interactive installations that allow the visitor to experience the process of music-making.
A Sound Garden is the second major attraction of the IME. It features musical sculptures including reeds, chimes, tubular bells, plate gongs and musical stones that introduce visitors to the principles of sound.
A Learning Centre is yet another important component of the IME. It is planned for delivering curriculum-based music education and development of music teaching aids for schools. The Learning Centre consists of five classrooms, a seminar hall and a library to hold music classes, workshops and lectures on regular basis.
In addition to the above, the IMA comprises a cafe for refreshments and a gift store for music related memorabilia.
The realization of IME has been made possible by the passionate working of committed group of professionals of diverse fields. These include: the architect – Architecture Paradigm Pvt Ltd; the museum designer – Gallagher and Associates; sound garden designer – Svaram Musical Instruments and Research; film maker – Indrajit Nattoji, Director of Blink Pictures; and branding and merchandise – Foley Designs.
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The Train Shiki-shima had its maiden journey on 1 May. The Train Suite is designed to give you the ultimate luxury experience – tickets range from $2,860 (£2,220) to around $10,000 and you can choose between a two- or four-day trip.
Read More 16The plan is to make the 6 lane elevated road on single poles, which would also make six lanes available for traffic movement, beneath the 22.5 km elevated highway, connecting Rajiv Chowk with Sohna. The likely project cost is around Rs 1,385 crore.
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The complex layered history of Lebanon’s capital city is summed up in the design of Herzog & de Meuron’s latest residential high-rise, Beirut Terraces. Constructed adjacent to a new marina — an area undergoing major revitalization.
The 119-meter-tall [390 feet] project is characterized by a series of stacked setback apartments with large overhanging terraces. Essentially a layered pattern of horizontal slabs or floor plates with gaps for living spaces in between, the building offers a unique setting for its tenants to reap the benefits of indoor and outdoor living. Beirut’s moderate climate attracts this vibrant outdoor urban culture
Source: Beirut Terraces
India’s first smart and green highway — Eastern Peripheral Expressway — the 135-km, nearly Rs 11,000 crore access-controlled six-lane expressway, for decongesting Delhi will be completed in August 2017. The Expressway will set a benchmark in highway construction by being environment-friendly with world-class safety features and smart/interactive infrastructure. Read On
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India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) is set to overhaul Delhi’s iconic Pragati Maidan Exhibition Complex, & aims to provide India a state-of-the-art World Convention Centre.
Read More 83[ I ] 28/04/20172Through this strategic partnership with Resysta, RIL is looking forward to produce the RelWood compound exclusively in order to meet the fast-growing demand of real alternative to tropical wood
Source: RIL partners with Resysta to bring wood alternative in India
