An existing single-story, semi-detached house from the 1950’s was remodeled by Amitzi Architects and added a second story to accommodate a family of five. The house, which follows the shape of the plot, is long and narrow, and apart from the entrance door, the street facade is almost windowless. Toilettes ... Read More »
This luminous restaurant space located in Hubei Sheng, China and designed by Zones Design offers not only contemporary atmosphere but also a play of juxtapositions. Two floors of light modern design combine the warmth of the wooden structures with the industrial influence of raw concrete, dark metal frames, and artistic ... Read More »
The residential villa B&R, located by the sea and designed for a Belgian family by Ecoing, has been developed in conjunction with the well laid-out surroundings and follows the terrain of various heights, balanced by constructed retaining walls of 0.8 to 3 m high. The villa’s architecture is presented as ... Read More »
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary said Wednesday that access and affordability were his goals for revamping health care, and he offered assurances that the new administration is not planning to launch a Medicare overhaul. Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions at ... Read More »
Donald Trump’s pick to run the nation’s health-care department on Wednesday told senators he doesn’t want to replace Obamacare with a Republican health-care system, but “an American health-care system.” Rep. Tom Price, R.-Ga., also said that it is “absolutely imperative that individuals who have coverage should be able to keep ... Read More »
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for health secretary defended his personal stock investments and proposals to dismantle Obamacare on Wednesday in response to questioning by a U.S. Senate panel. Representative Tom Price, a Georgia orthopedic surgeon who has been in politics for more than 20 years, was chosen by fellow Republican ... Read More »
Democratic senators tried their best to rattle Betsy DeVos at her confirmation hearing to be Education Secretary on Tuesday, but she glided serenely through the process. “Nothing in life is truly free,” she sweetly said to Bernie Sanders (I-VT) when the former Democratic presidential candidate brought up his proposal to ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C.—It was not a hearing. It was the mere burlesque of a hearing, rendered meaningless by a preposterously accelerated process that rendered all questioning perfunctory and that left all cheap evasions hanging in the air of the committee room the way cigarette smoke used to canopy the proceedings back ... Read More »
Democrats sliced holes in billionaire Betsy DeVos’ credentials to be the next U.S. Education Secretary at a confirmation hearing on Tuesday, raising doubts whether President-elect Donald Trump’s pick will win approval in the full Senate. The nomination of DeVos to head an agency that sets policy for younger children and ... Read More »
Senate Democrats hit Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s pick for education secretary, on all sides at her confirmation hearing Tuesday night. But the question that made her look worst required her to demonstrate a basic understanding of education policy — a test DeVos failed. Sen. Al Franken asked DeVos to explain ... Read More »
The assembly elections for 40 seats in Goa will be held on February 4 and results will be announced on March 11. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) notched up a victory in the last assembly polls and removed the Congress from power. In 2017, the ... Read More »
Delhi BJP unit today staged a protest near state Assembly and accused the Arvind Kejriwal- led AAP government of “failing to fulfil” its 70 election promises such as providing free Wi-Fi and women’s security. Scores of partymen led by Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari carried out a march from Metcalf ... Read More »
